HMCo #460s Kildee

"[1896-04-24] Fri 24: Launched Kildee [#460s].
[1896-05-03] Sun 3: Off in Coquina [#404s] & Flossie [Florence deWolf] in Kildee [#460s] with boys.
[1896-05-10] Sun 10: Off in Kildee [#460s].
[1896-05-17] Sun 17: Off in Edith [#456s] & Kildee [#460s].
[1896-07-24] Fri 24: Hauled Kildee [#460s] for cleaning. ...
[1896-08-28] Fri 28: ... Painting Kildee [#460s]. ...
[1896-11-04] Wed 4: Hauled out Kildee [#460s].
[1898-05-03] Tue 3: ... Launched Marjorie [#178p ex-Eugenia I] from [Walkers] Cove and Killdee [sic, i.e. #460s Kildee] from Love Rocks.
[1898-05-22] Sun 22: Very fine. Cool. Calm early. Mod[erate] S to SW [wind]. Off in Coquina [#404s] with boys. Geo. Owen [owner of #487s Onward] & A[lpheus] Packard off in Kildee [#460s].
[1898-05-28] Sat 28: Fair. L[igh]t NE [wind] hauling to S in p.m. ... Cleaned Kildee [#460s].
[1898-05-29] Sun 29: Fair. L[igh]t S [wind]. Fog early. Off in Typhoon [#495s] and Kildee [#460s]. ...
[1898-05-30] Mon 30: Mod[erate] S [wind] ch[anging] to NW in evening & clearing. Off in Typhoon [#495s]. Regatta in harbor in which Kildee [#460s] won.
[1898-06-05] Sun 5: Strong NE [wind]. L[igh]t rain in night. Clearing in forenoon. Calm evening. Off in Kildee [#460s]. ...
[1898-06-12] Sun 12: Fine & warm. Mod[erate] S to SW [wind]. T[hunder]&L[ightning] with rain squall in p.m. Off in Killdee [sic, i.e. #460s Kildee] with family.[1899-05-07] Sun 7: Very fine & mild. Fresh SSW [wind] & clear. Off in Coquina [#404s] in AM. Launched Kildee [#460s] in PM. ...
[1899-05-14] Sun 14: Very fine & clear [with] fresh NW [wind]. ... Off in Coquina [#404s] & Kildee [#460s].
[1899-05-28] Sun 28: Fine [with] mod[erate] S [wind in] AM. Fresh NE [wind in] PM. Off in Kildee [#460s] and A[lpheus]. Packard off in #511 [Buzzards Bay 15 Uarda].
[1899-06-04] Sun 4: Very fine. Went to Newport in Kildee [#460s] with boys in company of five 15 footers.
[1899-06-18] Sun 18: Very fine. L[igh]t S [wind] in PM. Took short sail in Kildee [#460s] with Caddie & children. ...
[1899-07-15] Sat 15: Very warm & clear [with] NW & SW [wind]. Hauled out Kildee [#460s] to clean & paint.
[1899-10-29] Sun 29: L[igh]t rain early. Took sail in Kildee [#460s] in forenoon.
[1899-11-17] Fri 17: Laid up Kildee [#460s]. ...
[1900-05-14] Mon 14: Very fine & warm. Mod[erate] S [wind]. Launched Kildee [#460s] in evening.
[1900-05-27] Sun 27: Very fine & warm. ... Off in Kildee [#460s] a while in PM with children.
[1900-05-30] Wed 30: Calm [in] AM. Fresh SSW [wind] in PM. Off in Kildee [#460s] a while in forenoon.
[1900-06-10] Sun 10: Very fine [with] l[igh]t NE [wind in] AM. S [wind in] PM. Off in Kildee [#460s]. ...
[1900-06-13] Wed 13: Very fine & clear. Mod[erate] SE [wind]. ... Bent new sails on Kildee [#460s].
[1900-06-16] Sat 16: Very fine. Fresh SW [wind] in PM. Race in harbor by B[ristol] Y[acht] C[lub]. Alice [#405s, built in 1889], Kildee [#460s] & Opossum [#484s] won. ...
[1900-06-17] Sun 17: Very fine & overcast? Off [in] Kildee [#460s] [in] AM & PM. Fresh SSW [wind] in PM.
[1900-07-04] Wed 4: Very fine & hot. Mod[erate] NW [wind] & clear. Everything [4th of July celebration] passed of[f] quietly. Boys have a good time with firecrackers. Off sailing in Gee [#537s] & Kildee [#460s].
[1900-08-12] Sun 12: Fair & cooler. NE [wind] & overcast. Went to Newport in Kildee [#460s]. Had a fine sail.
[1900-11-11] Sun 11: Fresh W to SW [wind &] overcast. Off in Kildee [#460s] a little while.
[1900-12-02] Sun 2: Very fine & mild. Off in Kildee [#460s]. Went to Popasquash in PM with all the family in four boats. ...
[1900-12-06] Thu 6: Fine & cool. NW [wind]. ... Unrigged Kildee [#460s].
[1900-12-07] Fri 7: Fair [wind] mod[erate] W [wind]. Hauled out Kildee [#460s] into boat house at Love Rocks.
[1901-06-09] Sun 9: Fine & cool & clear. Strong WNW [wind]. Off in Kildee [#460s] in PM.
[1901-06-16] Sun 16: Very fine & cool. Clear [with] l[igh]t N [wind] ch[anging] to S in PM. Off in Kildee [#460s]. ...
[1901-06-19] Wed 19: Very fine [with] l[igh]t variable [wind]. Went to Providence in forenoon. Off in Kildee [#460s] a while in PM.
[1901-06-23] Sun 23: Fair ... Off in Kildee [#460s] a while. ...
[1901-07-20] Sat 20: Very fine & warm. Mod[erate] SW [wind]. Off in Kildee [#460s] a while in PM.
[1901-09-02] Mon 2: Went to Newport to sail in Constitution's [#551s] 2nd trial. Won by Columbia [#499s]. L[igh]t SE [wind]. Did not finish course. The boys 1st long sail in Kildee [#460s], off all day to Newport.
[1901-10-27] Sun 27: Very fine & mild. Strong SW [wind in] AM. Light in PM changing to NE. Took out Kildee [#460s] with trysail & jib [which] worked finely in h[eav]y seaway.
[1901-11-03] Sun 3: Very fine & cool. Strong ENE [wind]. Went up Barrington River with boys in Kildee [#460s] & Coquina [#404s].
[1901-11-25] Mon 25: Fresh NW [wind] & clear. Unrigged Kildee [#460s].
[1901-11-29] Fri 29: Mod[erate] NW [wind]. Hauled out Kildee [#460s].
[1902-11-17] Mon 17: Hauled out Kildee [#460s] for [the] winter.
[1913-08-18] Mon 18: Warm & moist. Nat & Mr. Williams start in cruise in Kildee [#460s].
[1913-10-18] Sat 18: ... Kildee [#460s] hauled out.
[1917-04-22] Sun 22: ... Sold Kildee [#460s] to Rufus Murray for $200. Very fine.
[1918-06-25] Tue 25: Geo. Nichols here to talk about Navy work. He took sail in Kildee [#460s] in PM and left in evening. Very fine & warm. L[igh]t SE [wind].
[1918-07-15] Mon 15: Geo. Nichols here. I took a short sail in Kildee [#460s]
[1922-05-13] Sat 13: [No entry.] [From cash accounting in diary:] 13 [May]. Sale of Kildee [#460s] to Benson [$]275.00.
[1936-03-17] Tue 17: ... Had a call from Mr Benson, former owner of Kildee [#460s]." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1896 to 1936. Manuscript (excerpts). Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection [1896-1898]. Diary access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff [1899-1936]. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection, St.Y. Roamer Logbooks [1905-1907].)

