HMCo #586s Nellie

"[1902-11-15] Sat 15: Launched #224 Eugenia. Also 34-1/2 [ft] wl for Mr. Plant [#586 Nellie]." (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.)

"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.)

"At about the turn of the century a remarkable character named Morton F. Plant became prominent in American yachting. He had made a large fortune in the management and ownership of railroads and steamship lines, and while in the prime of life decided to sell out these properties which had grown to a considerable size. It was said he received forty million dollars for his transportation facilities, and in those days, when things in general and yachts in particular, were so very much cheaper, you could do a great deal with a million dollars. Mr. Plant's particular hobby was yachting and between something like 1901 and 1911 he had a great many fine yachts built which ranged from fifteen foot open sailboats to the 647 ton steam yacht Iolanda. Mr. Plant owned yachts of almost every type including early gasoline launches and high speed steam yachts, but several of his sailing yachts were for their size the best in the world. Among these were the schooner Ingomar [#590s], sloop Nellie (afterward named Iskhoo-dah, Butterfly, Ediana, Maraquita), which has never been surpassed for a smart cruising boat; the sloop Shimna [#694s] and the schooner Elena [#706s]. He often had several of his yachts moored off his beautiful home at Eastern Point in Groton, where there were some partly sheltered anchorages inside of shoals." (Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis. An Introduction to Yachting. New York, 1963, p. 159-160.)

"Morton T. Plant of the New York Yacht Club is to have a new 34-foot cruising sloop [Nellie #586s] of the type and size of the Trivia [#580s], owned by Harold Vanderbilt. The new craft will soon be in the water, as she is two-thirds finished in the Herreshoff shop. Mr. Plant is to have a new steam yacht [Parthenia #222p] the size of the Quickstep built in the same shops, as soon as she is launched, which should be in about two weeks, a new schooner yacht [Ingomar #590s] will be set up in the place now occupied by the steamer, to be built to his order." (Source: Anon. "Notes for Yachtsmen. New York Times, October 12, 1902, p. 18.)

"A new steam yacht named Eugenia [#224p] was launched Saturday [November 15, 1902] from the south construction shop at Herreshoff's. The new yacht is for John B. Herreshoff, president of the company, and was christened by Mrs. Herreshoff. A new 30-foot sloop yacht [#586s Nellie], was also put overboard from that shop the same day." (Source: Anon. "At Herreshoff's." Bristol Phoenix, November 18, 1902, p. 3.)

"Nellie, sloop, of Bristol.
Built at [blank] [sic, i.e. Bristol at HMCo].
13.99 gross tons, 10.97 net tons; 36.5 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, May 20, 1903." (Source: U.S. Customs Department, Bristol, R.I. Custom House Record Book, 1870s to 1904 (Collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum), s.v. Nellie.)

"... Mr. Plant, who is Vice Commodore of the Larchmont Yacht Club, has had quite a number of pleasure craft constructed at the Herresboff shops in the past two years. He has now in his possession a respectable sized fleet of boats, and more are under construction. Within a year he has had built the steam yacht Parthenia [#222p], about to be placed in commission, a thirty-four-foot cruising sloop [Nellie #586s], two launches [Express #228p and ?], and a new schooner yacht, soon to be finished. The new schooner is to be named Ingomar, after a schooner yacht he owned years ago. Another of his boats which is nearly ready to be taken away is named Nellie, and resembles Harold Vanderbilt's cruiser Trivia [580s]. Capt. Holmes of the Parthenia will take Mr. Plant's steam yacht Parthenia to New London the latter part of next week, and will tow the Nellie away to that port at the same time. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yachts Race To-Morrow." New York Times, May 25, 1903, p. 7.)

"[License issued to vessel under 20 tons. Pos. 188:]
Nellie, sloop, of Bristol.
Built at Bristol, 1903.
10.97 tons; 36.5 ft. x 12.2 ft. x 5.9 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
No specifications shown.
Lic[ensed] ([as] yacht) May 25, 1903. Owner: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol. Master: N. G. Herreshoff.
Surrendered [license] June 8, 1903 at New London. ([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. Nellie.)

