HMCo #601s Red Wing [Redwing]

"[1903-02-20] Fri 20: L[igh]t W to WSW [wind] & clear & fine. 10deg. early. Harbor frozen over. ... Set up #601 [Red Wing].
[1903-02-28] Sat 28: Heavy S rain storm (?) (?). All the snow disappeared. Turned over #601 [Red Wing] in PM.
[1903-03-19] Thu 19: Cloudy (?) & (?). Fine with fresh SW [wind]. ... Took #601 [Red Wing] to cove." (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.)

"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.)

"Red Wing, 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, May 8, 1903." (Source: U.S. Customs Department, Bristol, R.I. Custom House Record Book, 1870s to 1904 (Collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum), s.v. Red Wing.)

"[License issued to vessel under 20 tons. Pos. 230:]
Red Wing, 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 16, 1903. Owner: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol. Master: N. G. Herreshoff.
Surrendered [license] June 2, 1903 at New York. ([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. Red Wing.)

"... The result of the trials of the Bar Harbor class of new 30-footers in Bristol Harbor this Spring is such that they are found to be boats very evenly balanced and not nearly as stiff as the first of the class tried under sail last Fall. They are very handy boats from what was seen of their manoeuvring in the harbor the past few weeks, as each of them was given a spin under sail before being sent to the eastward. There are four of these boats yet to be rigged at the Walker's Cove yard. One of the craft, the Redwing, can be distinguished most readily from the others of the fleet, because her topsides are painted vermillion. Two others have black topsides. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yachts Race To-Morrow." New York Times, May 25, 1903, p. 7.)

"Mr. B. B. Crowninshield ... has sold, through his New York office, the Herreshoff Bar Harbor 30-footer, Redwing, owned by T. G. Condon ... to New York parties, who wish their names withheld for the present." (Source: Killeen, John B. "Boston Letter." Forest and Stream, March 5, 1904, p. 194.)

"... A number of racing boats were seen at the anchorage during the day. Exciting unusual interest was the Bar Harbor 30-footer Red Wing, recently, purchased by J. '-B. O'Donohue. She is a craft of much free-board, considerably larger than the other boats which are expected to sail agains t her. Red Wing was towed around the Cape from Boston to Bristol, R. I., where Edgar F. Luckenbach' s 30-footer Bobtail [#579s] was taken on the line from the Herreshoff shops, where she has been overhauled in preparation for the Manhasset Cup races this year. ..." (Source: Anon. "Gravesend Bay Clubs Go Into Commission." Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 29, 1904, p. 6.)

"... John B. O'Donohue of New York has sold his Bar Harbor 30-footer Red Wing to Arthur H. Whitney of the Shelter Island Y. C. and has purchased the Herreshoff 30-footer Tabasco [#632s], built by them this year and will race her on the south side of Long Island. ..." (Source: Anon. "Recent Yacht Transfers." Boston Globe, July 23, 1905, p. 140.)

"The sale of Byron Waterman's Bar Harbor 31 Redwing to George Lee of Boston effectually disposes of all chance for any class A racing here [in Narragansett Bay] this summer as, of the three boats that raced last season, Bob Brown's P boat Amoret is the only one left, and there is even a prospect that she may not stay. ...
The life of the A class here was short but merry. For one season the only chance Redwing had to race was on the rare occasion that some of the New York 30s came further up the bay than Newport, end when Charlie Trowbridge sold the Adios [#647s], that was the end of that. ...
Redwing is still at Wardwell's yard at Bristol, where Sam is waiting for the next run of high tides to launch her. She will be rigged and sailed around to Boston, where her gaff rig will be stripped off and a Marconi rig substituted. She will be raced at Marblehead this season against the Indian [#599s], Zara [#594s] and Vera III [#593s].
All four of the boats were designed and built at Herreshoff's in 1903, two years before the Bristol designer brought out the famous New York 30 class. They are 40 feet over all, 31 feet on the water-line, 10 feet 5 inches beam and 7 feet 4 inches draft. Originally they were cutter, or double-head-sail, rigged, but last year two of the three at Marblehead were rigged with the jib-headed mainsail and a single jib. Four years ago Vera III was enrolled in the Fall River Yacht Club, owned by the Wood-Zuill syndicate." (Source: Anon. "Yachting Gossip." Providence Journal Bulletin, March 29, 1926, p. ?.)

"... A third racer was added last Thursday to the Bar Harbor 31-foot class of the North Shore, when George Lee's Red Wing was finally launched at Graves' Yard. This craft arrived at Marblehead from Narragansett Bay last April, to receive the change in rig from gaff mainsail to 'Marconi' mast and jib-headed mainsail. Considerable delay was experienced in getting the Red Wing overboard, owing to the nonarrival of a new suit of sails from Ratsey & Laphorn, Cowes. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yachts and Yachtsmen." Boston Globe, June 27, 1926, p. B67.)

