HMCo #600s Flight
Particulars
Name: FlightLater Name(s): Aida (ca1910), Flight (ca1917-)
Type: Bar Harbor Class
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1902-10-3
Launch: 1903-3-10
Construction: Wood
LOA: 48' 9" (14.86m)
LWL: 30' 9" (9.37m)
Beam: 10' 4" (3.15m)
Draft: 7' 3" (2.21m)
Rig: Sloop Double Head Rig
Sail Area: 1,492sq ft (138.6sq m)
Displ.: 21,152 lbs (9,594 kg)
Keel: yes
Ballast: Lead outside
Built for: Morrell, Edward de Veaux
Amount: $4,960.00
Note(s) in HMCo Construction Record: Bar Harbor Class, J&M D. H. [double head rig, in column]
Last year in existence: 2009 (aged 106)
Final disposition: Apparently destroyed in Chicago in 2009.
See also:
Note: Particulars are primarily but not exclusively from the HMCo Construction Record. Supplementary information not from the Construction Record appears elsewhere in this record with a complete citation.
Model
Model number: 713Model location: H.M.M. Model Room North Wall Right
Vessels from this model:
13 built, modeled by NGH
Original text on model:
"Bar Harbor class No. 592-604 in class
30' 9" w.l. scale of lengths 15 7/8 per foot [arrow drawn by Sid with question mark]
Scale 3/4' = 1' lengths 12.5/12 of model pointing to deck under side of 1 1/8 deck" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Model Description:
"30' 9" lwl Bar Harbor 31-foot class sloops of 1903 of which thirteen were built. Several survive, and Indian is at the Herreshoff Marine Museum awaiting restoration." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)
Note: Vessels that appear in the records as not built, a cancelled contract, a study model, or as a model sailboat are listed but not counted in the list of vessels built from a model.
Offsets
Offset booklet number(s): HH.4.139
Offset booklet contents:
#592 - #604 inclusive [30' 9" w.l. Bar Harbor 31 -class sloops].
Offset Booklet(s) in Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. (Restricted access --- see curator.)
Drawings
Explore all drawings relating to this boat.List of drawings:
Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
HMCo #600s Flight are listed in bold.
Click on Dwg number for preview, on HH number to see at M.I.T. Museum.
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Dwg 079-049 (HH.5.05859): Details (1900-04-04)
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Dwg 095-024 (HH.5.07828): Deck House for # 560 Class (1901-08-29)
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Dwg 079-087 (HH.5.05896); Chainplates for # 560 to 567 (1901-09-18)
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Dwg 093-040 (HH.5.07645): Cabin Table # 560 Class (1901-10-10)
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Dwg 111-045 (HH.5.09236); General Arrangement > Arrangement of Galley on # 560 Class and # 592 Class (1901-10-14)
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Dwg 127-135 (HH.5.10003): Sails > Redwing - Bar Harbor 30' Class # 601, Reduced Rig 1902 (1902)
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Dwg 111-000 (HH.5.09253.1); Wine Locker for # 592 Class (ca. 1902-04-17)
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Dwg 110-003 (HH.5.08968): Sheave on Boom-End for Clew-Outhaul (1902-06-18)
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Dwg 076-046 (HH.5.05504); Construction Dwg > Bar Harbor Cruising Class # 592 to # 604 Inclusive (1902-10-01)
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Dwg 025-008 (HH.5.01757); List of Castings Forgings Sheet Metal Work & Material (1902-10-03)
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Dwg 000-000 [029-000] (HH.5.02171); General Arrangement > Plan of Bar Harbor Class (1902-10-09)
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Dwg 127-136 (HH.5.10004): Sails > Bar Harbor Class No. 592 to 604 (1902-10-09)
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Dwg 025-009 (HH.5.01758): List of Frames, Floors, Floor Bolts, Deck Beams and Keel Bolts (1902-10-15)
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Dwg 111-049 (HH.5.09240); Bulkheads and Other Woodwork, Cypress with Mahogany Trimmings (1902-10-17)
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Dwg 059-047 (HH.5.04211): Metal Floor on # 28, # 592, etc. (1902-10-18)
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Dwg 081-017 (HH.5.06105): Spars for Bar Harbor Class of 30 ft. (1902-10-22)
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Dwg 064-059 (HH.5.04535): # 592 Class Rudder and Hangings (1902-10-24)