"... Morgan F. Plant of the New York Yacht Club came here the latter part of the week to take charge of his new yachts just built at the Herreshoff shops. One is the fine steam yacht Parthenia [ #222p], 125 feet in length, and the other is a smaller craft, the cruising sloop Nellie [#586s] of a thirty-four-foot waterline. The Parthenia left here yesterday for New London, after Mr. Plant had placed her in commission. The Parthenia towed the Nellie away." (Source: Anon. "Repairs to Cup Yachts." New York Times, June 1, 1903, p. 5.)

"Many famous yachts have borne the names of their owners ' wives, and it is a dainty compliment that husbands like to pay. ... Morton F. Plant has four yachts, and one is named for his wife, Miss Nellie Capron." (Source: Anon. "Conjugal Compliments." New York Sun, August 8, 1903, p. 5.)

"Com. Morton F. Plant Sells Sloop Nellie. --- Mr. Henry F. Parmelee, New Haven, Conn., has purchased the sloop yacht Nellie from Com. Morton F. Plant, through Mr. Stanley M. Seaman. She was designed by N. G. Herreshoff and built in 1903 by Herreshoff Mfg. Co. She is 52ft over all, 36ft. waterline, 13ft. beam, 7ft din. draft." (Source: Anon. "Yachting News Notes." Forest and Stream, April 30, 1904, p. 363.)

"BRISTOL, R. I., May 8. --- The fitting up of boats at the yard of the Herreshoffs in Walker's Cove is in full blast. The cruising sloop Nellie, thirty-five-foot waterline, has been sold by Morton F. Plant, owner of the schooner Ingomar [#590s], to Mr. Parmalee of New York. The Nellie is now being overhauled in the Walker's Cove yard. ..." (Source: Anon. "Fitting Up Boats at Herreshoffs." New York Times, May 9, 1904, p. 8.)

"Mr. Henry F. Parmalee, New Haven, Conn., has purchased the sloop yacht Nellie from Com. Morton F. Plant. She was designed by N. G. Herreshoff and built in 1903 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. She is 52' over all, 36' water line, 13' 9" beam, 7' 6" draft, double plank construction, and diagonal bronze strapped throughout. She provides cruising accommodations for four people and is very complete in this respect. Mr. Parmalee will probably use her as far east as Bar Harbor." (Source: Anon. "Com. Morton F. Plant Sells Sloop Nellie." Sail and Sweep, June 1904, p. 249.)

"The cruising sloop Ishkoodah has been sold by H. F. Parmlee, New York Y. C., to L. P. Copeland, of Providence, R. I., through the office of Stanley M. Seaman, 220 Broadway, New York City. Ishkoodah was designed and built by the Herreshoff Mfg. Co., 1903, for Com. Morton F. Plant. She is a keel boat 48 ft. over all, 36 ft. water line, 13 ft. breadth, 7 ft. draught, giving accommodations of 4 berths, toilet, galley and forecastle, all neatly finished in butternut. She is now in commission and in use off Rhode Island Y. C." (Source: Anon. "Recent Transfers." Power Boat News, August 19, 1905, p. 383.)

"William E. Iselin, New York Yacht Clubt has purchased the thirty-four-foot sloop yacht Ishkoodah from S. M. Roosevelt. The yacht is now fitting out at Greenport, and will be used for cruising on the Maine Coast this Summer..." (Source: Anon. "Yachts Change Ownerships." New York Times, June 23, 1907, p. S1.)

"The following transfers of yachts are reported through the agency of Frank Bowne Jones: ... The 52-foot Herreshoff sloop Butterfly sold by William E. Iselin to John A. Crowley. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yachts Change Hands." Forest and Stream, April 22, 1911, p. 625.)

"The Ocean Challenge Cup, which was won by ex-Commodore John Crowley's Ediana last summer, is on exhibition at the club. The cup is an immense silver one." (Source: Anon. "Harlem Yacht Club Happenings." Yachting, October 1914, p. 202.)

