HMCo #590s Ingomar

"[1903-01-17] Sat 17: Spars of #590 [Ingomar] – 605 [Reliance] & c. arrived from Boston. ...
[1903-02-14] Sat 14: Very fine [with] fresh NW [wind] & clear. Cast lead keel for #590 [Ingomar] in 4 h[ours] 35 m[inutes].
[1903-04-01] Wed 1: Very fine. W to N moderate [wind] & clear. ... Begin to set up frames on 590 schooner [Ingomar].
[1903-04-22] Wed 22: Overcast but no rain. L[igh]t NE & S [wind]. Began plating #590 [Ingomar].
[1903-07-02] Thu 2: Strong SW to WSW [wind]. Race off Newport of 90 footers. I went in Reliance. [She] pounded and bent plates in bow. Put masts in #590 [Ingomar].
[1903-07-12] Sun 12: Very fine & warm. Strong SW in PM. #590 Ingomar & 591 Irolita finished and both sailed.
[1910-03-11] Fri 11: Fine. ... Received sticks for mainmasts of Westward [#692s] & Ingomar [#590s]. Were over 4 months coming over from Oregon. ...
[1926-07-23] Fri 23: Warm night with [unreadable word] squalls. At 7 a.m T[hunder]&L[ightning] rain squall. Started at 9-45 in Alerion [#718s] to see Ingomar [#590s] at Crowninshields. Calmed at 12 before reaching there, with ebb tide, so turned home. Sidney met me half way in 'Bubble' [#285p] to meet Harold Vanderbilt." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1903 to 1926. Manuscript (excerpts). Diary access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.)

"... Ingomar [Name], 590 [Building Number], 89.6 [Rating], 86 [Waterline], 83.16 [L = length at 1/4 beam as for Universal Rule], 23.42 [B = breadth of waterline as for Universal Rule], 14.12 [d = draft of water as for Universal Rule], 5,521 [D = displacement in cubic foot as for Universal Rule (= 353,344 lbs or 157.7 long tons)], 10993 [Sail Area], 12600 [Sail limit Present rule], -1707 [sic] [Diff.], 11000 [Sail limit Proposed rule], -7 [Diff.]" (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.)

"In the fall of 1902, there was another challenge for the America's Cup and the order was given us about [the] first of November. We had already taken [an] order for an eighty-six feet waterline schooner [INGOMAR], and the class of Bar Harbor Thirty-One Footers (11), and others besides the usual number of steamers. So, our shops were quite full. ...
The completion of INGOMAR had to be put off till RELIANCE was finished. She proved a wonderfully good schooner, and easily cleaned up all 'two stickers.' The next year, her centerboard was taken out and [a] wood keel added, so she could conform to British rules, and [she] went abroad under [the] command of Captain Charles Barr. She made almost a clean record, both in England and Germany. I sailed in her but a few times, but was well pleased with her." (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. 69-70.)

"... 'Ingomar' turned out an unusually fine vessel and probably would have had a long racing life if she had been built to fit the Universal Rule, but she was built to race under other various rules. 'Ingomar' came out in the season of 1903, but as that was the year of that remarkable creation, the 'Reliance,' her construction and first year's performance are so overshadowed by her more racing sister that few people remember her in 1903. 'Ingomar' was built in the north shop and so had to be launched on greased ways. She took the water at good speed, perhaps ten miles an hour or more, and, after performing a graceful circle in the harbor, returned to nearly where she was launched still running stern first, and ran her stern up on the north wharf but did little damage to either herself or the wharf.
In her first season she won nearly every race in Class B, the largest class for schooners. She won every yacht club run, and the Astor Cup of that year, but 'Ingomar' is best remembered for the season of 1904 when she went abroad with Charlie Barr as captain, who had of course been captain of 'Reliance' the previous year, 1903. 'Ingomar' was fitted out at Bristol with an ocean-going rig in the spring of 1904; during the winter her centerboard had been removed and her draft increased by adding a slab of lead about two feet deep to the bottom of her keel. I believe she did not have any inside ballast. For the trip across she had a shorter bowsprit, shorter topmasts and gaffs, and a shorter main boom, her racing spars being shipped over by steamer, and, of course, smaller sails although they were crosscut. Her masts and shrouds were her regular racing ones. I give you here some of her dimensions: L.O.A., one hundred and twenty-two feet; L.W.L., eighty-six feet; beam, twenty-four feet; draft, sixteen feet three inches. The diameter of the main mast at the deck was eighteen and one half inches; the main truck was one hundred and twenty-three feet above deck; the main boom, seventy-five feet; the spinnaker boom, sixty-seven feet; sail area eleven thousand eight hundred and eighty square feet.
... 'Ingomar' raced very successfully in England and Germany. While in Europe she sailed twenty-two races, winning twelve firsts, four seconds, and one third. But in England she was given an arbitrary handicap which made it very difficult for her to win. To quote from the British yachting writer, B. Heckstall-Smith:
An American schooner, the 'Ingomar,' visiting our waters in 1904, found no British yacht which could compete against her on Y.R. time. The races were not sailed according to a fixed scale of time allowance, but merely by a rule-of-thumb method of allotting each yacht a handicap upon her merits. The 'Ingomar' was sometimes penalized to give the English yachts nearly three times the actual allowance she would have been obliged to concede according to a time allowance scale based upon measurement.
Now I will quote another noted British yachting historian whom I will not name. He says:
'Ingomar' was a fin keel vessel drawing seventeen feet of water, and had a very large sail area. Many people consider that she was much too leniently treated by the handicappers throughout her visit. However, not an undue share of first prizes were awarded her in British waters.
He later adds the typical British remark: 'Taken altogether, this season was singularly uninteresting and uneventful.' But I am sure that if the British had had a schooner that could have occasionally beaten 'Ingomar' on even terms they would have considered the season exciting enough." (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. 257-259.)

"If I remember correctly 'Ingomar' originally cost $115,000, and this seems amazing today, for it is doubtful is she could now be duplicated for half a million. In fact it is doubtful if she could be duplicated at all for there were hundreds of bronze castings on her which were of unmachinable shape so had to be finished by hand. In fact the whole yacht, to a surprising extent, was handwork, much of which, particularly the forgings, would have to be made by men of greater skill in handwork than the workman of today." (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. 262.)

"Mr. Plant was commodore of the Larchmont Yacht Club in 1904 and I suppose he thought he should do something of note in yachting so he decided to take his eighty-six foot waterline steel schooner Ingomar to Europe to see what she could do against the large sailing yachts there. She had been built as a centerboard schooner in 1903 but for racing abroad it was decided to remove her centerboard and add a slab of lead to the bottom of her keel which made her a very stiff vessel. For captain Mr. Plant secured Charlie Barr who had been helmsman of Reliance the year before. Captain Barr cast off his moorings promptly at 9 a.m. April 30, from Bristol, Rhode Island, where Ingomar had been built and refitted for this European invasion. As usual Captain Barr had an uneventful crossing and in the racing in Europe won twelve firsts, four seconds, and a third out of twenty-two races, and it is said the Ingomar would have made a clean sweep of her races in Europe except that in Germany the larger schooners did not respect the right of way rules and interfered with Ingomar in the first part of the races until Charlie Barr was forced to run into one of them. After they saw that they could not fool with him he won most of the races.
The wind was unusually strong in the races in Germany and, after Ingomar got clear of the fleet, she usually sailed away from the larger German schooners. She was an unusually stiff yacht and did not reef in these races while the German yachts generally had a reef or two taken in.
In the races in England Ingomar soon proved that she could beat all the English schooners when racing under the rating that was derived from measurement, so during the rest of the summer they rated the yachts in this class by an arbitrary rule derived from the previous performance of the yacht's speed and finally rated Ingomar so high that she had little chance of winning. When all things were considered she was one of the most successful large American yachts which had campaigned in Europe, and Mr. Plant, his guests and Captain Barr had a very enjoyable time for they usually beat all comers boat-to-boat.
Kaiser Wilhelm took great interest in Ingomar and visited her twice, looking her over very carefully. He tried to order a large schooner from the designer of Ingomar, but after the first preliminaries and some disagreement about dimensions, Mr. Herreshoff refused the commission. [This is not quite correct. See the HCR entry for #190401es Unbuilt Schooner for German Emperor] ... [Ingomar] was one of the last large yachts built under the old New York Yacht Club rule, or a length and sail area rule; she therefore had rather a flat bow to acquire shorter waterline length, and in the races in Germany she was driven so hard that she actually dented or bent in her plating between the frames in her forward overhang. All of the later large schooners built under the Universal Rule had sharper bows and were more wholesome vessels." (Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis. An Introduction to Yachting. New York, 1963, p. 160.)

