HMCo #602s Cricket
Particulars
Name: CricketLater Name(s): Seadog [Sea Dog], Mildred III, Gossip III, Cricket (ca1913-1939), Desperate Lark (1939-)
Type: Bar Harbor Class
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1902-10-3
Launch: 1903-3-30
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: Ladd, W[alter] G[raeme]
Amount: $4,960.00
Note(s) in HMCo Construction Record: Bar Harbor Class, J&M D. H. [double head rig, in column]
Current owner: Private Owner, Harborside, ME (last reported 2024 at age 121)
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 #602s Cricket 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
"[1903-03-03] Tue 3: Fair [with] mod[erate] NE to SE [wind &] partly cloudy. ... Set up #602 [Cricket].
[1903-03-11] Wed 11: Rain & fog. SSW [wind] & clearing in evening. Turned over #602 [Cricket].
[1903-03-30] Mon 30: Overcast. Easterly. Rain in evening. Moved #602 [Cricket] 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.)
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 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.)
"Cricket, 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 7, 1903." (Source: U.S. Customs Department, Bristol, R.I. Custom House Record Book, 1870s to 1904 (Collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum), s.v. Cricket.)
"[License issued to vessel under 20 tons. Pos. 59:]
Cricket, 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. ([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. Cricket.)
"Bristol Yacht News. There are only three of the Bar Harbor thirty-footers yet remaining to be launched at the Herreshoff shops at Bristol. The Kuwana [#592s], Cricket [#602s], Arabian [sic, this is a Buzzards Bay 30, #564s ], and Indian [#599s] are rigged, have been tried under sail, and are ready to proceed to the eastward." (Source: Anon. "Bristol Yacht News." New York Times, June 9, 1903, p. 7.)
"Hollis Burgess has sold the Herreshoff Bar Harbor class racing sloop Cricket, owned by George Batchelder, of Boston, to Charles K. Cummings, of Boston." (Source: Anon. "Yachting News And Notes." New York Tribune, November 9, 1906, p. 4.)
"The Hollis Burgess Yacht Agency, of Boston, has sold the Herreshoff Bar Harbor one design class 31-ft. sloop Mildred III., owned by S. P. Moses, of Houston, to a prominent member of the Eastern Yacht Club." (Source: Anon. "Yachts Change Hands." Nautical Gazette, July 28, 1910, p. 47.)
"... Ernest G. Adams' Buzzards Bay 30-footer Arabian [#564s] and H. B. Whittier's Bar Harbor 31-footer are being made ready for the season at Colter's yard, Dorchester. The latter sloop, which will be raced in the newly formed class this season, has had a few names in the course of her career of 10 years. When launched she was named Cricket, first this was changed to Seadog, then to Mildred III, again to Gossip III and finally back to the original name of Cricket. ..." (Source: Anon. "Notes from the Week's Log." Boston Globe, May 18, 1913, p. 56.)
"... The Hollis Burgess Yacht Agency reports the following sales: The Herreshoff Bar Harbor 31-footer Cricket, by H. B. Whittier of Brookline to Thornton K. Lothrop Jr of Boston; ..." (Source: Anon. "Notes from the Week's Log." Boston Globe, May 16, 1915, p. 58.)
"Thornton K. Lothrop, Jr's Bar Harbor 31-footer Cricket while making for the starting line at Marblehead last Sunday for the first run of the Boston Yacht Club cruise ran into a small launch. While the greatest damage to the lunch appeared to be the breaking of a couple of windows, the Cricket's bowsprit was broken short off at the stem forcing the sloop to withdraw from the cruise." (Source: Anon. "Yachts and Yachtsmen." Boston Globe, July 23, 1916, p. 49.)
