HMCo #88p Siesta

"Bristol, R.I.
June 13th, 1882
Mr. T. A. Edison
Sir,
We have been building a fine yacht for Mr. H. H. Warner of Rochester, N.Y. He has given us liberty to invite you to accompany him and us in his yacht 'Siesta' out to the Light Ship to witness the N.Y. Yacht Club Regatta on Thursday 15th [June 1882].
The Siesta will stop off the Battery at 10 o'clock A.M. to take you and Mr. Wm[?] Perry[?] on board, will you please ask him to accompany you?
Respectfully in haste,
Herreshoff Mfg. Co." (Source: Letter from Herreshoff Manufacturing Co to Thomas Alva Edison, June 13th, 1882, Edison Papers Digital Edition, accessed April 24, 2019, http://edison.rutgers.edu/digital/document/D8204ZCY.)

"A fine steam yacht was successfully launched from the yard of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. last Monday morning [February 20, 1882]. The vessel is 98 feet long and 18 feet wide and will cost about $35,000. She was built for Mr. H. H. Warner, of Rochester, New York, and in a manner in which speed is not so much of an object as the acme of comfort and elegance. She is for use on inland lakes and rivers." (Source: Anon. "Local Notes." Bristol Phoenix, February 25, 1882, p. 2.)

"Siesta, steam yacht, of Bristol.
Built at Bristol, RI, by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., 1882.
87.43 tons; 91.3 ft. x 17.2 ft. x 8.5 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
One deck, two masts, plain head, round stern.
Surveyed and measured, April, 1882." (Source: U.S. Customs Department, Bristol, R.I. Custom House Record Book, 1870s to 1904 (Collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum), s.v. Siesta.)

"[Abstract of register or enrollment. Pos. 880:]
Siesta, steam yacht, of Bristol.
Built at Bristol, 1882.
87.43 tons; 91.3 ft. x 17.2 ft. x 8.5 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
One deck, two masts, plain head [bow].
Enr[olled] and Lic[ensed] ([as] yacht) June 13, 1882. Owner: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol. Master: John B. Herreshoff, Bristol.
Surrendered [license] June 19, 1883 at Oswego. ([Record at:] C[ustom] H[ouse, Providence])." (Source: Survey of Federal Archives, Work Projects Administration. Ships Documents of Rhode Island. Bristol. Ship Registers and Enrollments of the Port of Bristol - Warren Rhode Island, 1941, s.v. Siesta.)

"The new steam yacht Siesta appeared in the Bay yesterday [June 15, 1882], and took a party of gentlemen aboard to witness the regatta of the New-York Yacht Club. She was built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, of Bristol, R. I., has a burden of 85 tons, is 98 feet long, 17 feet wide, draws 6 feet of water, and is 9 feet deep. Her engines are of the compound condensing pattern, and her boiler is one of the non-explosive coil boilers of the Herreshoff Company. Her extreme width is explained by the fact that she is constructed on a theory developed and perfected after several years of experimenting, and gets thereby both stability, power, and no loss whatever of speed. Her rudder, screw, and skeg are of bronze, and the screw is so adapted that the unpleasant sensation of vibration is almost entirely unknown. Her dining-room is abaft the pilot-house, and is above the deck 20 inches. It is 10 by 12, and finished in mahogany. The main saloon is 11 by 18 feet, and is finished in cherry and birdseye maple and beautifully furnished with willow and rattan ware. The Siesta makes 15 miles an hour without crowding, and consumes at that rate 350 pounds of coal. She is owned by Mr. H. H. Warner, of Rochester, N. Y., cost $50,000, and is pronounced by Chief Engineer Isherwood, United States Navy, who witnessed her trial trip for the benefit of the Government, to be a remarkably fine boat for speed, ease, and general finish. She is schooner rigged, has three large state-rooms, water-tight bulkheads, and is in all respects a capital boat. Her head-quarters will be Warner's Island, St. Lawrence River, whither she proceeds to-day by way of the ocean." (Source: Anon. "H. H. Warner's New Yacht Siesta." New York Times, June 16, 1882, p. 8.)

