HMCo #578s Azor

"[1902-04-11] Fri 11: Overcast [with] l[igh]t NW [wind]. ... Set up #578 [Azor], 34 ft wl ...
[1902-06-18] Wed 18: [No entry. #578s Azor was launched this day.]
[1902-06-22] Sun 22: Off in Azor [#578s] in PM with children.
[1902-06-24] Tue 24: Delivered Azor #578 to Mr. Forbes." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1902. Manuscript (excerpts). Diary access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.)

"Feb[ruary] 1902.
No. 578 [#578s Azor] --- c[enter]b[oard].
Also no. 580 [#580s Trivia] Keel.
Also no. 586 [#586s Nellie] Keel.
Frame spaces 13 1/3".
Sheer height given is to upper side of deck. Deduct 1 1/8" for thickness of deck.
Timbers 1 7/8" x 1 7/8" at head, increasing moulded ways 1/8" per foot.
Planking 1 1/4".
Crown [of] deck 6" in 12'.
Crown [of] House 2 1/2" in 6'. ...
See last part of book for No. 608 [#608s Rugosa] ..." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. [Penciled note in Offset Booklet HH.4.135.] February 1902. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)

"Fourteen Buzzards Bay Thirty Footers were built in 1902. Also [built were the] thirty-five footer AZOR for "Mac" Forbes, [the] thirty-five footer TRIVIA [TRIVIA is on exhibit at the Herreshoff Marine Museum] for Harold Vanderbilt (his second cruiser), and nearly a dozen smaller yachts." (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. 68-69.)

"Two other fine, wholesome sailboats of 1902 were 'Trivia,' built for Harold S. Vanderbilt (the first yachts of his that I remember having built at Bristol), and 'Azor,' built for J. M. Forbes, which made her home port Naushon Island in Buzzards Bay for several years.
Another nearly identical yacht, 'Nellie,' was built for Morton F. Plant in 1903. Their principal dimensions were L.O.A., forty-six feet; L.W.L., thirty-four feet; beam, twelve feet three inches; draft, six feet; and these three were among the nicest all-around sail boats of their size ever built. I believe one or two of them are still sailing now, nearly fifty years later, 'Nellie' afterward having the names of 'Ishkoodah' and 'Butterfly.' " (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. 227.)

"... In Herreshoff's shops, the new 80-footer steamer [#216p Zinganee], similar to the tenders built last season, is well along. A new 35-footer [#578s Azor ?] is being planked. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yachting Notes." Bristol Phoenix, April 25, 1902, p. 2.)

"Azor, sloop #578, of Bristol.
Built at Bristol, RI, by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.
12.15 gross tons, 9.29 net tons; 34.8 ft. x 12.2 ft. x 5.9 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
One deck, one mast, overhanging head, overhanging stern.
Surveyed and measured, June 14, 1902." (Source: U.S. Customs Department, Bristol, R.I. Custom House Record Book, 1870s to 1904 (Collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum), s.v. Azor.)

"An able-looking cruising sloop was launched Wednesday last [June 18, 1902] at the Herreshoff shops at Bristol, and soon will have a trial spin. The name of the new craft is the Azor, and it is said to be for Col. J. Malcolm Forbes. Azor is a boat with short overhangs, beamy, and having a high freeboard. A pole mast with the last inch of it in use and the short ends in these times of extreme overhangs, makes the Azor an object of curiosity. The craft is 34 feet length on the load waterline and 40 feet over all, with a beam of good width for a boat of such length. Azor has a half keel like the Buzzard's Bay 30-footers, the centreboard housing in the keep under the cabin floor. Her big deck house, too, is not unlike the deck houses of the Beverly 30-footers, but the cockpit is wider, the coaming flaring out beyond the sides of the cabin and then turning in forward with a curve. The craft is painted white and has a moderate sized rig. ..." (Source: Anon. "Bristol Yachting Notes." New York Times, June 23, 1902, p. 6.)

"A handsome yacht named Azor, owned by J. Malcom Forbes of Boston, was launched Wednesday [June 18, 1902] morning from the Herreshoff's shops. The yacht has been rigged and is ready for her trial trip.
Azor is 34 feet long on the water line and her lines resemble very much those of the 30 footers, of the special Buzzard's Bay class." (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity." Bristol Phoenix, June 20, 1902, p. 2.)