"Kildee No. 460.
Sept[ember] 1895
Frame spaces 10".
All figures below keel and forward of stern post are for lead.
Timbers moulded 1", planking 5/8".
Siding of timbers [stations] 1 to 8 & 21 to 28 7/8".
Siding of timbers [stations] 9 to 20 1 1/8"." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. [Penciled note in Offset Booklet HH.4.096.] Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)

"... Kildee [Name], 460 [Building Number], 14.5 [Rating], 18 [Waterline], 16.2 [L = length at 1/4 beam as for Universal Rule], 5.35 [B = breadth of waterline as for Universal Rule], 4.45 [d = draft of water as for Universal Rule], 61 [D = displacement in cubic foot as for Universal Rule (= 3,872 lbs or 1.7 long tons)], 374.5 [Sail Area], 477 [Sail limit Present rule], -102.5 [Diff.], 380 [Sail limit Proposed rule], -5.5 [Diff.], quite able [Notes] ..." (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.)

"May 10, 1922
Mr. Henry A. Benson, 97 Jefferson, Providence
Dear Sir, replying to your recent inquiry, I will sell the knockabout Kildee for $275,- cash, as she is and where she is and all gear along side, free of storage expense to date of turnover, and when ready will launch her free of expense to you.
The boat has 3300 lbs of lead on her keel, is cedar planked, white oak frame and bronze fastened, has been out two sesons and is somewhat open but should swell up all right. The rig is in fair condition except sails & running rigging are old.
Yours truly, Nathl. G. Herreshoff." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Letter to Henry A. Benson, May 10, 1922. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection.)

"My Own Boats. Except a few that will be mentioned as half-owner. ...
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1895 In the fall of 1895, after the DEFENDER races. I had built for my sister-in-law, Florence DeWolf, the 18 ft. w.l. jib and main keel boat KILDEE, #460. This boat proved very fast and Miss DeWolf won many races with her. After a few years, and when Miss DeWolf tired of her, I used her a good deal and also did my sons Francis and Clarence. I finally sold her in 1927 [sic, i.e. 1922] to Arthur Benson of Providence and they still own her." (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. 116.)

"Going back still further, mention should be made of KILDEE, a little eighteen foot waterline keel knockabout that I had built especially for my sister-in-law Florence DeWolf's use. She was built in the fall of 1895 and for the next six or eight years, Miss DeWolf sailed her in many races and often won. In later years, my son Francis [L. Francis Herreshoff] used KILDEE and won many races in her. Then I used her for my own sailing, and I finally sold her to a Providence man [H.A. Benson] and she is still kept (1934) in good condition and racing." (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. 67-68.)

"The Kildee [#460s], a 25 footer with 18 feet water line, was launched from the Herreshoff Works on Saturday [November 2, 1895]. She was built for Miss. Florence DeWolf, sister of Mrs. N.G. Herreshoff and is a pocket edition of Defender [#452s], being built on practically the same lines, even to her lead bulb. She was given a satisfactory spin on Sunday trying her speed against the Edith M. [#426s], the later being sailed by Capt. Nat Herreshoff." (Source: Anon. "Florence DeWolf's Miniature Version of Defender." Bristol Phoenix, November 8, 1895.)

"BRISTOL, R.I., Nov. 23. [1895] ... The 'Baby' Defender, which was built for Miss Flossie De Wolf, a sister of Mrs. N. G. Herreshoff, has proved a fast boat in her trial spins about the harbor. She is an exact reproduction in lines of the Defender [#452s], and is eighteen feet on the water line." (Source: Anon. "Busy Winter For Herreshoffs." New York Times, November 24, 1895, p. 15.)

"The small sloop Kildee, built late last Fall for Miss Flossie DeWolf, by the Herreshoffs, was put overboard Friday [April 24, 1896] afternoon from the boat house on the grounds of Nathaniel G. Herreshoff. The Kildee is an exact reproduction of Defender [#452s] on a smaller scale." (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity." Bristol Phoenix, April 28, 1896, p. 2.)

"The 12th annual open regatta of the Rhode Island Yacht Club was held Wednesday [August 26, 1898] off the club house at Pawtuxet and was a success in every way. Fall River and Bristol boats were well represented. In the second division, 20-foot class, sloops or cutters, the Bristol boats entered were Miss Flossie DeWolfs Kildee [#460s] and F. L. Herreshoff's Spook [#496s]. Steam yachts Eugenia [#182p] and Squib [#188p] went up from Bristol with parties on board to see Miss DeWolf and the Herreshoff boy sail their boats They were in the same class and sailed well. The Spook beat Miss DeWolf's Kildee on time allowance, although the latter crossed the line first. The distance sailed was 12 miles." (Source: Anon. "Rhode Island Yacht Club Regatta." Bristol Phoenix, August 26, 1898, p. 3.)

