HMCo #610s Mimosa III

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Particulars

Construction_Record_Title.jpgName: Mimosa III
Later Name(s): Silver Girl (-1918), Paquerette (1919-1921), Mimosa III (1922-1928), Windrush (1928-1933), Rafale (1933-1934), Frileuse (1934-1935), Windrush (1935-1973), Mimosa (1973-)
Type: Sloop
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1903-9-25
Finished: 1904-6
Construction: Wood
LOA: 46' 6" (14.17m)
LWL: 30' (9.14m)
Beam: 10' 1" (3.07m)
Draft: 7' 3" (2.21m)
Rig: Sloop
Sail Area: 1,143sq ft (106.2sq m)
Displ.: 17,920 lbs (8,128 kg)
Keel: yes
Ballast: Lead outside
Built for: Park, Trenor L. [Charles S. Eaton initial order]
Amount: $6,000.00
Note(s) in HMCo Construction Record: Eaton order cancelled + boat sold to T. L. Park. Rig [altered to] J[ib] & M[ainsail] 1905.
Current owner: Private Owner, Sanary, France (last reported 2009 at age 105)

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 #301Model number: 301
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room South Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
3 built, modeled by NGH
#461s Cock Robin (1896)
#487s Onward (1898)
#610s Mimosa III (1904, Extant)

Original text on model:
"No. 461 COCKROBIN scale 1/12 April 1896
ONWARD 30' wl #487 scale 1/16 launched May 1898
MIMOSA III 30' wl #610 Scale 1/16 launched June 29 1904" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model Description:
"21' lwl Cock Robin, cabin sloop of 1895. Also, with scale changes, 30' lwl cutters Onward of 1898 and Mimosa III of 1904." (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.4.097

Offset booklet contents:
#461, #463, #487, #610 [21' w.l. knockabout Cock Robin, Newport 30 Asahi, 30' w.l. cutter Onward, 30' w.l. sloop Mimosa III].

Offset Booklet(s) in Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. (Restricted access --- see curator.)

Drawings

Main drawing Dwg 076-051 (HH.5.05511) Explore all drawings relating to this boat.

List of drawings:
   Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
   HMCo #610s Mimosa III are listed in bold.
   Click on Dwg number for preview, on HH number to see at M.I.T. Museum.
  1. Dwg 078-004 (HH.5.05722): For 449 (1894-11-01)
  2. Dwg 065-034 (HH.5.04630): Tiller Socket # 487 (1897-11-09)
  3. Dwg 065-035 (HH.5.04631): Rudder Bearing and Pintle for No. 487 (1897-11-18)
  4. Dwg 130-048 (HH.5.10351): Sails > Onward & Mimosa III # 610 (1898-01 ?)
  5. Dwg 079-087 (HH.5.05896); Chainplates for # 560 to 567 (1901-09-18)
  6. Dwg 070-047 (HH.5.05047); Qua[r]ter Chock 3 1/2" x 1 1/4" (1901-09-24)
  7. Dwg 084-022 (HH.5.06470); Skylight for # 560 Class (1901-10-04)
  8. Dwg 081-005 (HH.5.06093); Spars for 27' Water-Line Racing Yacht (1902-02-06)
  9. Dwg 049-054 (HH.5.03730): Bilge Pump # 608 and 610 (1903-06-04)
  10. Dwg 130-089 (HH.5.10394): Sails > # 610 Mimosa III (1903-10-08)
  11. Dwg 025-018 (HH.5.01767): List of Frames Floors Floorbolts Deck Beams etc. (1903-10-13)
  12. Dwg 095-049 (HH.5.07852): Mahogany Deck-House (1903-10-14)
  13. Dwg 111-055 (HH.5.09246): Cabin Plan (1903-10-21)
  14. Dwg 111-056 (HH.5.09247): Bulkheads and Details (Bulkheads of Pine, All Raised Panels) (1903-10-26)
  15. Dwg 076-051 (HH.5.05511); Construction Dwg > 30'-0" W.L., 46'-6" O.A. (1903-11-03)
  16. Dwg 064-064 (HH.5.04540): # 610 Rudder, Stock and Bearings (1903-11-04)
  17. Dwg 127-152 (HH.5.10020): Sails > Sails for No. 610 (1903-11-08)
  18. Dwg 081-027 (HH.5.06115): Spars for # 610 (1903-11-14)
  19. Dwg 110-026 (HH.5.08991); Travel[l]ers for Small Sail Boats (1903-12-09)
  20. Dwg 111-057 (HH.5.09248): Combination Door and Table (1903-12-15)
  21. Dwg 081-032 (HH.5.06120): Spars for # 616, # 646 (1904-01-11)
  22. Dwg 030-053 (HH.5.02268): Docking Plan for Mimosa III, # 610, 46'-6" O.A., 30'-0" W.L. (1904-07-06)
  23. Dwg 110-033 (HH.5.08998); Details for # 626 Class (1904-12-24)
  24. Dwg 127-171 (HH.5.10039): Sails > Sails for New Rig for Mimosa III # 610 (1905-04-26)
  25. Dwg 081-045 (HH.5.06133): Spars for 610 (1905-04-27)
Source: Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Together with: Hasselbalch, Kurt with Frances Overcash and Angela Reddin. Guide to The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1997. Together with: Numerous additions and corrections by Claas van der Linde.
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