"An order for a 90 foot schooner yacht [#590s Ingomar] was signed Friday [August 29, 1902] at the Herreshoffs office. The owner is to be M. T. Plante of the Plante Steamship Company, who has a number of boats in process of construction at the shops and who also purchased the Eugenia [#205p] from J. B. Herreshoff last spring. Mr. Plante is having a big steam yacht [#222p Parthenia] built at Herreshoffs, a 35 foot naptha launch [#?p] and a 15 footer [#?s]." (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity." Bristol Phoenix, September 2, 1902, p. 2.)

"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.)

"... The steel body frames for the new schooner yacht to be built for Morton T. Plant of New York are about ready for trueing in the boat shop, where they are now stored, until the work of setting up is begun. ..." (Source: Anon. "Clearing for New Defender." New York Times, October 28, 1902, p. 10.)

"The large new building erected by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. on the east side of Hope street, at the corner of Burnside street, opposite the construction shops, is about completed, the windows having been put in and the doors hung. In this shop at the present time the steel workers are tracing up the frames for M. T. Plante's [sic] 90 foot schooner yacht [#590s Ingomar]. The probability is that these frames after being trued, will be stored until after the cup defender is launched next spring, as Mr. Plante's schooner will not be set up until after the cup defender [#605s Reliance] is out of the way. ..." (Source: Anon. "At Herreshoff's." Bristol Phoenix, November 14, 1902, p. 2.)

"... In the shop at Herreshoffs the keel for the new schooner yacht to be built of steel for Morton T. Plant of the New York Yacht Club is soon to be set up in frame. Nearly every frame of the craft is bent, and they are now being trued in the new boat shop. Other work being done in a preparatory way for the construction of this new steel craft is the forming of the keel mold. ..." (Source: Anon. "Clearing for New Defender." New York Times, November 17, 1902, p. 1.)

"The steel workers are putting the pieces on the frames for the Plante schooner yacht." (Source: Anon. "At The Herreshoff's Shops." Bristol Phoenix, December 16, 1902, p. 1.)

"Preparations are being made to commence work on the new steel schooner yacht for M T. Plante of New York, at the Herreshoffs' shops. Men are now at work on the steel keel plate. This yacht will be built in the north shop and as soon as the steam yacht [#230p Wana] for S R Van Duser is launched, the lead keel for Mr. Plante's yacht will be run. The yacht will have a centerboard and will draw about 16 feet of water. One of the masts for this yacht is about completed and was made from a spar that was formerly in the Defender and had been stored in the Walker's Cove yards" (Source: Anon. "News and Notes of Local Interest." Bristol Phoenix, January 20, 1903, p. 2.)

"... The north boat shop is now being utilized for the setting up of the frame of the new schooner yacht to be built this winter for Morton T. Plant of New York. Steam yacht Wana [#230p], built for S. R. Van Duser of New York, was launched Wednesday, leaving a good-sized space for the spar making and building of the new schooner yacht. ..." (Source: Anon. "The Yacht at Bristol." New York Times, February 9, 1903, p. 10.)

"... Not much headway has been made thus far in building the new schooner yacht for Morton T. Plant of New York. Nearly every man in the Herreshoff shops is working on parts of the new cup racer [#605s Reliance], and hence the less important work will have to wait.
There are ten of the fleet of new thirty-footers of the Bar Harbor class of racers constructed at the Herreshoff yards and in readiness to be rigged. ..." (Source: Anon. "Progress on Cup Boat." New York Times, March 9, 1903, p. 7.)

"The work of setting up the frames of the new steel centerboard schooner yacht for M T Plante, was begun today in the north shop. ..." (Source: Anon. "Part of Reliance's Crew Here." Bristol Phoenix, March 31, 1903, p. 1.)

"... Mr. Plant's steel schooner yacht, which the Herreshoffs are building, will be launched on May 20 [1903] at Bristol, R. I. Her contract called for an earlier date, but her owner patriotically allowed the work on the Reliance, the cup defender, to take precedence over that on his own yacht. ..." (Source: Anon. "Doings Of Society In France." New York Times, May 3, 1903, p. 4.)

"BRISTOL, R. I., May 10 [1903]. --- ... The new schooner yacht [#590s Ingomar] under construction for Vice Commodore Morton T. Plant of the Larchmont Yacht Club is more than half plated in the north shop at Herreshoffs, and it looks as though the craft would be ready for launching in another month. The new schooner is having plating of nickel steel. The building of a schooner is something new at the Herreshoff shops. ..." (Anon. "Morton F. Plant's Schooner Nearing Completion." New York Times, May 11, 1903, p. 7.)

"... The new schooner yacht [Ingomar #590s] for Morton T. Plant of the Larchmont and New York Yacht Clubs is all plated at the Herreshoff shops and doubtless will be ready to go into the water about the first part of next month. 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.)

"The new steam yacht Parthenia [#222p], built at Herreshoffs' the past winter for M. T. Plante [sic] of New York, went into commission Saturday [May 30, 1903].
... Quite a number of steel workers employed on the new steel schooner yacht Ingomar [#590s], now in procsss of construction at Herreshoff's shops for M. T. Plante of New York, were laid off Friday evening. The work of plating the yacht is about completed. Mr Plante, her owner, was at the Herreshoff shops Saturday." (Source: Anon. "News and Notes of Local Interest." Bristol Phoenix, June 2, 1903, p. 2.)

"... The new schooner yacht under construction at the Herreshoff shops for Morton T. Plant of the New York Yacht Club is to be launched in about two weeks, the hull being entirely plated and the decks now in process of being laid. Mr. Plant arrived in Bristol Harbor Thursday evening in his new steam yacht, the Parthenia [#222p], and inspected the new centreboard schooner as she lay on the stocks. Capt. Holmes is skipper of the Parthenia." (Source: Anon. "Bristol Yacht News." New York Times, June 9, 1903, p. 7.)

"Ingomar, schooner, of Bristol.
Built at [blank] [sic, i.e. Bristol at HMCo].
142.41 gross tons, 113.61 net tons; 97 ft. x 24.2 ft. x 11 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
One deck, two masts, overhanging head, overhanging stern.
Surveyed and measured, June 22, 1903." (Source: U.S. Customs Department, Bristol, R.I. Custom House Record Book, 1870s to 1904 (Collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum), s.v. Ingomar.)

"BRISTOL, R. I., June 24 [1903] --- ... The schooner yacht built at the Herreshoff shops tor Morton Plant of New York was launched at 6:45 this evening. The craft was christened Ingomar by Miss Helen Winchester of New York. The harbor was alive with boats at the time, some of which ventured too near the ways, and when the vessel slid into the water it collided with the yawl Jeanet, owned by S. A. Adriane of Boston. The cabin and boom of the latter were carried away. The Ingomar was uninjured." (Source: Anon. "Bristol Notes." Boston Globe, June 25, 1903, p. 2.)

"BRISTOL, June 28 [1903]. --- ... An important yachting event of the week in Bristol was the launching of the new schooner yacht for Morton T. Plant of New York. She is named Ingomar and is built of steel throughout, the plates being riveted with lapped seams from keel to gunwale. The Ingomar has a big beam; in fact, she is wider amidships than any of the recently built ninety-footers, and should prove to be an able boat all round. Her underbody sections are full and drawn out finely to the ends, though the overhangs, compared with those of the Constitution and Reliance, are blunt. The work of rigging the craft has been begun at the Herreshoff shops, and it will be a matter of only about two weeks before the Ingomar will be ready to begin her trial spins. As the construction of the Ingomar was the last of the steel work at the Herreshoff shops this season about fifteen steel workers were laid off Thursday until such time as it is arranged to build another steel boat. ..." (Source: Anon. "Sea Room For Yachts' Trials." New York Times, June 29, 1903, p. 5.)

"[Abstract of register or enrollment. Pos. 463:]
Ingomar, schooner, of Bristol.
Built at Bristol, 1903.
142.41 gross tons, 113.61 net tons; 97 ft. x 24.2 ft. x 11 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
One deck, two masts, overhanging head [bow].
Enr[olled] and Lic[ensed] ([as] yacht) June 30, 1903. Owner: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol. Master: N. G. Herreshoff, Bristol.
Surrendered [license] Aug. 21, 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. Ingomar.)