"BRISTOL, R. I., June 26 [1909] --- ... The well-known knockabout Kildee, owned by Miss Florence G DeWolf, is being fitted out for the season in the Walkers Cove yard. She is to have new sails this season. The Kildee was built in 1895 and was a modified model of the cup-racing sloop Defender [#452s]. ..." (Source: Anon. "Bristol Notes." Boston Globe, June 27, 1909, p. 40.)

"... The boat stealing season opened bright and early on Narragansett Bay, as the Kildee was stolen from her mooring off the Rhode Island Yacht Club early Friday morning, May 30 [1924]. The Kildee, owned by Henry Benson, is a Herreshoff 18-footer, 25 feet overall, and she was lying at the same moorings that the yawl Swiftwind was stolen from last year. ..." (Source: Anon. "Notes From The Week's Log." Boston Globe, June 8, 1924, p. 65.)

"Although fin-keelers were still going strong in 1895, Kildee is of a different type. She carries a so-called 'bulb keel' (one that fairs into and is an integral part of the hull) and has an underwater shape much like that of Defender [#452s].
According to NGH's notes, Kildee was built in the fall of 1895 for his wife's sister, Miss Florence DeWolf, known by the family as 'Flossie,' who sailed the boat in many races over the next six or eight years, and often won; Kildee was subsequently used by NGH and his family. Kildee was fast, and according to Sidney Herreshoff, NGH sailing his sleek new sloop Delight [#679s](HMCo #679, 1908) couldn't keep up with L. Francis sailing Kildee. NGH sold Delight soon after she was built, and Kildee stayed in the family." (Source: Bray, Maynard and Carlton Pinheiro. Herreshoff of Bristol. Brooklin, Maine, 1989, p. 58.)