"[License issued to vessel under 20 tons. Pos. 26:]
Azor, sloop, of Bristol.
Built at Bristol, 1902.
9.29 tons; 34.8 ft. x 12.2 ft. x 5.9 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
No specifications shown.
Lic[ensed] ([as] yacht) June 20, 1902. Owner: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol. Master: N. G. Herreshoff. ([Record at:] C[ustom] H[ouse, Providence])." (Source: Survey of Federal Archives, Work Projects Administration. Ships Documents of Rhode Island. Bristol. Ship Registers and Enrollments of the Port of Bristol - Warren Rhode Island, 1941, s.v. Azor.)

"Bristol, R. I., June 28, 1902. ... The Azor, Col. Forbes' 34-footer, left for Newport Tuesday." (Source: Anon. "Harold Vanderbilt's Boat. Fine Sloop Under Way at Herreshoff's. Other Boats in the Yard." Boston Herald, June 29, 1902, p. 21.)

"... C. A. Marsland, secretary of the Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound, has purchased the 35-foot waterline cutter Azor to replace his Guardia recently sold. The Azor for a number of years until 1920 owned by Charles Francis Adams and his brother, Arthur Adams, and was used by 'Charlie' Adams as his flagship the seasons he served as a Junior flag officer of the Eastern Yacht Club. ...[Note: #578s Azor was indeed owned by the Adams brothers prior to 1920, removing any ambiguity whether this is a reference to the Herreshoff-built Azor or any other boat by that name.]" (Source: Anon. "Notes from the Week's Log." Boston Globe, April 24, 1921, p. 57.)

"A fleet of 15 large cruising yachts, a sizable fleet for this time of the year, set sail last night at 10:30 on the annual New Rochelle - Stratford shoal race which marks the end of the season. The event is conducted by the New Rochelle Yacht Club whose members donate several prizes each year.
... Promintent yachts which got under weigh last night from Hicks Ledge were ... Azore [sic, i.e. Azor], P. Lofruscio, New Rochelle Y. C. ..." (Source: Ramsay, Jack. "Sears' Actaea Off to Lead In New Rochelle Y. C. Race." Brooklyn Daily Eagle, October 12, 1940, p. 12.)