"A notable addition to the New York Yacht Club fleet, which starts on its annual cruise on Thursday, from Glen Cove, will be Morton F. Plant's new steel schooner Ingomar, which was finished last week and is now being put in preparation for the cruise. She is 127 feet long over all, 87 feet water line, and 24 feet beam. Mr. Plant will sail on his new yacht, which will be sailed by Capt. Holmes of the steam yacht Parthenia, also owned by Mr. Plant. ...
Mr. Plant's fleet at the end of this season will number six vessels, and he may be obliged to appoint a fleet Captain. Those already in commission are the new Parthenia [#222p], two big launches, and a thirty-four-foot cruising sloop [#586s Nellie]. The Ingomar [#590s] will go into commission this week, and the sixth craft that Mr. Plant will have in commission this season will be a new steam tender [#236p Express], which is to have a speed of 22 miles an hour, and is to be completed and ready to be delivered to Mr. Plant on Aug. 1 [1903]. ..." (Source: Anon. "New Yacht In The Cruise. Schooner Ingomar, Just Finished, Makes Fleet of Six Yachts for Morton F. Plant." New York Times, July 14, 1903, p. 9.)

"The schooner Ingomar, owned by Mr. Morton F. Plant, is now in the south shop at the Herreshoff works at Bristol where she is undergoing some extensive alterations. Ingomar is to race in British waters next season, and in order that she may secure a better measurement under the girth rulet now in effect there, her centerboard has been removed and her lead keel will be lowered, so that her draft will be increased to 16ft. Some changes and improvements will also be made in Ingomar's internal fittings, and arrangements are being made for the accommodation of 28 men." (Source: Anon. "Yachting News Notes." Forest and Stream,
December 12, 1903, p. 474.)

"BRISTOL, R. I.. Feb. 20 [1904]. --- ... The schooner yacht Ingomar is painted, and will be put in the water as soon as the harbor is clear of ice." (Source: Anon. "Yacht News From Bristol. Herreshoff Building Four Eighteen-Footers for New Yorkers." New York Times, February 21, 1904.)

"BRISTOL, R. I., March 31 [1904]. --- The remodeled racing schooner yacht Ingomar, which is to compete in English waters, was launched at the Herreshoff yards to-day. The yacht, which has been changed from a centreboard to a keel boat, will be commanded abroad by Capt. Barr, late of the cup yacht Reliance, and will sail for Southampton about April 20. The Ingomar is owned by Morton F. Plant of New York." (Source: Anon. "Remodeled Ingomar is Launched." New York Times, April 1, 1904, p. 7.)

"BRISTOL., April 10 [1904] . --- The schooner yacht Ignomar, being fitted for racing abroad, is now nearly rigged in the slip at the Herreshoff shops. The topmasts are on end and stays and running rigging are all in place. The craft is being fitted out with the greatest care, and when she sails, on or about April 20, it is generally believed that nothing will be wanting to make the voyage a successful one.
Capt. Barr is on board the Ignomar, with eighteen seamen and a mate. The Ingomar like the Navahoe a couple of years ago, when she sailed across the Atlantic, will be equipped with six dories of the Cape Ann type, which are now being finished up at the Herreshoff shops. This equipment for life-saving will be nested on deck in the usual way that dories are cared for on board the fishermen from Cape Ann in their voyages to the fishing grounds." (Source: Anon. "Ingomar Nearly Ready. Schooner Fitting at Bristol for Contests in European Waters." New York Times, April 11, 1904, p. 10.)

"... The New York Y. C. [precursor to the Universal] rule went into effect last year [1903], and only three boats were built under it. Yachtsmen were still a little skeptical and they hesitated about building until they were assured that several men were willing to take the step and that the classes would fill. The three boats that were built were the schooners Ingomar and Valmore and the sloop Pelligrina. ..." (Source: Anon. [No title.] Forest and Stream, April 16, 1904, p. 321.)

"NEW YORK, March 10 [1905]. --- Morton F. Plant placed his famous schooner-yacht Ingomar on the market that she might be entered in the race for the Kaiser's cup. He immediately had an offer for her, but after a conference placed the figure so high that her purchase and entry were out of the question.
A rumor was started in yachting circles, today that the Herreshoffs do not want to have a boat of their build in the race. The conference with Mr. Plant was said to be John B. Herreshoff, president of the great yacht-building firm at Bristol, R. I., and the reason was said to be the alleged trouble between members of that firm and Emperor William.
The Emperor for years has wanted a Herreshoff boat, but never had one. The Herreshoffs have gone out of their way to beat the Kaiser's boats.
The incidents which led to the reported differences are of long standing. [A nice rumor that cannot be corroborated elsewhere.]" (Source: Anon. "Row With Kaiser Stops Yacht Sale. Herreshoffs Reported to Object to Their Boats Entering in Emperor's Cup Race." St. Louis Post - Dispatch, March 10, 1905, p. 15.)

"The foreign trophies won in European waters last season by Commodore Morton T. Plant's schooner yacht Ingomar were recently exhibited in an imposing display at the New York Yacht Club. Mr. Plant, although a member of the New York Club, was Commodore of the Larchmont while his yacht was winning her triumphs abroad. However, he did not stand for re-election this season.
There were over twenty pieces in all, but the foreign prizes numbered seventeen. They include English, German, and French trophies, many of them odd as well as handsome. The gold cup of the Royal Yacht Squadron is especially notable for beauty of design and finish. Not less striking is an elaborately carved ivory cup. The Cowes town cups, with the French trophies, grouped between them, made a fine display. The latter are odd little figures with pendulous heads. A unique emblem is a representation in silver of a bell buoy with a bell that really rings.
With the single exception of the schooner America, the Ingomar was more successful than any American yacht that has so far raced abroad. The America won every race she sailed in American waters and was generally victorious under her European owners. The schooner Sappho, under the ownership of Vice Commodore William P. Douglas of the New York Yacht Club, also won a number of races in English and French waters during the seventies, but she did not have as many encounters as the Ingomar, nor was she uniformly successful. ..." (Source: Anon. "Ingomar's Many Trophies. Foreign Prizes Won by Commodore Plant's Yacht Exhibited." New York Times, May 7, 1905, p. 10.)

"... A welcome addition to the large schooner class this season will be the Ingomar, which Morton F. Plant of New London has decided to fit out. Ingomar has not been under sail since her return from her trip abroad, three seasons ago. Her work against Elmina and Queen will be watched with interest. ..." (Source: Anon. "Notes from the Week's Log." Boston Globe, May 5, 1907, p. 48.)

"The racing schooner Ingomar, owned by Commodore Morton F. Plant, which has been fitted with a complete set of new sails at the Herreshoff boat shops left Sunday [July 14, 1907] morning, in charge of Capt. Barr." (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity." Bristol Phoenix, July 16, 1907, p. 2.)

"The schooner Ingomar, recently purchased from Morton F. Plant by D. R. Hanna of Cleveland, was here the first of the week. Mr Hanna arranged to have some new fittings before the craft begins racing." (Source: Anon. "Bristol Notes." Boston Globe, June 28, 1908, p. 33.)

"The schooner yacht Ingomar, owned by Dr. R D Hanna, which has been undergoing repairs at the Herreshoff boat shops for the past few weeks, sailed for Newport Wednesday afternoon." (Source: Anon. "Notes and News of Local Interest." Bristol Phoenix, July 17, 1908, p. 2.)

"Morton F. Plant's famous racing schooner Ingomar, after changing hands twice last year, has been sold again and converted into an auxiliary yacht by the installation of a fifty-horse-power Craig engine. Mr. Plant, after going to Europe last year and taking possession of his new steam yacht, sold Ingomar to Daniel R. Hanna, and, after retaining her for a short time, he sold the boat to J. D. McKee. William Gardner, the yacht broker and naval architect, has now sold the yacht and he has renamed her Grace. The boat was known as Esperanza last season after being sold by Mr. Plant. Mr. Morgan left a few days ago with his converted auxiliary yacht for an extended cruise in southern waters, being accompanied by his family and W. B. Long and W. T. H. Gray as guests. [Judging from later newspaper reports about Ingomar some or all of this information is apparently erroneous.]" (Source: Anon. "Ingomar Now Auxiliary. Famous Racing Schooner Sold for Southern Cruise." New York Times, January 17, 1909, p. S4.)

"The schooner Ingomar, which has been cruising to the eastward for the last three weeks, put into Marblehead last Wednesday on her way back to New York waters. This craft, purchased this Spring by Vice Commodore Henry W. Howe of the American Yacht Club of Rye, N Y, from Daniel R. Hanna, was built in 1903 by Herreshoff for the late Morton F. Plant." (Source: Anon. "Notes from the Week's Log." Boston Globe, August 31, 1919, p. E5.)