"[Item Description:] Penciled note with sketch: 'RIVIERA [#187406es]. Gaff 7ft 7 1.2in to holes. Boom 10ft 8in to holes. Mast 10ft 9in above jaws. Mizzen 1 13/16dia. Hoist of mainsail 7ft 6in. KILDEE [#460s]. Gaff 12ft 9in to holes. Boom 19ft 7in to holes. …' With sketch on verso." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Note with Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE03_02730. Folder [no #]. No date (1895 or later).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections titled 'Model for 17.55ft w.l. for F.G.DW. Sept[ember] 1895. No. 460 [#460s] KILDEE'. With calculations arriving at a total displacement of 55.88cuft = 3545lbs. Also rating related calculations marked 'Dec. 1901' and mentioning 'Hyslop rule'. Also calculations marked '1907' to determine wetted surface (128sqft) and Universal Rule related data." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_06270. Folder [no #]. 1895-09.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph lead sections titled 'Lead Keel of 17 1/2ft w.l. No. 460 [#460s KILDEE]. 1/2 size. Sept[ember] 28 [18]95'. With calculations arriving at 1886.5544lbs lead." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Lead Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_09560. Folder [no #]. 1895-09-12.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled profile and sailplan titled 'KILDEE #460. Scale 3/8. Oct[ober] 1895'. With notes 'Sails Oct. 2, 1895. Spars Oct. 12, 1895. Stick[?] Oct. 20, 1895. Shrouds & running rigging Oct. 20, 1895' and 'New sails ordered Oct[ober] 27, [18]99 of Wamsutta Egyptian 8oz 49in. ... New sails ordered Oct[ober] 8, 1906 of Lowell W. Co[?] 6oz. ...' and '1907 New sails. M[ain]s[ail] ... 279[sqft]. Jib ... 84[sqft]. [Total] 363[sqft]' and 'Cut down 1919'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sailplan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0321. WRDT04, Folder 29, formerly MRDE09. 1895-10-02.)
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"[Item Transcription:] I was very glad to receive your letter at my office this morning & to hear all the news from Bristol. I gather from the tone that you are pretty[?] well pleased[?] with your new engine design. The 30 ft-class [Newport 30 class] has been for a time at a stand still. I have been overwhelmed with business & were[?] are[?] so seattened[?] that is is apparent[?] to get at them, several that I have seen are not inclinded to do anything at present --- one suggested that if it[?] were[?] the first class 27ft mentioned he would go in but did not feel able for the 30ft. In case we found it advisable to reduce to 27ft w.l. other dimensions in proportions and same details for specifications, cabin & c, what would be prices single and double skin. I understood[?] 1800 & 2100 is this right? I would want to be seen before mentioning it in case I thought it necessary. The horse show is coming off soon when I hope to see some men. Excepting short[?] colds the family are doing well. Mrs Morgan want to be remembered. I'm sure the 'KILDEE' [#460s] will be[?] a[?] good one. I am sorry Rose was so weak-kneed but hope now there will be no race next year & that our yachtsmen will say nothing and show us crcenu[?] whatever[?].
With king[?] uqaudo[?] brleici[?] we suscepting[?] this had a very good trip down. [Part of group of letters in envelope marked 'Letters from E.D. Morgan'.]" (Source: Morgan, E.D. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_37270. Correspondence, Folder 73, formerly 77. 1895-10-30.)
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"[Item Description:] measurement #460s KILDEE" (Source: Peck, Macy (Bristol Y.C.). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_23410. Correspondence, Folder 68. 1906-10-01.)