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 #602s Cricket 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. -
Bray, Maynard (with photos by Benjamin Mendlowitz). "Desperate Lark." Nautical Quarterly, no. 37, Spring 1987, p. 50-51. (1,199 kB)
Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Copyright holder: Maynard Bray (text), Benjamin Mendlowitz (photos). Short vessel portrait. Part of the larger article "Herreshoff Legacies." -
Day, Frances P. "A Desperate Lark." Wooden Boat #156, September/October 2000, p. 34-47. (1,856 kB)
Document is copyrighted: Yes. Memories of acquiring Desperate Lark in 1939. And keeping her till 1981.
Images
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Further Image Information
Created by: Anon.
Image Caption: "A good example of light sails. Bar Harbor one design class boat 'Cricket,' owned by H. M. Sears and designed by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company."
Image Date: 1903----1909
Published in: Boardman, Edwin A. The Small Yacht. Its Management and Handling, for Racing and Sailing. Boston, Massachusetts, 1909, p. 27.
Image is copyrighted: No
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Further Image Information
Created by: Anon.
Image Caption: [Cricket.]
Image Date: 1903---
Collection: Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection.
Image is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission
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Further Image Information
Created by: Jackson, Willard B.
Image Caption: "Seadog" [ex-Cricket].
Image Date: 1906-7-6
Collection: Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass., acc. no. 42-030.
Image is copyrighted: No known copyright restrictions
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Further Image Information
Created by: Stebbins, Nathaniel L.
Image Caption: "17125 Cricket."
Negative Number: 17125
Image Date: 1906-7-6
Collection: Historic New England (SPNEA) Collection, GUSN 281033.
Image is copyrighted: No known copyright restrictions
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Further Image Information
Created by: Stebbins, Nathaniel L.
Image Caption: "17126 Cricket."
Negative Number: 17126
Image Date: 1906-7-6
Collection: Historic New England (SPNEA) Collection, GUSN 281034. (Also in: Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass., acc. no. 38-088.)
Image is copyrighted: No known copyright restrictions
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Further Image Information
Created by: Stebbins, Nathaniel L.
Image Caption: [Cricket. Note topsail.]
Negative Number: 21482
Image Date: 1912-8-10
Collection: Historic New England (SPNEA) Collection, GUSN 282155. (Also in: Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass., acc. no. 25-085.)
Image is copyrighted: No known copyright restrictions
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Stebbins, Nathaniel L. "Cricket [#602s.]" Photograph, negative no. 25008, 1919.
Further Image Information
Created by: Stebbins, Nathaniel L.
Image Caption: [Cricket.]
Negative Number: 25008
Image Date: 1919-10-18
Collection: Historic New England (SPNEA) Collection (archived photographic plate).
Image is copyrighted: No known copyright restrictions
Note: This image is not on file. It is believed to depict #602s Cricket, but has neither been verified nor fully cross-checked for possible listed duplicates.
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Stebbins, Nathaniel L. "Cricket [#602s.]" Photograph, negative no. 25009, 1919.
Further Image Information
Created by: Stebbins, Nathaniel L.
Image Caption: [Cricket.]
Negative Number: 25009
Image Date: 1919-10-18
Collection: Historic New England (SPNEA) Collection (archived photographic plate).
Image is copyrighted: No known copyright restrictions
Note: This image is not on file. It is believed to depict #602s Cricket, but has neither been verified nor fully cross-checked for possible listed duplicates.
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Stebbins, Nathaniel L. "Cricket [#602s.]" Photograph, negative no. 25010, 1919.
Further Image Information
Created by: Stebbins, Nathaniel L.
Image Caption: [Cricket.]
Negative Number: 25010
Image Date: 1919-10-18
Collection: Historic New England (SPNEA) Collection (archived photographic plate).
Image is copyrighted: No known copyright restrictions
Note: This image is not on file. It is believed to depict #602s Cricket, but has neither been verified nor fully cross-checked for possible listed duplicates.
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Stebbins, Nathaniel L. "Cricket [#602s.]" Photograph, negative no. 25011, 1919.
Further Image Information
Created by: Stebbins, Nathaniel L.
Image Caption: [Cricket.]