"Members of the Bar Harbor 31-foot class are sure to have a very interesting season in 1927 at the North Shore with their big jib-headed mainsail rigged sloops, owing to the experiment to be tried out of adding lead to the keels of the sloops. Last Tuesday at a meeting of the Bar Harbor 31-foot association an amendment to the class restrictions was passed allowing the addition of lead to the keel up to 1560 pounds.
For some time past, since the 31-footers were changed from the old gaff rig to the more modern and taller mast for the jib-headed mainsail, some of the owners have considered the sloops somewhat tender in anything except a moderate breeze. In fact, in the last two or three seasons off Marblehead one of the sights on race days when the bay has been dotted with whitecaps has been the 31-footers laying over to the breeze.
This has caused much comment among the racing men and their friends as to whether the Bar Harbors were not trying to lug too much sail and would not be better racing craft in all conditions if their sail spread was cut down. This has been the opinion of a number of yacht designers: but the owners, instead, are of the belief that the addition of lead to the keels will make the sloops stiffer in a breeze and not lessen their speed in light going, whereas a reduction in sail area would surely slow the boats down in light airs.
Thus for the 1927 racing the owners in this one-design class are to be allowed to add any amount of lead desired up to 1560 pounds to the lead keels. In addition, throughout the season's racing this extra lead may be increased or decreased as long as the limit is not exceeded.
As the lead is to be added to the bottom of the keels, it not only will give the sloops greater displacement and bring down the center of effort, but in addition will increase the draft from an inch to over six inches according to the amount of lead added. This alone will allow the 31-footers to hang on better in going to windward.
To make the experiment with the 31-footers more complete, one of the owners has decided not to make any change in the keel for the opening races of the season. Thus, while George Lee, owner of the Mingo [#601s]: Walter K. Shaw, owner of the Indian [#599s], and Walter K. Shaw Jr. owner of the Astrild [#593s], will have lead added to the keels of their racers, Albert W. Finlays Zara [#594s] will be brought out for the 1927 racing in the same trim as for the 1926 season.
In this way real definite facts will be determined in regard to the ease of handling and the speed of the 31-footers with or without the added lead. Last Summer the Astrild, Mingo and Zara met in 19 races off Marblehead. and the records of these contests will form a basis upon which comparison can be made in the first half-dozen meetings of 1927.
At a meeting of the Bar Harbor 31-Foot Association about a month ago the regulations and restrictions of the class were revised for the coming season. Last year the Mingo was raced to the championship of the class with her mast stepped about 22 inches farther forward than the other two sloops, so that hereafter the masts on the sloops may be located up to 26 inches forward of the original Herreshoff design.
The 'Marconi' masts of the sloops are limited to 72 feet in length and cannot be less than 71 feet, while the bowsprit can extend four feet six inches outboard, with the jib stay not to exceed four feet outboard. Under the method of measurement used in the universal rating rule the sail area is limited to 1519 square feet.
The first year the 31-footers are changed from gaff to jib-headed mainsail rig two new suits of sail are allowed with one new suit every year thereafter. No limit to the number of hauling-outs was made up to July 1 of each season, but thereafter only three are allowed in a Summer, except in case of accident. Crews are limited to seven persons, including two professionals.
Complete cruising equipment is required to be carried in all races. Though the hulls must remain as designed for the Bar Harbor owners some 20 years ago, the owners are allowed to make any changes in the interior layout desired." (Source: Anon. "Yachts and Yachtsmen. Interesting Season for 31-Footers." Boston Globe, January 30, 1927, p. 52.)

