HMCo #603s Scud

"[1903-03-14] Sat 14: Very fine & mild. L[igh]t air [from] S. ... Set up #603 [Scud].
[1903-03-21] Sat 21: Fog & rain. NE [wind] ch[anging] to SW in PM. Turned over #603 [Scud] in PM. ...
[1903-04-13] Mon 13: Very fine [with] NE [wind], clear & cool. Stepped mast & bowsprit of Reliance. Took #603 [Scud] 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 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.)

"Scud, 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. Scud.)

"[License issued to vessel under 20 tons. Pos. 244:]
Scud, 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.
Surrendered [license] Apr. 21, 1904 at Philadelphia. ([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. Scud.)

"... It looks as if the death of A. J. Cassatt [who owned #603s Scud] would cause the ending of the Mount Desert Yacht Racing Association, of which he was one of the most enthusiastic members. The club consisted of a fleet of thirty-one-footers, knockabout rig, all exactly alike, for which the owners drew lots for choice, and which were as exact duplicates as the hand of the builder could make. The races were a test of pure sailing, for no professional skippers were allowed, each member sailing his own boat. The club was a flourishing one for a number of years, but last year the interest dwindled, and no races of a formal nature were held. Mr. Cassatt's yacht has been sold to Camden parties, while another, the Indian [#599s], owned by Edgar Scott of Philadelphia, another prime mover of the club, has been sold this week, also to Camden Summer residents. Mr. Scott bought the Indian from William C. Allison of Philadelphia, who was still another member of the club, but who has not been here for several seasons and didn't like her as well as his own Bat [#596s]. ..." (Source: Anon. "Bar Harbor's Smart Clubs." New York Times, June 30, 1907, p. ?.)

"A three-year-old organization called Full Sea, based in Sea Cliff, Long Island, is dedicated to saving and restoring classic wooden sailboats. Headed by David Kiremidjian, a forty-four-year-old associate professor of comparative literature at Brooklyn College, the group has already acquired seventeen boats. The collection ranges from a 1880 Crosby catboat to the queen of the fleet, a 52-foot Burgess-designed and built P Class sloop named Chips.
In various stages of restoration and repair are two NY 30s, Ibis [#627s] and Phantom (ex-Minx) [#648s], a 47-foot Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 30, Arria [#566s], built in 1902, and a 50-foot Herreshoff Bar Harbor 30, Scud [#603s], built in 1903. ..." (Source: Shope, Roger H. "Long Island Group Collecting Museum Fleet of Yachts." Sail, September 1982, p. ?)

"The short creek off the Devoran river at Point and Penpol, Cornwall, England, holds little promise of greatness but this is the home of the Ocean Yacht Company, yacht restoration, building, and refit yard. In business since 1993, the yard is owned and managed by Brian Pope, a local man who grew up around boats before leaving Cornwall to work in retail management. ... Next to arrive (expected summer of 2001) will be the Herreshoff Bar Harbor 31, Scud. One of thirteen built to the one-design plans, Scud is one of only four surviving examples and ... was advertised in [WoodenBoat's] "Save a Classic". Described bv Herreshoff expert Maynard Bray as being 'in tough sliape, having been out of the water and out in the weather for many years she should [end up looking as good as she did when new].' Brian Pope is clearly excited about her arrival but has to wait for the Connecticut spring before he can start moving her: ''She's stuck in the back of a yard over there and we can't get her until their launch season gets underway in May. But by then our shed will be clearer and we'll be able to begin working on her in the autumn.' ... For information: Brian Pope, Ocean Yacht Company, Penpol, Cornwall TR3 6RT; tel: 01872 863708; email: enquiry@oceanyachtcompany.com." (Source: Anon ("JB"). "American Classics in Cornwall." Maritime Life and Traditions #11, Spring 2001, p. 74.)

"[Website chronicling Scud's history and recent restoration by owners Sofie and Eric Degrotte in Belgium.]" (Source: Degrotte, Sofie and Eric. http://www.bh30.org/, retrieved January 25, 2011.)

