HMCo #384p Shuttle

"April 17, 1928
Dear Father,
... Mr. Morgan's boat was launched today and will probably have a trial before the end of the week. ... [Note: Though not identified by name, a boat launched for Mr. Morgan that was big enough to require a trial can only be a reference to #384p Shuttle.]" (Source: Herreshoff, Sidney deW. Letter to N. G. Herreshoff. HMM Correspondence Folder 23 (new), 207 (old). Access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff. April 17, 1928.)

"... Herreshoff's yard, Bristol, is busy with the construction of four large cruising yachts. The largest of the quartet is the 150-foot cruising power boat [#385p Vara] for former Commodore Harold S. Vanderbilt, while the 105-foot yawl [#1078s Thistle] for Robert E. Tod is the largest of the two sailing craft. The other power yacht is a 70-foot cruising boat [#384p Shuttle] for Junius S. Morgan Jr. The fourth yacht is an 82-foot Class M sloop [#1074s Sheerness] for a Cleveland yachtsman, a member of the New York Yacht Club. This sloop is not for racing and is to have a gasoline engine for auxiliary power. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yachts and Yachtsmen." Boston Globe, January 29, 1928, p. 53.)

"Shuttle sold to D.J. McCarroll of Cleveland, Ohio, January 12, 1938, through Sparkman & Stephens, Inc. Price $1800 net." (Source: Anon. [Note in the Collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum. Part of the Herreshoff/Morgan Archive donated in 1998 by J. P. Morgan II to the Herreshoff Museum and cataloged there as acc. no. 98.146. Undated, 1938?)

"Permission to sell his 70-foot express cruiser 'Shuttle' to a British firm with transfer to British registry today was granted William H. Varley, former president of the Varley Automobile Corporation of 70 McLean Avenue, by the Maritime Commission. The Associated Press reports.
Mr. Varley's yacht, capable of making 27 miles per hour (22 1/2 knots), was sold to H. E. Moss and Company of London. The boat originally was built for Junius Morgan and was acquired by Mr. Varley in 1937." (Source: Anon. "U. S. Approves Sale Of Varley's Boat." Yonkers Herald Statesman, December 30, 1940, p. 16.)

"... From William H. Varley, Yonkers, N. Y., for sale of the yacht Shuttle to the H. E. Moss & Co., London, England, with transfer to British registry. The Shuttle was built in 1928 at Bristol, R. I.; gross tons 42; net tons 20; length 67 feet; and speed 18.4 knots. The Commission has received the following applications for approval of sale of vessels to aliens and transfer to foreign registry ... [H. E. Moss & Co. owned a fleet of oil tankers.]" (Source: Anon. [Title?] Traffic World, vol. 67, 1941, [p. 41?].)

"1927. ... When Fall came, Herreshoff was at work on a 73-foot waterline yawl [#1078s Thistle] for Commodore Tod, who had sold Katoura [#1050s], and a 70-foot commuter [#384p Shuttle] for Junius Morgan, and several S boats [probably #1013s Sonnet, #1014s Pronto, #1018s Kotick]. ..." (Source: Davis, Jeff. Yachting in Narragansett Bay. Providence, 1946, p. 36.)

