HMCo #400s Consuelo

"[1887-05-07] Sat 7: ... Launched Consuelo [#400s].
[1887-05-13] Fri 13: Bent sails and tried Consuelo [#400s].
[1887-05-16] Mon 16: Sold Consuelo [#400s] to L. Lorrillard. ...
[1905-06-29] Thu 29: Fine day. At New London. Rowing races all came out well. [From the #215p Roamer log book:] 2nd Cruise, 2nd day. From Stonington towards Thames River. Very fine with l[igh]t WSW [wind]. Started early and ran up Thames R[iver] and anchored opposite Navy Yard [now the submarine base] in good position to see rowing race. Left anchorage inside breakwater. Passed Ram Is[land] l[igh]t ship. Arrived at bridge and waited about 19 m[inutes]. Anchored oppo[site] Navy Yard. Off in 240 [#240p]. Mr. Arthur W. Cabot & Miss Cabot came aboard. Witnessed end of 1st race from deck, which Harvard won easily. Went down to bridge in 240 to see end of 2nd race, which Harvard also won. In afternoon, went in el[ectric] launch [#190202ep] with the girls and called on the Cabots onboard Consuelo [#400s], then up the river in 240 to see end of 'varsity' race which was won, after [a] very close contest, by the Yale crew. A great many yachts in river, all dressed. A very fine sight which all enjoyed. About 6 [p.m.], changed anchorage to off Piquot [sic, i.e. Pequot] House. Calm evening and many yachts illuminated." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1887 to 1905. Manuscript (excerpts). Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection [1887]. Diary access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff [1905]. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection, St.Y. Roamer Logbooks [1905].)

"Copy of letter Feb 9th [1887]
M. Hubbe & Co.
Dear Sirs,
I have had no idea of putting the Consuelo [#400s] on the market but it has occurred to me that I might offer her for a limited time, which would give me time to replace her before the yachting season. I will therefore offer her until the 15th of March, 1887 at $2,500 net to me, delivered here afloat in perfect order. She is 32-1/2 ft overall, 28-1/2 ft waterline, 8’8” beam 5’9” draft of water, has 6-1/4 tons of lead on her keel, and 1/4 ton lead inside. Is built about as well as a boat can be and should last a lifetime if properly used. There is no iron fastening, all being copper and bronze, double planking, double deck, outside being of mahogany, is perfectly tight in every part. There is 5’11” headroom under the deck beams, has a fine skylight and cockpit, bronze steering gear & windlass. Completely furnished and everything is in as good condition as new. Sails new last summer. 2 small boats & davits &c.
Rig is peculiar and has given me perfect satisfaction. She has never been beaten by any craft of her size that sail with stationary ballast and she has proved a hard customer for our racing boats. She is under cover and a customer can see her by applying to me.
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Wrote to E[dward] Burgess making same offer of Consuelo, same date. [Hubbe was a yacht broker and designer in New York City.]" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Letter to M. Hubbe, New York City. February 9, 1887. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection in the Model Room of the Herreshoff Marine Museum, Carbon Copy Book, Roll Top Desk.)

"Coconut Grove, April 15, 1930. {1930/04/15} Dear Francis, ... Do you remember of seeing drawing of windlass I designed for "Consuelo", in 1882-3, and used on several small craft afterward?. I have just been counting up mentally the total number of pieces it contained, and I make it 20. Yours has 130 or more, and Consuelos windlass had a two features that yours has not. 1st the chain could be hauled when there was a rope fast to gypsie head, - 2nd, had two cranks, [p4] and there for could be worked by two men. I hope you will take my criticisms in good part - and they will be a benifit to you. Of course I have had long experiance in these things and am glad to pass it on to you Beside it gives me something to think about, here." (Source: Mystic Seaport Museum, L. Francis Herreshoff Collection, Box 17, Folder 6: Letter from N. G. Herreshoff to L. F. Herreshoff.)

"My Own Boats. Except a few that will be mentioned as half-owner. ...
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1883 CONSUELO [#400 - With this vessel the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company began the sailing craft hull numbering sequence] - Designed in fall of 1882 for cruising; 32' o.a. 29' w.l. 8'8" width 5'2" draft highsided and flush deck. Very heavy outside lead ballast (about 6 1/2 tons). Cat-yawl rigged and had a sprit topsail and a spinnaker, was a fast sailor and very handy. Used in seasons of 1883-84-85-86, and, in spring, sold her to Pierre Lorillard." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. "My Own Boats. Except a few that Will be Mentioned as Half-Owner." Bristol, (originally compiled 1892 with additions in) 1929. In: Pinheiro, Carlton J. (ed.). Recollections and Other Writings by Nathanael G. Herreshoff. Bristol, 1998, p. 114.)

"Dear Mr. Foster,
... in 1882, I wanted something to cruise in comfortably, and decided to build a cruising boat. Hearing of the English yachts being fitted with outside lead, I decided to try it on my cruiser, and designed Consuelo, cat yawl rigged. She was 32' overall, 29' water line, 8'8" beam, and 5'6" draft, and had full headroom under a flush deck. All ballast was of lead, and outside [6 1/2 tons to 10 1/2 tons (net displacement]. I went the limit for a cruising boat, the first time. She had very comfortable accommodations and proved very fast, compared to boats of her day. She was even fast in light winds with a small sail spread of only 665 square feet, which she would carry when the average craft would come down to two or three reefs. In underwater type she was the forerunner of Gloriana but not as to above water.
... Consuelo's particular fault was 'hobby horsing' in a seaway. ...
Sincerely yours,
Nathanael G. Herreshoff" (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael Greene. Letter to Charles H. W. Foster, dated March 6, 1932. Quoted in Foster, Charles H. W. The Eastern Yacht Club Ditty Box, 1870-1900. Norwood, Mass., 1932, p 139-141.)