"... John G. Alden was not successful in lifting the Brooklyn challenge cup from the Harlem Yacht Club with his Herreshoff sloop Senta [#688s] in the match sailed last week against Stuyvesant Wainwright's sloop Butterfly [#586s ex-Nellie]. The course sailed by the two yachts was 285 nautical miles. Starting from City Island, the turning mark was Vineyard Sound Light Vessel, and the way back was outside of Long Island to a finish off the Atlantic Yacht Club at Sea Gate. The Butterfly's time was 42 hours, 59 minutes and 30 seconds, that of the Senta 53 hours, 33 minutes and 6 seconds. Although beaten by elapsed time by 10 1/2 hours, the Senta was allowed by the much larger Butterfly approximately seven hours. The Butterfly, also a Herreshoff craft, is 52 feet over all and 38 feet waterline, while the Senta is only 35 feet over all and 25 feet waterline. ..." (Source: Anon. "Notes from the Week's Log." Boston Globe, August 8, 1920, p. 53.)

"Stuyvesant Wainwright's Butterfly again defeated Azor [#578s], property of Chas. A. Marsland of the New Rochelle Y. C, in the annual ocean race for the historic Brooklyn Y. C. Ocean Challenge Cup. The two yachts started from the Atlantic Y. C, sailed east along the Long Island coast, rounded Vineyard Sound light-vessel and returned west in Long Island Sound to the finishing line off the American Y. C. at Rye. The defender beat Azor by 46 minutes over the 280-nautical-mile course." (Source: Anon. "Butterfly Wins Again." Rudder, September 1924, p. 52.)

"Nellie.
Particulars - By Maynard Bray
NGH Hull No. 586 - Nellie (Also Ishkoodah, Ediana, Mariquita and Butterfly)
* Length Overall - 46'6"
* Length on designed waterline - 34'6"
* Displacement - 27,700
* Beam - 12' 1"
* Draft - 7'0"
* Rig - Gaff Cutter
Two virtually identical yachts to this design were built by the Herreshoff Mfg. Co. in 1902 and 1903, the first being Trivia (HMCo #580) for Harold S. Vanderbilt (pictured on page 71 of the book Herreshoff of Bristol). The second was for Morton F. Plant, which he named Nellie (HMCo #586). Both were full-keel boats based on the keel/centerboarder Azor (HMCo #578) that had come out a few months earlier. Original price was $6,300 for Azor and Trivia and $6,400 for Nellie.
Azor, originally a Naushon Island-based boat for J. Malcolm Forbes, is no longer with us, but Trivia is in the Herreshoff Marine Museum, and Nellie is at the Hylan shop in Brooklin, ME.
In the biography of his father, L. Francis Herreshoff wrote, '... these three were among the nicest all-around sail boats of their size ever built.'
The year 1903 was a big one for Herreshoffs as well as for Nellie's owner Morton Plant. Publicity was all about the new America's Cup defender Reliance, but Plant's two other yachts got their share of attention as well --- one, the 127' steel schooner Ingomar, the other the 131' wooden-hulled steam yacht Parthenia. Nellie didn't make headlines when launched, but she had some mighty impressive stable mates!
By 1905, Plant had sold Nellie (and Parthenia as well). He was busy that year building his Italianate, four story town house-now New York City's Cartier Building, wrapped each Christmas with a gigantic red ribbon and bow, and known as the "Jewel of 5th Avenue." Awash in wealth from the sale of the railroad and shipping business his father Henry bequeathed him in 1899, Morton went on to complete Florida's Belleair Country Club, the Morton Plant Hospital in Dunedin, as well as commissioning another steel schooner, Elena, from the Herreshoffs in 1911. The University of Connecticut now occupies what used to be the Plant estate at Avery Point in Groton.
Except for a brief time in Narragansett Bay in 1906-1908, Nellie has been in western Long Island Sound waters all her life." (Source: Bray, Maynard. "Nellie. Particulars." http://www.synellie.com/particulars.html, last visit February 5, 2008.)