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"[Item Transcription:] My Dear Herreshoff, I have been working out in my mind since I saw you what I wanted for a first rate cruising boat [this will be #578s AZOR] that would be comfortable enough for myself to go [in] for short trips and my boys [to use] for longer cruises. As a result, I give the following description and will be glad to have any suggestions from you.
By giving [her] a longer waterline than the thirties [i.e. the Buzzards Bay 30-class sloops that were then under construction at HMCo] I hope to get an easier sea boat and more room in forward. Having a 12-foot beam, I thought, would give [more] space alongside the deep cockpit for a berth so that I could have two fore and aft as in the thirties. This boat to be built up to the standard of the new thirties and furnished as they will be. Length overall about 47 feet. L.W. L. about 33 feet. Beam about 12 feet. Draft about 5ft 6in. Trunk built like the thirties but 5 or 6 feet wide. Cockpit 7 ft long, five to six feet wide, with floor 18 inches below the level of the deck. Sail area about 1200 sq. ft.
To be furnished and ready for delivery by June 15, 1902.
The same amount of lead ballast as the thirties & centerboard the same as they have.
I have never had one of your boats and would like one, so I hope you can build such a boat as the one described for a sum that will not seem extravagant for the purpose I want for her. I was very sorry that the weather did not favor your coming to Naushon yesterday. I wanted to show your wife and yourself our woods. They’re looking beautiful now. Sincerely yours, J. Malcolm Forbes" (Source: Forbes, J. Malcolm. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_20240. Correspondence, Folder 57. 1901-10-14.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections with pinpricks and displacement curves titled 'No 578 [#578s AZOR]. 34 1/2 w.l. cruiser. Final. Scale 1/16. Feb[ruary] 9 1902' and added to that '580 [#580s TRIVIA]. Keel 1ft 6in deep below model. '586 [#586s NELLIE]. Keel 1ft 6in deep below model'. With calculations arriving at a displacement of 405cuft = 25900lbs." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_04200. Folder [no #]. 1902-02-09.)
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"[Item Description:] congratulations re honorary member NYYC, discovery in underwater signaling, I am director in the company, have you made any progress with the lines of my ship [#578s AZOR] yet?" (Source: Forbes, J. Malcolm. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_20300. Correspondence, Folder 57. 1902-02-13.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph lead sections titled 'No 578 [#578s AZOR] and 580 [#580s TRIVIA]. Scale 1/8 size. M[ar]ch 14, 1902'. With calculations marked 'No. 580 Keel' arriving at 12400lbs of lead' and calculations and note 'No. 578 c.b. Total [require] lead 13450[lbs] [of which] Outside 12000[lbs] ... Calculated [lead] 12250lbs [plus] Inside lead 1200[lbs]'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Lead Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_07950. Folder [no #]. 1902-03-14.)
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"[Item Description:] Page (on the back of Brooklyn Warehouse and Dry Dock Company' invitation to a stockholders meeting on June 10, 1902) with densely penciled table and calculations marked by NGH in right margin 'sent in letter to Mr Cormack, June 16, 1902'. The table shows rating numbers and intermediate numbers for exisiting and proposed rating rules for HMCo-built boats (#499s COLUMBIA, #452s DEFENDER, #529s MINEOLA Class, #510s PETREL (yawl), #411s GLORIANA, #414s WASP, #539s ALTAIR, #545s PLEASURE, #538s COUNTESS, #530s ELECTRA, Newport 30 Class, Buzzards Bay 30 Class, #578s AZOR)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Correspondence (table) to Cormack, George A. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_72260. Measuring and Measurement Rules (Box 1), Folder B1F08, formerly MRDE15. 1902-06-16.)
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"[Item Description:] it was not convenient to send #578s AZOR to Bristol so I am laying her up here, will try to send her to you in spring to have some alterations made and perhaps cork covering put on cockpit floor, new Cup Defender?, #499s COLUMBIA, VOLUNTEER" (Source: Forbes, J. Malcolm. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_20260. Correspondence, Folder 57. 1902-10-21.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Mimeographed specifications memorandum:] Memorandum of boat wanted for Mr. Russell Grinnell.
A boat [#608s RUGOSA] modelled after the 1902 Buzzards Bay 30ft Class built on a 25ft water line. To have a boat that Mr. & Mrs. Grinnell could handle alone and would want a model that would not require more than a moderate sail plan. Should prefer a single head rig. The draft should not exceed 5ft 6in and prefer 5ft, beam to be in same proportion as Buzzards Bay 30 footers. To have the same style deck house and same style cabin plan. Cockpit could be shortened to obtain this if necessary.
[With penciled notes by NGH:] Model of #578 [AZOR] at scale 9 3/4 / 12 of original = 13/16. Making length on deck 37ft 10in, w.l. 28ft 3in, Beam 9ft 9in, Draft hull 2ft 8 1/2in, Draft keel 5ft 8in, Freeboard at [mid-section symbol] 2ft 1 1/4in, [mid-section symbol] body 13.5[square symbol] Total [mid-section symbol] about 17sqft, Disp[lacement] 14000lbs, 217cuft, Sail about 850sqft, Frame spaces, 10 15/16 nearly, (3in added to free board)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Specifications Memorandum. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDW02_02550. Folder [no #]. No date (1903-02 ?).)
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"[Item Description:] #607s FLIGHT you built for my son has proved able to sustain the Herreshoff reputation in the Great South Bay, sailed five races against the ARROW and beat her every one in light air, in variable light winds, and in three instances carried double reefs, in reaching and running the ARROW can do her a little, in your letter of June 25th you say you built a boat [#578s AZOR] for J. M. Forbes on the same model as the Plant boat [#586s NELLIE], which is 34-6' water line, 12' beam and 1400 square feet of sail, but of 6-4' draft, how about the overhang, do you believe that the Forbes boat is as fast, sea-worthy and as easy in the sea as the Plant boat?, what is Mr. Forbes willing to sell his boat for?" (Source: Havemeyer, H.O. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_17630. Correspondence, Folder 47. 1903-08-07.)