"Wanting to try a low ballasted, heavy type of cruising boat, I designed, in the fall of 1882, the cat-yawl CONSUELO. This boat was thirty-two feet overall, about twenty-nine feet waterline, eight foot eight inches beam, and five feet two inches draft and had about six and one-half tons lead ballast, all outside. She was a very unusual boat in many ways, having many features that were new and designed [e]specially for this boat, some of which were: the rig, the steering gear, the windlass, companionway doors, skylight fittings, the swinging hood shelter over [the] cockpit, outside lead straps to hold lead directly to timbers, and many others. The hull was quite light, but never complained of weakness.
The planking and deck were double planked [and] cemented with white lead or shellac (I don't remember which) and the outerdeck layer was mahogany. Internally, there was a full set of hanging knees between deck beam and timbers, and below these, she was completely ceiled. All cabin and deck trimmings were of mahogany. She was deep and high sided enough to give head room. She had two berths over [the] settees by swinging backs forward, and two berths under [the] aft deck at [the] sides of [the] cockpit [and] a water tank and ice chest under [the] cockpit. [There was a] toilet room, and forward of that a quite roomy gallery. The rig was a novelty to these waters. The main mast was stepped quite near the bow and without stays, and consequently heavy. The mast carried a gaff sail, like a catboat, with shortened boom, but it had a pole end aloft and this allowed for carrying a quite efficient topsail. Abaft the main boom was a mizzen mast that was stepped aft of the rudder stock. This was supported by stays and it carried a mizzen sail of one-half dimension of the mainsail and consequently one-fourth its [the mainsail's] area. As I recollect, the main boom was twenty-seven feet and [the] sail about seven hundred and thirty square feet. The topsail had about eighty-five square feet, so for ordinary summer sailing, there was about nine hundred and ten square feet. Besides these sails, there was a spinnaker with [a] twenty-seven foot boom, and a trysail for heavy weather.
The yacht was fitted with two sets of davits, and I always carried two boats and never had to swing them over the deck, for the high sides and heavy ballast never allowed the lee rail to approach the water. This boat proved really fast, even in light airs. In fresh or strong breezes, she would work out to windward of all bay craft anywhere near her size. I always sailed her single-handed, even with topsail and spinnaker set. Her only fault was "hobby-horsing" in a steep sea, and this, of course, endangered her heavy, unstayed mast.
This yacht was sold to Louis Lorillard of Newport, in 1887. I did not intend selling her, but was urged to name a price, which was grabbed at." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. "Some of the Boats I Have Sailed In." Written 1934. In: Pinheiro, Carlton J. (ed.). Recollections and Other Writings by Nathanael G. Herreshoff. Bristol, 1998, p. 53-54.)

"June 19, 1935
Dear Mr. Stephens,
In reply to your interesting letter of 16th I don't know if I made a slip of pen in writing and omitted to correct it, or someone else who may have copied my paper, but my father died in September 1888, at age of 78 years, and it was without doubt he who showed you his boat JULIA. Your memory seems to be perfectly correct though I do not recollect of showing you CONSUELO. ... My first outside ballasted was CONSUELO, 1883. ...
Very truly yours,
N.G. Herreshoff" (Source: Letter 6. From N. G. Herreshoff to W. P. Stephens, dated June 19, 1935. In: Herreshoff, Nathanael Greene and William Picard Stephens. "Their Last Letters 1930-1938." Annotated by John W. Streeter. Bristol, R. I., ca. 1999, p. 35-38.)

"Oct 29 1935 {1935/10/29} N. G. HERRESHOFF 6 WALLEY STREET BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND Dear Francis, ... I was quite surprised as well as pleased at your long letter to Uffa - and of what you had said of my active life and perhaps more than I deserve. ... [p2] 2 I will offer a few comments - On p.2 My outstanding achievements, ... # 14 - Closed in bronze shell pulley blocks, and hollow bronze cleats for 4 bolts, 1882-3. (1st on 'Consuelo') ... Your affect - Father - " (Source: Mystic Seaport Museum, L. Francis Herreshoff Collection, Box 17, Folder 11: Letter from N. G. Herreshoff to L. F. Herreshoff.)

"N. G. HERRESHOFF 6 WALLEY STREET BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND September 5 1936. {1936/09/05} Dear Francis ... As I recollect Consuelo's mast was under 10" dia with a mainsail about 675 (square)' and 6 tons lead outside! Clara's mast about 10 1/2", having sail over 750 (square)'. The latter was sprung and showed weakness the 3rd year and replaced. Consuelo's was not broken till about 20 years old. These masts were entirely unstayed, but of course care was taken in rough weather. ... Your affect -Father -" (Source: Mystic Seaport Museum, L. Francis Herreshoff Collection, Box 17, Folder 12: Letter from N. G. Herreshoff to L. F. Herreshoff.)

"Captain Nat became a married man in 1883 and required a more comfortable sort of craft so he had the catyawl 'Consuelo' built. She was a roomy, able little ship with sections somewhat like a cutter, and the first sailboat built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company that had all outside ballast. She was thirty-two feet O.A., twenty-nine feet W.L., eight feet eight inches beam, and five feet two inches draft. She was heavily ballasted with six and one-half tons of lead, all outside. He used the 'Consuelo' between 1883 and 1886 when she was sold to Pierre Lorillard." (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. 115-116.)