Negative Number: 25011
Image Date: 1919-10-18
Collection: Historic New England (SPNEA) Collection (archived photographic plate).
Image is copyrighted: No known copyright restrictions
Note: This image is not on file. It is believed to depict #602s Cricket, but has neither been verified nor fully cross-checked for possible listed duplicates.
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Stebbins, Nathaniel L. "Cricket [#602s.]" Photograph, negative no. 25012, 1919.
Further Image Information
Created by: Stebbins, Nathaniel L.
Image Caption: [Cricket.]
Negative Number: 25012
Image Date: 1919-10-18
Collection: Historic New England (SPNEA) Collection (archived photographic plate).
Image is copyrighted: No known copyright restrictions
Note: This image is not on file. It is believed to depict #602s Cricket, but has neither been verified nor fully cross-checked for possible listed duplicates.
Registers
1905 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#389)
Name: Cricket
Owner: H. M. Sears; Port: Bristol, R.I.
Official no. 127754; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel] Cutter
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
Sailmaker Ratsey&Lapthorn; Sails made in [19]03; Sail Area 1400
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
1906 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#663)
Name: Cricket
Owner: H. M. Sears; Port: Bristol, R.I.
Official no. 127754; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
Tons Gross 10; Tons Net 8; LOA 49-0; LWL 31-0; Extr. Beam 10-6; Depth 5-0; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker Ratsey&Lapthorn; Sails made in [19]03; Sail Area 1400
Builder Her. M. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
1912 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#686)
Name; Former Name(s): Cricket; Gossip III, Mildred III, Seadog, Cricket
Owner: H. B. Whittier; Port: Boston
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
LOA 49-0; LWL 31-0; Extr. Beam 10-6; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker W&S [Wilson & Silsby Boston]; Sails made in [19]08; Sail Area 1400
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
1914 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#683)
Name; Former Name(s): Cricket; Gossip III, Mildred III, Seadog, Cricket
Owner: H. B. Whittier; Port: Boston
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
LOA 49-0; LWL 31-0; Extr. Beam 10-6; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker W&S [Wilson & Silsby Boston]; Sails made in [19]14; Sail Area 1400
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
1917 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#699)
Name; Former Name(s): Cricket; Gossip III, Mildred III, Seadog, Cricket
Owner: Thornton K. Lothrop; Port: Marblehead, Mass.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
LOA 49-0; LWL 31-0; Extr. Beam 10-5; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker W&S [Wilson & Silsby Boston]; Sails made in [19]14; Sail Area 1400
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
1920 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#676)
Name; Former Name(s): Cricket; Gossip III, Mildred III, Seadog
Owner: Thornton K. Lothrop; Port: Marblehead, Mass.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
LOA 49-0; LWL 31-0; Extr. Beam 10-6; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker W&S [Wilson & Silsby Boston]; Sails made in [19]19
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
1923 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#660)
Name; Former Name(s): Cricket; Gossip III, Mildred III, Seadog
Owner: Thornton K. Lothrop; Port: Marblehead, Mass.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
LOA 49-0; LWL 31-0; Extr. Beam 10-5; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker W&S [Wilson & Silsby Boston]; Sails made in [19]19
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
1925 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#706)
Name; Former Name(s): Cricket; Gossip III, Mildred III, Seadog
Owner: Thornton K. Lothrop; Port: Marblehead, Mass.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
LOA 48-10; LWL 32-2; Extr. Beam 10-6; Draught 7-6
Sailmaker W&S [Wilson & Silsby Boston]; Sails made in [19]23; Sail Area 1429
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
1930 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#997)
Name; Former Name(s): Cricket; Gossip III, Mildred III, Seadog
Owner: Thornton K. Lothrop; Port: Marblehead, Mass.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
LOA 48-10; LWL 32-2; Extr. Beam 10-5; Draught 7-5