"[Item Transcription:] Professor Harold Webb has been ill for some time and has therefore not replied to my letter in which I embodied your question regarding the measurement of sails. As far as I can make out from his letter, the rule as it now stands is in the form in which it has been for a long time and he offers no other answer to this question other than that it has always been interpreted and specified that way. I have yet to find the real answer to your question. [Incl NGH draft reply:] I thank you for yors of 23 inst, yet that ruling on measurement has been standing a very long time --- several years before Prof Webb was measurer. Of course he has no authority excepting to carry out the rules as they are laid down, and I put the question to you as one of the Committee on Measurements, as I like to see such illogical things corrected, and thought it might be a good time to bring it up.
There are other things about the measurement rules are are entirely without sound reasoning that are carried on from year to year becuase they were once allowed to enter the rules and donot do damage enough to get kicked out, but the rules would be better without them. They are like the unpaying tenant. The longer he is allowed to stay the harder it is to turn him out.
I refer to clause in quarter beam measurement Percentage = 100 - sq-rt(LWL). The very old rule of allowing club topsails without area being completely measured, and undue Limits and Penalties, the clause making a limitation to the measurement of displacement which practically degrades the so called 'Universal rule' into a sail area rule.
I understand from home you are thinking of having an express ferry launch built which is interesting. [This may be a reference to #384p SHUTTLE, built the next year.] Sidney described to me in a rough way the engine you are proposing to put in. My advise would be to adhere to the well tried out and developed 6 or 8 cyl reciprocating marine motor if you want reliability in making your runs. With the direct acting inverted cyls you can have the shaft lower and more nearly level, which gives a much smoother running and efficient propeller than with the inclined shaft of a rotating cyl. engine." (Source: Morgan, Junius S. (incl NGH reply). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_30990. Subject Files, Folder 29, formerly 10-15. 1926-02-23.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections and displacement and stability calculations titled 'Model of Proposed Commuter Boat for Junius Morgan, Esq.' [This is probably a reference to #384p SHUTTLE, built the next year.] " (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (?) (creator) or Herreshoff, A. Sidney deW. (?) (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.050. Box HAFH.6.2B, Folder Commuter Boat 1926. 1926-06-02.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Photo:] Model 2720
Herreshoff 65' Motor Boat [this will eventually be #384p SHUTTLE]
At Speed Of 7.6 Knots
Equivalent of 26 Statute Miles
Feb 7, 1927. [Caption of photo enclosed with 1927-02-14 HMCo to Junius Morgan letter.]" (Source: Nystrom, Charles, sender (Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.). Correspondence (photograph) to Morgan, Junius S. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 98.102. Correspondence, Folder 31, formerly 180. 1927-02-07.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Photo:] Model 2720
Herreshoff 65' Motor Boat [this will eventually be #384p SHUTTLE]
At Speed Of 7.6 Knots
Equivalent of 26 Statute Miles
Feb 7, 1927. [Caption of photo enclosed with 1927-02-14 HMCo to Junius Morgan letter.]" (Source: Nystrom, Charles, sender (Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.). Correspondence (photograph) to Morgan, Junius S. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 98.103. Correspondence, Folder 31, formerly 180. 1927-02-07.)
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"[Item Description:] Performance of Model 2720 Herreshoff 65' Motor Boat during towing tests in Washington, includes 2 photos (this will eventually be #384p SHUTTLE)" (Source: Nystrom, Charles G. (Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.). Letter to Morgan, Junius S. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 98.101. Correspondence, Folder 31, formerly 180. 1927-02-14.)
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"[Item Transcription:] We are very pleased to have the order for the 70-Foot Commuting Boat [#384p SHUTTLE] and assure you that we will give the work our best attention, and are starting right away so as to have her ready at the end of the year. We greatly appreciate your placing the order with us, particularly at this time of the year when work is slack in the Shop. Our Mr. Nystrom tells us that his understanding with you was that the work should be done on our regular cost plus basis, which is the cost of material plus the cost of labor, plus 50% of the cost of labor for overhead and 20% profit for the total of material, labor and overhead.