"At the Herreshoff Mfg. Co's Works on Saturday last [April 7, 1883], there were two successful launching of vessels, the steam yacht Permelia [#100p] and the cutter Consuelo [#400s]. The Permelia is 100 feet in length, by 12 1/2 feet in width; engine 300-horsepower. The Consuelo was built for Mr. N.G. Herreshoff, she is 32 feet in length, about 8 foot beam, and 6 1/2 feet in depth of hold, the ballast is of lead, in sections of her keel, and is 13,400 pounds in weight. Her interior is finished in the most elegant manner." (Source: Anon. "Successful Launchings." Bristol Phoenix, April 14, 1883.)

"... The members of the firm are no less noted as boat sailors and practical yachtsmen than as designers and builders, and to them directly are due many improvements in rig and fittings. They have tried and made successful the cat yawl, of which the most notable is the Consuelo, the property of Mr. Nathaniel G. Herreshoff, her designer. She is a keel boat, 28ft. 6in. on waterline, 32ft. 6in. on deck, 8ft. 8in. beam, and 5ft. 6in. draft, with lead keel. Below her accommodations are surprising, as the room is not cut up by bulkheads. The finish is very fine, being all in mahogany. She has good headroom, a light and roomy forecastle, wide lockers in cabin, and above them folding berths on the Pullman plan. Under the deck, at after end of cabin is a large platform used for stowage, with room for a couple of beds if required. The steering gear is peculiar, an invention of the owner. The head of the rudder stock is fitted with a brass segment, lying horizontally under the cockpit floor, in which gears a brass pinion on a vertical shaft supported by a standard. The steering wheel, on the upper end of this shaft, may be locked by a slight motion, so as to secure the helm in any position, while it may be as easily released, a great feature in singlehanded sailing. The rig consists of a cat sail stepped well forward, the boom being short enough to allow a mizzen mast aft of rudder head. Both sails are fitted with booms and gaffs, but the mizzen boomkin is dispensed with, the boom being held down by a sprit from the mast, while the sheets lead to each quarter.
Romp, built by the firm for Mr. Geo. A. Thayer is rigged in the same manner. ..." (Source: Anon. (W. P. Stephens). "The Herreshoff Works at Bristol." Forest and Stream, April 16, 1885, p. 236, 237.)

"... A valuable feature of all the Herreshoff launches is the hood or buggy top of oiled drill, stretched over bent wood frames hinged so as to be swung into any position. The cover can be raised sufficiently on either side to break the wind while leaving the boat open; it can be raised to cover half or more of the cockpit for protection from rain while running, or it can be swung entirely over the cockpit, making a complete roof by night. The same idea is adaptable to sailing craft, but so far as we know it has only been fitted to one, the cat-yawl Consuelo [#400s], owned and sailed by Mr. N. G. Herreshoff. In this yacht the steering is done by a horizontal bar on an upright standard in place of a tiller or wheel, and over the after part of cockpit a hood is fitted so as to protect the steersman from the weather. ..." (Source: Anon. "Steam Yacht Building At Bristol." Forest and Stream, June 2, 1887, p. 424.)

"ONE of the most practical and serviceable rigs for singlehand sailing is the 'main or mizzen,' or as it is usually called in America, the 'cat yawl' rig, the same that is generally used in canoes. Though common enough on small craft in England, it is comparatively a novelty here, its introduction about five years ago being due to Mr. N. G. Herreshoff, of Bristol, R. I., at least he was the first to test the rig thoroughly and put it into working shape. In England the two sails are usually lugs, but in this country the ordinary boom and gaff is retained, the boom being shortened, but the details of rigging being the same as in the ordinary catboat. In 1883 Mr. Herreshoff built for his own use the cat yawl Consuelo, now owned by Mr. Lorillard, of Newport, a keel boat 32ft. over all. 28ft 6in, l.w.l., 8ft. 8in. beam and 5ft. 9in. draft, with all her ballast in a lead keel. Though fitted with partners for cutter rig she was tried with a large mast in the bows and a small one on the counter, the sails both being boom and gaff. Under this rig she handled admirably, as the many yachtsmen who have seen her picking her way through a dense fleet of yachts in Newport Harbor can testify, and the change to cutter rig was never made. Mr. Herreshoff used her a great deal for singlehand cruising about Bristol and Newport, sailing her alone, but taking his wife and family with him, the boat being very roomy and well arranged below. ..." (Source: Anon. "The Cat Yawl Empress." Forest and Stream, December 6, 1888, p. 399.)

"Catyawl Consuelo, owned by Mr Cabot of Hartford, Conn., received a new mast at Saunders shops [in Bristol]." (Source: Anon. "News and Notes of Local Interest." Bristol Phoenix, July 30, 1896, p. 2.)

"June 16 1935
Dear Mr. Herreshoff: -
... my first visit to Bristol was early in 1884 [sic, i.e. late March 1885, see Anon. (W. P. Stephens). "The Herreshoff Works at Bristol." Forest and Stream, April 16, 1885, p. 236, 237] (there was snow on the ground and J.B. drove me over to Warren in a sleigh). You took me into your boathouse and showed me CONSUELO; and a very pleasant old gentleman (who I understood was your father) took me into another boathouse and showed me (with much pride) the thwart-ship track and ballast car on his catboat JULIA. This is a good while ago, but I think that my memory is correct? ...
Yours sincerely,
W. P. Stephens" (Source: P. 31-32, letter 2. From W. P. Stephens to N. G. Herreshoff, dated June 16 1935. In: Herreshoff, Nathanael Greene and William Picard Stephens. "Their Last Letters 1930-1938." Annotated by John W. Streeter. Bristol, R. I., ca. 1999.)

