HMCo #230p Wana

"[1903-02-04] Wed 4: ESE rainstorm early. Fog & rain all day. Low barometer. Launched #230 Wana at noon and moved at [sic] cove pier. ...
[1903-03-28] Sat 28: Very fine, nearly calm till PM. Fresh NNE [wind] with rain in evening. Much colder. Moved 230 Wana to north wharf.
[1903-05-18] Mon 18: Very fine & warm. L[igh]t SSW [wind]. Tried Wana #230. ...
[1903-05-19] Tue 19: Very fine in AM. Very heavy thunder storm in PM. Strong squall & heavy rain [with] damage to electric wires &c. Made speed trial of Wana #230." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1903. Manuscript (excerpts). Diary access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.)

"May 18, 1903
Wana, #230
105ft w.l. 16ft beam.
12[in] stroke regular triple ex[pansion] [steam engine].
48 x 80 4 bl[ade] screw propeller.
1st run from dock, not rigged, no furnishing and only parts of equipment [on board].
Over 3k[n] course, 1/2 ebb neap [tide], wind SSW, 12[mph].
[Followed by tabulated trial run data with mean speed being 15.24kn = 17.57mph]
Jet used moderately. Machinery working well, with only a little heating.
Speed unfavorable from depth over course [too shallow].
May 19, 1903
Wana, #230
Speed trial over 3 knot course. Partly equipped, about 15 [people] on board and small am[oun]t of coal. Wind 6 miles SSW. Tide 1/2 flood, neap.
[Followed by tabulated trial run data with mean speed being 15.77kn = 18.13mph]
Machinery working well and boat quite steady. ..." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. Handwritten note in Trials Booklet '1898 - 1909' under date of May 18, 1903 and May 19, 1903. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum.)

"#230. November 6, 1902. Cruising Steam Yacht. Frame spaces 20in. ..." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael Greene. Herreshoff, Nathanael Greene. Handwritten note in Offset Booklet HH.4.33. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. November 6, 1902.)

"As time went on the type of clipper-bowed steam yacht built at Bristol developed into something like 'Wana,' one hundred and thirty-two feet long built for S. R. Van Duzer in 1903. She had one of the triple expansion steeple engines that I have spoken of before, and was a sweet-running yacht that could maintain a speed of something like twelve miles per hour under most any condition, yet had very comfortable cruising accommodations and plenty of safe deck room, which latter the modern yacht does not have." (Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis. The Wizard of Bristol. The Life and Achievements of Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, together with An Account of Some of the Yachts he Designed. New York, 1953, p. 242.)

"In the north shop the work of planking the new steam yacht for Shelah B. Van Duser of New York is well under way." (Source: Anon. "At The Herreshoff's Shops." Bristol Phoenix, December 16, 1902, p. 1.)

"... The new steam yacht for Mr. S. R. Van Duser, of New York, is ready to go overboard and may be launched to-morrow. She is 130 feet over all and her lines are similar to those of the Duquesne [#181p], built by the Herreshoffs for the late Theodore R. Hostetter a few years ago.
The new yacht is to be christened the Wana, and she will be sent to the Thousand Islands for Mr. Van Duser when she is completed. (Source: Anon. Mr. S. R. Van Duser's New Steam Yacht Wana May Be Put Overboard To-Day." New York Herald, January 31, 1903, p. 13.)

"BRISTOL. Feb. 5. --- Yesterday afternoon the steam yacht just built in the north boat shop at Herreshoff's, was launched and moored in Walker's Cove. The boat is named Wana, and is 132 feet long with a beam of 12 feet. She is built of oak and hard pine and is painted white. The craft, which is as yet unfinished on the deck, is almost similar to the Quickstep [#213p] in model. She was built for S R. Van Duser of New York. By launching the Wana at this time more space is available in the north shop for the construction of the new racing schooner [#590s Ingomar] for Morton T. Plant." (Source: Anon. "Steam Yacht Wana Launched at Bristol." New York Sun, February 6, 1903, p. 5.)