"NO. 678. --- FOR SALE --- Schooner yacht 127' o.a., 87' w. l., 24' 3'' beam, 14' 2' draft. Designed and built by Herreshoff. Four double and two single staterooms, 3 baths, large saloon, etc. In excellent shape. An opportunity to purchase one of the finest schooner yachts afloat very cheap. Let us send you a blueprint showing what wonderful accomodations she has. R. M. HADDOCK. 50 East 42nd Street, New York City. [Though not identified by name, her size and the fact that Queen, the only similar sized Herreshoff schooner, had already been destroyed by the time of the advertisement, clearly identify this vessel as #590s Ingomar." (Source: Anon. "For Sale." Yachting, June 1924, p. ?.)

"A noted racing yacht of former days lies at anchor off the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, at Oyster Bay, surrounded by scores of more modern and more spic and span vessels of various types. This is the famous schooner Ingomar, built about twenty years ago by the late Commodore Morton F. Plant and raced by him with great success. Ingomar was the winner of the Astor Cup for schooners and many other prizes on this side and was a noted prize-winner in English waters. She is now owned by M. J. Nickelson of this city and is being used to provide living quarters for the paid hands on the British and American six-meter yachts taking part in the match for the British-American Cup." (Source: Anon. "Famous Yacht Now the Home Of Six-Meter Craft Sailors." New York Times, September 8, 1924, p. 12.)

"The sale of the schooner yacht Ingomar, famous in the racing lists a score of years ago, by George Nickelson to Rear Commodore Spencer Borden Jr. of the Eastern Yacht Club of Marblehead, was reported yesterday. Ingomar, although she was launched at the Herreshoff yards in 1903, has been well kept up and is said to be practically as sound structurally as the day she was launched. The old schooner will be reconditioned by Commodore Borden and used during the coming season on the racing runs of the Eastern and New York Yacht Clubs.
Ingomar was built by the late Commodore Morton F. Plant, and in her first year of racing won the Astor Cup for schooners. Ingomar, Elmina, Queen and other schooners of that time indulged in many well-remembered races. The old Plant schooner was 87 feet long on the waterline and 120 feet long over all. Last September, moored at Oyster Bay, she served as living quarters for the paid hands on the British and American six-meter boats that took part in the international races. She has been laid up since then." (Source: Anon. "Craft Once Noted in Racing Lists to Be Seen Under Canvas Again." New York Times, March 11, 1925, p. 14.)

"... Bright colors for the topsides of yachts, replacing the time-honored black or white that have worn so wel through many years, have this year extended even to the larger schooners. This spring, the schooner Ingmar was purchased by Spencer Borden of Fall River, with the idea of taking the masts out and using her as a houseboat on Mattapoisett Harbor. Later he changed his mind and allowed the original masts to remain in the Ingomar, but 90 tons of lead were taken off the keel, replaced by 80 tons of stone ballast, put inside, which change reduced her draft by about four feet. Before being put overboard for the season the Ingomar's topsides were painted a bright green, which will make her very conspicuous at Mattapoisett Harbor and wherever she cruises this Summer, should Mr. Borden decide to sail the schooner. The Ingomar, in her day, was one of the fastest racing schooners ever turned out at the famous yard of Bristol, R. I. This steel schooner was built in 1903 by Herreshoff for the late Morton F. Plant, and in her racing days spread 11,390 square feet of canvas in working sails on a hull 127 feet over all, 87 feet waterline, 24 feet 3 inches beam, and 14 feet 2 inches draft. ..." (Source: Anon. "Notes From The Week's Log." Boston Globe, June 21, 1925, p. A62.)

"... Work has been started at Crowninshield's yard, Somerset, across Mount Hope Bay from Fall River, on the fitting out of the houseboat Ingomar, owned by Mrs. Spencer Borden, formerly a 88-foot waterline racing schooner built by the Herreshoffs in 1903 for the late Morton Plant. ..." (Source: Anon. "Notes From The Week's Log." Boston Globe, May 9, 1926, p. A64.)

"... The old Herreshoff schooner Ingomar, which went campaigning abroad some 20 years ago, under the colors of the late Commodore Morton F. Plant, and came home with many cups she had won in English, German and other European waters, is tied up at her builder's yard. She is owned by Spencer Borden of Fall River, who has used her as a houseboat, anchored in Mattapoisett Harbor, for the last two Summers. ..." (Source: Anon. "Notes From The Week's Log." Boston Globe, May 15, 1927, p. B27.)

"... The former racing schooner Ingomar, used for the last two or three seasons by Spencer Borden of Fall River as a houseboat on Mattapoisett Harbor, was due in Boston Harbor last week for extensive alterations, under directions of John G. Alden. This work, to be done at the Atlantic Works, East Boston, includes the installation of a Diesel engine for auxiliary power and new rig of moderate size with a jib-headed mainsail. When the Ingomar was purchased by Mr Borden the lead keel was taken off, and while she was used as a houseboat the interior ballast consisted principally of cobblestones. As the schooner is to be used next Summer for cruising this makeshift ballast will be removed. ..." (Source: Anon. "Ingomar to be Changed to an Auxiliary Schooner." Boston Globe, October 23, 1927, p. A55.)

"... Spencer Borden Jr's reconditioned auxiliary schooner Ingomar left the Atlantic Works, East Boston, where a new auxiliary engine, a new rig, and a change in the interior layout had been made under the supervision of John G. Alden, last Monday for Gloucester. After a couple of days at the Cape Ann harbor the schooner proceeded to Fall River and is soon to leave for a cruise in Florida waters. The new engine drove the Ingomar at a speed of 9 1/2 knots on the run to Gloucester. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yachts and Yachtsmen." Boston Globe, February 19, 1928, p. B15.)

"Friday afternoon the 87-foot waterline auxiliary schooner Ingomar, bought only a couple of weeks ago by Lawrence R. Wilder of the New York Yacht Club from Spencer Borden of Fall River, made a visit to Marblehead, remaining overnight in the harbor.
This famous racing schooner was built in 1903 by Herreshoff for the late Morton F. Plant, and had been owned for about four years by Spencer Borden an ex-flag officer of the Eastern Yacht Club. The first year under the Borden colors the lead keel was removed and she was used as a houseboat in Mattapoisett Harbor as the Summer home of the Borden family.
In the Winter of 1928 the schooner was given a thorough overhauling at East Boston, including the installing of a new standard Diesel engine for auxiliary power and a new staysail schooner rig. After a short Winter cruise to the West Indies the schooner was laid up at Fairhaven until bought by Mr Wilder.
Ingomar is 127 feet overall, 87 feet waterline, 24 feet 3 inches beam, and 12 feet draft. With a rig much reduced from its spread when raced under the colors of Morton Plant, the schooner now has 5500 square feet of sail. She was replaced in the Plant racing fleet by the more famous Elena, which under the colors of William B. Bell won the transatlantic race for the King Alfonso Cup last Summer." (Source: Anon. "Great Demand for Yachts, Old and New." Boston Globe, August 26, 1929, p. 16.)

"... Commodore Charles P. Curtis of the Eastern Yacht Club has chartered for the duration of the Eastern Yacht Club cruise the 127-foot over all auxiliary schooner Ingomar. This yacht originally was a racing schooner built by Herreshoff in 1903 for the late Morton H. Plant. Bought by Spencer Borden in 1925, she was used by him as a house boat at Mattapoisett for a couple of Summers. In the Winter of 1928-29 the schooner received a thorough overhauling, including the installation of a standard Diesel engine at the Atlantic Works. The schooner was sold last Summer by Mr Borden. ..." (Source: Fowle, Leonard M. "Notes From The Week's Log." Boston Globe, June 29, 1930, p. A56.)

"SOUTHPORT, N. C, Feb. 23 [1931] ---The yacht Ingonare [sic, i.e. Ingomar], owned by Albert Hoffman, off New York, sank twenty-five miles south of Cape Fear bar yesterday. A Coast Guard cutter brought the crew of nine to Southport today. The yacht was en route to Charleston, S. C, under command of Captain Leis Sparre. It struck a ledge off Fryiing [sic] Pan shoals and sank almost immediately. The crew escaped in a motor launch. Mr. Hoffman was to have gone aboard at Charleston." (Source: Anon. "Yacht Sinks on Flying [sic] Pan Shoals." New York Times, February 24, 1931, p. 43.)