"[When reading offset booklet HH.4.010 for Consuelo], one has to guess at the size of the timbers since NGH didn't specify this. He simply stated that 2-3/4" (plank thickness plus timber thickness) was to be deducted for making the moulds. Since the planking goes from 1-1/8" near the keel to 1" and then down to 7/8" as it climbs toward the sheer, I assumed a 1" average, in which case the frames would be 1-3/4" and, I suspect, square in section. Their spacing is shown as 12".
Because of the way Consuelo's backbone is constructed (a straight keel timber with deadwood stacked up above it, I think), there's more than the usual amount of information from which to shape it. For the stem, at each waterline, distances aft from station 0 are given for its profile and rabbet line. For both the timber keel and the cast lead ballast keel, there are widths and heights at every frame, and for the aft deadwood, at each waterline there are distances aft from station 0 for both its profile and rabbet, which takes a swoop upward as NGH has sketched near the conclusion of Consuealo's offsets. This means, I think, that her backbone pieces could be cut to shape either before they're fastened together, when they're easiest to work on, or while the assembled backbone was still laying on its side on the shop floor.
For reasons not stated, the transom was set up 2-1/2" or so aft of where it was designed to be and there are additional offsets to adjust for this. NGH, on the final page, shows offsets for the relocated transom, although it's unclear to me how he came up with them since his usual method was to trace around the half model's transom, mark a diagonal reference line on that tracing and show offsets square with that line to the transom edge at 3" intervals. His depiction of the relocated (thus smaller) transom has the usual expanded view, but where the transom outline came from is a mystery, unless he added a piece to the model. [Note by CvdL: There are three models, No. 3, 1103, and 1203, which are known or believed to be related to Consuelo. The different models may account for the different transoms and rudders.]
NGH gives a key "a", "b" and "c" to the special offsets that represent the widths of the keel timber and ballast keel at each frame. He also showed where the ballast keel began and ended, like at 6-5-4 (6 feet 5-1/2" inches), for example, aft of station 0 for the keel's forward end.
The frame, or station number, shows at the top of each page, and in this book a big penciled X is drawn through them. I believe this is how the loftsman kept track of each mould as it was built, not that the page was to be disregarded.
For this boat the waterline spacing is generally one foot. For small boats, or hulls with more rapidly changing shape, NGH made them closer, usually with waterline spacing at 6" or 3". The waterlines are numbered by their distance up from a baseline (located near the bottom of the keel) and they always show up in the left hand column on each offset book's page that represents a frame. Interspersed with this column of waterlines are the heights of the boat's sheer and profile, both of which can be recognized either by an NGH asterisk or because they stand out as being uneven heights. From them, it's easy to draw the boat's profile.
I'm commenting here without having looked at Consuelo's construction drawing which may not exist, but NGH's offsets are so descriptive that by making a rough sketch or two from his numbers and notations, I can visualize the boat's shape. What's in these little booklets may look like gobbledigook, but it isn't. Where the stem fairs into the timber keel, for example, you can visualize the transition. NGH's offsets show a gradual increase in width from the 4" stem to the 8"-wide keel. A construction drawing would reveal which timbers, perhaps including a knee, are affected." (Source: Bray, Maynard. Private Email to Claas van der Linde, March 12, 2021.)

"[Item Description:] Work order notebook [Titled Nathl G. Herreshoff, Esq., Bristol R.I.; 1882-1887, mostly signed by N.G.H., later ones by C.H.K.; material and item orders relating to #400s CONSUELO, #401s ROMP and steamers #89p, #99p, #100p, #101p, #102p, #104p, #105p, #106p, #110p, #111p, #113p, #118p, #119p, #120p, #122p, #123p, #140p, #146p; many orders from the marine store of A. B. Babbitt at Tiverton]." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Work Order Notebook. MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.120-04. Box HAFH.6.4B, Folder Casting Record Books Sketch and Order Book 1882-1887 NGH CHK. 1882 to 1887.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled preliminary plan with interior arrangement, sections and inboard profile and no annotations whatsoever showing a deep-keeled clipper-bowed sloop with oval cockpit, rectangular deckhouse, and a large transom. Overlaying Model 1103 (which is believed to be a preliminary model for #400s CONSUELO from 1882) provides a perfect match with the profile on the plan." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. (creator). Penciled Preliminary Plan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0521. WRDT08, Folder 41. No date (summer or fall of 1882 ?).)
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"[Item Description:] Two sets of penciled side-by-side half-sections with overlaid profiles and displacement curves of a boat with deep and long sloping keel and a short transom. With numerous calculations, one arriving at 16244.08lbs = 8.12tons. The profile at bottom provides a perfect match with Model 1103 which is believed to be a preliminary model for #400s CONSUELO. On verso more penciled calculations. Undated (NGH drew the final version of CONSUELO's section on October 9, 1882)." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. (creator). Side-by-side Half-Sections and Displacement Curves. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0580. WRDT08, Folder 45. No date (1882-10 ?).)
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"[Item Description:] Two sets of penciled side-by-side half-sections with overlaid profiles and displacement curves. Untitled. One set marked in lower right corner 'Final. Oct[ober] 9th 1882'. With note 'Actual w[ei]g[h]t of lead from[?] on to keel 13233lbs. Oct[ober] 19th 1882. Cut off at the aft end June 7th 1883 950lbs. [Resulting in] 12283[lbs]'. Curves are marked '20.39sqin. 21205lbs salt water. 326.24cuft' and '11.84cuin[?]. 13440lbs lead. 18.944cuft'. (Date and profile indicate this to be #400s CONSUELO). Upside down is another set of side-by-side half-sections with overlaid profile and displacement curve, probably a preliminary version for CONSUELO. The curve is marked '14200lbs lead'. On verso a sailplan for a gaff sloop with topsail, long bowsprit, clipper bow, deep keel and short transom with no title, notes or date (probably a preliminary sailplan for CONSUELO before it was decided to make her a catyawl with plumb bow)." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. (creator). Side-by-side Half-Sections and Displacement Curves. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0589. WRDT08, Folder 45. 1882-10-19.)
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"[Item Description:] Sail plan for #400s CONSUELO with sail making notes." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Penciled Drawing. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0270. Model Room, Folder 25, formerly MRDE09. 1883.)