The payments to be made at the beginning of each month and to consist of the expenditures plus profit on the boat during the proceeding month. Bill for which will be rendered by us at the beginning of each month.
We have already started to lay out her lines and to get together whatever material necessary and we will make the moulds for the boat at the beginning of next week.
We are getting out a complete set of drawings showing the interior arrangement as explained to Mr. Nystrom and have also asked the Consolidated Shipbuilding Corporation for terms on the machinery necessary for your new boat.
Hoping that all the work which we do for you will be to your entire satisfaction, we are
Very truly yours, ..." (Source: Nystrom, Charles G. (Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.). Letter to Morgan, Junius S. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 98.147. Correspondence, Folder 31, formerly 180. 1927-09-12.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Typewritten carbon copy:] I have your letter of September 12th, regarding the 70-Foot Commuting Boat [#384p SHUTTLE]. While I am entirely satisfied to build her on the cost plus basis, at the same time I understand that the cost will be within $1,000 or $2,000 of $56,000. I hope that you will keep me informed as to the costs, as I should not wish to greatly exceed the figure I have mentioned. I have no doubt that the boat will be satisfactory in every way and I shall look forward to having much use from her.
Yours faithfully ... " (Source: Morgan, Junius S. Letter (copy) to Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 98.148. Correspondence, Folder 31, formerly 180. 1927-09-13.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Typewritten signed letter on 'Herreshoff Manfacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island stationery':] We have your letter of yesterday and we want to assure you that we shall be extremely careful about the cost of the new seventy-foot boat [#384p SHUTTLE].
We would like to make the following suggestions: Planking should be double, Cedar inner planking all over the boat and Oregon Pine outside planking below turn of bilge, and Phillipine Mahogany above turn of bilge.
We would also like to use water proof glue between the outer and inner planking. So far as we know, and from all other peoples experiences, this has been used satisfactorily for shellac and is easier to work with. This necessitates of course, painting the boat, which we understand that you are going to do, because waterproof glue stains the mahogany to some extent.
We would appreciate knowing if you intend to use a bright stern board or a painted one. I understand that it is to be a painted one.
We have made arrangements for using teak deck houses and also teak deck around the house, but the forward deck house top and trunk top should be made of Cedar and canvas covered.
We are working out the complete specifications for the boat and will send it to you at an early date.
We are,
Very sincerely yours, ..." (Source: Nystrom, Charles G. (Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.). Letter to Morgan, Junius S. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 98.145. Correspondence, Folder 31, formerly 180. 1927-09-14.)
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"[Item Description:] Contract, unsigned, between HMCo. and Junius S. Morgan, 1927, for One Twin Screw High Speed Gasoline Motor Yacht (#384p SHUTTLE)" (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Contract. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 98.137. Subject Files, Folder 77, formerly 184. 1927-10-13.)
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"[Item Description:] Photograph of #384p SHUTTLE, being under construction and in the process of being turned over." (Source: Brightman, Thomas (?) (creator). Photograph. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 98.138. Subject Files, Folder [no #]. No date (1928).)
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"[Item Description:] Photograph of a large wooden power yacht, probably #384p SHUTTLE, being under construction and just prior to being turned over" (Source: Brightman, Thomas (?) (creator). Photograph. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 98.139. Subject Files, Folder [no #]. No date (ca1928).)
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"[Item Description:] #384p SHUTTLE construction coming well around, drip pan under engines, upholstery material choice, mufflers or not, propeller made expensively by Herreshoff or bought just as good but cheaper elsewhere" (Source: Nystrom, Charles G. (Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.). Letter to Morgan, Junius S. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 98.144. Correspondence, Folder 31, formerly 180. 1928-01-06.