Model No. XA2-1_08: Fishers Island 23

Model by: ASdeWH
Made when: 1932 (or later)
Calculated model scale: 1/16
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Fishers Island 23 (H23)
Hull Configuration: Centerboard
Model location: M.I.T. Hart Nautical Collections

Model description:
"Model in M.I.T. Hart Nautical Collection: Fisher's Island 23 foot-class (keel), #1212, Painted model; Size: 5"x24"; Acc. No.: XA2-1(8)." (Source: Source: van der Linde, Claas. 2007.)

Comment:
"[This painted model is believed to be] for presentation of display purposes." (Source: Hasselbalch, Kurt and Frances Overcash and Angela Reddin: Guide to The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1997, p. 81.)

"Labeled 'Herreshoff 23 Footer (Keel) 34 x 23 x 7 x 4 1/2' this model is known to have been displayed in March 1934 at the Sportsman's Show in Providence, RI as a framed exhibit titled 'Scale Models of Recent One-Design Classes By Herreshoff Mfg. Co. R.F. Haffenreffer - Pres. Bristol, R.I.'. A photo of the exhibtion in the collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum shows it on a framed plate together with models XA2-1_06, XA2-1_07, XA2-1_09 and XA2-1_10. All five models and the corresponding labels are now in the Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection of the MIT Museum." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. February 13, 2022.)

Related model(s):
Model 0929 by ASdeWH (1931?); sail, 15 built from Model XA2-1_08 by ASdeWH (1932?); sail
Model XA2-1_07 by ASdeWH (1932?); #1225s