"16 June
Herreshoff Mfg Co
Bristol, R.I.
Dear Sirs
Referring to yours of 13th [June 1882, an invitation to join the Siesta to accompany the regatta of the New York Yacht Club on June 15, 1882] I was extremely sorry that I was unable to avail myself of your kind invite from[?] yesterday, but I was detained here giving evidence in a Patent such[?].
Yours truly,
Thos. A. Edison." (Source: Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Herreshoff Manufacturing Co, June 16th, 1882, Edison Papers Digital Edition, accessed April 24, 2019, http://edison.rutgers.edu/digital/document/LB007476A.)

"The new yacht Siesta steamed into the harbor on Thursday last [June 15, 1882] on her trial trip. She had just been turned out of the shops of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, of Bristol, R. I., and made the trip down the Sound and around the Bay to give those on board a view of the regatta of the New York Yacht Club. Among those who had the good fortune to participate in the trip was the owner, H. H. Warner, the manufacturer of the celebrated Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, of Rochester, N. Y., and Mr. George W. Elliott and John R. Eveland, both of Rochester. Mr. Warner, the genial host, dispensed very liberal cheer, and the event was a happy one for all concerned. The Siesta attracts particular attention, both by the excellence of her finish, her elegant and commodious cabins, saloons and staterooms, and of the general air of comfort which pervades her. Mr. Warner is quite as devoted to the pleasures of yachting as he is to astronomical science. During the past dozen years, beginning as a poor boy, he has amassed a fortune in his enterprises, and while he is generous to every worthy cause he is also generous to himself. He owns one of the finest islands in the St. Lawrence, and four months of each year he gives over to enjoyment, while the other eight are devoted to business. The Siesta is eighty-five tons burden, 98 feet long over all, 17 feet beam, 9 feet depth of hold, and draws six feet of water. She is two feet wider than the average, and yet she can attain a high rate of speed. Mr. Nat. Herreshoff about a year ago made a number ef experiments to determine the best form of boat combining stability, power, speed. &c, and the Siesta to the result of those experiments. The width gives larger deck room and grander steadiness and convenience, and by her peculiar construction below the water line the screw is enabled to work in water that passes it continuously in a direction parallel to the line of the shaft, which makes the screw's vibrations almost imperceptible, and is considered a very great scientific accomplishment. The saloon is approached from aft and with a short companionway, is 11 by 18 feet, and is so high that one gets a very fine view of the horizon from it. The bulwarks are made low so that this view may be unobstructed. The interior of the saloon is finished in birdseye maple and cherry, and the floor is covered with the finest of Wilton carpets. Nearly amidships are two large, airy and inviting staterooms, one for Mr. Warner and the other a guest chamber. Mr. Warner's stateroom, finished in cherry, is especially attractive. Two other staterooms provide, with the cot reserves and the writing-desk bed, all the needed sleeping accommodations. An especial feature of the saloons is the deep windows and the flexible wooden shade blinds. All the finishings and furnishings are simple, elegant and appropriate. The dining saloon is a novelty in location, being put just abaft the pilot house. It is 9 by 18 feet and is finished in natural woods. The kitchen is just below the dining room, and the ice, store and crew quarters are forward.
The engine and boiler were made by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, which have won so wide a fame for thorough and complete work that they are patronised by several foreign governments, and evidence of their excellence and finish is furnished in the fact that on the trial trip they worked to perfection. The boiler is one of the famous coil generators which cannot explode, and in which steam can be generated in six minutes. Its outside casing is 6 feet 8 inches. The compound condensing engine has cylinders 10 1/2 and 18 inches in diamter, by 18 inches stroke, and can develop 200 horsepower by consuming 350 pounds of coal an hour. The Siesta is of composite construction, her frame being of angle iron 2 and 3 inches, reinforced by heavy reverse angles and plate iron floors 8-16 of an inch thick. The planking is of Southern pine and oak, the rudder, screw and skeg being of bronze. The screw has four blades, is 56 inches in diameter and has a pitch of 96 inches. She has a bold freeboard, her bulwarks being 26 inches high at the bow, and 15 inches at the stern. She is schooner rigged, and carries a fine steam launch called the Maud [#93p], 20 feet and 4 1/2 feet wide, and has a speed of nine miles and hour, and two finely finished rowboats [#188206es and #188207es]. The Siesta will make her headquarters at H. H. Warner's Island, in the St Lawrence River. The vessel cost $50,000; she carries a crew of six men and is officered as follows: Captain, John A, Davis; Mate, John Murray, and Steward, Fred Vero." (Source: Anon. "The Steam Yacht Siesta." New York Daily Graphic, June 19, 1882, p. 7.)

