HMCo #393p Ariel II

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Particulars

Construction_Record_Title.jpgName: Ariel II
Type: Power Yacht
Designed by: ASdeWH
Finished: 1931-6-6
Construction: Wood
LOA: 46' 9" (14.25m)
LWL: 46' (14.02m)
Beam: 10' 6" (3.20m)
Draft: 3' 1" (0.94m)
Displ.: 24,640 lbs (11,177 kg)
Propulsion: Gasoline, Sterling, 2 engines; [2 Gas Eng. Petrel 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 5 3/4 x 6]
Built for: Woodard, William E.
Note(s) in HMCo Construction Record: William E. Woodard
Current owner: Private Owner, New Bedford, MA (last reported 2016 at age 85)

See also:
#193101es [Dinghy for #393p Ariel II] (1931)

Note: Particulars are primarily but not exclusively from the HMCo Construction Record. Supplementary information not from the Construction Record appears elsewhere in this record with a complete citation.

Model

Model number: 3026
Model location: N/A (Missing, nonexistant or unidentified model)

Vessels from this model:
2 built, modeled by ASdeWH
#388p Stroller (1929)
#393p Ariel II (1931, Extant)

Note: This model is missing, is nonexistant or has not been identified. The number of vessels built from it is only an estimate based on similar features, such as dimensions, rig, machinery, etc.

Offsets

Offset booklet number(s): HH.4.060

Offset booklet contents:
#388p [power cruiser Stroller] [also references #393p Ariel]

Offset Booklet(s) in Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. (Restricted access --- see curator.)

Drawings

Main drawing Dwg 119-074 (HH.5.09795) Explore all drawings relating to this boat.

List of drawings:
   Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
   HMCo #393p Ariel II are listed in bold.
   Click on Dwg number for preview, on HH number to see at M.I.T. Museum.
  1. Dwg 097-025 (HH.5.08148): Stuffing Box for Crank Shaft 3 1/2" & 5" & 8" x 4 1/2" (1898-10-28)
  2. Dwg 062-106 (HH.5.04471): Rudder and Connections for 388 (1929-02-13)
  3. Dwg 134-120 (HH.5.10960): Reverse Gear Control (1930-05-01 ?)
  4. Dwg 131-022 (HH.5.10589): Eye for Anchor Davit Block Hook (ca. 1931)
  5. Dwg 131-022 (HH.5.10594): Corner and Window Posts of Deckhouse (ca. 1931)
  6. Dwg 131-022 (HH.5.10596): Steering Chain Arrangements (ca. 1931)
  7. Dwg 119-000 (HH.5.09817): 96 Foot Motor Yacht (1931-01-07)
  8. Dwg 131-022 [131-000] (HH.5.10602): General Arrangement > 46' Motor Yacht, Profile No.2 (1931-01-09)
  9. Dwg 062-109 (HH.5.04474): Rudder Details (1931-02-11)
  10. Dwg 058-085 (HH.5.04156): Propeller Shaft Details (1931-02-18)
  11. Dwg 131-022 (HH.5.10592): No. 393 Bulkheads and Deckhouse Floor (1931-02-27)
  12. Dwg 131-022 (HH.5.10593): General Arrangement > No. 393 Galley Arrangement (1931-03-04)
  13. Dwg 131-022 (HH.5.10595): Skylight for # 393 (1931-03-10)
  14. Dwg 114-141 (HH.5.09641): Boat Davits for # 393 (1931-03-23)
  15. Dwg 082-082 (HH.5.06354): Awning for # 393 (1931-03-26)
  16. Dwg 093-119 (N/A): Folding Table (1931-04 ?)
  17. Dwg 131-022 (HH.5.10591): Duct for Blower (1931-04-02)
  18. Dwg 131-022 (HH.5.10601): Folding Table (1931-04-08)
  19. Dwg 131-022 (HH.5.10599): Emergency Tiller 393 (1931-04-22)
  20. Dwg 114-140 (HH.5.09640): Anchor Davit for # 393 (1931-04-23)
  21. Dwg 131-022 (HH.5.10587): Signal Mast 393 (1931-04-25)
  22. Dwg 092-124 (HH.5.07592): No. 393 Accommodation and Swimming Ladder (1931-04-27)
  23. Dwg 131-022 (HH.5.10597): Sketch of Steering Column (1931-04-28)
  24. Dwg 092-125 (HH.5.07593): Hinges for Deckhouse Door # 393 (1931-05-14)
  25. Dwg 131-022 (HH.5.10588): No. 393 Spark and Gas Control (1931-05-15)
  26. Dwg 131-022 (HH.5.10598): No. 393 for Deck House Floor (1931-05-26)
  27. Dwg 131-022 (HH.5.10600): Deckhouse Window [Details] (1931-05-28)
  28. Dwg 025-190 (HH.5.01948); Casting List for # 393 (1931-06 ?)
  29. Dwg 119-074 (HH.5.09795); General Arrangement > 46' Motor Yacht for W.E. Woodard (1931-06)
  30. Dwg 131-022 (HH.5.10590): No. 393 Control for Chock (1931-06-02)
  31. Dwg 131-022 (HH.5.10609): Joiner Work in Red Folder [34 Plans] (1931-06-08)
  32. Dwg 031-036 (HH.5.02317): No. 393 Wiring Diagram for Main Engines (1931-06-16)
Source: Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Together with: Hasselbalch, Kurt with Frances Overcash and Angela Reddin. Guide to The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1997. Together with: Numerous additions and corrections by Claas van der Linde.
Note: The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection is copyrighted by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass. Permission to incorporate information from it in the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné is gratefully acknowledged. The use of this information is permitted solely for research purposes. No part of it is to be published in any form whatsoever.