"[Item Description:] Penciled technical drawing on brown paper showing a windlass titled 'Chain for CLARA [#402s] 2 1/2in pitch. Wheel will have 6 cogs'. With dimensions and material notes ('brass sleeve', 'brass', 'mallable iron or bronze'), casting pattern numbers (in red pencil) and numerous pinpricks indicating that shapes have been transferred for production or copying. (Compare with HH.5.09301 (112-013) Windlass for 5/16 Chain 33' W.L. C.B. Cutter [#400s CONSUELO] (1888-06-16). See also a letter from NGH to his son LFH (Mystic Seaport Museum, L. Francis Herreshoff Collection, Box 17, Folder 6): 'Coconut Grove, April 15, 1930. Dear Francis, ... Do you remember of seeing drawing of windlass I designed for CONSUELO, in 1882-3, and used on several small craft afterward? I have just been counting up mentally the total number of pieces it contained, and I make it 20. Yours has 130 or more, and CONSUELO's windlass had two features that yours has not. 1st the chain could be hauled when there was a rope fast to gypsie head, - 2nd, had two cranks, and therefore could be worked by two men. I hope you will take my criticisms in good part - and they will be a benefit to you. Of course I have had long experience in these things and am glad to pass it on to you Beside it gives me something to think about, here.' CLARA's windlass has survived and is on display on CLARA at the Herreshoff Marine Museum)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Technical Drawing. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE11_01930. Folder [no #]. No date (1882 - 1883).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled technical drawing on brown paper showing steering gear. With penciled notes and casting pattern numbers (in red pencil). On verso details of a windlass as designed for #400s CONSUELO and used on #402s CLARA and subsequent yachts." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Technical Drawing. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE11_01940. Folder [no #]. No date (1882 - 1883).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled framing and general arrangement plan with profile. Untitled, but this is quite certainly #400 CONSUELO with her rectangular deckhouse, curved keel and short stern. Note, that a lengthened stern has been penciled into the plan. Note also the foldable sprayhood." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Framing Plan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT04_00640. Folder [no #]. No date (1883-05 ?).)
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"[Item Description:] Invoice to NGH for '1 Sail Boat [#400s] CONSUELO, 32ft long, complete with equipment. Recd Payment' with what appears genuine JBH signature." (Source: Herreshoff, J.B. Correspondence (invoice) to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_65050. Unidentif. / Non-Cataloged, Folder 182?, formerly 133?. 1883-05-28.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled note 'Bills payable' on recto. On verso penciled tabulated financial data titled 'Statement. Deposits in Dec[ember] 31st 1883' and containing what appears to be a calculation of NGH's net worth at the time. Including dollar valuations of various bank accounts, shareholdings in HMCo (125 shares valued at $12500) and two railroads, 'Amount invested in Love Rocks to date $9773.39', 'Estimated value of yacht CONSUELO [#400s] and small boats [#188302es, #188303es] $3000', 'Estimated value of catamaran LODOLA [#187903es] $700', 'Estimated value of Ice Boat and RIVIERA [#187406es] $90', 'Tools $120.00', 'Books, Furniture, etc. $500', '2 Patents, Catamaran and Regulator $100.00', '1/2 Patent Regulator $0.00'." (Source: Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_65240. Note. Unidentif. / Non-Cataloged, Folder 182?, formerly 133?. 1883-12-31.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Handwritten (in ink) letter on 'The Herreshoff Manufacturing Co, Established in 1861, Incorporated in 1879, Sole Manufacturers Of The Herreshoff Patent Safety Coil Boiler, Builders of Steam Vessels and Engines' stationery:] Bristol, R.I., Aug[ust] 26th 1885
Dear Daughter Kate,
I rec[eive]d your welcome letter Monday P.M., also rec'd one at N.Y. which I neglected to mention in my last.
I thought of you yesterday, kept in by the rain. How do you like the cold weather, ther[mometer] here 50deg this a.m. Aunt Anna and all the rest are well as usual excepting Aunt Carrie who is suffering with the face ache.
We ave but three days more vacation.
CONSUELO [#400s] starts off this a.m. for a weeks cruise with same party that went in her last month.
Have you decided when to return home? I miss you very much, still you had best stay as long as you can feel that you are enjoying yourself.
Love from your Papa.
J.B.H.
S [Sadie Herreshoff, for JBH]" (Source: Herreshoff, J.B. Letter to Herreshoff, Katherine Kilton. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Item LIB_6220. HMM Library Rare Books Room (Various), Folder [no #]. 1885-08-26.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Handwritten (in ink) letter on 'The Herreshoff Manufacturing Co, Established in 1861, Incorporated in 1879, Sole Manufacturers Of The Herreshoff Patent Safety Coil Boiler, Builders of Steam Vessels and Engines' stationery:] Bristol, R.I., Aug[ust] 28th 1885
Dear Daughter Kate,
Your last [letter] rec[eive]d I am much pleased to hear from you as regularly. i was off in the LUCILE [#122p] all day yesterday, run up to Taunton and then over to Greenwich Bay. I expect to be off today to Newport & possibly over to the 'Pier'.
Sister Carrie is still quite poorly and is confined to her room. Mr. Isherwood is here for a few days. Went to drive last eve with Mr. I. & Mrs. Zeller. What cold weather we are having. Your Uncle Nat went off two days ago in the CONSUELO [#400s].
Mrs Smith has returned. We have not started the Shop yet, it seems very quiet.
I think the men are all ready for work next Monday. ope you are well. Wish you could be here to go with me today. Love from your Papa.
S [Sadie Herreshoff, for JBH]" (Source: Herreshoff, J.B. Letter to Herreshoff, Katherine Kilton. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Item LIB_6230. HMM Library Rare Books Room (Various), Folder [no #]. 1885-08-28.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Handwritten (in ink) letter on 'The Herreshoff Manufacturing Co, Established in 1861, Incorporated in 1879, Sole Manufacturers Of The Herreshoff Patent Safety Coil Boiler, Builders of Steam Vessels and Engines' stationery:] Bristol, R.I., Aug[ust] 31th 1885
Dear Daughter Kate,
We commenced work at the Shops this a.m. after 4 weeks quiet. In another week I hope you will return as I miss you very much. Went to Fall River before breakfast yesterday to meet your uncle Francis & family. He returned to N.Y. by rail last night. Aunt Emilie will stay at Pop[asquas]h 3 or 4 weeks. She and the baby are well.
Your Aunt Carrie is about the house. Some of her summer birds have flown, the rest will in a week or two. The old lady Wilcox died a few days ago at Princeton. I think the 'Mountain House' is the same we stopped at last season. Joseph Thompson starts for there today, I think his daughters are.
Uncle Nat has not yet returned [in #400s CONSUELO]. Hope to hear from you this P.M. With love from your Papa.
J.B.H.
S [Sadie Herreshoff, for JBH]" (Source: Herreshoff, J.B. Letter to Herreshoff, Katherine Kilton. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Item LIB_6250. HMM Library Rare Books Room (Various), Folder [no #]. 1885-08-31.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled sailplan sketch of a small dinghy with gaff-rigged sail. Untitled. The sail has the same dimensions as another sketch 'Sail for CONSUELO's [#400s] small boat [#188302es]. 1886' which strongly suggests that the dinghy is indeed CONSUELO's small boat." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE03_04800. Folder [no #]. No date (1886 ?).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled sailplan sketch titled 'Sail for CONSUELO's [#400s] small boat [#188302es]. 1886' with sail area 49sqft and dimensions for mast, gaff, boom and sail. This looks like the same sail with same sail area shown as a mizzen on another sailplan that appears to be for #187406es RIVIERA." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE03_04820. Folder [no #]. 1886.)
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"[Item Description:] Sail plans, gaff rig. 'CONSUELO's [#400s] 2nd. Sails. N.G. Herreshoff. April 1886'." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. (creator). Inked Drawing. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0271. Model Room, Folder 25, formerly MRDE09. 1886-02.)