"[1904-01-14] Thu 14: Very fine [with] fresh SW [breeze]. Mr. Eaton here from Boston and ordered 38' wl cruiser [Cock Robin II #617] in place of one now building (30' wl #610) [Mimosa III]." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1904. Manuscript (excerpts). Diary access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.)

Other Contemporary Text Source(s)

"C. S. Eaton, well and favorably known in yachting and the owner of the Cock Robin [#461s], has placed an order with Mr. Herreshoff for a 30-foot cruising knockabout for his sons. The new craft will be 30 feet waterline, with no bowsprit, and in general make-up will be quite like the Onward [#487s]. She will have a small sail plan, and will be absolutely safe. Work will be commenced on her at once, and she will be ready by early spring. Her home port will be Marblehead. She will make short cruises along the coast.
Mr. Eaton has done away with the bowsprit, as he desires to have none of the sails go out beyond the ends of the deck. The doing away of the bowsprit gets rid of the bobstay, bowsprit shrouds and whiskers. The boat is sure to be a safe, handy cruiser." (Source: Anon. "Cruising Knockabout. Plans Laid for a New 30-Footer for C. S. Eaton, Designed for Safety." Boston Herald, November 15, 1903, p. ?.)

"... C.S. Eaton has cancelled his order with Herreshoffs or a 30-foot knock-about [#610s Mimosa III], and in its place has given the same builders an order for a 40-footer [#617s Cock Robin II]. ..." (Source: Anon. "Knots, Bends and Splices." Boston Globe, February 28, 1904, p. ?.)

"A racing sloop [#610s Mimosa III] some 30 feet in length on the waterline was built at the Herreshoff shops several months ago for C. S. Eaton. The craft was built on the molds of the Onward [#487s], owned by Designer A. S. Chesebrough until last season, when he sold the craft. The boat ordered by Mr. Eaton is 47 feet over all and 30 feet long on the waterline. The craft has been bought by T. L. Park of New York, for whom she is now being fitted out at the Herreshoff shops. Mr. Eaton, desiring a larger craft, had the Cockrobin [#617s], with a thirty-nine-foot waterline, built at the Herreshoff shops this year, the company taking the thirty-footer in trade for the Cockrobin. Mr. Park has named his thirty-footer Mimosa III. She will be in racing condition soon.
The Herreshoff shops are very quiet and will-be until the fall orders begin to come in, and as these may include one for a new cup defender, there is a bright side to present conditions for the mechanics at the boat shops. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yachts and Yachtsmen." New York Times, July 4, 1904, p. 7.)

"The Herreshoff-built 30 footer Mimosa won the Manhasset Bay challenge cup last week. The Mimosa is owned by Commodore T. L. Park." (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity." Bristol Phoenix, July 12, 1904, p. 2.)

"One of the boats which attracted considerable attention on Long Island Sound last season was Mimosa III, a Herreshoff production, owned by Commodore Trenor L. Park, of the American Yacht Club. Mimosa III is a fine, wholesome type of fast cruiser, having moderate overhangs, a small rig without bowsprit, and a roomy cabin. On account of her small rig she was at her best in strong breezes and made a creditable record in the races which she entered. It is especially interesting to note that the new New York Yacht Club one-design class will, in a general way, be similar to Mimosa III, the principal difference being that the new boats have about a foot less breadth, and the sail plan shows a short bowsprit [which was subsequently also fitted to Mimosa III]. The dimensions of Mimosa III are: Length over all 46 feet 6 inches; length water line 30 feet 9 inches; breadth 10 feet; draught 7 feet 6 inches; sail area 1,143 square feet." (Source: Anon. "Mimosa III." Rudder, April 1905, p. 251.)