"Though there are only four of the big jib-headed mainsail-rigged sloops in the Bar Harbor 31-foot class the racing between the yachts should be very interesting in the 1927 season off Marblehead. These Herreshoff-designed craft have been in competition for more than 20 years and are giving as good sport to owners now as when they first came out.
They were built as a one-designed class for the Summer residents of Bar Harbor in 1903, where they remained until about 1910. Later they were purchased by Massachusetts Bay yachtsmen and raced at the North Shore and Hull with their original gaff-mainsail and double-head rig until about 1916, when a number of the owners changed their interests to other classes.
After the World War Albert W. Finlay changed the rig of his Zara [#594s] to the jib-headed mainsail and in the last three or four seasons off Marblehead has had class competition from the Indian [#599s] and Astrild [#593s], the latter raced until 1926 as the Vera III.
Last Fall the Red Wing [#601s] was purchased from a Narragansett Bay yachtsman and brought to Massachusetts Bay to be raced as the Mingo by George Lee, one of the best-known of the North Shore yachtsmen. In addition to the change from gaff-mainsail to jib-headed mainsail the mast of the Mingo was moved forward about 20 inches.
With one of the best suits of racing sails ever seen at the North Shore, cut by Ratsey of Cowes, the Mingo won practically all the prizes offered in the class last season, proving very fast in light-to-moderate going; but when a real breeze was encountered the Zara was pretty sure to come home in the lead.
Even under the old gaff-mainsail rig the Bar-Harbor 31-footers were considered rather tender and in the last three seasons one of the sights at the North Shore when a real breeze was blowing has been the class well sprawled out in the endeavor to lug through the heavy gusts their high rigs.
Lead Added to Keels
This caused some studying among the owners with two questions in mind: whether to cut down the amount of sail or to give the boats more lead. Finally at a meeting early this year the Bar Harbor Associations voted to allow the addition of lead to the keels of the boats up to 1560 pounds.
Thus for the 1927 racing one more experimental class is added to the Marblehead yachting; where probably more real instructive study and experimental work has been accomplished with the small racing craft than in all the other racing centers of the United States and Canada combined.
Except for the allowed changes in lead the class will remain for the 1927 season a one-designed class. Everything else is strictly limited, the height of mast to maximum and also minimum, the length of bowsprit outboard, and the sail area to 1519 square feet by the Universal Rule sail area measurement.
All the owners except Albert W. Finlay, of the Zara are to add lead to keel of their racers, and in every case up to the limit. Already on one of the sloops, George Lee's Mingo, the lead has been added for last week at Graves' yard, Little Harbor. 1560 pounds of lead was poured into a mould and bolted to the bottom of the keel. This adds about six inches to the draft of the Mingo, as the added lead is spread over the entire length of the original keel. In the cases of the Indian, owned by Walter K. Shaw, and Astrild owned by Walter K. Shaw Jr. the sloops will he given much greater added draft, nearly 20 inches. This will be due to the fact that by far the greater portion of the lead will be added to the after end of the keel.
Though no added lead will be given the Zara, it is understood that the Finlay racer will have a new rig, with mast moved forward nearly to the location of that on the Mingo. Thus one of the class will race this season in practically the same trim as 1926, with the other three made considerably more powerful, owing to added lead and greater draft. Changes in all four are from the office of Crowninshield, Burbank & Howard.
The showing of the four in the class should be very interesting to all yachtsmen of Marblehead who make a close study of the game. Will the Astrild, Indian and Mingo with the three-quarters of a ton extra outside ballast be slowed up in light going more than be counteracted by the sure increase in stability for fresh breezes?" (Source: Anon. "Yachts and Yachtsmen. Changes in Bar Harbor 31-Footers." Boston Globe, March 27, 1927, p. 54.)

"The Bar Harbor 31-footers, designed and built by Herreshoff in 1903 for Summer residents of Bar Harbor, are the largest of the one-designers. These boats were raced at the Maine port until about 1910, when a number were bought for the Massachusetts Bay sport. Until the United States entered the World War they were raced here under their old gaff rig, but about half a dozen years ago the Zara [#594s] was changed by Albert W. Finlay to the jib-headed mainsail rig.
In the last four or five seasons at Marblehead two or three of the class have been raced with the newer rig, and this Summer there will be four in the sport. The owners of three of the sloops are to try an interesting experiment in trim and stability of the 31-footers by the addition of 1560 pounds of lead as extra outside ballast.
The showing of Walter K. Shaw Jr's Astrild [#593s], Walter K. Shaw's Indian [#599s] and George Lee's Mingo [#601s] against the Zara, which has not had the lead added, will be watched with considerable interest by all yachtsmen of the bay. not only for the racing qualities of the big sloops, but also for the results of extra strains on the 20-year-old hulls by the added lead that has increased the drafts six to eight inches.
The owners of the sloops of this class are all members of the Bar Harbor Thirty-One Foot Association, of which Albert W. Finlay is president and Stephen J. Connolly is secretary. Recently the secretary has issued a pamphlet of the special rules governing the class. The regulations are:
Bar Harbor Class Restrictions
1. The hull must be built upon the original design; the interior arrangement of the cabin may be changed, but adequate accommodations for cruising shall be maintained.
2. The lead keel may be increased in weight 1560 pounds, or any part thereof; each yacht owner shall report the actual lead ballast carried as above and any change of same, to the secretary.
3. The mast shall not be less than 71 feet over all and not more than 72 feet over all.
4. Total sail area shall not exceed 1519 square feet based upon Universal Rule measurement.
5. Jib stay shall not exceed four feet outboard.
6. Number of units of sails, two first year, one each year after.
7. Number of haul outs, as often as desired up to July 1; for the remainder of the season three, except in case of accident.
8. Total number of crew not to exceed seven; two professionals allowed.
9. Complete cruising equipment must be carried, with the exception of tender.
10. The mast may be stepped at any point from that of the original design to that of the 'Mingo' at present; this point is 22 inches forward of the original step." (Source: Anon. "Bar Harbor 31-Footers ... Sure to Give Good Sport." Boston Globe, May 22, 1927, p. A24.)