"[Item Description:] Penciled sailplan with partial hull profile of a catyawl. Sketched are two rigs, one with conventional gaff sails with varying amounts of roach, the other in the style of #402s CLARA's second fully-battened sails with exaggerated roach and tack fully hoisted to the mast top, the gaff becoming almost a sprit that way. With notes showing a mainsail size 610sqft and mizzen size of 198sqft (for a total of 808sqft). On verso another penciled sailplan of the same boat with a conventional, very large sloop rig with very long bowsprit and long topmast. Overlay of the hull on recto and Model 3 of #400s CONSUELO shows a fairly good match except for the stern section. Undated, NGH experimented with CLARA's full-roach battened sails between 1887 and 1890." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0450. WRDT08, Folder 36, formerly MRDE09. No date (between 1887 and 1890 ?).)
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"[Item Description:] Three groups of penciled midship sections on brown paper. Untitled. Some of the sections in the first group are marked '40ft', '23ft catyawl #424 [WRAITH]', '21[?] 1/2ft 18.6sqft Disp[lacement] 17200', 'CONSUELO [#400s] 21.5[sqft] Disp[lacement] 21400[lbs]', '29[?] 1/2[ft] [#409s GANNET ???] 24.8sqft Disp[lacement] 25000[lbs]. None of the sections in the second group is identified. Some of the sections in the third group are marked '46 foot', 'Owen's IRIS [#406s]', '22 1/2[ft] w.l', '18.6sqft 26 1/2ft w.l.', '19.0sqft CLARA [#402s]'. With note 'CLARA L / cube-root(Disp[lacement]) = 4.32'. With small sketch of block and tackle with hook. Undated (the latest boat mentioned is from 1891)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Midship Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_09720. Folder [no #]. No date (1891 or later ?).)
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"[Item Description:] Typewritten and penciled table with data for 'Date of Order', '[Hull] No.', 'Name', 'Length on W.L.', 'Beam', 'Draft', 'Rig', 'Keel or Centerboard Keel', 'Ballast' for #400s CONSUELO, #401s ROMP, #402s CLARA, #403s CALYPSO, #404s COQUINA, #405s ALICE, #406s IRIS, #407s BIRD, #408s PELLICAN[sic], #409s GANNET, #410s MAB, #411s GLORIANA, #412s DILEMMA, #413s SAYONARA, #414s WASP, #415s WENONAH, #416s ALPHA, #417s DRUSILLA, #418s EL CHICO, #419s COQUINA 2ND, #420s REAPER and #421s BEE. Undated (data until 1891 is typewritten, thereafter penciled, suggesting that the table was prepared in January 1892 before EL CHICO, the first boat with a penciled year, was contracted for)." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Construction Record Table. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDW02_04530. Folder [no #]. No date (1892-01 ?).)
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"[Item Description:] Untitled, penciled table providing data for L (WLW), D (Displacement in Tons net), T (measurement tens[? or tons?], S (Sail area), L * sq-rt(S) / 15* cube-rt(D), L * sq-rt(S) / 18* cube-rt(D), and (sq-rt(S) + L) / 2 on the X-axis for the following boats: DILEMMA [#412s], 2 1/2 rater [apparently #415s WENONAH], 35ft E.D. Morgan [#417s DRUSILLA], GANNET [#409s], PELICAN [#408s], ALICE [#405s], CLARA [#402s], CONSUELO [#400s], COQUINA [#404s], BIRD [#407s], 21' [#???s], GLORIANA [#411s], 46 Rodgers [#414s WASP], GRACIE, KATRINA, SHAMROCK, and HURON. Two penciled tables on verso: One showing max speed in miles and kots and wind required for lengths ranging from 35 to 80ft, the other appearing to show required wind speeds for max hull speeds for boats ranging from 30 to 80ft. On envelope labeled 'Immediate. United States Weather Report.' Undated, but postmarked 'Jan 19, 1892.'" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Table. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_72740. Measuring and Measurement Rules (Box 2), Folder B2F04, formerly MRDE15. No date (1892-01-19 or later).)
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"[Item Description:] #437s VIGILANT, AMERICA, THISTLE, VALKYRIE II, TITANIA, SVERIGE, MARIA, RAINBOW, SEA WITCH, MISCHIEF, PRISCILLA, SHAMROCK I, SHAMROCK III, #412s DILEMMA, #400s CONSUELO, #402s CLARA, #409s GANNET, WHIRLWIND; [This letter published as 'Letter Four' in Herreshoff, Stephens. Their Last Letters 1930-1938. Annotated by John W. Streeter. Bristol, RI, 1988, p. 25.]" (Source: Stephens, William P. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_20600. Correspondence, Folder 59. 1930-07-10.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Typed letter marked 'Copy' with 'Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island' letterhead:] Referring to mine of yesterday. I have been to the shop and showed your letter and enclosed sketch to Sidney and Tom Brightman, which they highly approved. [Charles] Nystrom was away.
I questioned Tom about authority for building the boat [#193007es TERN (Aux. Weekend Cruiser)] and he said Mr. Haffenreffer said, 'So soon as plans were approved by you, Sid and me, to go ahead and get her out this fall'.
I didnot have the "GEE WHIZ's' [#1002s] plans by me in making this sketch and it covers quite satisfactorily what I consider a good cruiser should be and to cover your desires as well as I understand them, and for shallow water use, as in L. St. Clair on the South.