"The steam yacht Wana, built by the Herreshoffs for Shelar K. Van Duser of New York, was launched from the north shop of that company Wednesday [February 4, 1903] noon. The launching was without ceremony and the new boat took the water over the greased ways without a hitch. After the launching the yacht was towed to Walker's Cove where it will he hauled out in the yard and will be covered until spring, when it will be finished as there is considerable to do on the boat before it can be delivered to its owner. The yacht is the 230th steamer built by Herreshoff.
The Wana is about 130 feet in length overall and is very similar in design to the steam yacht Duquesne [#181p]. Her owner was formerly the owner of the steam yacht Nina [#193p] built by Herreshoff about five years ago." (Source: Anon. "The Wana Launched. New Steam Yacht for S. R. Van Duser put Overboard Wednesday." Bristol Phoenix, February 6, 1903, p. 4.)

"... Steam yacht Wana, built for S. R. Van Duser of New York, was launched Wednesday [February 4, 1903], leaving a good-sized space for the spar making and building of the new schooner yacht [#590s Ingomar]. ..." (Source: Anon. "The Yacht at Bristol." New York Times, February 9, 1903, p. 10.)

"... On the afternoon of February 4 [1903] there was launched from the Herreshoff shops at Bristol the steam yacht built by that firm for Mr. S. R. Van Duser, of New York City. The yacht, which was named Wana, is 132ft. long over all and 12ft. breadth. The hull, which is built of wood, is completed, but the deck and cabin fittings have yet to be put in place. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yachting News Notes." Forest & Stream, February 14, 1903, p. 137.)

"Wana, screw steamer #230, of Bristol.
Built at Bristol, RI, by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.
88.26 gross tons, 60.02 net tons; 113.6 ft. x 15.6 ft. x 9.4 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
One deck, two masts, overhanging head, overhanging stern.
Surveyed and measured, February 26, 1903. [With note: Indicated Horse power 400.]" (Source: U.S. Customs Department, Bristol, R.I. Custom House Record Book, 1870s to 1904 (Collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum), s.v. Wana.)

"[Abstract of register or enrollment. Pos. 965:]
Wana, screw steamer, of Bristol.
Built at Bristol, 1903.
88.26 gross tons, 60.02 net tons; 113.6 ft. x 15.6 ft. x 9.4 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
One deck, two masts, overhanging head [bow].
Enr[olled] and Lic[ensed] ([as] yacht) May 19, 1903. Owner: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol. Master: J. B. Herreshoff, Bristol.
Surrendered [license] July 18, 1903 at New York. ([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. Wana.)

"The new steam yacht Wana, built by Herreshoff for Shelah R. Van Duser of New York, was given her first trial trip in the harbor Saturday [June 6, 1903] afternoon." (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity." Bristol Phoenix, June 9, 1903, p. 2.)

"The steam yacht Wana, chartered by William D. Guthrie, of counsel for the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, caught fire in her engine room while in Hell Gate last night and was badly damaged before the fire was put out. Mr. Guthrie and four guests, including two women, had boarded the craft at the New York Yacht Club's station at the foot of East Twenty-third Street at 5 o clock. The party was bound for Glen Cove, but had hardly entered Hell Gate when fire was discovered in the engine room. It spread rapidly, and volumes of black smoke were soon pouring out through portholes and hatches.
The guests fled to the bow of the yacht, while the crew tried to check the flames with the fire pumps. A distress signal was blown on the whistle, and the yacht was headed for the Astoria shore. When the yacht was off Walcott Avenue and the Boulevard, one of the crew rowed ashore in a small boat and sent in a fire alarm, but by the time the Astoria firemen had reached the shore the tug Cooper had come to the aid of the yacht and soon had a line of hose upon her. When the fire had been extinguished the tug towed the yacht back to the foot of Twenty-third Street, where Mr. Guthrie and his guests were put ashore. The yacht was then towed to Manning's Wharf, Erie Basin.
The Wana is owned by S. R. Van Duzer, a druggist at 42 Park Place, for whom she was built by Herreshoff last Winter. She is 132 feet over all, 15.9 feet beam, and 8.4 feet in depth. She has triple expansion engines." (Source: Anon. "Steam Yacht In Flames. William D. Guthrie's Party in Danger for a Time Aboard the Wana." New York Times, July 24, 1903, p. 1.)

