Model No. 1524: 40ft Cruiser

Model No. 1524


Model by: NGH
Made when: June 1897 (?)
Possible model scale: 1/24
Model length (ca.): 26.6" (67.6cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/24 (ca.): 53' 3" (16.2m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Sloop
Model location: H.M.M. Workshop North Wall Center

Vessels from this model:
0 built, modeled by NGH
#189703es [Unbuilt 40ft Cruiser] (1897)

Original text on model:
"Blank" (Source: Curator Herreshoff Marine Museum, 2004.)

Model identification:
"Newly identified model. Overlay with penciled preliminary sailplan in Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum titled '40ft Cruiser. June 30 [18]97' shows a near-perfect match." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. February 15, 2019.)

Related model(s):
Model 1322 by NGH (1896); sail, not built
37 1/2ft Cruiser: Sloop
Model 1524 by NGH (1897?); sail, not built
40ft Cruiser: Sloop


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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