To carry out the conditions required and not feel cramped, I have taken a little more size than 'GEE WHIZ'. The w. l. length is 30ft, and extreme nearly 37ft and extreme breadth of planking 10ft, Draft 3ft. With the intention that the boat be hauled out Winters, and also that she will be several times duplicated, I would by all means, have lead casting include middle section of keel --- the C. b.logs and lugs for floor timbers --- so there would be no seam to shrink open below the cabin floor. You will see I have carried the raised side way to the quarter and the back rest of cockpit side seats are against the clamps, so getting a much wider cockpit. The cockpit floor to be about 9in above L. w. l. The quarter deck on which the helmsman would sit to be about 6in higher, than seats so he can look over his guests heads. Steering gear to be 'CONSUELO [#400s] type' --- that was also used on CLARA [#402s]- ALICE [#405s] and several catyawls of the old days and proved most satisfactory. The motor to be as already approved. I would advise having two openings and slides to cabin as shown, as it is often desirable to have one over galley for ventilation, and also for quick passage from cockpit. There will be, however, walking space aft of centerboard, as well as forward. Will be 3 1/2ft space for galley, with refrigerator and oilskin hanger apposite. Then settee berths 6 1/2ft with toilet room 4ft next forward to port and liberal hanging space to Starboard. To be a builtin berth, port and aft, in forecastle with a swing berth, Starboard and well forward. A high water tank over head to port of mast and probably a large reserve tank under settee Starboard side.
[p. 2] I should have rectangular windows to open, as shown on each side, fitted with removable screens. They will be quite water tight against storms and there is little danger of getting much water thru in a knock-down, if closed. To be a hatch over forecastle, a skylight over cabin, with one corner (1/4) over toilet room.
The head-room, as laid out to be 5ft 6in but could be more if topsides were made higher. Have just seen Mr. Nustrom [sic, i.e. Charles Nystrom] and he proposed having a copy of sketch made, so if you approve, please wire, so work on Model and plans can be started at once.
Your affectionate father, ... [Compare with HH.5.12760 (155-000) Day Sailing Boat] (1930-09-03).]" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Letter to Herreshoff, Alexander Griswold. MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.091. Box HAFH.6.2B, Folder Weekend Auxiliary Cruiser. 1930-09-02.)
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"[Item Description:] fragment of a typewritten letter on outside ballast with corrections in ink; #185401es JULIA II, #186301es KELPIE I, #187106es SHADOW, #400s CONSUELO, [The complete (and somewhat different) letter published as 'Letter Six' in Herreshoff, Stephens. Their Last Letters 1930-1938. Annotated by John W. Streeter. Bristol, RI, 1988, p. 35-38.]" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Letter to Stephens, William P. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_20820. Correspondence, Folder 59. No date (1935-06-19).)
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"[Item Description:] sandbaggers, Pat McGiehan and Jake Schmidt, Tom Ratsey, Herrick Duggan and the Seawanhaka Cup in 1896, on looking up Forest and Stream I find that my first visit to Bristol was described in the issue of April 16, 1885, your father showed me the operation of the ballast car of #187004es JULIA and you took me into a little boathouse and showed me #400s CONSUELO, I was at City Island last Monday and saw #402s CLARA at her moorings; I met Rufus Murray and he gave me a piece of planking knocked out by a motorboat which stove a hole in her starboard bow, above water, I am sending it to you with Murray's compliments, breaking up of WHIRLWIND, #1275s MITENA, ISTALENA, #186403es KELPIE, schooner AGNES, #187106es SHADOW, SNIKERSNEE; [This letter published as 'Letter Seven' in Herreshoff, Stephens. Their Last Letters 1930-1938. Annotated by John W. Streeter. Bristol, RI, 1988, p. 41.]" (Source: Stephens, William P. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_20620. Correspondence, Folder 59. 1935-07-21.)
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"[Item Transcription:] In reply to your interesting letter of 13.- I am not in the way of selling any models or plans of yachts and whatever I do in that line is entirely for amusements or assisting my friends. But now, at the beginning of my 90th year, I find, with dimmed sight and general slowing up, it is almost impossible to do things I would like to do.
Since the lines on the b[lue]p[rint] you have sent me are so very good I suggest to use them for a basis in drawing for yourself a good cruiser. As a starter for this, I have attempted to indicate modifications that I believe would make a really good cruiser, either in the deep sea or shallow bays & inlets that are so much more attractive.
You will notice I have indicated a new l.w.l. 4in higher. That will give a l.w.l. length of about 28ft 8in.