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Dwg 091-089 (HH.5.07362): Block List # 592 - 604 (1902-11-06)
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Dwg 110-005 (HH.5.08970); Turnbuckle Ends for 3/8" P.S. Wire for 592 Class and 7/16" P.S. Wire for [617] (1902-11-10)
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Dwg 034-085 (HH.5.02496): Cradle for 30' (592 Class) for Launching (1902-12-04)
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Dwg 034-086 (HH.5.02497): Details for Cradle 30' 592 Class Do (1902-12-04)
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Dwg 030-045 (HH.5.02259): Docking Plan for 30' Class of Bar Harbor (1903-05-27)
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Dwg 144-011 (HH.5.11966): Bulkheads and Details # 624 (1905-01-11)
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Dwg 096-142 (HH.5.08094); Sails > Sail Plan, Bar Harbor 30' Class 592, 604 (1922-09-14)
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Dwg 130-131 (HH.5.10441); Sails > Reduced Rig for Bar Harbor 30-Footers (1923-12-26)
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Dwg 130-132 (HH.5.10442): Sails > Bar Harbor 30 ft. Class # 592 - 604 (1923-12-29)
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Dwg 076-046 (HH.5.05505); Construction Dwg > Bar Harbor Cruising Class # 592 to # 604 Inclusive (1926-03-09)
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Dwg 128-113 (HH.5.10241): Sails > # 592 Class Redwing 1929 Marconi Rig, Balloon Rig and Spinnaker (1929 ?)
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Dwg 128-112 (HH.5.10240): Sails > 592 Class Redwing Re-Rigged (1930-02-10)
Note: The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection is copyrighted by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass. Permission to incorporate information from it in the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné is gratefully acknowledged. The use of this information is permitted solely for research purposes. No part of it is to be published in any form whatsoever.
Documents
Nathanael G. Herreshoff
"[1903-02-12] Thu 12: Heavy gale N to NW. Clear & mild. Began planking #600 [Flight]. ...
[1903-02-18] Wed 18: Strong gale from west. Cold. Turned over #600 [Flight].
[1903-03-10] Tue 10: Overcast. Took #600 [Flight] out of e[ast] shop." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1903. Manuscript (excerpts). Diary access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.)
"Nos. 592 to 604 inclusive [#592s, #593s, #594s, #595s, #596s, #597s, #598s, #599s, #600s, #601s, #602s, #603s, #604s].
Bar Harbor Class.
Frame spaces 12 1/2".
Planking 1 1/8".
Timbers moulded 1 1/2" at head increasing 1/8 per foot.
Sided 1 7/8".
Keel steamed or bent 2 7/8" think[?]." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. [Penciled note in Offset Booklet HH.4.139.] No date [ca. October 1902]. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)
Other Contemporary Text Source(s)
"A contract for sixteen [sic, i.e. thirteen] sloop yachts of the thirty foot class was received this week by the Herreshoffs. The boats are to be of one design and are to be drawn by lot next spring. It is to be known as the Bar Harbor class and the yachts will be constructed in the building now in process of construction on the east side of Hope street, opposite the construction shops." (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity." Bristol Phoenix, October 3, 1902, p. 2.)
"BAR HARBOR, Sept 20 [1902]. --- ... Prospects for the yachting fraternity next season are excellent. There is to be a single-design class built which will be uniform in every particular, the various members to draw for their boats. Those who will build are V. Everett Macy, A. J. Cassatt, W. G. Ladd, H. L. Eno, Edgar Scott, Edward Morrell, R. Horace Gallatin, H. M. Sears, W. C. Allison, J. M. Sears, Antonio Y. Stewart, and T. G. Condon." (Source: Anon. "Bar Harbor Happenings." New York Times, September 21, 1902.)
"Work has begun on the first of the new class of 30-footers known as the Bar Harbor class. These boats are to be built in the new shop constructed this fall directly opposite the old construction shop. There are to be fourteen [sic, i.e. 13] of these boats built from the same mould, and will be drawn by lot in the spring." (Source: Anon. "Yachting." New York Tribune, November 16, 1902, p. 10.)
"Flight, sloop, of Bristol.
Built at Bristol, RI, by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.
