HMCo #458s Mist

"The new two-and-a-half-rater that is being built here for Augustus S. Van Wickle is nearly planked and will be turned over this week. She is double planked, the inner ones being of cedar and the outer of mahogany." (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity." Bristol Phoenix, October 15, 1895, p. 2.)

"Mr. A. S. Van Wickle's two and a half rater was launched from Herreshoff's Friday [December 13, 1895] at high tide. She is a handsome boat of the fin keel type and somewhat resembles the Dakotah [#440s]. She will be laid up for the winter at Walker's cove and will take part in many races next season." (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity." Bristol Phoenix, December 17, 1895, p. 2.)

"Vivian [ex Onward] is a mahogany Herreshoff creation and was the forerunner of the Newport thirties. She is a windward wonder, and the speediest craft of her size on Gravesend Bay." (Source: Rudder, December 1902, p. 523.)

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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #458s Mist even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• Mist (HMCo-made index card)
• Mist (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: Mist
Type: Cutter
Length: 27'
Owner: Vanwickle, A. S.

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

• Mist
• Era ex-Mist
• 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: Mist
Type: 27' fin keeler
Owner: A. S. Van Winkle
Year: 1899
Row No.: 445

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.

Month: Sept
Day: 24
Year: 1895
E/P/S: S
No.: 0458
Name: Mist
LW: 27'
B: 7' 8"
D: 6' 10"
Rig: Cutter
K: FK
Ballast: Lead
Amount: $2100.00
Notes Constr. Record: A.S. Chesebro? 1899
Last Name: Van Winkle
First Name: A. S.

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.

"Built in 80 days (contract to launch; equivalent to $26/day, 90 lbs displacement/day)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 16, 2024.)

"[Sail area 374.5sqft.]" (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. "Formula for Obtaining the Limit of Sail-Area in Yachts when Measured by the Universal Rule Formula." Bristol, R.I., July 13, 1907 with later additions. Original handwritten (in ink) document with penciled additions. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE06_00080.)

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