"William D. Guthrie, Mrs. Guthrie, and their son and daughter, William P. and Miss Ella Guthrie, put out a fire on the steam yacht Wana while she was hard and fast on the Steep and Nigger rocks on the Astoria side of Hell Gate yesterday, after a thrilling experience. Mr. Guthrie chartered the yacht from its owner, Selah R. Van Duzer, No. 42 Park Place, to sail to Mr. Guthrie's summer home at Whitestone, Long Island.
The yacht was built by the Herreshoffs, is 132 feet over all, 15.9 beam, 8.4 depth, and is supplied with triple expansion engines. The Guthries embarked yesterday afternoon off East Twenty-third-st.
Captain H. Johnson, who had the wheel, as the Wana arrived off Astoria, misjudged the distance from the rocks on the west side of Hell Gate, and before any one was aware of the danger the Wana was hard and fast on the partly submerged reef.
The impact shook the fire in the engine room to the floor, and the woodwork caught fire. Mr. Guthrie, his son and the crew immediately formed a bucket brigade and fought the flames desperately, forming a line from the engine to the rail. The buckets were passed from hand to hand, as fast as they could be dipped into the sea.
Mrs. Guthrie, her daughter and the two maids ran to the stern and made efforts to lower the naphtha launch, suspended from the davits. They were unable to do so, and cried for help. In the roar of the flames and the excitement their cries were unheard and when a gust of wind carried the flames still nearer to them the women climbed over the brass deck railing and prepared to jump into the water.
At this juncture Mr. Guthrie came up from below, where he had been fighting the flames at short range with his son. Seeing his wife and daughter about to jump he restrained them, assuring them that the flames were nearly under control. The fighters were spurred on to renewed efforts, and finally it was seen that the danger was over. Captain Johnson then rowed to Astoria in a small boat and turned in an alarm of fire. On his way he signalled the tug Cooper, which ran alongside the burning yacht and completed the work of extinguishing the flames. The tug then pulled the yacht off the reef and towed her to her moorings at the New-York Yacht Club anchorage at Twenty-third-st. The principal damage was to the hold and machinery.
Mr. Guthrie is a member of the law firm of Guthrie, Cravath & Henderson. No. 52 Williams-st. He lives at No. 28 Park-ave." (Source: Anon. "Guthries Fight Flames on Burning Vessel. The Steam Yacht Ablaze on a Reef in Hell Gate." New York Tribune, July 24, 1903, p. 1.)

"... Gardner & Cox ... effected the following charters: ... steam yacht Wana, estate of S. R. Van Dusen to J. B. Dennis, New York Yacht Club." (Source: Anon. "Notes for Yachtsmen." New York Times, August 6, 1904, p. 3.)

"Henry F. Shoemaker of the New York Yacht Club has chartered the steam yacht Wana, owned by the estate of S. R. Van Duzer. Mr. Shoemaker, with his sons, will use the Wana on the annual cruise of the New York Yacht Club, and on his daily trips to the City from Mr. Shoemaker's Summer home at Riverside, Conn. The Wana was built by the Herreshoffs in 1903, and is a flushdeck vessel, 131 feet overall, and has a speed of 19 miles an hour." (Source: Anon. "H. F. Shoemaker Charters Wana." New York Times, April 11, 1905, p. 12.)