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"[Item Description:] Handwritten notebook. This booklet had two lives: In 1907-1908, 1908-1909 and 1909-1910 it was used for winter storage records, listing name of boat, owner, storage location, billed amount, and dates of storage. Listed were for the winter of 1907/1908: #235p MIST, ORIANA, #571s LARIKIN, EAGLET, #453s VAQUERO II, #580s TRIVIA, #663s ISTALENA, COSSACK, #666s AVENGER, #220p ATALA (for sale), #207p MIRAGE, #224p EUGENIA, #146p AUGUSTA, #247p SEA URCHIN, #105p COSETTE, ARLINE, #213p FLORENCE, #208p FLORETTE, #249p SISILINA, #591s IROLITA, #481s SPALPEEN, DUCHESS, #669s ELEANOR, #460s KILDEE, #647s CAPRICE, #408s PELICAN, #243p SWIFTSURE, #617s COCK ROBIN, #177p VANISH, #446s ALERION, and #591s IROLITA I, for the winter of 1908/1909: #666s AVENGER, #663s ISTALENA, #481s SPALPEEN, #580s TRIVIA, #617s COCK ROBIN, COSSACK, #177p VANISH, #242p #242, #243p SWIFTSURE, SKIP, #446s ALERION, CHEWINK II, DUCHESS, #571s LARIKIN, #460s KILDEE, #679s PEPITA, EAGLET, #408s PELICAN, #453s VAQUERO, #146p AUGUSTA, #224p EUGENIA, COYOTE, #264p SARAH WEBB, #207p MIRAGE, ARLINE, #213p FLORENCE, #208p FLORETTE, #249p SISILINA, #591s IROLITA I, CASSANDRA 27ft Launch, and #263p CASSANDRA 34ft Launch, and for the winter of 1909/1910: #252p WANECHE (no further boats were listed). At some later time, the same book was turned upside down and inscribed with a new title in ink '200Ft Submarine Destroyer [#191802ep Unbuilt 200ft Submarine Chaser]. Data + Calculation Book. Herreshoff Mfg Co.' on its now-new front cover (formerly its back cover), followed by weight data estimates and calculations for this submarine destroyer." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Notebook. MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.087. Box HAFH.6.2B, Folder Submarine Destroyer 200-Footer. 1907-1908, 1908-1909, 1909-1910, 1918-06.)
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"[Item Description:] Handwritten (in ink and) table / design rule titled 'Formula for Obtaining the Limit of Sail-Area in Yachts when Measured by the Universal Rule' and signed 'Nath'l G. Herreshoff. Bristol R.I. July 16, 1907'. With formula 'Sailarea not more than C * B * (L * d * D)^.025 in which C = constant depending on rig, as follows: Sloops & Yawls not carrying topsails C=8.75. Full rigged Sloops C=9.8. Full rigged Schooners and Yawls C=9.3. L = length at 1/4 beam as for Universal Rule. B = breadth of waterline as for Universal Rule. d = draft of water as for Universal Rule. D = displacement as for Universal Rule. The following are examples of application of the above formula to some well known yachts designed by the author. Measurements for Universal Rule'. Followed by tabulated data showing Building Number, Rating, Waterline, L, B, d, D, S, Sail limit Present rule, Diff., Sail limit Proposed rule, Diff., and Notes for Buzzards Bay 15 [#503s class], KILDEE [#460s], SIS [#536s], DOROTHY Q [#668s], SENECA [#670s], N.Y.Y.C. 30 [#626s class], NEWPORT 30 [#463s class], ELECTRA [#530s], SPASM [#538s], PLEASURE [#545s], NEITH [#665s], DELIGHT [#679s], GLORIANA [#411s], ALTAIR [#539s], AVENGER [#666s], DORIS [#625s], WINSOME [#664s class], IROLITA II [#658s], YANKEE [#534s], CONSTITUTION [#551s], RELIANCE [#605s], PETREL [#510s], QUEEN [#657s], INGOMAR [#590s], WESTWARD [#692s], AND [KATOURA] [#722s]. [In an article in the March 5, 1905 Boston Globe (p40), N. G. Herreshoff argued that unless there be a stricter limit on sail area in the present Universal Rule, there would be only few cruising yachts racing. This formula is apparently an attempt to address the above issue. See elsewhere for complete spreadsheet transcription.]" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Table. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE06_00080. Folder [no #]. 1907-07-13.)
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"[Item Description:] Handwritten (in ink) rating rule titled 'Formula for Obtaining the Limit of Sail-Area in Yachts when Measured by the Universal Rule' and signed 'Nath'l G. Herreshoff. Bristol R.I. July 16, 1907'. With formula 'Sailarea not more than C * B * (L * d * D)^.025 in which C = constant depending on rig, as follows: Sloops & Yawls not carrying topsails C=8.75. Full rigged Sloops C=9.8. Full rigged Schooners and Yawls C=9.3. L = length at 1/4 beam as for Universal Rule. B = breadth of waterline as for Universal Rule. d = draft of water as for Universal Rule. D = displacement as for Universal Rule. The following are examples of application of the above formula to some well known yachts designed by the author. Measurements for Universal Rule'. Followed by tabulated data showing Building Number, Rating, Waterline, L, B, d, D, S, Sail limit Present rule, Diff., Sail limit Proposed rule, Diff., and Notes for Buzzards Bay 15 [#503s class], KILDEE [#460s], SIS [#536s], DOROTHY Q [#668s], SENECA [#670s], N.Y.Y.C. 30 [#626s class], NEWPORT 30 [#463s class], ELECTRA [#530s], SPASM [#538s], PLEASURE [#545s], NEITH [#665s], DELIGHT [#679s], GLORIANA [#411s], ALTAIR [#539s], AVENGER [#666s], DORIS [#625s], WINSOME [#664s class], IROLITA II [#658s], YANKEE [#534s], CONSTITUTION [#551s], RELIANCE [#605s], PETREL [#510s], QUEEN [#657s], INGOMAR [#590s], WESTWARD [#692s], AND [KATOURA] [#722s]. [In an article in the March 5, 1905 Boston Globe (p40), N. G. Herreshoff argued that unless there be a stricter limit on sail area in the present Universal Rule, there would be only few cruising yachts racing. This formula is apparently an attempt to address the above issue. See elsewhere for complete spreadsheet transcription.]" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Handwritten Rating Rule. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE06_00260. Folder [no #]. 1907-07-16.)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint table titled 'Formula for Obtaining the Limit of Sail-Area in Yachts when Measured by the Universal Rule' and signed 'Nath'l G. Herreshoff. Bristol R.I. July 16, 1907'. With formula 'Sailarea not more than C * B * (L * d * D)^.025 in which C = constant depending on rig, as follows: Sloops & Yawls not carrying topsails C=8.75. Full rigged Sloops C=9.8. Full rigged Schooners and Yawls C=9.3. L = length at 1/4 beam as for Universal Rule. B = breadth of waterline as for Universal Rule. d = draft of water as for Universal Rule. D = displacement as for Universal Rule. The following are examples of application of the above formula to some well known yachts designed by the author. Measurements for Universal Rule'. Followed by tabulated data showing Building Number, Rating, Waterline, L, B, d, D, S, Sail limit Present rule, Diff., Sail limit Proposed rule, Diff., and Notes for Buzzards Bay 15 [#503s class], KILDEE [#460s], SIS [#536s], DOROTHY Q [#668s], SENECA [#670s], N.Y.Y.C. 30 [#626s class], NEWPORT 30 [#463s class], ELECTRA [#530s], SPASM [#538s], PLEASURE [#545s], NEITH [#665s], DELIGHT [#679s], GLORIANA [#411s], ALTAIR [#539s], AVENGER [#666s], DORIS [#625s], WINSOME [#664s class], IROLITA II [#658s], YANKEE [#534s], CONSTITUTION [#551s], RELIANCE [#605s], PETREL [#510s], QUEEN [#657s], INGOMAR [#590s], WESTWARD [#692s], AND [KATOURA] [#722s]. [In an article in the March 5, 1905 Boston Globe (p40), N. G. Herreshoff argued that unless there be a stricter limit on sail area in the present Universal Rule, there would be only few cruising yachts racing. This formula is apparently an attempt to address the above issue. See elsewhere for complete spreadsheet transcription.]" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Blueprint Table. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0169. WRDT08, Folder 16, formerly MRDE06. 1907-07-16.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections titled 'KILDEE #460. Taken off Nov[ember] 5 1907 at 18ft w.l. Scale 1/12. O.a. (as changed in fall of 1898) 24ft 10in. W.l. 18ft 0in. Br. w.l. 5ft 4 1/2in. Draft (as changed in fall of 1898) 4ft 5 1/2in. L = 16ft 2 1/2in. S = 374.5[sqft]'. With calculations arriving at 61.9cuft = 3950lbs, R[ating] = 14.45, wetted surface of 122.5[sqft], and sail limit = 385sqft." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_01540. Folder [no #]. 1907-11-05.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled table listing OA, LWL, QBL, %, L = LWL + 1/2(QBL-.93LWL), and Mian[?] for Buzzards Bay 15 [#503s], KILDEE [#460s], DELIGHT [#679s], NYYC 30 [#626s], SENECA [#670s], SPASAM [#538s], NEITH [#665s], GLORIANA [#411s], ALTAIR [#539s], AVENGER [#666s], DORIS [#625s], WINSOME [#664s] class, MINEOLA [#529s] class, INGOMAR [#590s] and QUEEN [#657s]. With three formulas for L, one by 'NGH proposed', the other by Louis M. Clark and the third by NGH [apparently the old one]. On verso of printed receipt card by Callender, McAuslan & Troup Co. Undated, the latest of these boats is from 1908 suggesting this to have been prepared for the Universal Rule revision of 1908." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Calculations. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE03_01780. Folder [no #]. No date (1908).)