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Original letter:] I understand from George Cormack that you have made a model [Model 1319] of an 'M' Class racing boat [#192607es Unbuilt 53ft LWL Class] and I should like very much to see it, if you have no objection, as I am considering the question of a boat of that Class for 1929, though I have not yet got beyond the point of thinking about it. If you would not mind my seeing the model would it be too much to ask you to write Charles Nystrom giving him permission to bring it down to New York for me to see it? If it is not readily available it can wait for the present and I might be able to see it when I go down to Bristol to look at the power boat [#384p SHUTTLE] they are building for me there. I have amused myself in my spare time drawing some lines for an 'M' boat and am now having a model made at Bristol. If you would care to have me do so, I can send the model down to you, for I should like very much to have your criticisms and suggestions. Her dimensions are 54ft waterline; 80ft deck; 14ft 6in waterline beam; displacement about 4,000 pounds above what is allowed; no quarter beam penalty.
I hear that you have had some cold weather down in Florida, but hope that it has become milder and that you are enjoying the sunlight." (Source: Morgan, Junius. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_05960. Correspondence, Folder 21, formerly 141. 1928-01-10.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Carbon copy:] I understand from George Cormack that you have made a model [Model 1319] of an 'M' Class racing boat [#192607es Unbuilt 53ft LWL Class] and I should like very much to see it, if you have no objection, as I am considering the question of a boat of that Class for 1929, though I have not yet got beyond the point of thinking about it. If you would not mind my seeing the model would it be too much to ask you to write Charles Nystrom giving him permission to bring it down to New York for me to see it? If it is not readily available it can wait for the present and I might be able to see it when I go down to Bristol to look at the power boat [#384p SHUTTLE] they are building for me there. I have amused myself in my spare time drawing some lines for an 'M' boat and am now having a model made at Bristol. If you would care to have me do so, I can send the model down to you, for I should like very much to have your criticisms and suggestions. Her dimensions are 54ft waterline; 80ft deck; 14ft 6in waterline beam; displacement about 4,000 pounds above what is allowed; no quarter beam penalty.
I hear that you have had some cold weather down in Florida, but hope that it has become milder and that you are enjoying the sunlight." (Source: Morgan, Junius S. Letter (copy) to N.G. Herreshoff. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 98.3. Correspondence, Folder 31, formerly 180. 1928-01-10.)
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"[Item Transcription:] I was very glad to have your letter of February 14th, and to feel that you had some sympathy for my troubles in getting steel and bronze for the metal boats [#1078s THISTLE and #1074s SHEERNESS]. It finally arrived and we are now working overtime getting the steel in place.
Mr. Tod is of course somewhat uneasy, but considering that we have practically all of the interior ready for him, also the decking, deck erections, rig and rigging, etc., he is so far very nice about the delay and of course I don't expect any troubles in finishing his boat [#1078s THISTLE] at the beginning of May, which should be early enough.
He is all wrought up about the coming summer and considering what a dismal summer he had last year and how nice he has treated us, we certainly all hope that he will get a very satisfactory boat and that the saying will come true that the KATOURA [#1050s] was his folly of 1927 and that the new boat will be his ketch of 1928.
Mr. Sheppey's boat [#1074s SHEERNESS] is overboard and out in the Yard under cover in the new Shed, and we are finishing her up as fast as we can. The same thing is the case with Mr. Morgan's boat [#384p SHUTTLE], and we are now laying the keel for Mr. Vanderbilt's boat [#385p VARA] according to your suggestion, that is, parallel with our slip so that she will be water-borne at the stern before the aftermost cradle leaves the slide. This will of course put an enormous strain on the forward slide but the under pinning being almost new we don't expect any troubles, besides that the boat won't be launched before you arrive in Bristol, and no doubt you will give us necessary advice of how to go about the launching.
As far as new boats are concerned, that is building stock boats to keep our carpenters going, I would like to say that your suggestion of building an additional Fisher's Island 31-Footer is very good, but it has its drawbacks because we have already one of these boats [#1061s KESTREL] in the yard, and one of the last year's boats [apparently #1055s JUDY which changed owners prior to the 1928 sailing season] is for sale for considerable less money than we charge for a new boat. Besides that it seems that people are not so keen about getting perfectly well behaved, roomy boats as some kind of narrow canoes that appeal to the eye. It is really pitiful to see in what direction [p. 2] the present boat designing is heading. It is long, narrow, extremely expensive boats without any accommodations whatsoever, for instance you will remember the PRESTIGE [#1058s] which with her 80-feet over all and 54 1/2-Ft. waterline had only one main cabin and one double stateroom. This is of course all right for a man with Mr. Vanderbilt's purse, but it practically puts everybody else out of the game, however, let us hope that the pendulum soon will swing the other way, and that the boats instead of being afternoon boats will be real homes on the sea, the way a boat of course should be.