"Abraham Abraham has purchased the steam yacht Wana from J. W. Baker. The boat will be given a new after-deck house and be otherwise improved. She is at Tebo's Basin, and Capt. Frank Johnstown is in charge." (Source: Anon. "Abraham Abraham's Steam Yacht At Teb0's." Brooklyn Standard Union, November 14, 1905, p. 9.)

"George G. Sherman of Watertown has purchased the steam yacht Wana, one of the flnest on the St. Lawrence river, formerly owned by the late Abraham Abraham of Brooklyn, who died in June at his palatial summer home on Cherry Island. It is said that Mr. Sherman at the same time purchased the yacht house and 14 acres of land on the main shore where the yacht house stands. The purchase price is said to have been $25,000. The deal which resulted in the purchase of the yacht and property was completed last week. Capt. Fred Joyner and his crew of the yacht Navajo have been transferred to the Wana and Capt. Joyner will have command of the yacht next season. During the past summer he has had charge of the fleet owned by George C. Boldt." (Source: Anon. "Brevities." Ogdensburg News, September 23, 1911, p. 4.)

"CLAYTON, Aug. 27 [1913]. --- The magnificent $75,000 steam yacht, the Wana, owned b George G. Sherman, of Watertown, is hard and fast on a shoal at the head of Irwin isle, near this place. She ran on the shoal Monday night while Mr. Sherman was entertaining May Irwin and the members of her company on a ride about the islands. The boat was piloted by Mr. Sherman's captain Frank Joyner.
The members of Miss Irwin's company are spending the late Summer on Irwin isle, rehearsing Miss Irwin's play, A Widow by Proxy, with which she will open the season in Boston.
Kurt Eisfeldt, Miss Irwin's husband, when he retired hung five lights on the Irwin isle dock to guide the boat back in. The captain of the boat says he did not see these lights, but saw a light which he believed to be on the Irwin dock, but which proved to be on the head of the island. He headed for this light and ran on a shoal which was in about six feet of water.
The party remained on the yacht for some time in hopes that she could be floated under her own steam, but as she was hard and fast on the rocks it was determined to abandon her for the night. Small boats were launched and about three this morning the party was landed on Irwin isle and went to the Irwin Summer home, where they spent the remainder of the night." (Source: Anon. "Fast On The Rocks. George G. Sherman's Handsome Yacht Went On Monday Night." Oswego Palladium Times, August 27, 1913, p. 7.)

"George C. Sherman, paper manufacturer of Watertown, is fitting out his 145 foot steam yacht Wana and will take a long cruise this summer." (Source: Anon. "Fitting Out the Wana." Oswego Daily Times, June 3, 1920, p. 7.)

"The handsome steam yacht Wana, once the property of the late George C. Sherman and now owned by George Clarke of Toronto is at Oswego being stripped preparatory to a journey throuch the barge canal to New York, according to an item in an Oswego newspaper. The smokestack, wireless and masts will have to be lowered to permit the yacht to clear some of the overhead dams in the canal.
The Wana was sold to Mr. Clarke, a prominent paper manufacturer, shortly after Mr Sherman's death in June, 1920. Whether Mr. Clarke plans to keep the boat in New York harbor or whether he will return with it to the St. Lawrence river is not known." (Source: Anon. "Former Sherman Yacht Wana On New York Trip. Owner George Clarke Of Toronto Taking Boat Through Barge Canal." Watertown [New York] Daily Times, August 22, 1921, p. A3.)

"WATERTOWN, March 16, [1925]. ---Property valued at $6,000 is missing from the steam yacht Wana, owned by George Clark, of New York, wealthy paper manufacturer, which it now in winter quarters on the St. Lawrence river above Alexandria Bay. The vessel and its boat house had been stripped of everything removable since last Fall. The discovery was made when the engineer who lives at Clayton, went to the yacht to make an inspection for putting the boat in commission. The thieves worked at their leisure during the winter months." (Source: Anon. "Yacht Wana Robbed." Oswego Palladium, March 16, 1925, p. 8.)