"N/A"

"[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:] #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 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 Description:] #586s BUTTERFLY, formerly ISHKOODAH measurements" (Source: Webb, Harold C. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_22970. Correspondence, Folder 67, formerly 135. 1910-06-15.)
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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:] Seven mimeographed pages with race results of the Cruise of the New York Yacht Club of 1922. Races: Astor Cups off Newport, R.I. on August 2d, 1922. 1st Run Newport to Mattapoisett on August 3, 1922. 2dt Run Mattapoisett to Vineyard Haven on August 4, 1922. 3rd Run Vineyard Haven to Provincetown on August 5, 1922. 4th Run Provincetown to Gloucester on August 7, 1922. 5th Run Gloucester to Marblehead on August 8, 1922. Among the finishers were schooners #719s VAGRANT II, #698s QUEEN MAB ex-VAGRANT I, #663s IROLITA ex-ISTALENA, #827s OHONKARA and #772s MARIETTE, New York 50s #721s CAROLINA, #711s ISTALENA ex-VENTURE, #720s ACUSHLA ex-HARPOON and #717s BARBARA, New York 40s #776s ROWDY, #777s ZILPH, #804s SQUAW, #774s MISTRAL, #779s SALLY ANN ex-JESSICA, #781s PAMPERO and #773s MONSOON ex-MAISIE, New York 30s #629s COUNTESS ex-MAID OF MEUDON, #648s MINX, #632s ALICE ex-TABASCO, #640s BANZAI, #637s ORIOLE and #630s LENA ex-PINTAIL, as well as cutter #586s BUTTERFLY ex-NELLIE." (Source: NYYC (creator). Race Results. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_72340. Measuring and Measurement Rules (Box 2), Folder B2F01, formerly MRDE15. 1922.)
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"[Item Transcription:] Printed pamphlet titled 'Racing Rules. New York Yacht Club. 1924'. Incl. a printed 'List of yachts, the measurements of which are on file with the Race Committee. July, 1924.
Schooners
D 7 FLYING CLOUD
D 10 IROLITA [#663s ex-ISTALENA]
C 5 MARIETTE [#772s ]
E 14 NOMAD
F 22 NORKA
C 2 OHONKARA [#827s ]
D 8 PRINCESS [#658s ex-IROLITA II]
E 9 QUEEN MAB [#698s ex-VAGRANT I]
E 16 SHAWNA
C 12 SONNICA
C 7 VAGRANT [#719s ]
FF 1 WANDERER IX
D 22 WILDFIRE [#891s ]
Fifty Class
N.Y. 52 ANDIAMO [#716s ex-SAMURI]
N.Y. 55 CAROLINA [#716s ]
N.Y. 53 IROQUOIS II [#721s ]
N.Y. 54 MYSTIC [#715s ex-GRAYLING]
N.Y. 56 SPARTAN [#716s ]
Forty Class
N.Y.Y.C. 8 BANSHEE [#782s ex-PAULINE]
N.Y.Y.C. 2 COCKATOO [#775s ex-DOLLY BOWEN]
N.Y.Y.C. 12 IRIS [#777s ex-ZILPH]
N.Y.Y.C. 6 MISTRAL [#782s ]
N.Y.Y.C. 7 PAMPERO [#775s ]
N.Y.Y.C. 9 ROWDY [#777s ]
N.Y.Y.C. 3 SALLY ANN [#779s ex-JESSICA]
N.Y.Y.C. 10 SHAWARA [#782s ]
THIRTY CLASS
N.Y. 18 ADIOS [#647s ex-ANEMONE]
N.Y. 1 ALERA [#647s ]
N.Y. 7 ALICE [#632s ex-TABASCO]
N.Y. 15 BANZAI [#647s ]
N.Y. 8 CAROLITA [#633s ex-CARLITA]
N.Y. 4 COUNTESS [#629s ex-MAID OF MEUDON]
N.Y. 14 FIJI II [#639s ex-CARA MIA]
N.Y. 5 LENA [#630s ex-PINTAIL]
N.Y. 12 MINX [#638s ex-NEOLA II]
N.Y. 11 ORIOLE [#637s ex-ORIOLE]
N.Y. 13 PHANTOM [#648s ex-MINX]
0 Class
L.O. 1 GEORGIA
L.O. 4 GREY DAWN
L.O. 5 MAISIE
L.O. 3 NIMBUS
Various Classes
N 2 ALICE
N.Y. 58 BARBARA [#717s ] (Aux. Sloop)
P 1 BUTTERFLY [#586s ex-NELLIE]
M 15 LADRONE [#634s ex-SUZETTA III] (Aux. Yawl)
N.Y. 51 REVERY [#720s ex-ACUSHLA] (Aux. Yawl)
M 6 VENTURA [#717s ]
K 3 WINSOME [#717s ] (Aux. Ketch)'.
Of 49 yachts listed (including 11 NY30s, 8 NY40s and 5 NY50s plus 2 NY50s and 1 NY70 out of class) 37 or 75% were designed and built by Herreshoff." (Source: New York Yacht Club (creator). Printed Pamphlet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE08_01830. Folder [no #]. 1924.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Printed circular, two sheets of paper:] New York Yacht Club The Cruise 1927
Additional Racing Instructions Run From Huntington To New London—16Th August
In case of no wind at Huntington at the proposed time of the Start on the 16th August, the following signals will be made by the Flagship: etc. ... [Plus printed circular:] New York Yacht Club
List of yachts, measurement certificates of which were on file with the Race Committee on August 1, 1927, which will be valid for the Cruise.
SCHOONERS: C Class
C 2 OHONKARA [#827s]
C 7 VAGRANT [#719s]
C 3 VANITIE
D Class: D 25 ADVANCE
D 7 CONSTANCE
D 22 WILDFIRE [#891s]