When I was in New York the other day Mr. Nichols showed me some figures computed by Mr. W. K. Shaw and these figures showed plainly what the present cost of running a 50-Footer amounts too, and, believe me or not, but he made it perfectly plain and Mr. Nichols agreed to it, that the cost of running a 50-Footer today amounts to an average of Eighteen Thousand Dollars a year. This is of course something which cannot be kept up forever.
We are making an addition to the gangway between the Mill and the upper part of the North Shop, an addition long enough (25 ft.) so that we can get more space for our cabinet shop, which so far has been very cramped indeed. This addition makes me somewhat uneasy in case of a fire and I have strongly put it to Mr. Haffenreffer that we must install a sprinkler system in the Shops as soon as possible so as to have whatever protection we can get against fire, and I take it that Mr. Haffenreffer will approach the Grinnell people within a few days.
I have done some scouting for more work for the Shop to be started as soon as Mr. Tod's boat leaves the yard, and I have very good hopes of getting one Composite 'M' Boat and a 120-Foot Power Boat, both boats probably will be to outside design. If we can get these two orders and they are reasonably well under way before the first of August I hope to be able to go home to Finland so as to be present with my whole gang when my Mother becomes seventy years old on the first of September, but this is of course only a dream so far and it is very doubtful if it ever will come true. [Neither of these two boats was built.]
The family is in first class shape except for Margaret who still is very tired, and I certainly hope that everything is all right in Cocoanut Grove.
Very truly yours, ..." (Source: Nystrom, Charles. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_05940. Correspondence, Folder 21, formerly 141. 1928-02-20.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Handwritten letter:] [Handwritten (in ink) letter on [A. Sidney DeW Herreshoff, Bristol, Rhode island' stationery:] Your letter of Apr. 10th came a few days ago. Time flies so fast that I didn't realize how long it was since I had written you.
Mr. Tod's boat the THISTLE [#1078s] looks very well. They finished laying the deck last week and are now putting on the fittings. The bowsprit is in place, and they made a good job of the work around the stem head. The strut and stuffing box are being fitted. The rudder is nearly finished. The machinery and tanks are being installed. The mainmast is out on the dock with the spreaders and most of the rigging on it, and the other spars are all finished. The new windlass is similar to the one used on the WILDFIRE [#891s] which I believe was originally designed for the 70 footers. All moving parts except the rope drums and ends of the hand crank shaft are enclosed in a bronze casing. The main drive gear extends down through the deck and meshes with a sliding pinion which can be shifted in or out from on deck. The pinion is driven from the motor through an oil tight [p. 2] worm reduction gear. The above deck part of the windlass was completed today and the below deck part is about 80% finished.
Mr. Morgan's boat [#384p SHUTTLE] was launched today and will probably have a trial before the end of the week. Mr. Sheppey's boat [#1074s SHEERNESS] ought to be ready to deliver early in May.
John Nixon started to work on the place yesterday. I think the Spring is neither early nor late this year. The BUBBLE [#285p] was put overboard Apr. 4th and we have already had two Sunday trips.
I find my new car very easy to drive and can go long distances without getting tired. One Sunday afternoon I took a 133 mi ride between dinner and supper. The trip included Fall River, New Bedford, the Cape Cod canal, Plymouth, Biddleborough, Assonet, and Home. April first, I took an all day trip of 184 mi up to the to of Mt. Wachusett, which is about 18 mi north of Worcester. The view from there was certainly worth the trip.
The work on the [Mount Hope] bridge is coming along very fast now.
I am glad you expect to go to Bermuda. The passage on the new motor ship BERMUDA ought to be very interesting.
Sincerely yours, ... " (Source: Herreshoff, Sidney. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_06430. Correspondence, Folder 23, formerly 207. 1928-04-17.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Typewritten signed letter to NGH in Florida on 'Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol Rhode Island' stationery:] Thank you for your letter of the 25th [April 1928], received this morning.