"Dass falsche Auffassungen der geltenden Vorschriften möglich sind, zeigt ein in der 'Yacht' bereits besprochener Vorfall, mit dessen Beleuchtung vom rechtlichen Standpunkte aus diese Zeilen abgeschlossen werden sollen. Es handelt sich um den berühmten Fall Meteor-Ingomar bei dem Rennen des Kaiserlichen Yacht-Clubs in der Kieler Bucht am 24. Juni 1901 um den Krupp-Erinnerungspreis, der sich nach dem vom Segeloffizier des Meteor geführten Loggbuch wie folgt zugetragen hat:
Auf dem ersten raumen Regattakurse war Meteor der Ingomar davongelaufen und hatte das erste Markboot mit 5 Min. 30 Sek. Vorsprung gegen Ingomar gerundet. Bei der nun folgenden Kreuzstrecke holte Ingomar mehr und mehr auf. Er wurde hierbei namentlich durch wesentlich schnellere Wendungen begünstigt. Im Verlauf der Kreuzstrecke begab sich der Kaiser mit dem Segeloffizier für einige Minuten unter Deck. Während dieser Zeit, in Abwesenheit des Kaisers und des Segeloffiziers, versuchte der am Ruder stehende Skipper, der Amerikaner Parker, über Steuerbordbug vor Ingomar, die über Backbordbug lag und daher Wegerecht hatte, durchzuliegen. Der Versuch misslang. Beide Yachten mussten zur Vermeidung eines Zu-sammenstosses über Stag gehen. Meteor gab daraufhin sofort das Rennen auf und der Kaiser schickte unmittelbar nach Schluss der Regatta einen Offizier auf Ingomar, der das Bedauern des Kaisers über den durch den Skipper des Meteor verschuldeten Vorfall zum Ausdruck brachte.
Soweit wäre alles in Ordnung, wenn nicht der bekannte englische Major Heckstall-Smith, der langjährige Schriftführer der ehemaligen I.Y.R.U. in seinem Buch: 'All Hands on the Main sheet' die merkwürdige Auffassung vertreten hätte, dass Ingomar berechtigt gewesen sei, seinen Konkurrenten 'in Grund und Boden zu laufen' und --- wenn die dänische Uebersctzung stimmt --- 'den Kaiser ins ewige Reich zu senden'. Er führt hierbei aus, dass das tatsächlich erfolgte Aufdrehen der Ingomar im letzten Augenblick auf eine selbständige Handlung des Skippers zurückzuführen sei, der auf seine Frage: 'Was soll ich tun?' die Antwort bekommen habe: 'Halt Kurs!'.
Hätte Ingomar tatsächlich Kurs durchgehalten und wäre es daraufhin zur Kollision gekommen, so hätte jedes Seeamt zweifellos der Ingomar und dem nach seiner Angabe die Verantwortung tragenden Herrn Heckstall-Smith aus ihrem Verstoss gegen den Artikel 27 des Seestrassenrechts den allerschwersten Vorwurf gemacht. Herr Heckstall-Smith ist allem Anschein nach hierüber völlig im Unklaren gewesen; sonst hätte er seine falsche Anweisung an den Skipper: 'Halt Kurs!', und die ausgesprochene Absicht, den Meteor zu rammen, sicher nicht, wie es geschehen, als rühmliches Zeichen seiner Charakterstärke hingestellt.
Jasper.
[Translated from German: The fact that it is possible to misinterpret the applicable regulations is shown by an incident already discussed in the 'Yacht', with the illumination of which, from the legal point of view, these lines should be concluded. It concerns the famous case of Meteor-Ingomar at the race of the Imperial Yacht Club in the Bay of Kiel on June 24, 1901 for the Krupp Memorial Prize, which, according to the logbook kept by the sailing officer of the Meteor, occurred as follows:
On the first broad reach racing course Meteor had run away from Ingomar and had rounded the first mark boat with 5 min. 30 sec. ahead of Ingomar. On the now following upwind course Ingomar caught up more and more. He was favored here namely by substantially faster tacks. In the course of the upwind leg, the emperor and the sailing officer went below deck for a few minutes. During this time, in the absence of the emperor and the sailing officer, the skipper at the helm, the American Parker, attempted to pass over starboard bow in front of Ingomar, who was lying over port bow and therefore had the right of way. The attempt failed. Both yachts had to tack to avoid a collision. Meteor then immediately abandoned the race and the Emperor sent an officer to Ingomar right after the end of the regatta to express the Emperor's regret over the incident caused by Meteor's skipper.
Thus far everything would have been all right, if not the well-known English Major Heckstall-Smith, the long-time secretary of the former I.Y.R.U., in his book: 'All Hands on the Main Sheet', had expressed the strange opinion that Ingomar had been justified in 'running his competitor into the ground' and --- if the Danish translation is correct --- 'sending the Emperor to the eternal empire'. He explains that the actual turning up of the Ingomar at the last moment was due to an independent action of the skipper, who to his question: 'What should I do?' had received the answer 'Hold Course!'.
If Ingomar had indeed stayed the course and if there had been a collision, any maritime authority would undoubtedly have reproached Ingomar and Mr. Heckstall-Smith, who, according to him, was responsible, for their violation of Article 27 of the Maritime Code. To all appearances, Mr. Heckstall-Smith was completely unaware of this; otherwise he would certainly not have presented his false instruction to the skipper: 'Hold course!', and the expressed intention to ram the Meteor, as it happened, as a praiseworthy sign of his strength of character.
Jasper.]" (Source: Anon ('Jasper'). [No title.] Die Yacht, April 21, 1922, p. 330.)

"1925. ... Spencer Borden of Fall River bought the famous old schooner Ingomar and took her to Crowninshield's where, as her lead had been taken off her keel, she was ballasted down to her waterline with stone. ..." (Source: Davis, Jeff. Yachting in Narragansett Bay. Providence, 1946, p. 25.)

"1928. ... In the Spring ... bound for warm weather was Spencer Borden's schooner Ingomar. He had kept her old masts in her, put a jib headed mainsail on her, had an auxiliary engine installed, ballasted her down to her lines with iron in her bilges and sent her to Florida where he met her later and then spent the Summer at Nassau. ..." (Source: Davis, Jeff. Yachting in Narragansett Bay. Providence, 1946, p. 39-40.)

"Michael Barnette ... has done exploration in many places and apparently, a famous yacht sunk in 1931 is his most recent success. Here’s part of a Facebook post from earlier today. 'The wreck of INGOMAR has eluded divers until just recently. A survey conducted by William Hoffman, Joseph Hoyt, and William Sassorossi documented the unidentified yacht in 2017. Imagery collected by John McCord revealed the graceful lines of an elegant yacht. Using their baseline data and looking through archival information, I suspected the wreck was INGOMAR. The dimensions, machinery, and position largely match the attributes of INGOMAR. The wreck rests on her starboard side in deep sand. While not a conclusive identification, the available evidence coupled with the lack of other suspect sites strongly suggest this shipwreck site is indeed the historic yacht INGOMAR.' " (Source: Hudson, Charlie. "Days Slipped By Again...". Blog post dated August 9, 2022. https://charliehudson.net/weblog/2022/08/09/days-slipped-by-again/, retrieved, March 4, 2024.)

"Ingomar was the first of the nine great Herreshoff steel-hulled schooner-yachts. She was designed and built the same year as Reliance --- and, sadly, at the time that NGH's wife Clara was dying of cancer.
Before Ingomar, all the big Herreshoff sailing yachts had been single-stickers, consisting mostly of the America's Cup boats ... By commissioning Ingomar, Morton F. Plant persuaded NGH that schooners, too, had merit. In his notes, NGH calls Ingomar a wonderfully good schooner that easily proved the fastest of her type. He wrote that he had sailed on her a few times and was well pleased. Charlie Barr, who had sailed Reliance to victory the summer of 1903 when both yachts made their debut, became Ingomar's skipper the following season, and he, too, was well pleased. Writing to NGH, after a 1904 trans-Atlantic crossing, he said: 'Ingomar is as good a cruising yacht as you will find anywhere....'
For the 1904 sea voyage, a smaller rig was fitted, and her racing spars were shipped across by steamer. For racing in Europe, the Herreshoffs had fitted Ingomar with a 2-foot-deeper keel; her centerboard was removed in the process. (In 1906, after her return, the procedure was reversed to restore the yacht's original 14-foot draft. In 1925, records indicate the removal of both the lead keel and centerboard, resulting in a 12-foot draft --- this along with the installation of an auxiliary engine.) Ingomar brought back seventeen trophies from her single season in European waters. Only the legendary schooner America had campaigned abroad with more success.
Big yachts, especially metal ones like Ingomar, were usually built in the South Construction Shop, but because that space had been assigned to Reliance in 1903, Ingomar was set up and built in the North Shop. At her launching (on greased ways, because that shop had no railway) she hit the water at such great speed that she kept going and going until, after turning a full circle, she gently hit the dock stern first." (Source: Bray, Maynard and Carlton Pinheiro. Herreshoff of Bristol. Brooklin, Maine, 1989, p. 101.)