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"[Item Description:] Handwritten (in ink) rating rule-related table on two pages with dimensions LOA, LWL, overhang fore & aft, mean length, freeboard fore & center & aft, breadth deck & w.l., draft, cube-root (displacement), 1st mast mean length, 1st to 2nd mast, J, P1, H1, B1, G1, V1, T1, P2, P2a, H2, B2, Q2, Y2,T2, sail area, sqrt(SA), sqrt(SA - NYYC Rule) for #605s RELIANCE, #499s COLUMBIA, #725s RESOLUTE, #529s MINEOLA, #663s ISTALENA, #666s AVENGER, New York 50s (#711s, #712s, #713s, #714s, #715s, #716s, #717s, #720s, #721s), #411s GLORIANA, #685s ADVENTURESS, #617s COCK ROBIN II, #586s NELLIE, #709s JOYANT, #708s CORINTHIAN, #670s SENECA, Bar Harbor 31s (#592s, #593s, #594s, #595s, #596s, #597s, #598s, #599s, #600s, #601s, #602s, #603s, #604s), New York 30s (#626s, #627s, #628s, #629s, #630s, #631s, #632s, #633s, #635s, #636s, #637s, #638s, #639s, #640s, #642s, #643s, #647s, #648s), Newport 29s (#727s, #728s, #737s), #691s MORE JOY, #446s ALERION II, Buzzards Bay 550s (#733s, #734s, #736s, #738s, #741s), #617s COCK ROBIN II, #493s JILT, #732s SADIE, #460s KILDEE, Buzzards Bay 15s (#503s Class), Buzzards Bay 12 1/2s (#744s Class), #703s FLYING CLOUD, #669s ELEANOR, #722s KATOURA, #692s WESTWARD, #657s QUEEN, #719s VAGRANT II, #698s VAGRANT, #663s ISTALENA, and #743s HASWELL. With penciled note 'Measurements in ft & inches. Results in ft & decimals'. Undated (the youngest boat on this list is from 1914/1915 and this was probably prepared in preparation for NGH's sail area rating rule of 1914/1915)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Handwritten Table. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE15_00100. Folder [no #]. No date (1914 / 1915 ?).)
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"[Item Description:] Boat license No. 1194 for #460s KILDEE, knockabout, 24ft 10in x 5ft 10in, Owner and Master N. G. Herreshoff, Homeport Bristol, R.I., signed by Captain U.S. Navy Acting Commandant Bryan[?]. 'The above named vessel is herby numbered and licensed to navigate within the waters of the Second Naval District, subject to the port regulations established by the local authorities. " (Source: U.S. Navy (creator). Boat License. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE03_03340. Folder [no #]. No date (1918 ?).)
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"[Item Description:] replying to your recent inquiry, I will sell the knockabout #460s KILDEE for $275,- cash, as she is and where she is and all gear along side, free of storage expense to date of turnover, and when ready will launch her free of expense to you, boat has 3300 lbs of lead on her keel, is cedar planked, white oak frame and bronze fastened, has been out two sesons and is somewhat open but should swell up all right, the rig is in fair condition except sails & running rigging are old, marked 'Copy'" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Letter (copy) to Benson, Henry A. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRRT_500. Unidentif. / Non-Cataloged, Folder MRRT. 1922-05-10.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled table showing LOA, LWL, Beam, Draft, QBL, Stem, [symbol], sft[?] and Displ[acement] for KATOURA [#722s], WESTWARD [#692s], VAGRANT, QUEEN MAB [#698s], CONSTITUTION [#551s], RESOLUTE [#725s], WINSOME [#664s], 2nd IROLITA [#658s], DORIS [#625s], AVENGER [#666s], 50 Footers [#711s], ADVENTURESS [#685s], IROLITA [#591s], FLYING CLOUD [#703s], BELISARIUS [#1266s], NEITH [#665s], AZOR [#578s], NAULAKHA [#687s], SENECA [#670s], NY30s [#626s], SENTA [#688s], DOROTHY Q [#668s], FLIGHT [#607s], PLEASURE [#907s], QUAKERESS [#676s], KILDEE [#460s], and the 12 1/2ft Class [#744s]. With formulas for mean length L, Draft limit by rule and freeboard at three positions. Undated, on verso of NYYC invitation dated December 11, 1933 but listing of BELISARIUS which was built in 1934/1935 indicates that this was written at that time or later. Filed close to and possibly related to what appears to be an early version of NGH's 'Observations on the Proportions of Sailing Yachts' from July 1936." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Tabulated Dimensions. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE02_03040. Folder [no #]. No date (1936-07 ?).)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #460s Kildee even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• Kildee (HMCo-made index card)
• Kildee (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: Kildee
Type: J & M
Length: 17'8"
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.