A photograph was received here, addressed to Mr. Draper in your care at Bristol, R. I., and we wrote Mr. Draper asking whether he wished it forwarded or not. Mr. Draper sent us a note saying that the address was correct and we therefore forwarded the photograph to him.
In accordance with your instructions I will deliver all your second-class mail after May first to Sidney, and the first class mail I will hold for your instructions after May 5th.
Mr. Morgan's 70-Foot Motor Boat [#384p SHUTTLE] is leaving today as soon as the weather is fit; Mr. Tod's new boat [#1078s THISTLE] is scheduled for launching next Thursday; Sheppey has been quite ill and has postponed the launching of his new boat [#1074s SHEERNESS] for a few days; BLACKSHEAR formerly the KATOURA [#1050s], is outfitted and is leaving here today or tomorrow; The LYNX [#307p] has been sold to Bradford Ellsworth and is being taken over to Lawley's Yard next Wednesday for the installation of a Sterling Trident Motor; we have got about three-quarters of Mr. Vanderbilt's frames [for #385p VARA] set up and we are very busy.
With all kinds of good wishes to you and
Mrs. Herreshoff, I am
Very truly yours, ..." (Source: Brightman, Thomas. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_06630. Correspondence, Folder 23, formerly 207. 1928-04-28.)
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"[Item Description:] HMCo 4-page promotional pamphlet with photos of #1053s PUFFIN ('built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company to lines and instructions from her owner' [Junius Morgan]), #385p VARA, #1058s PRESTIGE, #384p SHUTTLE, #377p ARA, [#1074s] SHEERNESS, [#1131s] ISTALENA" (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Pamphlet. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Item LIB_6790. HMM Library Rare Books Room (Box 5), Folder 179A. No date (1930).)
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"[Item Description:] Photograph of lead for #1147s WEETAMOE keel being poured at HMCo, #384p SHUTTLE in the background." (Source: Brightman, Thomas (creator). Photograph. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 98.125. Subject Files, Folder [no #]. 1930-01.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Carbon copy: sent to Florida:] You may be interested in the enclosed photograph of the little boat [#192802es Dinghy for #384p Shuttle] which is now finished and ready to sail. Charles Nystrom says that she handles nicely and seems to be most satisfactory in every way. I am delighted about her and looking forward very much to having a chance to try her myself. The model and your original drawings are at Bristol and I understand are in your house.
I hope that your winter at Coconut Grove is pleasant as to weather and that you and Mrs. Herreshoff are well.
Very sincerely yours, ..." (Source: Morgan, Junius S. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 98.40. Correspondence, Folder 32, formerly 177. 1931-02-04.)
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"[Item Transcription:] I was delighted to get your letter [of February 4, 1931] with the photos of the sailing dinghey [#192802es Dinghy for #384p Shuttle] and I thank you for sending them to me.
The little craft appears to be moving very fast and the sail is good form to drive her, and I hope you and your son will have lots of fun with her.
Although not really bad, we have had the the worst winter we have experienced in Florida, cloudy and cold.
Very sincerely yours, ..." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Letter to Morgan, Junius S. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 98.41. Correspondence, Folder 32, formerly 177. 1931-02-08.)
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"[Item Transcription:] I was pleased to know the little 12ft boat [#192802es Dinghy for #384p Shuttle] proved so satisfactory, and it was kind in you in writing of it.
You must have got a plenty of spray when you tried her in a 25 mi[le] breeze and reefed sail!
Hoping you and yours are well and that I shall see you on this way during the summer.
Very sincerely yours, ..." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Letter to Morgan, Junius S. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 98.43. Correspondence, Folder 32, formerly 177. 1931-06-27.)
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"[Item Transcription:] I had a talk with Mr. Nat today and conveyed to him your greetings, and he will send to you in an early mail the model [Model Ext02] of your twelve foot sailing dinghy [#192802es Dinghy for #384p Shuttle], properly mounted on a backboard and also the original sketch of the sail plan.
Very truly yours, ..." (Source: Nystrom, Charles G. (Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.). Letter to Morgan, Junius S. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 98.35. Correspondence, Folder 32, formerly 177. 1931-09-03.)