"The largest yachts regularly entered for the championships are the one-designed Bar Harbor 31-footers, now giving the best sport in their more than 20 years of existence. Three of the four in the class, Walter K. Shaw Jr's Astrild [#593s], Walter K. Shaw's Indian [#599s] and George Lee's Mingo [#601s ex Redwing] have had 1560 pounds of lead added to the bottom of the lead keels, while the Astrild, Indian and Albert W. Finlay's Zara [#594s] have had changes made in their rigs to correspond to that of the Mingo. This included the moving of the masts forward about 20 inches." (Source: Anon. "Yachts and Yachtsmen." Boston Globe, June 5, 1927, p. A24.)

"[The] Bar Harbor 31-footers [are] the largest yachts in the regular championship classes, and for 1928 they will be nearer one-design in rig and hull than for any season since the big sloops were changed to jibheaded mainsail rig. With the addition of 1600 pounds of lead, bolted to the bottom of the keel of Albert W. Finlay's Zara this Winter, the four sloops are identical as far as weight of lead keels.
The Bar Harbor 31-footers, Walter K. Shaw's Astrild [#593s], Walter K. Shaw's Indian [#599s], George Lee's Mingo [#601s] and Albert W. Finlay's Zara [#594s] should be a handsome sight coming down the wind this Summer smothered under light sails. At the Bar Harbor Association's annual meeting this Spring the owners decided to lift the halyard blocks for spinnakers and balloon jibs to the mastheads.- With practically 70-foot masts this means enormous light sails, so it is very lucky for the other racing craft that the Bar Harbors are to be started 10 minutes ahead of every other class." (Source: Anon. "Greatest Season Ever At Marblehead Opens May 30." Daily Boston Globe, May 27, 1928, p. C17.)

"... The Mingo was sailing along in the light southeasterly breeze with only a moderate list when the starboard chain plate pulled out. This freed the strain on the 70-foot mast and the big stick went by the board accompanied by a cloud of falling canvas and the noise of cracking wood. The mast broke only four or fire inches above the deck. ... [The article was accompanied by two photos, one before, one after the accident.]" (Source: Fowle, Leonard. "Open Race Week With Big Fleet. ... Mingo Carries Away Her Mast." Boston Globe, August 4, 1929, p. A1.)

"1923. ... Byron Waterman bought one of the Bar Harbor 30's, the Redwing, too late in the season to get into the last race. ..." (Source: Davis, Jeff. Yachting in Narragansett Bay. Providence, 1946, p. 17.)

"1926. ... Byron Waterman sold the Bar Harbor 31 Red Wing [#601s] to Marblehead and ordered one of the Warwick Country Club's Fish Class boats [#973s Maggie] from Herreshoff. ..." (Source: Davis, Jeff. Yachting in Narragansett Bay. Providence, 1946, p. 30.)

"... An old timer, Harry Seaman's yawl Mingo, won both the Scotch Bonnet and the race across the lake, but there were good-natured mutterings that the handicappers had been too generous with Mingo. ..." (Source: Cole, Charles F. "Lake Ontario News." Yachting, 1938, vol 64, [p. 94?].)

"John Seaman is looking for MINGO, a Bar Harbor 31 built by Herreshoff in 1903, converted to a schooner rig, owned by his grandfather, and homeported in 1943 at Rochester, New York. He knows nothing about the boat after 1943. John B. Seaman, 5595 Herzman Dr., Evergreen, CO 80439; 303-674-8048." (Source: Anon. "Launchings and Relaunchings." Wooden Boat #144, September/October 1998, p. 19.)

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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:] Ink on paper note '601 [#601s RED WING ??]- Keel - 9.000. Walter Lawton'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (?) (creator). Handwritten Note. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE03_02710. Folder [no #]. No date.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #601s Red Wing [Redwing] even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• 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.

• Red Wing (HMCo-made index card)
• Red Wing (MIT Museum-made index card)
• Edjacko II ex-Red Wing (HMCo-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: Red Wing
Type: J & M
Length: 30'9"
Owner: Congdon, F. G.

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

• Redwing
• Edjacko II ex-Red Wing
• 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: Redwing
Type: 31' sloop
Owner: F. G. Congdon
Year: 1903
Row No.: 565

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: Oct. [sic, i.e. no month]
Day: 3 [sic, i.e. no day]
Year: 1902
E/P/S: S
No.: 0601
Name: Red Wing
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: Congdon
First Name: F. G.

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.

"Sail No. BH-15 in 1921 as per New York Times of May 24, 1921, p. 23." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. April 1, 2012.)

"LOA 48ft 9in from pencilled note on construction plan 76-46." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. April 25, 2013.)

"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 167 days (contract to launch; equivalent to $30/day, 127 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.