The change at garboard by straightening the timbers is very simple and easy. I have indicated a tentative keel development in which I would recommend making the keel for a length considerably more than the c.b. slot, one lead casting with scarfed ends to take oak for forward and aft parts. As a guess the displacement w[ou]ld be about 260 cuft. or 17000 lbs and I would expect to have about 42% of this or fully 7000 lbs in lead keel casting leaving a reasonable amount to go inside.
Perhaps the many owners of 'PLEASURE' [#907s] didn't appreciate what they had.- For her principle[sic] ballast consisted of one hardened lead casting, that consisted of the middle section of keel, centreboard logs and beginning of floor timbers.
This required a somewhat expensive pattern for casting the lead, and increased the cost of boat, but I believed it worth while.
As I have shown the draft w[ou]ld be about [blank] and I would design rig so the boat wld gripe decidedly with c.b. up and only lightly when c.b. was fully down.
This means the c.b. more aft than is ordinary and I have found this the best.
Of course you wld leave yawl rig, with triangular sails.
You mention in the former letter you appreciate artistic beauty and see no excuse for ugly things. In which I agree and beside a[sic] fully agree the old saying that 'handsome is that handsome does'.
I should by all means make the boat a 'flushdecker', and place the sheer line about as I have shown. This will give very nearly standing height in cabin, and so very much head room and air over sleeping transoms, makes the construction simpler and stronger and better in most every way you can think of excepting being ugly to what you are accustomed to look at. - But handsome is that handsome does. -
I would run a strong oak fender strake with fully 1 1/2in projection about where the convention sheerstrake wld be and by skillful painting above & below the extreme freeboard would not look out the way.
I would have the c.b. of oak, and weighted only enough to sink readily, giving, say 50 to 80lbs pull on c.b. pennant. And be sure to have it built thick and strong enough to be very strong [and] not give trouble when grounding.
The c.b. 8 or 9 ft long and the top of casing to be about 6in l.w.l. This will accommodate a c.b. about 4ft wide which is ample. Have the aft half of c.b. casing permanently & strongly covered, with tube tube[sic] to inclose pennant near the fore end of permanently covered part and extending to deck.
The forward half of casing to be removable when necessary to take out c.b. To be a skylight in deck directly over the forward half of c.b. casing, so c.b. can be lifted up endwise and out any time when craft is in smooth water.
By the raised deck, overall length is increased about 1 ft. Fit hanging knees under each deck beam and no clamp, but the waterway substantial enough to give a bind and desired fore & aft strength. With both waterway & fender strake being substantial the planking in topside can be lighter.
I would have a windlass with wild-cat at one side for chain cable and gypsy head the other placed just aft of mast just as I had in my catyawl cruisers CONSUELO [#400s], 1883 & CLARA [#402s], 1887, and the chain locker near mast step.
I understand CLARA is still going and very sound, and is owned around New Rochelle." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Letter to Rigg, T. Linton. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_43450. Correspondence, Folder 94, formerly 137. 1937-03-18.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #400s Consuelo even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• Bray, Maynard. "What About Consuelo?" Herreshoff Marine Museum. https://herreshoff.org/2021/04/what-about-consuelo/, retrieved May 2, 2021. (12,177 kB)
  Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Copyright holder: Maynard Bray. Vessel description and history. With numerous quotes by NGH, photos, plans, details.

• Consuelo (HMCo-made index card)
• Consuelo (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: Consuelo
Type: Cat Yawl
Length: 28'6"
Owner: Herreshoff, N. G.

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

• Consuelo
• 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: Consuelo
Type: 28' 6" catyawl
Owner: N. G. Herreshoff
Year: 1883
Row No.: 129

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: 1883
E/P/S: S
No.: 0400
Name: Consuelo
LW: 28.5'
B: 8' 8"
D: 5' 8"
Rig: Cat Yawl
K: y
Ballast: Lead
Last Name: Herreshoff
First Name: N. G.

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.

"[Sail area 760sqft.]" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Table. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum. Measuring and Measurement Rules (Box 2), Folder B2F04, formerly MRDE15. No date (1892-01-19 or later).) "She was even fast in light winds with a small sail spread of only 665 square feet ..." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael Greene. Letter to Charles H. W. Foster, dated March 6, 1932. Quoted in Foster, Charles H. W. The Eastern Yacht Club Ditty Box, 1870-1900. Norwood, Mass., 1932, p 139-141.)

"[Displacement 21400lbs.]" (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. Untitled group of midship sections including one for #400s Consuelo. Undated. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum.)

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