Documents

Nathanael G. Herreshoff

"[1931-09-04] Fri 4: [Thermometer] 74 - 62 - 63 [degrees]. Fair l[igh]t N to NE [wind] early & overcast. Sidney left early in launch Arial [sic, i.e. #393p Ariel] with the new boat 'Silver Heels' [#1204s] in tow for Marion. Came back in late p.m. with [Charles] Nystrom in car." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1931. Manuscript (excerpts). Diary access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.)

Other Contemporary Text Source(s)

"... In the old Burnside shop the Woodward [sic, i.e. Woodard] 47-foot cruiser [#393p Ariel II] is getting the finishing touches, another of the Fishers Island 31 footers is planked [#1155s Wild Goose, #1154s Qutee or #1153s Savage] and ready to be turned over and set on her keel, and a flock of the little 12 1/2 footers in various stages of completion fill the gallery. ... [#1134s Dolphin, #1135s Windigo, #1136s Breeze, #1137s Bandit, #1138s Quickstep, #1139s Hatasu, #1140s Papillon, #1141s Dawtok, #1143s Gray Gull, #1144s Phantom and #1145s Wee Wunder may have been among the 'flock of 12 1/2 footers'.]" (Source: Anon. "Yachting Writers Visit Herreshoff's Shops." Bristol Phoenix, March 24, 1930, p. 1.)

"Mr. and Mrs. William E. Woodard of 77 Groton street have purchased a new boat, the Ariel II, to succeed their Ariel I. It Is a larger and more comfortable yacht. Next month they plan to take a long cruise." (Source: Anon. "Forest Hills." Daily Star, Long Island City, Queens Borough, N.Y. July 30, 1931, p. 6.)

"Mr. and Mrs. William Woodward [sic, i.e. Woodard] of Groton street are on a cruise aboard their yacht, 'Ariel II.' " (Source: Anon. "Forest Hills Notes." Daily Star, Long Island City, Queens Borough, N.Y. September 2, 1931, p. 8.)

Other Modern Text Source(s)

"1931. ... Herreshoff also was finishing a cruiser for a New York yachtsman. One of the things the Herreshoff officials rarely made public, was the name of a prospective yacht owner. ..." (Source: Davis, Jeff. Yachting in Narragansett Bay. Providence, 1946, p. 54.)

"47' HERRESHOFF COMMUTER, 1931. Own a piece of history. One of the last Herreshoff motoryachts afloat. Extensively reworked in the 1990s. Twin Cummins new 1988. Motivated seller. ..." (Source: Anon. "For Sale." Wooden Boat #149, July/August 1999, p. 150.)