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"[Item Transcription:] Many thanks for your letter of September 3rd [1931], telling me that Mr. Nat has been kind enough to let me have the model [Model Ext02] of the twelve foot dinghy [#192802es Dinghy for #384p Shuttle] and his original sketch of the sail plan. It will be a great pleasure to have them.
Sincerely yours ..." (Source: Morgan, Junius S. Letter (copy) to Nystrom, Charles G. (Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.). Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 98.36. Correspondence, Folder 32, formerly 177. 1931-09-04.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Carbon copy of typed letter:] Many thanks for your letter and for your very kind comments. Your suggestions will be most helpful and I shall enjoy trying to adapt them to the larger size.
As to my little boat [#1148s], she has been a great pleasure to me, although I have not been able to use her as much as I wanted to. I generally keep her on davits in a shed on my pier and with a couple of worm gear winches she can be quite easily handled. I have sailed her a good deal one time or another and have always found her most enjoyable and apparently very fast, particularly on a reach. I have not had an opportunity to try her against other boats of about similar size, but should think that she would probably do well. I am looking forward to trying this new rig and will let you know what the results are.
The little dinghy [#192802es] that you designed for the SHUTTLE [#384p] has also been entirely satisfactory in every way and I used her a good deal during the N. Y. Y. C. Cruise in '31 to visit in when the fleet was in harbor. She is a delightful boat to handle and fulfills exactly the job for which I intended her; so I think that you can feel that both of these last boats have been a great success. I know I am delighted with them." (Source: Morgan, Junius S. Letter (copy) to N.G. Herreshoff. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 98.57. Correspondence, Folder 32, formerly 177. 1932-12-19.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Original letter:] Many thanks for your letter and for your very kind comments. Your suggestions will be most helpful and I shall enjoy trying to adapt them to the larger size.
As to my little boat [#1148s], she has been a great pleasure to me, although I have not been able to use her as much as I wanted to. I generally keep her on davits in a shed on my pier and with a couple of worm gear winches she can be quite easily handled. I have sailed her a good deal one time or another and have always found her most enjoyable and apparently very fast, particularly on a reach. I have not had an opportunity to try her against other boats of about similar size, but should think that she would probably do well. I am looking forward to trying this new rig and will let you know what the results are.
The little dinghy [#192802es] that you designed for the SHUTTLE [#384p] has also been entirely satisfactory in every way and I used her a good deal during the N. Y. Y. C. Cruise in '31 to visit in when the fleet was in harbor. She is a delightful boat to handle and fulfills exactly the job for which I intended her; so I think that you can feel that both of these last boats have been a great success. I know I am delighted with them." (Source: Morgan, Junius S. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_18260. Correspondence, Folder 50, formerly 181. 1932-12-19.)
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"[Item Description:] Photo of #384p SHUTTLE in war paint, labeled 'A.R.B. Shuttle, Port St. Man, Isle of Man, 1941'" (Source: Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 98.1. Photograph. Subject Files, Folder [no #]. 1941.)
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"[Item Description:] Photo of #384p SHUTTLE in war paint, labeled 'A.R.B. Shuttle with army cadets practice Landing Party, Isle of Man, 1941'" (Source: Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 98.136. Photograph. Subject Files, Folder [no #]. 1941.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #384p Shuttle even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• Shuttle (MIT Museum-made index card)
• Shuttle (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: Shuttle
Type: Commuter
Length: 70'
Owner: Morgan, Junius S., Jr.

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

• Shuttle
• 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: Shuttle
Type: 70' power
Owner: Junius S. Morgan
Year: 1928
Row No.: 627

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: 1927
E/P/S: P
No.: 384
Name: Shuttle

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.

"Dimensions except for LOA from Lloyd's Register." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 19, 2014.)

"Built in 218 days (contract to launch; equivalent to 385 lbs displacement/day)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 16, 2024.)

"In the absence of better available data displacement was estimated by using the figure for Gross Register Tons (42) from the 1928 List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S. (Net Register Tons were reported as 20) 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.