"[Item Description:] Handwritten notebook titled in ink '1881. (Supplies.) 60ft Yacht[s]. 48ft Vidette. 45ft Vidette' listing 'Supplies [delivered by HMCo] for 60ft Steam Yachts with 6 and 10 1/2 x 10 Engine & Ii boiler [#76p IDLE HOUR, #72p CAMILLA, #77p EDITH, #79p DIDO]. Also 'Supplies for 45 feet open yacht with 4 1/4 and 7 x 7 engine, G boiler' [#78p Juliet]. Also 'Supplies for 48 feet Vidette boats Nos 74 and 75 [#74p and #75p]'. Also 'List of spare parts for 8 and 14 x 9 Engines. Str. #74 & #75 [#74p and #75p]'. Including an inserted penciled note listing anchors and cables supplied for #590s INGOMAR." (Source: MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.143. Notebook. Box HAFH.6.5B, Folder Supply List for Vessels. 1881.)
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"[Item Description:] HMCo Plan HH.5.05837 (079-026). Blueprint rig detail plan titled '#529 [New York 70] Class. Bowsprit & topmast end Cones. Feb[ruary] 3, 1900'. (Other boats referenced on this plan are #532s, #533s, #534s, #590s, #657s, #719s, and #772s)." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01220. Folder [no #]. 1900-02-03.)
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"[Item Description:] HMCo Plan HH.5.02115 (029-019). Blueprint preliminary general arrangement plan with plan view and inboard profile titled 'Preliminary Sketch of Schooner [#590s INGOMAR]. 123ft o.a. 88ft w.l.'. With penciled sketches and notes [including a penciled note 'Round skylight' over the cabin, thus defining one of the boat's most famous features] suggesting this to be a plan that notes suggestions by INGOMAR's owner Morton Plant." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0049. WRDT08, Folder 5, formerly MRDE10. 1902-08-23.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections titled '90ft Sch[ooner] [#590s INGOMAR]. Sept[ember] 9 1902. 2nd [trial or model]. Not used'. With calculations arriving at a displacement of 6100cuft = 388000lbs = 174 tons gross. On verso a second set of penciled pantograph hull sections with calculations titled '90ft sch[ooner] 1 [trial or model]'. " (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_04170. Folder [no #]. 1902-09-09.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections and displacement curve titled '#590 Sch[ooner] for M[orton] Plant. 86ft w.l. Scale 3/8. (90ft w.l. ch[anged] to 86[ft])'. With calculations arriving at a displacement of 5675cuft = 363000lbs = 162 gross tons and a wetted surface of 2420sqft. Undated (INGOMAR was contracted for on September 13, 1902)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_04100. Folder [no #]. No date (ca 1902-09-13 ??).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections titled '86ft w.l. schooner, #590 [INGOMAR]. Mr. Plant. Scale 3.8. From finished model Sept[ember] 25, 1902'. With calculations arriving at a displacement of 4968cuft for body part and 553cuft for keel for a total of 5521[cuft] = 36700[sic, i.e. 367000]lbs = 158 long tons. On verso another set of penciled pantograph hull sections, crossed out." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_07750. Folder [no #]. 1902-09-25.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph lead sections titled 'No. 590 [#590s INGOMAR]. C.b. 86ft w.l schooner. Oct[ober] 8 1902'. With calculations and note 'Amount of outside lead required 170000lbs = 239.2cuft = 414000cuin' and concluding with 'Result. 402400cuin = 166000lbs lead at 12 1/2in aft of # 40 frame'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Lead Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_07850. Folder [no #]. 1902-10-08.)
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"[Item Transcription:] This is the first opportunity I have had to respond to your favor of the 11th. In the first place, permit me to thank you very much for the information given therein.
I note there is no material difference between the English and German racing rules. In the first place, it is entirely out of the question for us to consider racing the 'INGOMAR' [#590s] against any boat, wherein we would have to allow 51.15 seconds per mile. Now comes the question as to how much slower the 'INGOMAR' would be as a keel boat than as a centreboard. Her rating would be 98.5 and I note we would have to allow 16.4 seconds per mile. The information given Mr. Robinson by Mr. J.B. Herreshoff, (which I thought I had in my pocket, but find I have not) according to my recollection, would mean, the 'INGOMAR' would have to allow the 'CECILY', as a basis, 18 seconds per mile.
I should like to know how much it would cost me to make this change. Your brother informed me over the phone the other day that he could not tell exactly, but it would not cost to exceed $5,000. That sum is pretty high, it seems to me, but you are the best judge, and ought to know exactly what it would cost, or approximately, and therefore, as Mr. Robinson is to be in my house in Groton on Friday of this week, provided all goes well, at which time we propose to take this subject up and go through it very thoroughly I would like very much for you to write me tomorrow in response to this, addressing me at Groton, so I may receive it Friday morning." (Source: Plant, Morton F. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_11920. Correspondence, Folder 35, formerly 174. 1903-10-14.)
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"[Item Description:] Yours of October 21st has been received, for which please accept my thanks. At the earliest possible moment I will find out what, if anything, is to be done about the [#499s COLUMBIA] mast [as a flagpole in New York]. I had heard sometime ago about Mr. Plant's intentions as Mr. Robinson had spoken of them rather freely. I hope that the boat [#590s INGOMAR] will be successful and I see no reason why she should not be." (Source: Morgan, E.D. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_38330. Correspondence, Folder 75, formerly 61. 1903-10-27.)
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"[Item Transcription:] I was very sorry to see in the paper that you were ill and was about to write you in the following day when I heard from Butler Duncan, I think, that your illness was only a cold and not at all serious, at which Mrs. Morgan and I were very much relieved. I want to ask you one more question about the 'COLUMBIA' [#499s]as I am expected to be thoroughly posted on all subjects concerning her. Do you think that with her lead cut off and put inside her giving a draught of about 16 feet that she would make a sufficiently fast yawl to be successful in racing on the other side? I am afraid that the penalty on draught is so great that I do not believe that as a schooner she would be able to give her time to the English schooners and particularly your own 'INGOMAR' [#590s]. What do you think? Do you think her better chance would be as a yawl and, if so, do you think that chance is intrinsically a good one? I am sorry to give you so much trouble, but you must look upon it as the penalty of being great. Of course I do not know that anything will come of it, but as I said before, I feel that I must be posted and accurately so. As soon as convenient I hope you will send me the deck plan [of #499s COLUMBIA] for the model maker [Gustav Grahn]. Incl. NGH reply: You know I have always a good opinion of COLUMBIA. I doubt very much if they have a faster boat on the other side of her size, but she would have to give BUNA[?] a lot of time allowance due to the peculiarities in their time allowance tables. I have no doubt but what COLUMBIA could be made into a a tiptop yawl. The reduction of draft could be very easily made and adding a little more ballast inside than would be taken from the keel would keep her stable stiff without increasing the wetted surface. As to the suggestion of a schooner & if she were ballasted a little deeper, making her somewhat over 90' lwl and a good sized rig given her, I should think she ought to give time to INGOMAR [#590s]. As to what she would do with what may be afloat in England in[?] next[?] year I am unable[?] to say.
I think you know I am not enthusiastic of us sending any boat over to race in British waters and I also donot approve of long ocean races.
I wish to thank you and Mrs Morgan for the interest in me during my recent illness, which by the way was not at all serious and only a few days duration and not at all as described in the papers.
With kind regards in which Mrs. H[erreshoff] joins, ..." (Source: Morgan, E.D. (incl NGH reply). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_38340. Correspondence, Folder 75, formerly 61. 1903-11-09.)
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"[Item Transcription:] If you can do so without too much trouble will you kindly send me as soon as practicable the measurements of the MINEOLA [#529s], HUMMA [#553s], EFFORT [#552s?], COUNTESS [#538s] and INGOMAR [#590s] under the formula (L * sq-rt(SA)) / (5.5 * cube-rt(D)) or any of the other[?] boats of these named in the place of the ones mentioned, also the area of the working topsail and of the largest clubtopsail.
I only want approximate figures as nearly accurate as possible.
The Measurement Com. of the NYY Club and the Com. on Rules require these figures to determine the questions of classification and rules to be recommended to the club for adoption at the next meeting.
I am particularly anxious to get the MINEOLA & HUMMA classes and the INGOMAR and if I could have these it would be that I would require although I would be glad to get the others as well. I am... [Incl penciled NGH reply / notes:] [Penciled table with data for MINEOLA, ALTAIR [#539s], EFFORT, COUNTESS, INGOMAR showing quarter beam length, sail area, displacement in cubic feet, and measurement using above quoted formula.]" (Source: Lawton, N.D. (incl NGH reply). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_69740. Measuring and Measurement Rules (Box 1), Folder B1F03, formerly MRDE15. 1904-01-26.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph lead sections and calculations titled 'INGOMAR' and annotated 'Additional keel put on INGOMAR (#590) in lieu of the centreboard. The inside lead - 9894lbs - to be taken out and about 11000 added outside in aft part of addtional keel'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Lead Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0618. WRDT08, Folder 46. No date (ca 1904-03 ??).)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Typewritten cablegram notice:] Sassnotz [Sassnitz].
Herreshoff.
Inspected Ingomar [#590s]. Her performance to windward quite unprecedented. Lightness combined with utmost power of resistance and efficiency are the main features in her build and rig. The skylight arrangement most ingenious. She created a general stir in yachting circles. Is considered the fastest schooner afloat in the world and quite a new departure in this class. Would you undertake to build a fast cruiser for me about the size of METEOR [#190401es Unbuilt Schooner for German Emperor], i.e., not exceeding 32 Segellaengen German yacht measurement. INGOMAR measures 27.
William I. R.
8:35 A. M.
7/6/04." (Source: William, I.R. (German Emperor). Correspondence (cablegram notice) to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_09640. Correspondence, Folder 28, formerly 149. 1904-06-07.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Handwritten (in ink) letter marked 'Copy' on sans-serif 'Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, R.I.' stationery, most likely in preparation for the design of #190401es Unbuilt Schooner for German Emperor:] I want to ask a few questions about the yachting conditions you have found in German waters and also about the INGOMAR [#590s].
1st. Have you found INGOMAR a good type of cruising yacht?
2. Has she shown any weakness in any part?
3. In what ways did she not come up to the requirement of the German Lloyds or whatever inspection she had to stand (for Cruising Class)?
4. Has the type of steering gear in INGOMAR given any trouble either in the ocean voyages or in racing?
5. Would you recommend the same type of steering gear in this larger vessel with increase of power, or do you think a screw gear would be better? Of course you understand the screw would slower and part of the energy of the helmsman is absorbed in friction instead of turning the rudder, but has the important feature of not coming back on the helmsman.
6. Do you find winds much stronger than here? And is INGOMAR any too stiff for the sailing you have experienced in the German and English waters?
7. Have any suggestion about sails, particularly the light sails best suited there?
8. Have you used our sails or those ordered of Ratsey?" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Letter to Capt. Charlie Barr. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_12750. Correspondence, Folder 36, formerly 189. 1904-07-27.)