"THE Herreshoffs have delivered this new high speed steam yacht to her owner, H. H. Warner, of Rochester, N. Y. Like all their handiwork, the Siesta presents numerous features original with the Bristol builders. In point of model she is totally different from the usual run of overgrown launches, still built about New York in the clumsy fashions of our forefathers. The Siesta is sharp as a knife, with U frames throughout, and moderate hollow to her lines. Her speed is derived from very light displacement and small wet surface, owing to the use or composite construction and the Herreshoff coil boiler and their light weight engines. She is lightly built but of selected material, well fastened, and therefore tough and able to withstand for rougher usage than the heavier boats with the old style oak frame, yellow pine plunk and iron spike fastening. She is 98ft. long over all, 17ft. beam, and 9ft. deep. Her great beam is mainly across deck, her sides have considerable flare. These proportions were determined upon by Mr. Nathaniel Herreshoff after extended experiments made a year ago. The boiler is of the circular coil pattern, already fully described in this journal, and occupies but 6ft. 8in., measured from out to out of casting. The engine is compound condensing, with cylinders 10 1/2 and 18in. diameter by 18in. stroke, and develop 200 horsepower upon 350 pounds coal per hour, a performance which is highly satisfactory. The screw is 56in. diameter with 96in. pitch, four bladed.
The hull has angle iron frame 2x8in., with reverse frames, and floor plates 3-16in. thick. She is planked with oak and pine, screwbolted to the frame. Rudder, screw and skag are of bronze. Rigged as a pole schooner, has a gig [#188207es], dingy [#188206es] and a 20x4 1/2ft. steam cutter [#93p Maud] at davits, the latter capable of making nine miles on hour. As the Siesta is designed for the St. Lawrence River, she has been given ample head room and ventilation below by a deck house fore and aft with a pilot house and dining saloon at the forward end, the saloon being 9x12ft., with the kitchen beneath, and a pantry, forecastle, etc., forward of the latter. The main saloon is reached by a companion from aft and is 18x11 ft., finished in very stylish and tasty design in birdseye maple and cherry trimmings. Two large and two small staterooms lead off from the saloon, fitted with numerous small devices for comfort and convenience, all characterized by that peculiar and pleasing originality for which the Herreshoffs nave become famous. The same builders have just finished a sister ship, called the Orient [sic, i.e. Orienta (#89p)], and both are sure to maintain the credit of America as progressive, even in the darkest hours of prostration which have overcome our nautical interests." (Source: Anon. "Siesta." Forest And Stream, July 6, 1882, p. 455.)

"... the Siesta [#88p] was ... built for Mr. H. H. Warner, of Rochester, N. Y., who has lately endowed the city of Rochester with a splendid observatory, and offered prizes for the discovery of comets and other celestial bodies. The Siesta possesses many points which are interesting on account of their novelty; she is built after a new model, which gives great steadiness and ease of motion, at the same time securing all the advantages that a generous beam affords. Her dimensions are 98 feet in length by 17 feet in width, and 9 feet in depth. Her saloon and state rooms, of which latter she has four, are elegantly finished with bird's eye maple and cherry, and furnished with due regard to good taste and comfortable and refined living, to which end Mr. Warner has made her his summer residence. One of the newest and most admired features of the Siesta is the dining-room, which is situated on deck just abaft the pilot house. It is beautifully finished in mahogany, and from its elevated position is delightfully light and airy, commanding a view of the entire horizon.
The Siesta is propelled by a compound condensing engine of 200 I. H. P. (maximum), having cylinders 10 1/2" and 18" x 18". Steam is supplied by a Herreshoff boiler, having a grate 68 inches in diameter.
This yacht has lately arrived at Rochester, making the voyage thither by way of the ocean and St. Lawrence river, showing herself to be both fast and seaworthy, fulfilling to the letter the wishes of her owner and the expectations of her builders. Her speed (mean) is 13 miles an hour, with 200 pounds coal burned in that time. She is capable of steaming 2000 miles continuously without coaling. ..." (Source: Anon. "Steam Yacht Building In Rhode Island. The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company And Its Operations." The Mechanical Engineer, September 2, 1882, p. 55.)