"... [The design of #388p Stroller] was used for a later boat, Ariel II, built in 1931, the only motor yacht for that year. Stroller and Ariel II were each 46 feet, 9 inches overall and 46 feet on the waterline. ...
Ariel II, design number 393, was a sister ship of Stroller with a small increase in beam and draft. She was the only motor yacht built that year, and it is perhaps indicative of the volatile nature of the economy in 1931 that the contract listed the prices as 'cost plus.' She was built for William E. Woodard in the East Shop. ..." (Source: Jones, Gregory O. and Anthony Dalton. Herreshoff Sailboats. St. Paul, Minn., 2004, p. 137-138.)

"Offered for Sale.
Ariel II.
46ft Sidney Herreshoff Power Cruiser.
Built in 1931 by HMCo. Restored 2004 by Ballentine's Boat Shop.
Ballentine's Boat Shop. Located in Massachusetts." (Source: Ballentine's Boat Shop. [For Sale Advertisement.] Classic Boat (U.K.). September 2019, p. 45.)

Maynard Bray

"The portholes in the waist of Ariel II indicate that her engine room is beneath the wheelhouse. The twin exhausts tip you off that there is a pair of engines for power. Full-standing headroom is achieved in most power-cruiser living spaces, although not always on a single level. To get from Ariel's cockpit to her wheelhouse, you go down three steps to pass through the owners stateroom and galley, then up five. It's down another stairway to enter the forward stateroom. When underway, the pilothouse is the place to be --- for its shelter and all-around visibility. When she's shut down, one might favor the privacy of the aft cockpit, which adjoins the owner's stateroom, and can be fully enclosed in bad weather by rolling down the canvas curtains. Ariel II has been very beautifully restored by Steve Ballentines Boat Shop in Cataumet, Massachusetts." (Source: Bray, Maynard and Benjamin Mendlowitz (photos). The Book of Wooden Boats, Volume III. New York, 2010, p. 43.)

Archival Documents

"[Item Description:] HMCo application for documentation certificate for #393p ARIEL II, marked 'Copy'." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Certificate Application. MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.006. Box HAFH.6.1B, Folder Hull No. 393p. 1931-04-15.)
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"[Item Description:] Spreadsheet listing original contracts (from 1923 to 1940) by HMCo in the collection of HMM (apparently from the gift of Everett Pearson). Listed boats are: #380p, #381p, #388p, #389p, #391p, #392p, #393p, #395p, #886s, #933s, #934s, #954s, #955s, #962s, #983s, #999s, #1002s, #1017s, #1054s, #1055s, #1057s, #1074s, #1078s, #1122s, #1125s, #1130s, #1131s, #1147s, #1152s, #1153s, #1154s, #1156s, #1157s, #1164s, #1170s, #1173s, #1174s, #1175s, #1175s, #1176s, #1177s, #1179s, #1180s, #1191s, #1192s, #1193s, #1195s, #1196s, #1198s, #1199s, #1200s, #1201s, #1202s, #1203s, #1206s, #1207s, #1208s, #1209s, #1210s, #1211s, #1212s, #1213s, #1214s, #1215s, #1216s, #1217s, #1218s, #1219s, #1220s, #1222s, #1224s, #1236s, #1226s, #1227s, #1228s, #1230s, #1232s, #1234s, #1237s, #1238s, #1240s, #1241s, #1243s, #1244s, #1245s, #1246s, #1247s, #1248s, #1249s, #1250s, #1251s, #1252s, #1253s, #1254s, #1255s, #1256s, #1257s, #1258s, #1259s, #1260s, #1261s, #1262s, #1263s, #1264s, #1265s, #1274s, #1275s, #1277s, #1279s, #1280s, #1281s, #1282s, #1283s, #1284s, #1285s, #1286s, #1287s, #1302s, #1303s, #1315s, #1508s." (Source: Rickson, Norene (creator). Table. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Item LIB_4220. HMM Library Rare Books Room (HMCo Contracts), Folder [no #]. No date (2010s ?).)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #393p Ariel II even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

Further Reading
  • Fields, Tyler. "Spritely Return." Classic Boat (U.K.), September 2019, p. 40-46. (8,882 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Detailed vessel portrait. For sale advertisement. Photos by the author.