Sailmaker W&S [Wilson & Silsby Boston]; Sails made in [19]23; Sail Area 1429
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
1935 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1128)
Name; Former Name(s): Cricket; Gossip III, Mildred III, Seadog
Owner: Thornton K. Lothrop; Port: Marblehead, Mass.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
LOA 48-10; LWL 32-2; Extr. Beam 10-5; Draught 7-5
Sailmaker W&S [Wilson & Silsby Boston]; Sails made in [19]28 & [19]33; Sail Area 1429
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
1940 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1490)
Name; Former Name(s): Desperate Lark; Cricket, Gossip III, Mildred III, Seadog
Owner: Frances P. Day. Frederic L. Day; Port: Marblehead, Mass.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Ywl
LOA 48-10; LWL 32-2; Extr. Beam 10-5; Draught 7-6
Sailmaker W&S [Wilson & Silsby Boston]; Sails made in [19]33 & [19]39; Sail Area 1047
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Note: Alt. from Cut. 1939
1947 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1412)
Name; Former Name(s): Desperate Lark; Cricket, Gossip III, Mildred III, Seadog
Owner: Frances P. Day. Frederic L. Day; Port: Boothbay Harbor; Port of Registry: Portland Harbor, Me.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Ywl
LOA 48-10; LWL 32-2; Extr. Beam 10-6; Draught 7-6
Sailmaker Silva; Sails made in [19]40, [19]41 & [19]42; Sail Area 1047
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Note: Alt. from Cut. 1939
1950 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1609)
Name; Former Name(s): Desperate Lark; Cricket, Gossip III, Mildred III, Seadog
Owner: Frances P. Day. Frederic L. Day; Port: Boothbay Harbor, Me.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Ywl
LOA 48-10; LWL 32-2; Extr. Beam 10-6; Draught 7-6
Sailmaker Silva; Sails made in [19]40, [19]41 & [19]42; Sail Area 1047
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Note: Alt. from Cut. 1939
1955 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1781)
Name; Former Name(s): Desperate Lark; Cricket, Gossip III, Mildred III, Seadog
Owner: Frances P. Day. Frederic L. Day; Port: Boothbay Harbor; Port of Registry: Portland Harbor, Me.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Ywl
LOA 48-10; LWL 32-2; Extr. Beam 10-6; Draught 7-6
Sailmaker Silva; Sails made in [19]40, [19]41 & [19]42; Sail Area 1047
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Note: Alt. from Cut. 1939
1960 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1943)
Name; Former Name(s): Desperate Lark; Cricket, Gossip III, Mildred III, Seadog
Owner: Frances P. Day. Frederic L. Day; Port: Little Deer Isle, Me.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Ywl
LOA 48-10; LWL 32-2; Extr. Beam 10-6; Draught 7-6
Sailmaker Hard; Sails made in [19]60; Sail Area 1047
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 4 Cyl. 1956; Maker Universal
Note: Alt. from Cut. 1939. Pwr inst. 1957
1967 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2293)
Name; Former Name(s): Desperate Lark; Cricket, Gossip III, Mildred III, Seadog
Owner: Frances P. Day. Frederic L. Day; Port: Little Deer Isle, Me.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux Ywl
LOA 48-10; LWL 32-2; Extr. Beam 10-6; Draught 7-6
Sailmaker Hard; Sails made in [19]60; Sail Area 1047
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 4 Cyl. 1956; Maker Universal
Note: Alt. from Cut. 1939. Pwr inst. 1957
1970 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2439)
Name; Former Name(s): Desperate Lark; Cricket, Gossip III, Mildred III, Seadog
Owner: Frances P. Day. Frederic L. Day; Port: Little Deer Isle, Me.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux Ywl
LOA 48-10; LWL 32-2; Extr. Beam 10-6; Draught 7-6
Sailmaker Hard; Sails made in [19]60; Sail Area 1047
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 4 Cyl. 1956; Maker Universal
Note: Alt. from Cut. 1939. Pwr inst. 1957
1975 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1880)
Name; Former Name(s): Desperate Lark; Cricket, Gossip III, Mildred III, Seadog
Owner: Frederic L. & Frances P. Day; Port: Little Deer Isle, Me.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Aux Ywl
LOA 48-10; LWL 32-2; Extr. Beam 10-6; Draught 7-6
Sailmaker Hard; Sails made in [19]60; Sail Area 1047
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Engine Gas Engine 4 Cy. [19]56. 30hp; Maker Universal
Note: Con[verted from] Cut[ter] 1939. Aux eng inst. [19]57
1984 Yacht Owners Register (#175.5)
Name; Former Name(s): Desperate Lark; Cricket, Gossip III, Mildred III
Owner: Stubbs, Mr. & Mrs. Michael B.; Port: Little Deer Isle, Me.