D 5 LYNX
E Class: E 4 AURELIA
E 9 QUEEN MAB [#698s]
E16 SHAWNA
F Class: F3 CURLEW
F 4 MARY ROSE [#954s]
F 1 PLEIONE [#714s]
F 11 CACHALOT
G Class: S.C. 11 CLYTIE
S.C. 12 NADJI
S.C. 9 NOKOMIS
S.C. 6 SEVEN SEAS
G 1 WANDERER IX
G 7 MALABAR VII
H Class: H 3 FLYING FISH
H 2 ADVENTURER
KETCH: H 7 ANGELICA
SLOOPS
J Class: J 1 KATOURA [#1050s]
L.0. Class: L.0. 1 GEORGIA
L.0. 4 GREY DAWN
L.0. 5 MIRAGE
L.0. 3 NIMBUS
M Class: M 5 CAROLINA [#721s]
M 3 CHIORA [#713s ex-IROQUOIS II]
M 38 DOLLY
M 4 IBIS [#715s ex-GRAYLING]
M 1 PRESTIGE [#1058s]
M 6 SPARTAN [#712s]
10 Meter Class: 10M 9 BLAZING STAR
10M 7 BRANTA
10M 4 CYTHERA
10M 11 DRAGON
10M 8 ESQUILA
10M 6 NARCISSUS
10M 14 NAUTILUS
10M 10 RAEBURN
10M 12 REDHEAD
10M 10 REVENGE
10M 13 SHAWARA
10M 3 SYNTHETIC
10M 1 TWILIGHT
10M 5 VALENCIA
N Class: N 2 ALICE
P Class: P 1 BUTTERFLY [#586s ex-NELLIE]
50 Class: N. Y. Y. C. 52 ANDIAMO [#716s ex-SAMURI]
40 Class: N. Y. Y. C. 42 COCKATOO [#775s ex-DOLLY BOWEN]
N. Y. Y. C. 50 MARILEE [#955s]
N. Y. Y. C. 46 MISTRAL [#774s]
N. Y. Y. C. 47 PAMPERO [#781s ex-PAMPARO]
N. Y. Y. C. 45 TYPHOON [#773s ex-MAISIE]
N. Y. Y. C. 49 ROWDY* [#776s]
30 Class: N. Y. 1 ALERA [#626s]
N. Y. 7 ALICE [#632s ex-TABASCO]
N. Y. 9 AMORITA [#635s ex-ADELAIDE II]
N. Y. 15 BANZAI [#640s]
N. Y. 4 INTERLUDE [#629s ex-MAID OF MEUDON]
N. Y. 5 LENA [#630s ex-PINTAIL]
N. Y. 11 ORIOLE [#637s]
N. Y. 13 PHANTOM [#648s ex-MINX]
N. Y. 17 PHRYNE (Rig changed to jib-headed mainsail.) [#643s]
Q Class: F. I. S. 3 CHANCE [#1059s]
F. I. S. 1 CYRILLA II [#1054s]
F. I. S. 2 JUDY [#1055s]
F. I. S. 4 MAMEENA [#1060s]
YAWLS M Class: N. Y. 51 REVERY [#720s ex-ACUSHLA]
M 1 RUGOSA II [#983s]
... August 1, 1827. [Compared to the equivalent list from 1924 the number of boats has increased from 49 to 73, while the number of Herreshoff-built yachts has shrunk from 37 to 32 or 44%.] [Incl envelope from Race Committee NYYC to NGH, labeled in red 'Rating & allowance' and postmarked August 4, 1927.]" (Source: NYYC. Correspondence (circular) to Members. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_73330. Measuring and Measurement Rules (Box 2), Folder B2F07, formerly MRDE15. 1927-08-01.)
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"[Item Description:] Brokerage listing (File No. 320) for #586s BUTTERFLY ex-NELLIE. Dimensions, particulars. Undated, after 1935." (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 (after 1935 ?).)
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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:] Correspondence between Shaw Mudge and Halsey Herreshoff / Carlton Pinheiro re #580s TRIVIA and #586s BUTTERFLY ex-NELLIE, as well as donation of bronze centerboard of champion Larchmont Yacht Club class B frostbiter ICEPICK to HMM." (Source: Mudge, Shaw. Letters to Herreshoff, Halsey. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Item LIB_7010. HMM Library Rare Books Room (Box 5), Folder 179A. 1996-03-26.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #586s Nellie even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• Boal, Jeffrey with Fernando Alva and Wayne George. "The Restoration of Nellie: A Nontraditional Approach to Project Management Yields A Beautiful Result." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (Publisher). Proceedings. The Classic Yacht Symposium 2010. Bristol, R.I. 2010, p. 117-130. (2,239 kB)
  Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Jeffrey Boal / Fernando Alva / Wayne George / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Restoration philosophy and report. Employing a restoration manager. Design choices (altering the original cockpit). Interior choices. Procuring long leaf yellow pine. Canvas deck bedding in Sikaflex.
• Anon. (Benjamin Mendlowitz, photographer). "Nellie: A 35' Waterline Herreshoff Sloop." Wooden Boat #216, September/October 2010, p. 90-93. (1,297 kB)
  Document is copyrighted: Yes. Photo spread with photos by Benjamin Mendlowitz detailing Nellie after her recent restoration.
• Willis, Peter. (Benjamin Mendlowitz, photographer). "1903 Herreshoff Nellie Sails Again." Classic Boat Magazine, May 2011, p. 8-16. (3,933 kB)
  Document is copyrighted: Yes. Photo spread with photos by Benjamin Mendlowitz describing Nellie's restoration.