Images

Registers

1930 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#367)
Name: Ariel II
Owner: W. E. Woodard; Port: Bayside, L.I.; Port of Registry: New York
Official no. 230902; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], Pwr [Power], Twn [Twin Screws]
Tons Gross 21; Tons Net 14; LOA 46-8; LWL 46-0; Extr. Beam 10-5; Depth 5-0; Draught 3-1
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1931
Engine 2 Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 5 3/4 x 6; Maker Sterling

1935 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#367)
Name: Ariel II
Owner: W. E. Woodard; Port: Bayside, L.I.; Port of Registry: New York
Official no. 230902; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], Pwr [Power], Twn [Twin Screws]
Tons Gross 21; Tons Net 14; LOA 46-8; LWL 46-0; Extr. Beam 10-5; Depth 5-0; Draught 3-1
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1931
Engine 2 Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 5 3/4 x 6; Maker Sterling

1940 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#433)
Name: Ariel II
Owner: W. E. Woodard; Port: Bayside, L.I.; Port of Registry: New York
Official no. 230902; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], Pwr [Power], Twn [Twin Screws]
Tons Gross 21; Tons Net 14; LOA 46-9; LWL 46-0; Extr. Beam 10-6; Depth 5-0; Draught 3-1
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1931
Engine 2 Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 5 3/4 x 6; Maker Sterling

1942 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#407)
Name: Ariel II
Owner: W. E. Woodard; Port: Bayside, L.I.; Port of Registry: New York
Official no. 230902; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], Pwr [Power], Twn [Twin Screws]
Tons Gross 21; Tons Net 14; LOA 46-9; LWL 46-0; Extr. Beam 10-6; Depth 5-0; Draught 3-1
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1931
Engine 2 Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 5 3/4 x 6; Maker Sterling

1947 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#394)
Name: Ariel II
Owner: C. P. Luckenbach; Port: Boston, Mass.
Official no. 230902; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], Pwr [Power], Twn [Twin Screws]
Tons Gross 21; Tons Net 14; LOA 46-9; LWL 46-0; Extr. Beam 10-6; Depth 5-0; Draught 3-1
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1931
Engine 2 Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 5 1/4 x 6; Maker Sterling

1950 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#404)
Name: Ariel II
Owner: William B. Durkee; Port: Boston, Mass.
Official no. 230902; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], Pwr [Power], Twn [Twin Screws]
Tons Gross 21; Tons Net 14; LOA 46-9; LWL 46-0; Extr. Beam 10-6; Depth 5-0; Draught 3-1
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1931
Engine 2 Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 5 1/4 x 6; Maker Sterling

1955 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#440)
Name: Ariel II
Owner: William C. Duell; Port: Larchmont, N. Y.; Port of Registry: New York
Official no. 230902; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], Pwr [Power], Twn [Twin Screws]
Tons Gross 21; Tons Net 14; LOA 46-9; LWL 46-0; Extr. Beam 10-6; Depth 5-0; Draught 3-1
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1931
Engine 2 Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 5 1/4 x 6; Maker Sterling

1960 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#466)
Name: Ariel II
Owner: Paul Coppola; Port: Larchmont, N. Y.; Port of Registry: New York
Official no. 230902; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], Pwr [Power], Twn [Twin Screws]
Tons Gross 21; Tons Net 14; LOA 46-9; LWL 46-0; Extr. Beam 10-6; Depth 5-0; Draught 3-1
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1931
Engine 2 Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 5 1/4 x 6; Maker Sterling

1967 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#522)
Name: Ariel II
Owner: Paul Nicolai; Port: New Haven, Conn.
Official no. 230902; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], Pwr [Power], Twn [Twin Screws]
Tons Gross 21; Tons Net 14; LOA 46-9; LWL 46-0; Extr. Beam 10-6; Depth 5-0; Draught 3-1
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1931
Engine 2 Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 5 1/4 x 6; Maker Sterling

1970 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#554)
Name: Ariel II
Owner: Paul Nicolai; Port: New Haven, Conn.
Official no. 230902; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], Pwr [Power], Twn [Twin Screws]
Tons Gross 21; Tons Net 14; LOA 46-9; LWL 46-0; Extr. Beam 10-6; Depth 5-0; Draught 3-1
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1931
Engine 2 Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 5 1/4 x 6; Maker Sterling