"Two coast guard boats last night were standing by while the crew of a wrecking tug attempted to free the 135-foot steam yacht Wana, which went aground in Henderson Harbor, at the east end of Lake Ontario about 80 miles north of Syracuse, Sunday night.
Commander Martin W. Rasmussen, who ordered the boats from the Olcott and Big Sandy stations Sunday night to the scene of the accident, ordered them to remain until the yacht is afloat.
The craft is owned by Rowan Card of Brooklyn. He and four members of the crew were aboard when the boat grounded on Snowshoe Island because of poor visibility. They were removed by one of the coast guard boats Sunday night.
The hold of the yacht has filled with water, which will have to be pumped out before the boat can be floated, Commander Rasmussen said." (Source: Anon. "Stranded Yacht Still Held By Shoal In Lake. Rasmussen Orders Coast Guard Craft To Stand By Until Boat Is Released." Buffalo Courier Express, October 20, 1931, p. 19.)

"Preparations were being made Friday to get the steam yacht Wana in condition to have the craft, 110 feet long, go down through the Barge canal Saturday for delivery in New York, to be used as a day party fishing boat.
The yacht, once owned by the late George C. Sherman, of Watertown, and now by Rowan Card, of New York, was being taken from Clayton to Oswego last Suaday, and her crew put into Henderson Harbor for shelter. After striking on Lime Barrel Shoal, the yacht was beachod at the Gill House, Henderson Harbor, and was released Thursday by the Pkye Wrecking company, and towed to this city by the tugs Salvage Prince and Salvage Queen, after a diver had put temporary patches on her hull, punctured when she struck. The yacht is of wooden construction, and was valued two years ago at $200,000. She draws but seven feet of water, and is fast." (Source: Anon. "Boat Towed Here. Steam Yacht Wana Expected To Clear For New York Saturday." Oswego Palladium Times, October 23, 1931, p. 12.)