"The steam yacht Siesta, built by the Herreshoffs of this town, for Mr. H. H. Warner, of Rochester, N. Y., the famous patent medicine man, was recently at Toronto, Canada. The Toronto Globe, of 22d ultimo, says: 'Torontorians never seemed to take to steam yachting, and the harbor never before saw in one week such fine boats as have been here in the past few days. The Blandina, of Hamilton, and the Orizaba, of Buffalo, have been followed by a larger and finer craft than either. The magnificent schooner-rigged steam yacht Siesta arrived from Charlotte last evening and lay up at the foot of Yonge street. ... As no such craft as the Siesta has ever before visited this port, a description of some of her distinctive features will be of interest. The yacht is 98 feet long by 17 feet beam, and 9 feet depth of hold. She draws about 6 1/2 feet, and registers 87 tons old measurement or 47 new measurement. Her frames are iron, covered with Southern pine, and she was built by the Herreshoffs of Bristol, R.I., builders of the finest steam yachts built in America. ...
Her engines are compound and her coil boilers, which cannot explode, can generate steam in six minutes. Her horse power is 200, and she can cover sixteen miles an hour when pushed. The boilers require only one ton of coal for twelve hours steaming. Her fittings and furniture are, like her motive power, of the highest class. The main saloon is finished in birdseye maple and cherry, and the yacht is heated in the fall by steam. The state-rooms, dining-room, crew's quarters, cook's galley, and all the departments of the yacht are fitted in the latest style, and found with everything required for comfort and pleasure. The yacht cost $50,000, and it will be understood that nothing is lacking." (Source: Anon. "Local Affairs." Bristol Phoenix, September 6, 1884, p. 2.)

"The following is a list of the steam yachts built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, R.I: ... Siesta, built 1882, for H. H. Warner, Rochester. Length, 98 feet; breadth, 17 feet; depth, 8 feet 6 inches; draught, 5 feet 6 inches, speed, 13 1/2 miles per hour. ..." (Source: Jaffray, Edward S. "American Steam Yachting." Outing, April 1886, p. 23-25.)

"... The H. H. Warner cottage in the main channel about a mile above the bay is now unoccupied. Mrs. Warner owns the Island and cottage, it is said, and it is not included in the list of property that will be sold to pay the indebtedness of the Rochester man of Safe Cure fame. The yacht Siesta, which is now lying at anchor in the bay east of the Crossmon House, and Safety Point are owned by Mr. Warner and will be sold. Mrs. Warner will occupy her cottage this summer and is expected here next week with her daughter, who has become a wife since the close of last season. Mr. Warner will accompany them. ..." (Source: Anon. "The Thousand Island Resorts. Promising Outlook for a Brilliant Season --- Many Guests from Many Places." New York Times, July 16, 1893, p. 12.)

"The steamer Siesta, the beautiful steam yacht belonging to H. H. Warner, the ex-millionaire of Rochester was sold at auction at Alexandria Bay this afternoon, and only brought $4,000, the exact amount of claims against it.
The yacht was built at Bristol, R. I., in 1882, at a cost of $35,000. John A. Davis of Alexandria Bay was the purchaser. Mr. Warner's family are at his Summer home at the Island. He is in Europe at present." (Source: Anon. "The Siesta Sells Cheaply." New York Times, August 20, 1893, p. 8.)

"Steam yacht Siesta, owned by Charles St. Clair of Boston, arrived Saturday afternoon out of commission and will be laid up at once at Walker's Cove." (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity." Bristol Phoenix, October 29, 1895, p. 2.)

"At Herreshoff's marine railway the steam yacht Siesta, built by the Herreshoffs fifteen years ago, and owned by Col C. St Clair of Boston, is hauled out." (Source: Anon. "News and Notes of Local Interest." Bristol Phoenix, November 5, 1895, p. 2.)

"The steam yacht Siesta, owned by Charles St. Clair of Boston, which broke away from her moorings at Walker's cove during the storm of Thursday night and went ashore, was hauled off Friday afternoon at high tide and anchored.'" (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity." Bristol Phoenix, December 31, 1895, p. 2.)