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"[Item Description:] Newspaper clipping titled 'New Era Appears in Yacht Building. Safe and Sane Types Now Being Developed by Designer Herreshoff' with full page article describing Herreshoff history, NGH and JBH, special emphasis on #590s INGOMAR, #657s QUEEN, #658s IROLITA II, mention of #625s DORIS, NGH's sons (three of whom helped lay down QUEEN's lines), the cottage on Brurnside street for the use of the employees in their recreation or studies, and the Herreshoff Marine Band. With photos sub-titled 'Nat Herreshoff and Foreman on the way to the Shops [driving NGH's Stanley Surry], 'John B. Herreshoff's Yacht, the EUGENIA [#224p], 'Nat Herreshoff's House, Boathouse and Wharf', 'Where Cup Defenders are Born' and Herreshoff Shops from the Water'." (Source: Providence Sunday Journal (creator). Newspaper Clipping. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE14_01150. Folder [no #]. 1906-06-17.)
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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:] #590s INGOMAR to be put in commission this year, please send a cost estimate for a suit of sails, believe she has no chance against #657s QUEEN or ELMIRA, I will join INGOMAR in Bristol" (Source: Cormack, George A. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_24190. Correspondence, Folder 71. 1907-05-16.)
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"[Item Transcription:] I was very glad to see your familiar hand on arriving at the office this morning and very much interested to hear that you have a lot of new work. I suppose that those three new one design sloops [New York 57s #663s ISTALENA, #664s WINSOME and #667s AURORA] will be the best kind of fun and I envy the owners. I am looking forward with a great deal of interest to seeing the models. You do not mention what other work you have. Sometime if you are at leisure I would like to hear what it is, but I do not want to impose any extra task on you because I know what a lot of work you must have with your brother away, although I had not heard before that he was away. [JBH had been for 2 months in Europe in the spring of 1907.]
I have taken my engineer for a chauffeur and as far as I can see, I have done wisely, for he certainly has a most satisfactory character and disposition. I am therefore, treating now for a new engineer and as soon as he has been engaged, I will send him to Newport to have the VANISH [#177p] towed to Bristol with the boiler in her quite loose. When the retubing has been finished he will see to the replacing and putting the engine in order. I think perhaps it would be well after you see what work has to be done in rabbiting the sleeve of the shaft, if you would send me an outside figure.
I hear that the 'INGOMAR' [#590s] is to be out with [Charlie] Barr in charge, and I understand that Butler Duncan is to be on board of her, at least for a time. How I envy him. I am going to try to get him to take me sailing with him once, as I have never even been aboard the 'INGOMAR'.
I am sure you will appreciate how serious to me is the loss of Capt. Craven, as a friend as well as a seaman. Twenty-nine years of service speaks for itself and the whole family feel his loss most severely." (Source: Morgan, E.D. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_38500. Correspondence, Folder 76, formerly 62. 1907-05-20.)
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"[Item Description:] will you kindly give me quarter beam length, displacement and draught of #590s INGOMAR, incl. penciled figures by NGH" (Source: Hallock, William (incl NGH reply). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_34540. Subject Files, Folder 42, formerly 32. 1907-06-15.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections titled 'INGOMAR. #590. At w.l. of 87.5[ft] to calculate disp[lacement] for NYYC Measurer. June 19, 1907. Scale 3/8'. With calculations arriving at 5930cuft [= 379520lbs] and a Rating of 88.75ft." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_04090. Folder [no #]. 1907-06-19.)
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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 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 Transcription:] Enclosed please find the Proposed Amendments to the Racing Rules adopted by the Conference last Thursday, also Mr. Poor's letter as Secretary of the Committee. If you will send me what you think is a good definition of a 'yawl', I will present it to the other members of the Committee. I felt all along, that if they had left the entire matter of changing the rules in your hands, the universal rule in this country would have been much better off. While I did not make the above statement in the exact words at the conference, I expressed my feelings to that effect.
I think you will see Mr. Rumrill [whose contract for #685s ADVENTURESS will be signed December 19, 1908 ]in person either Monday or Tuesday, if not before. Incl NGH draft reply: I didn't get your[?] letter until this a.m[?].
Have looked over draft of amendments and have penciled lightly a few notes in places that may need some attention.
About definition of yawl. I will suggest a group of definitions:
Schooner: A fore & aft rigged vessel with two or more masts and generally with bowsprit, carrying the largest sail on aftermost mast.
Ketch: A fore & aft rigged vessel with two or more masts and generally with bowsprit having the aftermost mast stepped forward of rudder and its sail smaller than the mainsail.
Yawl: A fore & aft rigged vessel with two or more masts and generally with bowsprit having the aftermost mast stepped aft the rudder and carrying a small sail.
Sloop: A fore & aft rigged vessel with one mast and bowsprit.
Knockabout: A small sloop rigged vessel without bowsprit and generally without topmast.
Catboat: A small vessel having one mast stepped near the bow, carrying a mainsail only.
I thank you for your kind consideration of me, but I don't aspire to any such position. My feeling is to see the most perfect rules in force, but I am afraid the present changes are not all what they should have been.
Dec 15 [19]08. I find QUEEN's [#657s] mast is 54% of w.l. IROLITA [#658s] sch[ooner] rig is also 54% and INGOMAR [#590s] 56%. In her case the mast had to be placed aft of proper position to get the saloon forward of it that Mr Plant wanted, rig being a secondary consideration. The only ketch we have built (SPALPEEN [#481s]) the main boom[?] is 60% of w.l. The mizzen mast is stepped forward of cockpit in which the tiller reaches a little way into. I consider the rig a normal one and well suited for a cruising boat. The last yawl we have built (PETREL [#510s]) has mainsail 40% of S and mizzen over 10% of S. The rig is good proportion[?] for cruising yacht, with mizzen larger enough to be of use with mainsail off.
I can see no sense in ruling against such a rig as QUEEN or IROLITA, or any rig that proves censenwi[?] and fast, and the masts stepped inbound enough that they can be held and not strain the vessel. The practical difficulty with most yawls is in straining the stern of the vessel. To overcome that they might rule that the section of the hull where mizzen is stepped must not be less than say 1/2 B in width or 1/6 B in depth, with area of mizzen not more than 1/10 S. I would suggest that instead of the limitation proposed that the Measurer report any abnormal rig to a committee who should decide on its merits and also on handicap to be revised[?] from a standard[?] sloop.
[With table:]
Allowance for rig
Sloops & knockabouts 100% of rating
Yawls 2 masts 93% of rating
Schooners 2 masts 90% of rating
Ketch 2 masts 86% of rating
Yawls 3 masts 81% of rating
Schooner 3 masts 81% of rating
Ketch 3 masts 77% of rating" (Source: Emmons, Robert W. (incl NGH reply). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_69450. Measuring and Measurement Rules (Box 1), Folder B1F02, formerly MRDE15. 1908-12-05.)
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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:
§31: Work Order [For] #590s and Wharf Shears. [When wanted] Soon. Galv. plow steel rope (1903-01-21)
§32: Work Order [For] #590s. [When wanted] Immediately. Galv. steel yacht rigging. Roebling's (1903-12-10)." (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:] Steering wheel cover plate design including name, hull no, and year for #590s INGOMAR." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Steering Wheel Cover Plate Design. MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.132. Box HAFH.6.4B, Folder Steering Wheel Cover Plates. No date (ca1911-03-08).)
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"[Item Description:] very many thanks for your kind letter, I am trying to persuade myself that it would be better to abandon the auxiliary feature altogether and go in for a straight sailing yacht [#722s KATOURA], my idea would be an enlarged #692s WESTWARD say 115ft WL and 160ft OA, could you turn out such a vessel by August 1st and would you recommend me to build such a vessel?, idea would be to have two rigs, I enclose rough sketch of accomodation, PS: I put 18 men in forecastle, incl. NGH reply: I think the cabin arrangement very good, like the idea of putting deck house aft, only it would have to be moved a little more aft, ..., that is as it was #590s INGOMAR and the plan made for the Emperor [#190401es], such a craft is very interesting to me and I would very much like to design and superintentend the construction of it, by 1st of August it would be too much for my brother and myself as both are feeling the wear of many years of work and find it necessary to be careful with ourselves, I was quite used up the spring after building #692s WESTWARD and again after building #706s ELENA, and last year I was fortunate in being able to go to a milder climate, I may have to leave again just when it would be necessary for me to be at home, we would like to do it and hope you can plan to allow more time before completion, do you think it possible?" (Source: Tod, Robert E. (incl NGH reply). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_16870. Correspondence, Folder 45, formerly 146. 1912-12-03.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled tabulated data, untitled, with comparative weight data for for Hull, Cabin work, Rig (standing), Equipment (chanin, anchors, boats, sails, etc), Furnishings , water, crew, etc., Outside lead, inside lead (all his data as percentages), Displacement (in lbs and cubic foot), w.l. (in ft), beam (in f.t) and cube-root(D)/lwl for 7 schooner yachts: #590s INGOMAR, #657s QUEEN, #692s WESTWARD, #698s VAGRANT I [marked 'composite'], #706s ELENA, #891s WILDFIRE, and #719s VAGRANT II. With additional calculations for WILDFIRE. On verso of printed voting proxy from Fairhaven Mills for annual stockholders meeting on February 1, 1922. Undated, WILDFIRE the latest of these designs, was contracted for on December 13, 1922." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Table. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_03000. Folder [no #]. No date (1922-12-13 or later ??).)
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"[Item Description:] Hulls, anchors and pipe berth cut-out models and diagrams. Among others deckline cut-outs for BETTY ANN, #300p SHADOW III, NOMAD, Fishers Island 31-footer, Fishers Island 23-footer, Sub Chaser 110ft x 18ft, 11ft-6in Boat [built from Plan] 76-17 [now named Plan 28-21] (76-33 [now named Plan 28-23]) for Mr Tiffany's #934 [HARLEQUIN] [this may be a reference to #191901es], 18ft-9in Launch [#191002ep] used on #692 [WESTWARD], 14ft Rowboat [#190912es] [built from Plan] 76-14 698 [#698s WESTWARD], 19ft-4 1/2in x 5ft-4in Launch [#191304ep] for #719 [VAGRANT II], 14ft-8in Gasoline Launch [#190307ep] for 590 [#590s INGOMAR], 10ft-3in Boat [# ?] for 376 [#376p ESLOMA], 18ft Dories [#191729es] for #323 [SP-2840], #293 [Power Launch for #215p ROAMER], Vosper [Torpedo Boats built from 1943 - 1944), AMC Minesweeper [#411p, #412p, #413p, #414p], 16ft-10in x 5ft-1in [#191307es Colonia Sailing Cutter] for #719 [VAGRANT II], 711 Class [New York 50s], [dinghies #191308es and #191309es] for #722 [KATOURA], 12ft [dinghy #191106es ?] for 698 [#698s WESTWARD], 25ft-10in x 6ft-1in [built from Plan] 2-83 [#191301ep Owner Launch for #722s Katoura], 11ft-0in Rowboat [# ?] between davits on #251 [LANG SYNE] Feb [19]06, 23ft-4in x 6ft-4in [#287p Stock launch later Crew Launch for #722s KATOURA]. Generally undated, the last vessels referred to appear to date from 1944." (Source: MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.130. Cut-out Models and Diagrams. Box HAFH.6.4B, Folder Models and Diagrams. No date (1944 and earlier).)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #590s Ingomar even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• Taglang, Jacques. Mariette and the Herreshoff Schooners. Two vols. Eynesse, 2010.
  Vessel biographies, large-scale sail and lines plans reproduced from original HMCo plans. The definitive book on Herreshoff schooners.
• Tucker, Frank Ramsay. "Ingomar." Rudder, June 1904, p. 375-376. (175 kB)
  Document is copyrighted: No. Description of Ingomar.
• Taylor, William H. "Vale Ingomar! A Yacht Long Famous in the Annals of Yacht Racing Meets Her End." Yachting Magazine, May, 1931, p. 63-64, 132, 134, 136. (341 kB)
  Document is copyrighted: Yes. Detailed life story of Ingomar, with special emphasis on her loss on the Frying Shoals in February 1931.