10.46 gross tons, 8.71 net tons; 36.4 ft. x 10.4 ft. x 5 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
One deck, one mast, overhanging head, overhanging stern.
Surveyed and measured, March 30, 1903." (Source: U.S. Customs Department, Bristol, R.I. Custom House Record Book, 1870s to 1904 (Collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum), s.v. Flight.)
"[License issued to vessel under 20 tons. Pos. 84:]
Flight, sloop, of Bristol.
Built at Bristol, 1903.
8.71 tons; 36.4 ft. x 10.4 ft. x 5 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
No specifications shown.
Lic[ensed] ([as] yacht) May 6, 1903. Owner: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol. Master: N. G. Herreshoff. ([Record at:] C[ustom] H[ouse, Providence])." (Source: Survey of Federal Archives, Work Projects Administration. Ships Documents of Rhode Island. Bristol. Ship Registers and Enrollments of the Port of Bristol - Warren Rhode Island, 1941, s.v. Flight.)
"H. B. Whittier, of Boston, has sold the auxiliary Bar Harbor 30-footer Aida to a prominent Boston yachtsman." (Source: Anon. "Yachts Change Hands." Forest and Stream, February 12, 1910, p. 264.)
"... Percy Chase, who purchased last fall the Bar Harbor 31-footer Aida has had the auxiliary engine removed at Stearns & McKay's. ..." (Source: Anon. "Notes from the Week's Log." Boston Globe, May 1, 1910, p. 57.)
"No. 18073 --- For Sale --- Bar Harbor 31-ft. Flight; built and designed by Herreshoff; l. o. a. 49 ft., l. w. l. 31 ft., beam 10 ft. 6 in., draught 7 ft. 4 in. Lead keel about 9,000 lb. Champion Massachusetts Bay 1915-1916. This yacht has always been kept in A-1 shape and is in first-class condition. Is stored at Graves Yard (under shed), Marblehead, Mass. Sails, Wilson & Silsby, in first-class condition. One suit used only part of season. Only reason for selling is owner has purchased boat in another class. Price and further particulars can be obtained on application to Hollis Burgess Yacht Agency, 15 Exchange Street, Boston, Mass." (Source: Rudder, March 1919, p. 138.)
Other Modern Text Source(s)
"I have sad news about Flight. Someone was found to move her to the east coast, and probably restore her. A trucker had been lined up and there was even a deposit paid to the trucker. However, when the potential new owner called the owner back, he said he'd decided to cut her up, and no amount of pleading would change his mind. Maybe he wants the scrap value of the lead..." (Source: Beardsley, Bill. [Post to Herreshoff Forum on February 12, 2009.] http://www.herreshoffregistry.org/forum/index.php?topic=112.0, accessed November 6, 2010.)
Archival Documents
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections titled 'Bar Harbor class [#592s, #593s, #594s, #595s, #596s, #597s, #598s, #599s, #600s, #601s, #602s, #603s, #604s]. 2nd model [Model 713]. 1st trial. Sc[ale] 3/4. Sept[ember] 25 1903 []sic, i.e. 1902'. With calculations arriving at a displacement of 337.5cuft [= 21600lbs]." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_03990. Folder [no #]. 1902-09-25.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections with radials titled 'Bar Harbor Class. # 592 to 604 inclusive [#592s, #593s, #594s, #595s, #596s, #597s, #598s, #599s, #600s, #601s, #602s, #603s, #604s]. From finished model. Oct[ober] 2, 1902. Scale 1/16. W.l. 30ft 9in'. With tabulated calculations distinguishing between 'displacement body part' and 'displacement total' and arriving at a total displacement of 330.5cuft = 21160lbs." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_04130. Folder [no #]. 1902-10-02.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph lead sections titled 'Nos. 592 to 604 inclusive [#592s, #593s, #594s, #595s, #596s, #597s, #598s, #599s, #600s, #601s, #602s, #603s, #604s]. Oct[ober] 7, 1902. 1/8 size'. With calculations (marked 'By planimeter') and note 'Required lead casting of 10000lbs with c.g. [at] 55.4[%] of w.l. = 17.05ft aft ...'. With note 'Dec[ember] 11, 1902. #592. With all w[ei]g[h]ts represented proved too deep in water and 1045lbs removed, was then 30ft 10 3/4in w.l. Have decided to take a piece of equal thickness off top of lead = 2 3/8in' and calculations to derive this amount." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Lead Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_09280. Folder [no #]. 1902-10-07.)