• Nellie (HMCo-made index card)
• Ishkoodah ex-Nellie (HMCo-made index card)
• Nellie (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: Nellie
Type: J & M
Length: 34'6"
Owner: Plant, M. F.

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

• Nellie
• Butterfly ex-Nellie
• Ediana ex-Nellie
• Ishkoodah ex-Nellie
• Mariquita ex-Nellie
• 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: Nellie
Type: 36' cutter
Owner: Morton F. Plant
Year: 1903
Row No.: 470

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: July
Day: 14
Year: 1902
E/P/S: S
No.: 0586
Name: Nellie
LW: 34' 6"
B: 12'
D: 7'
Rig: J & M
K: y
Ballast: Lead O.
Amount: $6400.00 [sic, i.e. 10400]
Notes Constr. Record: Eddiana, Butterfly, Ishiswodah?, Margaret.
Last Name: Plant
First Name: M. F.

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.

"Relaunched in October 2009 after extensive restoration. Note, that Nellie originally had a narrower deckhouse with nine side windows (now seven) and not her current oval cockpit which was a feature that only #578s Azor had. She also has an extended mast now, possibly to enable her to carry a topsail at some time in the future." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 2, 2009.)

"Built in 124 days (contract to launch; equivalent to $52/day, 209 lbs displacement/day)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. February 17, 2024.)

"Sail area 1522 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 405 cu.ft. [= 25,920 lbs] 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.)

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