HMCo #293p [Power Launch for #215p Roamer]

"#293. Sept[ember] 28, 1913.
18ft-1 1/2in x 5ft-3in Yacht tender (Model #284 reduced)
Weight 1040lbs.
Motor, 4cyl. 4cyc. Scripps 'Midget'
Propeller 3 blades, 12in diam[eter] x 15in pitch.
[Trial] on north 1/2 mile of Poppasquash course, wind about 5 mi. per hr, N.N.E, tide ebb, one on board [followed by tabulated trial run data with best mean speed being 12.31 miles per hour]
May 22, 1914
New propeller pattern # 10300, 3 blades, 14in dia x 19in pitch.
[followed by tabulated trial run data with best mean speed being 10.95 miles per hour]." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. Handwritten note in Experiments Booklet '1911 Trial Trips and Experiments' under date of September 28, 1913 and May 22, 1914. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum.)

"[Item Transcription:] Handwritten (in ink) trials booklet titled '1911. Trial Trips and Experiments'. Relevant contents:
§18: #293p [POWER LAUNCH FOR #215p ROAMER] Trial Run best mean speed 10.95mph (1913-0-28)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator) and Herreshoff, A. Sidney deW. (creator). Trials Booklet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE07_04280. Folder [no #]. 1911-06 to 1926-05.)
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"[Item Description:] Hulls, anchors and pipe berth cut-out models and diagrams. Among others deckline cut-outs for BETTY ANN, #300p SHADOW III, NOMAD, Fishers Island 31-footer, Fishers Island 23-footer, Sub Chaser 110ft x 18ft, 11ft-6in Boat [built from Plan] 76-17 [now named Plan 28-21] (76-33 [now named Plan 28-23]) for Mr Tiffany's #934 [HARLEQUIN] [this may be a reference to #191901es], 18ft-9in Launch [#191002ep] used on #692 [WESTWARD], 14ft Rowboat [#190912es] [built from Plan] 76-14 698 [#698s WESTWARD], 19ft-4 1/2in x 5ft-4in Launch [#191304ep] for #719 [VAGRANT II], 14ft-8in Gasoline Launch [#190307ep] for 590 [#590s INGOMAR], 10ft-3in Boat [# ?] for 376 [#376p ESLOMA], 18ft Dories [#191729es] for #323 [SP-2840], #293 [Power Launch for #215p ROAMER], Vosper [Torpedo Boats built from 1943 - 1944), AMC Minesweeper [#411p, #412p, #413p, #414p], 16ft-10in x 5ft-1in [#191307es Colonia Sailing Cutter] for #719 [VAGRANT II], 711 Class [New York 50s], [dinghies #191308es and #191309es] for #722 [KATOURA], 12ft [dinghy #191106es ?] for 698 [#698s WESTWARD], 25ft-10in x 6ft-1in [built from Plan] 2-83 [#191301ep Owner Launch for #722s Katoura], 11ft-0in Rowboat [# ?] between davits on #251 [LANG SYNE] Feb [19]06, 23ft-4in x 6ft-4in [#287p Stock launch later Crew Launch for #722s KATOURA]. Generally undated, the last vessels referred to appear to date from 1944." (Source: MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.130. Cut-out Models and Diagrams. Box HAFH.6.4B, Folder Models and Diagrams. No date (1944 and earlier).)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #293p [Power Launch for #215p Roamer] even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• Power Launch for St Y Roamer (HMCo-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: Roomer
Type: Gasoline
Length: 18'2 1/2"
Owner: Robinson, J. K., Jr.

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

• Power Launch for Roamer
• 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: Roamer
Type: 18' 2" gas tender for "Roamer"
Owner: John K. Robinson, Jr.
Year: 1913
Row No.: 574

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: 1913
E/P/S: P
No.: 293
OA: 18' 2 1/2"

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.

"Frame spaces 5 5/8in.
Stem Hackmatack 1 5/8in wide.
Keel white oak, forward end 1 1/4in deep after half length 7/8in x 4 3/8in.
False keel 1 5/8in thick, oak.
Timbers 3/4in x 11/16in sided; from # 12 - 21 inc[luding] 3/4in x 7/8in.
Floor timbers 11/16in x 1 1/2in generally, Nos. 12 - 21 inc[luding] 7/8in thick.
Planking 3/8in lapstrake cedar, top sides 5/16in.
Deck beams 1/2in x 1 1/4in ash, crown 3 5/8in in 5ft-3in.
Deck 5/32in cedar + 5/32in mahogany.
Bulkheads, forward 3/16in cedar + 3/16in mahogany, aft 3/16in cedar + 3/16in cedar.
Bulkhead Stiffeners 1/2in x 1 1/4in, oak, spaced 6in.
Clamps 1 1/4inn x 1 1/4in Oregon Pine.
Floor mahogany slats 3/8in thick.
Stern board 3/8in mahogany.
Sheer strake mahogany 3/8in [and] 7/8in [sketch]." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Scantlings Note on Construction Plan 002-082 (HH.5.00084). Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)

"Weight without equipment 1040 lbs." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Note on Construction Plan 002-82 (HH.5.00084). Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)

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