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"[Item Description:] HMCo Plan HH.5.02171 (029): Blueprint general arrangement plan with plan view and inboard profile titled 'Preliminary Plan of Bar Harbor Cruising Class [#592s, #593s, #594s, #595s, #596s, #597s, #598s, #599s, #600s, #601s, #602s, #603s, #604s]. Herreshoff Mfg. Co. Bristol, R.I. Scale 1/4in = 1ft. Oct[ober] 9, 1902'." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0028. WRDT08, Folder 3, formerly MRDE08. 1902-10-09.)
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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:] Printed pamphlet titled 'Annual Dinner. Bar Harbor 31 Foot Association. January 3, 1917 at the Engineers Club Boston'. With photos of the 'Flight' [#600s, winner of the 1915 Championship], 'Stephen J. Connolly (Alibi Steve), President' [owner of #604s Leenane ex-Papoose III], 'H.B. Whittier, First President of the Association, formerly owner of CRICKET [#602s], FLIGHT [#600s], ZARA [#594s] and Honorary Member of the Association', 'A. P. Moses, Second President of the Association, owner of MILDRED IV [#596s ex-BAT] and active in yacht racing for twenty-fize years', J.V. Santry 'Third President of the Association, and owner of the FLIGHT [#600s], the Youth of the Class. Erstwhile winner of all championships of 1916', and 'Arthur Ginn, Secretary and Treasurer, the man who kept the Association going and has held his offce since the formation of the Association. He is not permitted to resign, as the directors believe they know when they have a good thing'." (Source: Bar Harbor 31 Foot Association (creator). Printed Pamphlet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE08_02190. Folder [no #]. 1917-01-17.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #600s Flight even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.
Further Reading
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Bray, Maynard. "Two Views of the Herreshoff Bar Harbor 31s." Day, Fritz and Frances. "Desperate Lark." Bray, Maynard. "Holding the Shape the Herreshoff Way." Wooden Boat #45, March/April 1982, p. 68-74. (520 kB)
Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Copyright holder: Maynard Bray (text). Bar Harbor 31 class portrait with special emphasis on #602s Desperate Lark ex Cricket and detailed description of why Herreshoff boats have been able to hold their shape better over time than many other yachts.
Images
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Further Image Information
Created by: Anon.
Image Caption: [Flight.]
Image Date: 1902----1918
Published in: Rudder, March 1919, p. 138.
Image is copyrighted: No
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Further Image Information
Created by: Anon.
Image Caption: "For Sale. Herreshoff Sloop. 49ft Over All. Has accomodations for 6. Is in very fine condition. Is in commission and can be seen near New Yor. For particulars apply to E.M. Haddock, 50 E. 42nd St., N.Y.C." [Though not identified by name, her sail number BH-6 clearly identifies her as #600s Flight which in 1920 was owned by W. Harold Hoffmann of Barrington, R.I..]
Image Date: 1902----1921
Published in: Yachting, July 1921, p. 45.
Image is copyrighted: No
Registers
1903 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#558)
Name: Flight
Owner: Edward Morrell; Port: Bristol, R.I.
Official no. 121262; Type & Rig K[eel] Sloop
Tons Gross 10; Tons Net 8; Reg. Length 36.4; LOA 49.0; LWL 31.0; Extr. Beam 10.4; Depth 5.0; Draught 7.3
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
1905 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#588)
Name: Flight
Owner: Edward Morrell; Port: Philadelphia, Pa.