• Ingomar (HMCo-made index card)
• Ingomar (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: Ingomar
Type: Schooner
Length: 86'1"
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.

• Ingomar
• 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: Ingomar
Type: 87' 3" schooner
Owner: Morton F. Plant
Year: 1903
Row No.: 298

Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis. "Partial List of Herreshoff-Built Boats." In: Herreshoff, L. Francis. Capt. Nat Herreshoff. The Wizard of Bristol. New York, 1953, p. 325-343.

Month: Sept.
Day: 13
Year: 1903 [sic, i.e. 1902]
E/P/S: S
No.: 0590
Name: Ingomar
LW: 86' 1"
B: 24' 2"
D: 14'
Rig: Schn.
K: y
CB: y
Ballast: Lead O.
Amount: $94,000.00
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.

"#590s Ingomar was named after Ingomar in the romantic drama 'Sohn der Wildnis' ('Son of the Wilderness' or 'Ingomar the Barbarian'), written in 1842 by Baron Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen (April 2, 1806 - May 22, 1871), an Austrian dramatist, poet and short-story writer of the Austrian Biedermeier period better known under his pseudonym, 'Friedrich Halm'. Ingomar's lover was Parthenia, who would lend her name to #222p Parthenia, ordered also in 1902 and also by Morton Plant." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. November 2, 2010.)

"Built in 284 days (contract to launch; equivalent to $331/day, 1244 lbs displacement/day)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 4, 2024.)

"N/A"

"[Sail area info 10,993sqft.]" (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.)

"[Displacement (5521 cubic feet) (= 353344lbs).]" (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.)

"[Displacement at 86ft w.l. and 24.05ft beam = 354000lbs = 5540cuft.]" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Penciled untitled note with comparative weight data for large Herreshoff-designed schooners thought to be dated December 13, 1922 or later. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum.)

"[Displacement at 87.5ft w.l. = 5930cuft (= 379520lbs).]" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Penciled note on pantograph hull sections taken for #590s Ingomar off the original model on June 19, 1907 for the NYYC Measurer. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum.)

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