Model No. 1523: Cruising Schooner (original)

Model by: NGH
Made when: 1923
Stated model scale: 1/96
Model length (ca.): 24.6" (62.5cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/96 (ca.): 196' 12" (60.0m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Aux. Schooner
Hull Configuration: Keel
Model location: H.M.M. Workshop North Wall Center

Vessels from this model:
0 built, modeled by NGH

Original text on model:
"Original of H.S. Vanderbilt's cruising auxiliary yacht Not built
Made @ Coconut Grove in 1923. Scale 1/8" per ft" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model identification:
"See model sequence 1432." (Source: Curator Herreshoff Marine Museum, 2004.)
"See also model sequence 1135." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 26, 2009.)

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

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.