Model No. 1135: Cruising Schooner

Model by: NGH
Made when: January 1925
Stated model scale: 1/64
Model length (ca.): 32.1" (81.4cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/64 (ca.): 170' 11" (52.1m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Aux. Schooner
Hull Configuration: Keel
Model location: H.M.M. Workshop South Wall Right

Original text on model:
"Model Jan 1925 Scale 1/64 Length increased 19/18 Frame spaces made 22" for 20.84 on model
stern post moved aft and rake made [22 horizontal /30 vertical) Changed April 1925 [Note Frames on the Model are numbered)" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model discussion:
"[1925-01-05] Mon 5: ... Begin work on model [Model 1135] for H[arold] V[anderbilt's 2nd auxil[iary] design [#192301es].
[1925-01-06] Tue 6: ... At work on model [Model 1135 for Harold Vanderbilt's schooner #192301es]. ...
[1925-01-07] Wed 7: ... At work on model [Model 1135 for Harold Vanderbilt's schooner #192301es].
[1925-01-10] Sat 10: ... Work on model [Model 1135 for Harold Vanderbilt's schooner #192301es in] a.m. ...
[1925-01-12] Mon 12: ... At work on model [Model 1135 for Harold Vanderbilt's schooner #192301es].
[1925-01-13] Tue 13: ... Finished cutting model [Model 1135 for Harold Vanderbilt's schooner #192301es]." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1925. Manuscript (excerpts). Access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.)

Model identification:
"Newly identified model. This is a model for a 160ft LOA cruising schooner for Harold Vanderbilt. See NGH diary entry for December 30, 1924 (Had call from Harold Vanderbilt ... to discuss a smaller size cruising yacht, 160 - 124 x 30 - 15 1/2 draft.) and subsequent diary entry for January 1925 when NGH carved this model between January 5 and January 13, 1925." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 22, 2015.)

Related model(s):
Model 1523 by NGH (1923); sail, not built Model 1135 by NGH (1925); sail
Model 1432 by NGH (1925); sail