"The Herreshoff-designed cutter Mimosa III, owned by Mr. E. Reeks, has been brought over from New York in the Atlantic liner Minneapolis to Tilbury Docks [in London], and was sailed round to the Solent, where the yacht is being refitted at Messrs. Summers & Payne's yard. Captain A. Diaper of ltchen Ferry (formerly the skipper of the 15-meter cutter Mariska) has charge of Mimosa III. Rough weather was encountered on the trip round to the Solent." (Source: Anon: "Odd Links." The Yachtsman, July 13, 1911, p. 28.)

"Mimosa III, well known in local yacht racing circles, is now in British waters. The London Yachtsman says as follows of the craft: 'The Herreshoff-designed cutter Mimosa III, owned by E. Reeks, has been brought over from New York in the Atlantic liner Minneapolis to Tilbury Docks [in London], and was sailed round to the Solent, where the yacht is being refitted at Messrs. Summers & Payne's yard. Captain A. Diaper of ltchen Ferry (formerly the skipper of the 15-meter cutter Mariska) has charge of Mimosa III. Rough weather was encountered on the trip round to the Solent.' " (Source: Anon: "Mimosa III in English Waters." Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 25, 1911, p. 2.)

Archival Documents

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"[Item Description:] thank you for sending measurements for #610s MIMOSA III, I want to file down the rating to the last possible point, hate to bother you but it is going to be no cinch to hold our own against the #670s SENECA and the holding of the Manhasset Cup means a lot to my fellow members of the American Yacht Club and to me" (Source: Wainwright, Stuyvesant. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_34490. Subject Files, Folder 42, formerly 32. 1907-12-13.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Typewritten letter on 'Narragansett Bay Yacht Agency. 240 Banigan Building. Boston Correspondent B.B. Crowninshield. New York Correspondent Frank Bowne Jones' stationery:] Providence, R.I. Sept[ember] 7, 1909
Owing to the hurry in which I went off with MAY QUEEN [#514s] I did not have the chance to acknowledge and thank you for your favor of the 20th ult.
On being measured by the measurer of the Atlantic Y.C. MAY QUEEN was found to rate 27.96 but a trifle over the estimate which you made. The excess was entirely due to the difference in method they having taken spar measurement while I presume you took actual sail. Under their method they made the S.A. 958 instead of 900 Sq. Ft.
We raced three days at the Atlantic Y.C. Starting with M.N.O. and P. classes although P class was figured separate in the final results and although the lightest wind during the three day was 18 miles, secured a first, a second and a break down.
The first day was started in a moderate breeze. We had against us MIMOSA III [#610s] and CRESCENT and were sailing over the course with VIVIAN II [#487s ex-ONWARD], PHANTOM and EIDOLON. Having secured the best start we held MIMOSA under our lee during the entire first leg and ran away from CRESCENT and VIVIAN II. At the end of the round a terrific squall struck and the big PHANTOM and MIMOSA passed us. The wind was over 35 miles per hour but we kept going and though rather badly beaten by MIMOSA, secured second in our class and beat the M boats VIVIAN II [p. 2] and EIDOLON very badly so that both finally dropped out. On allowance MIMOSA beat us about 7 minutes while we beat the two year old Gielow boat CRESCENT over twelve minutes without our allowance.
The second day the wind had dropped to about 22 miles. We held second to MIMOSA with the same fleet, all over the first round and were well inside of our allowance when the wire sling holding the throat halliards parted.
The last race of the A.Y.C. series was started in a 10 mile breeze.
We simply walked away from MIMOSA on every point of sailing during the first round. At the start of the second round the wind increased suddenly to nearly 20 miles and we were badly overblown, MIMOSA passing us but was unable to save her allowance and we got the race. Both CRESCENT and VIVIAN II were far astern.
Saturday we went to Oyster Bay, MIMOSA III did not arrive in time but we went up against the big yawl NIMPEA. We also sailed over the course with the N.Y. 30 footers. It blew from 25 to 30 miles and the sea was wicked but we reefed before starting and gave the yawl a bad beating. We also beat all the 'thirties' except NEPSI [#632s] and PHRYNE [#643s] being beaten by a few seconds by the first and a couple of minutes by the second of the two above.
Monday was at Larchmont. There was a steady 10 mile breeze and perfectly smooth water. The conditions were ideal for MAY QUEEN for the first time. Before the race MIMOSA's skipper conceded that we would beat him from 5 to 10 minutes boat for boat while CRESCENT refused to race against us and entered the handicap class. Right at the start our rudder came loose from the post and we were unable to steer at all so dropped out. MIMOSA beat all the 'thirties' by nearly two minutes so we lost the chance to lead not only the fast MIMOSA but all the N.Y.Y.C. class as well.
With two first, a second and two break downs out of five starts,
I think our trip was exceptionally successful. Everywhere MAY QUEEN [p. 3] was greatly admired for her handsome lines, roomy interior and remarkable showing against MIMOSA III which boat all the Sound yachtsmen seem to think a wonderful all around boat.
I thought you would be sufficiently interested in the doings of a ten year old Herreshoff boat manned by a Rhode Island crew, racing under a rule unthought of at the time of her launch, to be glad to have this report from me, so took the liberty of this lengthy letter.
I sailed the first race and Thurber the other four. We had the weather berth in every race at the start and our sail handling appeared to be much quicker and more effective than any of the boats we went up against so we were satisfied that local boatmen are not so far behind the other men as we had feared they might be.
Very sincerely yours ..." (Source: Goodwin[?], N.R.[?]. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_22830. Correspondence, Folder 67, formerly 135. 1909-09-07.)
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"[Item Transcription:] Order book with carbon copy duplicates of instructions given by NGH titled 'Herreshoff Mfg. Co. Orders from N.G. Herreshoff'. Relevant contents:
§68: Work Order [For] #610s. [When wanted] Middle of May. New Rig (1905-04-22)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Order Book. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE08_03460. Folder [no #]. 1900-02 to 1909-10.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #610s Mimosa III even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