Official no. 121262; Type & Rig K[eel] Cutter
Tons Gross 10; Tons Net 8; Reg. Length 36.4; LOA 46.5; LWL 31.0; Extr. Beam 10.4; Depth 5.0; Draught 7.3
Sailmaker Her. M. Co.; Sails made in [19]03
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
1906 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#994)
Name: Flight
Owner: Edward de V. Morrell; Port: Phila.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
Tons Gross 10; Tons Net 8; LOA 46-6; LWL 31-0; Extr. Beam 10-5; Depth 5-0; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker H. M. Co.; Sails made in [19]03
Builder Her. M. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
1912 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1030)
Name; Former Name(s): Flight; Aida, Flight
Owner: Percy Chase; Port: Marblehead, Mass.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
LOA 49-6; LWL 31-0; Extr. Beam 10-5; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker HMCo.; Sails made in [19]03
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
1914 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1049)
Name; Former Name(s): Flight; Aida, Flight
Owner: Joseph V. Santry; Port: Marblehead, Mass.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
LOA 49-5; LWL 31-0; Extr. Beam 10-5; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker C&P [Cousens & Pratt Boston]; Sails made in [19]12; Sail Area 1450
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
1917 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1059)
Name; Former Name(s): Flight; Aida, Flight
Owner: Joseph V. Santry; Port: Marblehead, Mass.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
LOA 49-5; LWL 31-0; Extr. Beam 10-4; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker W&S [Wilson & Silsby Boston]; Sails made in [19]16; Sail Area 1450
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
1920 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1024)
Name; Former Name(s): Flight; Aida, Flight
Owner: W. Harold Hoffman; Port: Barrington, R.I.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
LOA 49-6; LWL 31-0; Extr. Beam 10-5; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker W&S [Wilson & Silsby Boston]; Sails made in [19]16; Sail Area 1450
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Note: Power inst. 1909, rem. 1910
1923 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1004)
Name; Former Name(s): Flight; Aida, Flight
Owner: Wm. F. Jennison; Port: Bay City, Mich.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
LOA 49-5; LWL 31-0; Extr. Beam 10-4; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker W&S [Wilson & Silsby Boston]; Sails made in [19]16; Sail Area 1450
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Note: Power inst. 1909, rem. 1910
1925 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1083)
Name; Former Name(s): Flight; Aida, Flight
Owner: Wm. F. Jennison; Port: Bay City, Mich.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
LOA 49-6; LWL 31-0; Extr. Beam 10-5; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker W&S [Wilson & Silsby Boston]; Sails made in [19]16; Sail Area 1450
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Note: Power inst. 1909, rem. 1910
1930 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1493)
Name; Former Name(s): Flight; Aida, Flight
Owner: C. W. Shaw. Harold S. Shaw; Port: Charlevoix, Mich.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
LOA 49-5; LWL 31-0; Extr. Beam 10-4; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker W&S [Wilson & Silsby Boston]; Sails made in [19]16; Sail Area 1450
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Note: Power inst. 1909, rem. 1910.
1935 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1677)
Name; Former Name(s): Flight; Aida, Flight
Owner: Francis Byrne; Port: Chicago, Ill.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
LOA 49-5; LWL 31-0; Extr. Beam 10-4; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker W&S [Wilson & Silsby Boston]; Sails made in [19]16; Sail Area 1450
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
1940 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2075)
Name; Former Name(s): Flight; Aida, Flight
Owner: Robert R. Stafford, et al; Port: Chicago, Ill.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux Cut[ter]
LOA 49-6; LWL 31-0; Extr. Beam 10-5; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker W&S [Wilson & Silsby Boston]; Sails made in [19]16; Sail Area 1450
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 4 Cyl. 2 3/4 x 4. 1937; Maker Universal
Note: Power inst. 1909, rem. 1910. Power re-inst. 1937
1950 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2202)
Name; Former Name(s): Flight; Aida
Owner: Ed. T. Eggebrecht. John O. Garness; Port: Chicago, Ill.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux. Ywl
LOA 49-6; LWL 31-0; Extr. Beam 10-5; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker Nielson; Sails made in [19]48; Sail Area 965
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 4 Cyl. 2 3/4 x 4. 1937; Maker Universal
Note: Alt. from Cut. 1948
1955 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2413)
Name; Former Name(s): Flight; Aida
Owner: Ed. T. Eggebrecht; Port: Chicago, Ill.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux. Ywl