• Kildee
• 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: Kildee
Type: 18' sloop
Owner: Miss Florence DeWolf
Year: 1895
Row No.: 354

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
Year: 1895
E/P/S: S
No.: 0460
Name: Kildee
LW: 17' 8"
B: 5' 9"
D: 4' 2"
Rig: J & M
K: y
Ballast: Lead
Last Name: H.
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 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.)

"[Sail area (374.5 square feet, old sail measurement).]" (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. "Rating of Yachts under the New Rules Passed by Conference of Yacht Clubs Dec. 2nd." Bristol, R.I., December 6, 1908. Original handwritten document held at the Herreshoff Marine Museum, Bristol, R.I.)

"Sail area 363 sqft from untitled two-page rating-rule-related table handwritten (in ink) by N. G. Herreshoff with multiple dimensions for the most important Herreshoff-designed yachts. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum. MRDE15, Folder [no #]. Undated (the most recent boat dates 1914/1915 and the table was probably prepared in preparation for NGH's sail area rating rule of 1914/1915)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. September 16, 2020.)

"[Displacement 60.5 cubic feet (= 3872lbs).]" (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. "Rating of Yachts under the New Rules Passed by Conference of Yacht Clubs Dec. 2nd." Bristol, R.I., December 6, 1908. Original handwritten document held at the Herreshoff Marine Museum, Bristol, R.I.)

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