"Wana
This was probably the most ideal Steam Yacht of her type (clipper bow and long fantail stern) based on the Upper St. Lawrence River. She maneuvered well on short trips among Islands. Yet she was of ample size and displacement to permit seaworthiness in heavy weather on open waters. She had accommodations for at least 12 in the owner's quarters forward and sufficient space aft for a double crew of 11. She cruised easily at 12 M.P.H. and could attain 15 M.P.H. when necessary.
Mr. Abraham Abraham, 800 St. Mark's Avenue, Brooklyn, New York of Abraham and Straus, a large New York City department store, was one of the first owners of the Wana. He and Mr. Nathan Straus occupied Summer residences near the foot of Cherry Island, approximately one mile up the River from Alexandria Bay, New York. The yacht's Home Port was then Alexandria Bay, and her Port of Registry was New York City. When not in use, she was stored in her own yachthouse, located about one-half mile upstream from the Edgewood Club and one hundred feet from the mainland. The building was really nearly opposite the head of Cherry Island and the Devils Oven. In 1905 and 1906, the yacht was listed in the name of S.R. Van Duzen, estate, Newburgh, New York. Her Home Port was not stated. Her owner, apparently, belonged to the Thousand Island Yacht Club.
Mr. George C. Sherman of the Sherman Paper Company, Watertown, New York purchased the boat and her yachthouse sometime between 1910 and 1913. For a while, her Home Port was Sackets Harbor, New York and her Port of Registry still New York City. Later the Home Port became Watertown and the Port of Registry, Cape Vincent, New York. Her Registration Number was 81852.
The Wana was designed by Mr. Nathaniel G. Herreshoff and built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company at Bristol, Rhode Island in 1903. Construction was of wood. Her specifications were as follow: Net Tons, 60; Gross Tons, 88; Overall Length, 132'; Waterline Length, 106' 7"; Beam, 15' 9"; Depth, 9' 5"; Draft, 5' 7". She was powered by a Herreshoff 3-Cylinder Triple Expansion Steam Engine, 9", 14", and 22" of bore and 12" of stroke. She originally had a Herreshoff Water Tube Boiler. In 1917, it was replaced with an Almy Water Tube Boiler, larger in size. This boiler, which permitted a more efficient operation of the powerplant, projected above the deck. Hence, a low trunk cabin (without windows, of course) was built over the same. The profile of the boat was not altered, because the top of the cabin was a little lower than the rails. The yacht carried two lifeboats outboard on davits. One of these was powered first with an electric motor and later with a Watertown Gasoline Engine, 2-cylinder, 2-stroke.
When built, the yacht had the large deckhouse forward only. Some time before the accompanying picture was taken (probably about 1916) the aft deckhouse was added. This became the dining salon. The galley was directly beneath it. Likewise, this deckhouse was the operation center of the wireless system that Mr. Sherman installed. The aerials of this stretched between the two masts.
The Wana cruised the Great Lakes at least as far West as Detroit, Michigan. She ran the entire length of the St. Lawrence River. Mr. Sherman was an ardent yachtsman. The extended trips proved pleasant for him and his friends and for members of the crew as well.
Mr. Sherman passed away in the late Spring of 1920, just as the Wana was being recommissioned after a few years of idleness during World War I. Neither his wife nor his company were interested in using the boat. The Wana and the yachthouse were sold that summer. The purchaser was another paper manufacturer, Mr. George Clarke. We seem to recall that he had a New York City office and that much of his interests were in Canada.
He, with guests, immediately made a month's trip to the Lower St. Lawrence, visiting, among other points, Clarke City, a small community named for his family. In 1921, Mr. Clarke commissioned and used the Wana. The end of the season found her in a basin near New York City.
Mr. Clarke ceased interest in using the boat at that point, but was not anxious to dispose of her. He decided to have her returned to the yachthouse on the St. Lawrence. This was accomplished during the Summer of 1922. Several towing companies participated in bringing her up the Hudson and through the Barge Canal to Oswego. Captain Augustus Hinckley with his Steam Coal Barge, Hinckley, easily towed the yacht across the foot of Lake Ontario and down the River to the yachthouse.
The Wana remained in storage until the fall of 1931. She was then purchased by a group of men from the New York City area. They commissioned the yacht and took her to that locality for commercial offshore fishing. A former member of the crew, Mr. David Carnegie of Grindstone Island, later stated that he had seen the boat at Staten Island, New York.
References:
Lloyd's Register of American Yachts, 1905-1906, 1907, 1910, 1913 and 1920." (Source: Mercier, Gilbart B. Pleasure Yachts of the Thousand Islands. Clayton, New York, 1981, s.v. "Wana".)

"Registry and Rig Information
Vessel Name: WANA
Nationality: U.S.
Official Number: 81852
Rig: Steam Yacht
Dimensions and Tonnage
Length: 113.50
Width: 15.50
Depth: 9.33
Masts: 0
Gross Tonnage: 88.00
Net Tonnage: 60.00
Hull Material: Wood
Vessel History
Rebuilds: Canadian measures, 1923 (109.33 x 15.5 x 9.33; 82 gross - 24 registered). U.S. measures, 1933 (113.5 x 15.5 x 9.33; 96 gross - 65 net).
Disposition: Abandoned in 1954.
Build Information
Builder: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.
Place Built: Bristol, RI
Year Built: 1903
Name Changes
Name; Date; Registry; Official Number
WANA; 1923 - 1933; CANADA; 141671
WANA; 1933 - 1934; U.S.; 81852
JOY II; 1934 - 1954; U.S.; 81852." (Source: Bowling Green State University (publisher). Great Lakes Vessels Online Index, s.v. "Wana." http://greatlakes.bgsu.edu/vessel/view/007402, retrieved June 2, 2015.)

