HMCo #549s Rogue

"[1901-02-15] Fri 15: Wind more moderate, also temperature. Set up No 549 (21 footer) [Rogue].
[1901-03-02] Sat 2: Overcast & light rain in AM. Fair [in] PM. Turned over #549, 21 footer [Rogue].
[1901-04-18] Thu 18: Overcast [with] l[igh]t NE [wind]. ... launched #549, Rogue.
[1901-04-28] Sun 28: Very fine. Mod[erate] NE [wind] & clear. Off with boys to try Onagh #547 & Rogue #549, 21 footers.
[1901-04-30] Tue 30: Fine [with] light variable [wind]. Mr. Hyslop here to measure Onagh [#547] & Rogue [#549]. Rain in PM." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1901. Manuscript (excerpts). Diary access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.)

"No. 549.
B-3-m [sic].
21ft keel.
Frame spaces 9".
Sheer heights given are to under side of deck.
In making moulds deduct for planking 3/4" and for timbers 1" at head, increasing 3/32" per foot for full length.
Keel 2 1/4" deep (5/8" below rabbate).
Aft end reduced in depth.
[Crown of] Deck 4" in 8 feet.
[Crown of] House 3 1/2" in 5 feet." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. [Penciled note in Offset Booklet HH.4.128.] Undated, ca. November 1900. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)

"Fred Bedford, of Greens Farms, owner of the new raceabout Rogue, which was built by Hereshoff this spring, sent the boat back to Bristol yesterday. The Rogue will be thoroughly overhauled to see if her speed can be increased. She is one of the most costly raceabouts ever built and has been a decided failure, having been defeated in every race she has sailed in. If Herreshoff is unable to improve her she will be offered for sale and a new boat built." (Source: Anon. "Over Westport Way." Norwalk Hour, July 2, 1901, p. 3.)

"[For Sale] No. 1603 --- Raceabout, 31 feet 5 inches over all, 20 feet 11 inches load water line, 7 feet 6 inches beam, 5 feet 3 inches draught. Designed and built by the Herreshoff Mnfg. Co. last season, keel boat with about 3500 lbs. of lead outside, double planked, mahogany outside skin. Two suits of Herreshoff sails, is probably as fast as any boat in the class. The boat is exactly as good as new. Is fitted with small cabin house. Owner will sell for one-half the contract price, as he has another boat in the same class. Frank Bowne Jones, Yacht Agent, 29 Broadway, New York. [Though not explicitly identified, this is quite certainly an advertisement of Rogue HMCo #549 for sale, based on the dimensions, the fact that she had been built by Herreshoff in 1901, and a comparison of her photo with her construction plan 76-28.]" (Source: Rudder, March 1902, p. 166.)

"[Rogue was again advertised for sale in the Rudder, using the same photo as in 1902.]" (Source: Rudder of March 1904, p. 174.)

"N/A"

"[Item Transcription:] Typewritten (carbon copy) table with penciled additions listing boats built 1899/1900 with columns labeled 'Design [in pencil]', 'Shop. No.', 'Length', 'Planking', 'Delivery', 'Owner' followed by penciled data for Boat Name and Actual Delivery Date. Relevant contents:
#549s [blank] (ROGUE)." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.. (creator) and Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Table. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDW02_01290. Folder [no #]. No date (1900-02).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections titled '#549 [ROGUE]. Final. Jan[uary] 23, 1901'. With calculations arriving at a displacement of 81.4cuft = 5230lbs and note 'Total disp[lacement] = 6090[lbs]'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_04380. Folder [no #]. 1901-01-23.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph lead sections titled 'No. 549 [#549s ROGUE]. Jan[uary] 27, [19]01. Scale 1/4in size'. With calculations requiring three trials to arrive at a final result of 3465lbs lead at .557 of w.l." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Lead Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_09200. Folder [no #]. 1901-01-27.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled mid-sections. Untitled, no notes, undated. Filed together with pantograph lead sections of #549s ROGUE dated January 14, 1901 and bearing great similarity to them but not providing a perfect match." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_09220. Folder [no #]. No date (ca 1901-01-27 ???).)
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"[Item Transcription:] Order book with carbon copy duplicates of instructions given by NGH titled 'Herreshoff Mfg. Co. Orders from N.G. Herreshoff'. Relevant contents:
§7: Work Order [For] "547s, #548s, #549s, #551s, #552s, #533s. [When wanted] Soon as possible. Running rigging 3-strand (1901-02-07)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Order Book. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE08_03460. Folder [no #]. 1900-02 to 1909-10.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #549s Rogue even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• Rogue (HMCo-made index card)
• Rogue (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: Rogue
Type: J & M
Length: 21'
Owner: Bedford, E. T.

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

• Rogue
• 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: Rogue
Type: 21' sloop
Owner: E. T. Bedford
Year: 1901
Row No.: 577

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: Nov
Day: 3
Year: 1900
E/P/S: S
No.: 0549
Name: Rogue
LW: 21'
B: 7' 8"
D: 5' 3"
Rig: J & M
K: y
Ballast: Lead O.
Amount: 2500.00
Last Name: Bedford
First Name: E. T.

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.

"F[rederick] T[homas] Bedford was a son of E[dward] T[homas] Bedford who had made his money in Standard Oil and then created Corn Products, later CPC International. F.T. made his own fortune, partly in liquor of which his father highly disapproved (E.T. was a teetotaler)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 9, 2012.)

"Note that the Construction Record states a beam of 7ft 8in and a draft of 5ft 3in while the HMCo-made vessel index card states a beam of 9ft 10in and a draft of 5ft 3.5in. Judging from other published data a beam of 7ft 8in appears to be more likely." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 31, 2015.)

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