Model No. 1900: Au Revoir et al.

Model No. 1900


Model by: NGH
Made when: November 1907
Stated model scale: 1/12
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Sloop (1); Aux. Sloop (2); Aux. Yawl (1)
Hull Configuration: Centerboard (2); Keel&Centerboard (2)
Model location: H.M.M. Workshop West Wall Right (on workbench)

Vessels from this model:
3 built, modeled by NGH
#190708es [Unbuilt Boat for H.O. Havemeyer, formerly #679s] (1907)
#190709es [Unbuilt Boat for H.O. Havemeyer, formerly #680s] (1907)
#681s Au Revoir (1908)
#867s Ventura (1922, Extant)
#1226s Yawlcat (1932)

Original text on model:
"Made for # 679 680 for [unreadable (H.O. Havemeyer)] to but order cancelled [after his death on December 4, 1907],
Scale 1/12 Nov 1907
no #681 AU REVOIR Raised Scale 3/4 Frame spaces 12 1/2 on model 13 on boat. Cross decking revised 12 to 12 1/2 Sept 1908
#867 VENTURA Scale 3/4 Same (as #681) but forward deck raised, no #1226 YAWLCAT Scale 3/4 Same (as #681) but deck raised & flush July 1932." (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Comment:
"Located H.M.M. Workshop West Wall Right on workbench." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. August 13, 2010.)

"A detailed offset booklet exists in the Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum with a pencilled note 'Nos. 679 & 680 [np] order cancelled after death of Mr. H. O. Havemeyer Dec 1907'." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 28, 2018.)

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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