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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections titled 'St[eame]r #230 [WANA]. 107ft w.l. Scale 1/2in. Nov[ember] 9, 1902. Finished model'. No other notes or caclulations." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_04120. Folder [no #]. 1902-11-09.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled note listing steam engine size, horsepower, and technical details for WANA [#230p], QUICKSTEP [#213p] and GWIN [#192p]. On verso penciled calculations. Undated, WANA was built in 1903" (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. (creator). Penciled Note. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE03_02460. Folder [no #]. No date (1903 or later).)
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"[Item Description:] Handwritten (in ink) trial run note titled 'Trials of WANA No 230 [#230p]. May 19th, 1903' with detailed performance data and concluding with 'Mean speed = 15.8 knots = 18.2 Miles. average [propeller] slip = 29 %'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (?) (creator). Trial Run Note. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE03_02900. Folder [no #]. 1903-05-19.)
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"[Item Description:] Four handwritten (in ink) pages with tabulated data listing 'Shop No', 'Name', '[Tons] Gross' and '[Tons] Net' for a total of 100 HMCo-built boats and classes. Tonnage data is usually precise to two digits behind the decimal. Random comparisons suggest source of tonnage data to be official Custom House data. Boats mentioned are: #664s, #663s, #625s, #665s, #634s, #658s, #657s, #646s, #641s, #617s, #626s Class, #624s, #621s, #616s, #619s, #590s, #591s, #586s, #592 Class, #618s, #605s, #578s, #560s Class, #580s, #553s, #551s, #552s, #546s, #541s, #545s, #538s, #534s, #533s, #532s, #529s, #534s, #530s, #531s, #435s, #437s, #452s, #499s, #429s, #426s, #424s, #481s, #422s, #417s, #414s, #451s, #215p, #213p, #222p, #235p, #230p, #229p, #236p, #224p, #244p, #247p, #249p, #231p, #232p, #228p, #252p, #250p, #251p, #248p, #168p, #164p, #118p, #142p, #174p, #173p, #194p, #189p, #193p, #183p, #178p, #179p, #181p, #182p, #175p, #163p, #148p, #149p, #172p, #155p, #170p, #186p, #188p, #206p, #207p, #205p, #208p, #209p, #210p, #211p, #212p, #216p. Undated (the latest boat listed, WINSOME, was launched in 1907)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (?) (creator). Handwritten List. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE06_00220. Folder [no #]. No date (1907 or later).)
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"[Item Transcription:] Handwritten (mostly in pencil but also in ink) trials booklet titled '1898 - 1909'. Relevant contents:
§29: #230p WANA Trial Run mean speed 15.77kn = 18.13mph (1903-05-18 & 1903-05-19)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Trials Booklet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE09_00060. Folder [no #]. 1898-09 to 1911-04.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #230p Wana even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• Wana (HMCo-made index card)
• Wana (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: Wana
Type: Steam
Length: 132' 3"
Owner: Van Duzer, S. R.

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

• Wana
• 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: Wana
Type: 132' steam
Owner: S. R. Van Duzer
Year: 1903
Row No.: 737

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: 1902
E/P/S: P
No.: 230
Name: Wana
OA: 132' 3"
LW: 104' 9"

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.

"The book 'Avanti goes to War' by Rufus G. Smith mentions that #1384s Avanti was built for the grand-child of Wana's owner." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 10, 2012.)

"Steam engine rating 600hp from undated (1903 or later) diagram by N. G. Herreshoff titled 'Marine Engine. Weights and Prices' in the Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 24, 2019.)

"Marine Engine of Open Type. 9 & 14 & 22 1/2 x 12, 500[rpm], 600[hp]." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. Handwritten List of HMCo-Made Steam Engines. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum, MRDED1_00220. Undated, between 1903 and 1918.)

"In the absence of better available data displacement was estimated by using the figure for Gross Register Tons (80) from the 1903 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (Net Register Tons were reported as 60) 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.