1975 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#455)
Name: Ariel II
Owner: Paul Nicolai; Port: New Haven, Conn.
Official no. 230902; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Twn Sc [Twin Screws]
Tons Gross 21; Tons Net 14; LOA 46-9; LWL 46-0; Extr. Beam 10-6; Depth 5-0; Draught 3-1
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1931
Engine 2 Gas Engines 6 Cy.; Maker Sterling

1998 Stars Register of Yachts (#313.4)
Name: Ariel II
Owner: John E. Steely Jr.; Port: St. Augustine, FL
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Motor Yacht
LOA 46-9; Extr. Beam 10-7; Draught 3-1
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1931
Engine 2 x Cummins Diesel, 220 hp. ea.

1999-2000 Register of Wooden Boats (#033.11)
Name: Ariel II
Official no. 230902; Type & Rig Power cruiser
LOA 46-9; LWL 46-0; Extr. Beam 10-6; Draught 3-1
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Built where Bristol RI; Built when 1931
Engine (2) Diesel; Maker Cummins

2007 WoodenBoat Register
Name: Ariel II
Owner: Benjamin B. & Deborah Baker; Port: New Bedford, MA ; Port of Registry: Dartmouth, MA
Official no. 230902; Type & Rig Power cruiser
Tons Gross 22; LOA 46-10; Extr. Beam 10-6; Draught 3-0
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Built where Bristol RI; Built when 1931
Engine Diesel, (2); Maker Cummins 4-BT

2010 USCG
Name: Ariel II
Owner: Benjamin B. Baker (29 Water Street, Dartmouth, MA 02748); Port: New Bedford Ma
Official no. 230902; Building Material Wood
Tons Gross 21; Tons Net 14; Reg. Length 44.8; Extr. Beam 10.6; Depth 5
Builder Herreshoff Mfg Co; Built when 1931
Note: Call Sign: WA2535. Documentation Issuance Date: October 18, 2010. Documentation Expiration Date: November 30, 2011. Previous Owner(s): Jessie Steely; John E Steely Jr. Service: Recreational.

2015 USCG
Name: Ariel II
Owner: [Blank]; Port: New Bedford Ma
Official no. 230902; Building Material Wood
Tons Gross 21; Tons Net 14; Reg. Length 44.8; Extr. Beam 10.6; Depth 5
Builder Herreshoff Mfg Co; Built when 1931
Note: Call Sign: WA2535. Documentation Issuance Date: June 30, 2004 [sic]. Documentation Expiration Date: [Blank]. Previous Owner(s): Benjamin B. Baker. Jessie Steely; John E Steely Jr. Service: Recreational.

Source: Various Yacht Lists and Registers. For complete biographical information see the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné under Data Sources. Note that this section shows only snapshots in time and should not be considered a provenance, although it can help creating one.

Supplement

From the 1920 and earlier HMCo Index Cards at the MIT Museum
  • 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.
From the 1931 HMCo-published Owner's List

Type: Commuter
Length: 46'
Owner: Woodard, W. E.

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

From the 1930s L. Francis Herreshoff Index Cards at the Herreshoff Marine Museum
  • 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.
From the 1953 HMCo Owner's List by L. Francis Herreshoff

Name: Ariel II
Type: 46' 9" gas commuter
Owner: W. E. Woodward
Year: 1931
Row No.: 46

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.

From the 2000 (ca.) Transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Vermilya/Bray

Year: 1931
E/P/S: P
No.: 393
Name: Ariel II

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.

Research Note(s)

"[See also:] HMC application for documentation certificate for Ariel II (4/15/1931, copy). In: Technical and Business Records pertaining to the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Series VI, Folder HH.6.6 (Hull No. 393), 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.)

"The offset booklet for #388p Stroller also references #393p Ariel, which suggests that both vessels were built from the same model." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 10, 2014.)

"Restored by Ballentine's Boat Shop between 2000 and 2004." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. November 13, 2014.)

"Photos taken by Tom Brightman of Ariel II's builder's trial are dated June 6, 1931, which date is taken to indicate the date she was completed." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. February 12, 2015.)

"Displacement (about 11 tons) from offset booklet HH.4.60." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 10, 2014.)

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

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