"A crew for steam yacht Siesta arrived here yesterday from Boston, having been engaged for the season. The Siesta is owned by Charles St. Clair of Boston and is being fitted out at Walker's Cove for the season." (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity." Bristol Phoenix, May 1, 1896, p. 2.)

"SIESTA, Composite yacht built in 1882 at Bristol, Rhode Island by Herreshoff, US. 115840. 98.6 x 17 x 9, 99 g.t. C. 107068. Out of Canadian List in 1938." (Source: Marine Historical Society of Detroit (publ.). The Detroit Marine Historian, 1976, vol. 30, [p. ?].)

"N/A"

"[Item Description:] Three original woodblocks for woodblock printing, depicting #88p SIESTA (1882), a Compound Steam Engine of the 1880s and a Coil Boiler of the 1880s. Sizes: (2) 5 1/2in x 3 1/2in x 1in and (1) 4in x 3 1/2in x 1in." (Source: MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.150. Printing Woodblock. Box HAFH.6.6B, Folder Engravings (Artifacts). No date (ca1881).)
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"[Item Description:] Casting sketch notebook (carbon copy) [Titled Herreshoff Mfg Co, -Office-, Bristol, R.I.; 1882, mostly signed by C.H.K., steamers #88p, #89p, #91p, #92p, #98p]." (Source: Anon (C.H.K.) (and Herreshoff, N.G.?) (creator). Notebook. MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.120-06. Box HAFH.6.4B, Folder Casting Record Books Sketch and Order Book 1882 CHK. 1882.)
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"[Item Description:] Casting sketch notebook (original copy) [Titled Nathl G. Herreshoffp, Bristol R.I.; 1882, mostly signed by N.G.H.; material and item orders relating to steamers #81p, #82p, #83p, #88p, #89p, #90p, #91p, #92p, #95p, #98p, stock for new boat shop]." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Notebook. MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.120-10. Box HAFH.6.4B, Folder Casting Record Books Sketch and Order Book 1882 NGH. 1882.)
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"[Item Description:] Two sets of penciled side-by-side half-sections and displacement curves titled 'SIESTA (St[eame]r No 88 [#88p]). June 20, 1882'. With note 'Area of Water line 878.72sqft exclusive of keel. Area of greatest section 42.48sqft. Displacement 2178.56[cuft] (71 tons net) exclusive of keel, rudder & screw. Wetted surface 1203.2[sqft]'. With curves labeled 'Displacement curve', 'Wetted surface exclusive of keel, rudder & screw', and 'water line'. A second, undated, set of side-by-side half-sections is titled 'Vedette Boats. Nos. 85 and 86 [#85p and #86p Vedette boats for French Navy]'. With note 'Area of water line 217.76sqft. Area of greatest section 8.48sqft exclusive of keel &c. Displacement 247.84[cuft] (8 tons). Wetted surface 266.24[sqft]'. With curves labeled 'Displacement curve', 'Wetted surface' and 'Water line'. With numerous other calculations. " (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. (creator). Side-by-side Half-Sections and Displacement Curves. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0570. WRDT08, Folder 44. 1882-06-20 and No date (1881-12 ??).)
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"[Item Description:] Handwritten (in ink) table titled 'SIESTA's [#88p] log, June 28 and 29, [18]82' tabulating data for Places, Time, Cutoff H[igh] P[ressure] and L[ow] P[ressure], Steam [Pressure], Vaccuum, Wind, Runing Time and Distance for a trip from Bristol via Edgartown to Portland, Maine. With embossed blindstamp with a crown and 'Paris'." (Source: Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_48190. Log. Subject Files, Folder [no #]. 1882-06-28.)
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"[Item Transcription:] Handwritten (in ink and pencil) trials booklet titled 'HMCo. Experiments. 1882'. Relevant contents:
§4: #88p SIESTA Trial Run (1882-06-21 & 1882-06-27)
§5: #88p SIESTA Trial Run (1882-06-28)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Trials Booklet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE07_02860. Folder [no #]. 1881-06 to 1883-03.)
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"[Item Description:] Report Made to the Bureau of Steam-Engineering, Navy Department, on the Hull, Engine, and Boiler of the Steam-Yacht SIESTA [#88p], constructed by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company." (Source: Isherwood, Adm. Benjamin F. (creator). Report. MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.001. Box HAFH.6.1B, Folder Hull No. 88p. 1883-03-03.)