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"[Item Transcription:] Order book with carbon copy duplicates of instructions given by NGH. Relevant contents:
§32: Work Order '[For] 578 [#578s AZOR] & 580 [#580s TRIVIA]. Rigging loft. [When wanted] June. Wire rigging list …' (1902-03-17)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Order Book. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE07_01320. Folder [no #]. 1897-01 to 1905.)
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"[Item Description:] Four handwritten (in ink) pages with tabulated data listing 'Shop No', 'Name', '[Tons] Gross' and '[Tons] Net' for a total of 100 HMCo-built boats and classes. Tonnage data is usually precise to two digits behind the decimal. Random comparisons suggest source of tonnage data to be official Custom House data. Boats mentioned are: #664s, #663s, #625s, #665s, #634s, #658s, #657s, #646s, #641s, #617s, #626s Class, #624s, #621s, #616s, #619s, #590s, #591s, #586s, #592 Class, #618s, #605s, #578s, #560s Class, #580s, #553s, #551s, #552s, #546s, #541s, #545s, #538s, #534s, #533s, #532s, #529s, #534s, #530s, #531s, #435s, #437s, #452s, #499s, #429s, #426s, #424s, #481s, #422s, #417s, #414s, #451s, #215p, #213p, #222p, #235p, #230p, #229p, #236p, #224p, #244p, #247p, #249p, #231p, #232p, #228p, #252p, #250p, #251p, #248p, #168p, #164p, #118p, #142p, #174p, #173p, #194p, #189p, #193p, #183p, #178p, #179p, #181p, #182p, #175p, #163p, #148p, #149p, #172p, #155p, #170p, #186p, #188p, #206p, #207p, #205p, #208p, #209p, #210p, #211p, #212p, #216p. Undated (the latest boat listed, WINSOME, was launched in 1907)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (?) (creator). Handwritten List. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE06_00220. Folder [no #]. No date (1907 or later).)
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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:
§24: Work Order [For] #576s, #583s, #578s, #580s. [When wanted] May 1, 1902. Chain cables (1902-03-04)." (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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"[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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"[Item Description:] The other day I ran into George Granberry and he told me of your recent letter to him. This reminded me that I had been intending to write you for some time in regard to the sloop [#580s] TRIVIA. You designed and constructed her a good many years ago for William Vanderbilt. I acquired her last spring from her more recent owner, Mr. Alvord. I thought you would be interested in knowing her latest berth. She has her original rig except for the fact that I took four feet off her boom and had the mainsail re cut accordingly. I find that this brings everything almost inboard --- which makes her very much handier to reef. Also, this change gives her a perfectly balanced helm. I think she is just about the finest combination of comfort and sailing ability I have ever experienced. Apparently she is just as sound as the day she was built, and I am looking forward to a number of years to enjoy her. I am wondering if you still have her lines, and if so, would I be asking too much to have you send these to me. I have bragged so much about her that many people have asked me detailed questions in regard to her exact measurements, and I would like to have the information if this is available; incl. penciled by NGH names, building numbers, owners and dimensions of #578s AZOR, #586s NELLIE, #580s TRIVIA, #608s RUGOSA, and #616s BAMBINO" (Source: Wallace, George N. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_20810. Correspondence, Folder 59. 1936-09-08.)
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"[Item Description:] Brokerage listing (File No. 489) for #578s AZOR. Dimensions, particulars, with remark 'Winner of several long distance ocean races including Bermuda Challenge Cup, Cornfield Lightship Race, Atlantic Yacht Club around Long Island. Championship Y.R.A. etc. Engine installed 1927, complete with electric starter, clutch in cockpit. Overhauled and put in excellent condition 1933. Additional Ratsey sails 1933, mainsail, jib and staysail, at cost of over $800. 1933: Boat completely overhauled, painted, and put in A-l condition. Plumbing thoroughly overhauled. Cabin scraped and varnished. New cabin cover. Cockpit cushions recovered. New bolt rope, ring buoys, hardware, etc. House for winter storage'." (Source: Belknap & Paine, Yacht Brokers (creator). Broker Listing. MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.111. Box HAFH.6.3B, Folder Brokers Listings. No date (1937 ???).)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #578s Azor even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• Azor (HMCo-made index card)
• Azor (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: Azor
Type: J & M
Length: 34'6"
Owner: Forbes, J. M.

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

• Azor
• 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: Azor
Type: 34' cutter
Owner: J. Malcolm Forbes
Year: 1902
Row No.: 68

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: 30
Year: 1901
E/P/S: S
No.: 0578
Name: Azor
LW: 34' 6"
B: 12' 1"
D: 5' 6"
Rig: J & M
CB: y
Ballast: Lead O.
Amount: $6300.00
Last Name: Forbes
First Name: J. M.

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.

"Azor was listed in the 1950 Lloyd's Register as being owned by Pedro Lofruscio of New Rochelle. She was not listed anymore in 1950. Note, however that the 1953 List of U.S. Merchant Vessels showed an Azor II as being owned by Lofruscio." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 26, 2015.)

"Built in 200 days (contract to launch; equivalent to $32/day, 127 lbs displacement/day)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 16, 2024.)

"Sail area 1400sq ft from August 7, 1903 letter by H. O. Havemeyer to NGH in the collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum, Correspondence Folder 47." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. December 21, 2016.))

"Azor was lost in the 1938 hurricane. [But note that Azor was still listed in the 1950 Lloyd's Register.]" (Source: http://www.herreshoffregistry.org/detail.php?hull=578, retrieved May 2, 2013.)

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