Model No. 1308: Sailing Dinghy

Model No. 1308


Model by: NGH
Made when: July 1934
Calculated model scale: 1/12
Model length (ca.): 11.3" (28.8cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/12 (ca.): 11' 4" (3.5m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Frostbite Dinghy
Hull Configuration: Centerboard
Model location: H.M.M. Workshop West Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
0 built, modeled by NGH
#193402es [Unbuilt (??) Frostbite Dinghy] (1934)

Original text on model:
"11 1/2 ft Dinghy July 1, 1934
11' 5" actual
[Two WL's marked] '525 lbs 489'
[Sheer line marked] 'sheer' " (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model identification:
"This is apparently the model for the frostbiter that is shown on HH.5.02081 (028-079): Rowing Boats: 11'-6" "Class B" Frostbite by N.G. H. (1934-07)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. November 26, 2015.)

Related model(s):
Model 1305 by NGH (1933); sail
Sailing Dinghy
Model 1307 by NGH (1933); sail
Frostbite Dinghy
Model 1308 by NGH (1934); sail, not built
Sailing Dinghy: Frostbite Dinghy
Model 3105 by ASdeWH, or ASdeWH or NGH?, or ASdeWH (1934?); sail, 3 built from


Note: Vessels that appear in the records as not built, a cancelled contract, a study model, or as a model sailboat are listed but not counted in the list of vessels built from a model.


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