"[Item Transcription:] Handwritten (in ink and pencil) trials booklet 'Herreshoff Mfg. Co. Experiments & Trial Trips. 1890. N.G. Herreshoff'. Relevant contents:
§32: #88p SIESTA Trial Run after overhauling machinery (1895-10-28)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Trials Booklet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE07_02260. Folder [no #]. 1890-01 to 1898-08.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #88p Siesta even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• Isherwood, Benjamin Franklin. "Report Made to the Bureau of Steam-Engineering, Navy Department, on the Hull, Engine, and Boiler of the Steam-Yacht 'Siesta,' constructed by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company." Washington, March 3, 1883. (4,426 kB)
  Document is copyrighted: No. Detailed report on Siesta, steam engine and boiler descriptions, tables, formulae. (Note, this report unfortunately lacks several pages and drawings.)

• Siesta (HMCo-made index card)
• Siesta (MIT Museum-made index card)
• Note: The vessel index cards comprise two sets of a total of some 3200 cards about vessels built by HMCo, with dimensions and information regarding drawings, later or former vessel names, and owners. They were compiled from HMCo's early days until 1920 and added to in later decades, apparently by Hart Nautical curator William A. Baker and his successors. While HMCo seems to have used only one set of index cards, all sorted by name and, where no name was available, by number, later users at MIT apparently divided them into two sets of cards, one sorted by vessel name, the other by vessel number and greatly expanded the number of cards. Original HMCo cards are usually lined and almost always punched with a hole at bottom center while later cards usually have no hole, are unlined, and often carry substantially less information. All cards are held by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass.

Name: Siesta
Type: Steam
Length: 98'
Owner: Warner, H. H.

Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. "A Partial List of Herreshoff Clients." In: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Herreshoff Yachts. Bristol, Rhode Island, ca. 1931.

• Siesta
• Note: The L. Francis Herreshoff index cards comprise a set of some 1200 cards about vessels built by HMCo, with dimensions and / or ownership information. Apparently compiled in the early 1930s, for later HMCo-built boats like the Fishers Island 23s or the Northeast Harbor 30s are not included. Added to in later decades, apparently by L. F. Herreshoff as well as his long-time secretary Muriel Vaughn and others. Also 46 cards of L. F. Herreshoff-designed vessels. The original set of index cards is held by the Herreshoff Marine Museum and permission to display is gratefully acknowledged.

Name: Siesta
Type: 98' steamer
Owner: H. H. Warner
Year: 1882
Row No.: 628

Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis. "Partial List of Herreshoff-Built Boats." In: Herreshoff, L. Francis. Capt. Nat Herreshoff. The Wizard of Bristol. New York, 1953, p. 325-343.

Year: 1882
E/P/S: P
No.: 088
Name: Siesta
OA: 98'

Source: Vermilya, Peter and Maynard Bray. "Transcription of the HMCo. Construction Record." Unpublished database, ca. 2000.

Note: The transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Peter Vermilya and Maynard Bray was performed independently (and earlier) than that by Claas van der Linde. A comparison of the two transcriptions can be particularly useful in those many cases where the handwriting in the Construction Record is difficult to decipher.

"[See also:] "Report...on Hull, Engine and Boiler of the Steam Yacht Siesta" B.F. Isherwood, Department of Navy, 1883. In: Technical and Business Records pertaining to the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Series VI, Folder HH.6.1 (Hull No. 88), Box HAFH.6.1B." (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. 63-79.)

"In the absence of better available data displacement was estimated by using the figure for Net Register Tons (43.72) from the 1890-91 Manning's American Yacht List (Old Measurement Tons Tons were reported as 87.43 by the 1885 Olsen's American Yacht List) and converting to lbs by dividing through 2000 (short tons). Note that this figure can only be a rough estimate because register tons as reported in Yacht Registers correlate only loosely with actual displacement figures." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 17, 2015.)

Note: Research notes contain information about a vessel that is often random and unedited but has been deemed useful for future research.