Official no. ME435; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Aux. Yawl. Bar Harbor 31
LOA 48.1; Extr. Beam 10.6; Draught 7.6
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer Nathanael G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Engine Gas
1999-2000 Register of Wooden Boats (#119.3)
Name; Former Name(s): Desperate Lark; Cricket, Gossip III, Mildred III
Owner: Seal Cove Boatyard/R. Vaughan (99 Horseshoe Cove Rd., Harborside, ME 04642); Port of Registry: Horseshoe Cove, ME
Official no. ME 435 B; Type & Rig Bar Harbor 31, Keel yawl
Lbs Gross 21415; LOA 49-10; LWL 30-10; Extr. Beam 10-6; Draught 7-6
Sail Area 1047
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N.G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol RI; Built when 1903
Engine (1) Diesel, 30-hp
Note: Sail No. BH 11
2007 WoodenBoat Register
Name; Former Name(s): Desperate Lark; Cricket, Gossip III, Mildred III
Owner: Seal Cove Boatyard/R. Vaughan; Port: Horseshoe Cove, ME ; Port of Registry: Harborside, ME
Official no. 127754; Type & Rig Bar Harbor 31, Keel yawl
Lbs Gross 21415; LOA 48-10; LWL 30-10; Extr. Beam 10-6; Draught 7-6
Sail Area 1047
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N.G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol RI; Built when 1903
Engine Diesel, (1) 30-hp
Note: Sail No. BH 11
2010 USCG
Name: Desperate Lark
Owner: Seal Cove Boatyard Inc (124 Horseshoe Cove Road, Harborside, ME 04642); Port: Horseshoe Cove Me
Official no. 127754; Building Material Wood
Tons Gross 9; Tons Net 9; Reg. Length 36.4; Extr. Beam 10.4; Depth 5
Builder Herreshoff Mtg Co; Built when 1903
Note: Documentation Issuance Date: March 16, 2010. Documentation Expiration Date: March 31, 2011. Service: Recreational.
2015 USCG
Name: Desperate Lark
Owner: Seal Cove Boatyard Inc (124 Horseshoe Cove Road, Harborside, ME 04642); Port: Horseshoe Cove Me
Official no. 127754; Building Material Wood
Tons Gross 9; Tons Net 9; Reg. Length 36.4; Extr. Beam 10.4; Depth 5
Builder Herreshoff Mtg Co; Built when 1903
Note: Documentation Issuance Date: February 12, 2015. Documentation Expiration Date: March 31, 2016. Service: Recreational.
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: Cricket
Type: J & M
Length: 30'9"
Owner: Ladd, F. G.
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: Cricket
Type: 32' 2" cutter
Owner: F. G. Ladd
Year: 1903
Row No.: 137
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. [sic, i.e. no month]
Day: 3 [sic, i.e. no day]
Year: 1902
E/P/S: S
No.: 0602
Name: Cricket
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: Ladd
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.
Research Note(s)
"W. G. Ladd, the owner of Cricket, was married to Kate Macy Ladd, who was the sister of V. Everit Macy, the owner of the Bar Harbor 31 Papoose III." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. April 22, 2013.)
"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 178 days (contract to launch; equivalent to $28/day, 119 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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