LOA 49-6; LWL 31-0; Extr. Beam 10-5; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker Nielson; Sails made in [19]48; Sail Area 965
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 4 Cyl. 2 3/4 x 4. 1937; Maker Universal
Note: Alt. from Cut. 1948
1960 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2640)
Name; Former Name(s): Flight; Aida
Owner: Ed. T. Eggebrecht; Port: Chicago, Ill.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux. Ywl
LOA 49-6; LWL 31-0; Extr. Beam 10-5; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker Nielson; Sails made in [19]48; Sail Area 965
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 4 Cyl. 2 3/4 x 4. 1937; Maker Universal
Note: Alt. from Cut. 1948
1967 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#3117)
Name; Former Name(s): Flight; Aida
Owner: Ed. T. Eggebrecht; Port: Chicago, Ill.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux. Ywl
LOA 49-6; LWL 31-0; Extr. Beam 10-5; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker M&N; Sails made in [19]66; Sail Area 965
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 4 Cyl. 2 3/4 x 4. 1937; Maker Universal
Note: Alt. from Cut. 1948
1970 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#3321)
Name; Former Name(s): Flight; Aida
Owner: Ed. T. Eggebrecht; Port: Chicago, Ill.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux. Ywl
LOA 49-6; LWL 31-0; Extr. Beam 10-5; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker M&N; Sails made in [19]66; Sail Area 965
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 4 Cyl. 2 3/4 x 4. 1937; Maker Universal
Note: Alt. from Cut. 1948
1975 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2530)
Name; Former Name(s): Flight; Aida
Owner: Ed. T. Eggebrecht; Port: Chicago, Ill.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Aux. Ywl
LOA 49-6; LWL 31-0; Extr. Beam 10-5; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker M&N; Sails made in [19]66; Sail Area 965
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Engine Gas Engine 4 Cy. [19]37. 25hp; Maker Universal
Note: Con[verted from] Cut[ter] [19]48
1984 Yacht Owners Register (#245.6)
Name; Former Name(s): Flight; Aida
Owner: Eggebrecht, Ed. T.; Port: Chicago, IL
Official no. 39B2927; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Aux. Sloop
LOA 49.9; Extr. Beam 13.0; Draught 9.0
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer Nathanael G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Engine Gas. 25hp
Source: Various Yacht Lists and Registers. For complete biographical information see the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné under Data Sources. Note that this section shows only snapshots in time and should not be considered a provenance, although it can help creating one.
Supplement
From the 1920 and earlier HMCo Index Cards at the MIT Museum
- 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.
From the 1931 HMCo-published Owner's List
Name: Flight
Type: J & M
Length: 30'9"
Owner: Morrell, E.
Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. "A Partial List of Herreshoff Clients." In: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Herreshoff Yachts. Bristol, Rhode Island, ca. 1931.
From the 1930s L. Francis Herreshoff Index Cards at the Herreshoff Marine Museum
- 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.
From the 1953 HMCo Owner's List by L. Francis Herreshoff
Name: Flight
Type: 31' cutter
Owner: Edward deV. Morrell
Year: 1903
Row No.: 229
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.
From the 2000 (ca.) Transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Vermilya/Bray
Month: Oct.
Day: 3
Year: 1902
E/P/S: S
No.: 0600
Name: Flight
LW: 30' 9"
B: 10' 4"
D: 7' 3"
Rig: J & M
K: y
Ballast: Lead O.
Amount: $4960.00
Notes Constr. Record: Bar Harbor class
Last Name: Morrell
First Name: E.
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.
Research Note(s)
"Flight, a Bar Harbor 31 is also still extant. She's in Chicago, and she hasn't been in the water in years." (Source: Beardsley, Bill. Email to Claas van der Linde, September 16, 2008.)
"LOA 48ft 9in from pencilled note on construction plan 76-46." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. April 25, 2013.)
"Sail no. BH-6." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 20, 2015.)
"Launch date signifies the date vessel was taken on low gear to cove for winter storage." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. November 4, 2011.)
"Built in 158 days (contract to launch; equivalent to $31/day, 134 lbs displacement/day)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 16, 2024.)
"Sail area 1492 sqft from rating rule-related table handwritten (in ink) by N. G. Herreshoff on two pages with multiple dimensions for the most important Herreshoff-designed yachts in the Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum. MRDE15, Folder [no #]. 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: van der Linde, Claas. September 16, 2020.)
"Displacement 330.5 cu.ft. [= 21,152 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.)
"Designed disp. on 30ft-9in W.L., 21415 lbs." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Penciled note on construction plan 76-46.)
Note: Research notes contain information about a vessel that is often random and unedited but has been deemed useful for future research.
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