"24 maggio 2018 ... Scud, un Bar Harbor 31 arrivato ieri mattina a Porto Santo Stefano al Cantiere Navale dell’Argentario, impacchettato nei suoi 115 anni di storia: il varo ai cantieri Herreshoff di Bristol risale infatti al 1903. È una barca di 18,5 metri che sarà completamente restaurata dagli operai sotto la direzione tecnica di Federico Nardi, dopo essere stata portata in Italia direttamente dal Belgio. I lavori comprenderanno una ristrutturazione totale e dureranno circa un anno. [Rough translation from the Italian: May 24, 2018 ... Scud, a Bar Harbor 31 arrived yesterday morning in Porto Santo Stefano at the Argentario Shipyard, packed in its 115 years of history: The launch at the Herreshoff shipyard of Bristol dates back to 1903. It is a boat of 18.5 meters that will be completely restored by the workers under the technical direction of Federico Nardi, after being brought to Italy directly from Belgium. The works will include a total renovation and will last about a year. ...]." (Source: Capitani, Andrea. L’Argentario Restaura La Barca Di Prada. http://iltirreno.gelocal.it/grosseto/cronaca/2018/05/24/news/l-argentario-restaura-la-barca-di-prada-1.16875780, retrieved October 11, 2018.)

"After two years of research, planning and work, Scud, the Herreshoff built 1903 Bar Harbor 30 Class sloop, HMCo. #603 takes to the waters off Porto Santo Stefano Italy in late July for her first sea trials. It was an honor and a privilege to be asked to be part of this grand project. The boat was found in Belgium as a very sad derelict, having been completely stripped of her hardware and rig. She was then barged around to Italy, arriving there in early spring of 2019. During the following months, we produced nearly every single piece of bronze hardware for her, while Federico Nardi, director of Cantiere Navale dell'Argentario in Porto Santo Stefano and his crew completely rebuilt the hull and rig, and managed the project. The last of seven shipments from us arriving just as Italy was shutting down for Covid-19 in March. ..." (Source: Reineck, Jim. Facebook Post, August 1, 2020. https://fr-fr.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2241305749327575&id=148970441894460, retrieved September 14, 2020.)

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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:] Brokerage listing (File No. 1605) for #603s SCUD. Dimensions, particulars (Rig: Auxiliary Sloop, Location: Bedells, Stamford, Conn, Price: $3500). Remark 'Shrouds and stays all stainless steel. Shipmate stove (new 1936). Motor and Gas tanks completely protected with automatic fire extinguishers'. Undated, a penciled note in the upper right corner suggests 'Sept 1937' (although this may also be a reference to the date she was sold)." (Source: Belknap & Paine, Yacht Brokers (creator). Broker Listing. MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.111. Box HAFH.6.3B, Folder Brokers Listings. No date (1937-9 ?).)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #603s Scud 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.
• Bray, Maynard. "Save A Classic: Scud. A Herreshoff Bar Harbor 31." Wooden Boat #156, September/October 2000, p. 144. (74 kB)
  Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Copyright holder: Maynard Bray (text).
• Hughes, Steffan Meyric (text). Taylor, James Robinson (photos). "Scud Missile." Classic Boat (U.K.), March 2021, p. 4-10. (7,945 kB)
  Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Classic Boat Magazine. Vessel portrait with focus on recent restoration.

• Scud (HMCo-made index card)
• Scud (MIT Museum-made index card)
• Note: The vessel index cards comprise two sets of a total of some 3200 cards about vessels built by HMCo, with dimensions and information regarding drawings, later or former vessel names, and owners. They were compiled from HMCo's early days until 1920 and added to in later decades, apparently by Hart Nautical curator William A. Baker and his successors. While HMCo seems to have used only one set of index cards, all sorted by name and, where no name was available, by number, later users at MIT apparently divided them into two sets of cards, one sorted by vessel name, the other by vessel number and greatly expanded the number of cards. Original HMCo cards are usually lined and almost always punched with a hole at bottom center while later cards usually have no hole, are unlined, and often carry substantially less information. All cards are held by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass.

Name: Scud
Type: J & M DH
Length: 30'9"
Owner: Cassatt

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

• Scud
• 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: Scud
Type: 31' cutter
Owner: A. J. Cassatt
Year: 1902
Row No.: 605

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.: 0603
Name: Scud
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: Cassat
First Name: A. J.

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.

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

"Scud's owner, Alexander Cassatt was a railroad magnate and a co-investor in New York's Grand Central station. He was the brother of impressionist painter Mary Cassatt and instrumental in getting the French-born, London-based art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel to bring impressionism to the U.S. when he sailed with 300 painting by Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Pissary, Sisley and others to the U.S." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. February 26, 2015.)

"Launch date signifies the date vessel was taken to cove." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. November 4, 2011.)

"Built in 192 days (contract to launch; equivalent to $26/day, 110 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.