Further Reading
  • Archambeaud, Patrick. "De Bristol a Bandol. L'histoire du yacht Mimosa III 1903-2009." Classic Yacht Club Website, March 10, 2011. http://www.classyachtclub.fr/a-la-hune/le-yacht-mimosa-iii.html, retrieved March 20, 2011. (2,087 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Vessel portrait of #610s Mimosa III describing her ownership in the U.S., England, and France. Many photos. In French.

Images

Registers

1905 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1207)
Name: Mimosa
Owner: Trenor L. Park; Port: New York
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel] Sloop
LOA 46.5; LWL 30.9; Extr. Beam 10.2; Draught 7.5
Sailmaker Her. M. Co.; Sails made in [19]04; Sail Area 1150
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1904

1906 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1920)
Name: Mimosa III
Owner: Trenor L. Park; Port: Rye, N.Y.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], FD [Flush Deck], Slp
LOA 46-6; LWL 30-11; Extr. Beam 10-0; Draught 7-6
Sailmaker H. M. Co.; Sails made in [19]04; Sail Area 1150
Builder Her. M. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1904

1912 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2011)
Name: Mimosa III
Owner: Edmund Reeks; Port: Larchmont, N.Y.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], FD [Flush Deck], Slp
LOA 46-6; LWL 30-11; Extr. Beam 10-0; Draught 7-6
Sailmaker R&L [Ratsey&Lapthorn New York]; Sails made in [19]09; Sail Area 1150
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1904

1919 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K.
Name; Former Name(s): Paquerettte; Mimosa III
Owner: Capt. L. Lindsay-Smith (18 Sussex Place, Regent's Park, London, W.2.); Club(s): Cly. Sal.; Port: Southampton
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Cutter
Tons Net 9; LOA 38-0; LWL 30-9; Extr. Beam 7-0
Sailmaker Herreshoff; Sails made in [19]04; Sail Area 1150
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1904

1921 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. (#3440)
Name; Former Name(s): Paquerettte; Mimosa III
Owner: Capt. L. Lindsay-Smith (18 Sussex Place, Regent's Park, London, N.W.1.); Club(s): Cly. Sal.; Port: Southampton
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Cutter
Tons Net 9; LOA 38-0; LWL 30-9; Extr. Beam 7-0; Depth 5-3; Draught 6-1
Sailmaker Herreshoff; Sails made in [19]04; Sail Area 1150
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1904
Capt. Lindsay-Smith owned a fleet of small boats: Chaos, Daffodil, Paquerette, Pierrette, St. David, St. George and St. Patrick.

1922 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. (#3079)
Name; Former Name(s): Mimosa III; Paquerette, Mimosa III
Owner: C.E. Nicholson (Stanley House, Lee-on-the-Solent); Club(s): Alb. Isl. Lon. Mtr Y.C. Sth. Tms. Vic. Y.R.A.; Port: Portsmouth
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Cutter
Tons Net 15; LOA 46-3; LWL 31-6; Extr. Beam 10-0; Depth 5-3; Draught 6-1
Sailmaker Herreshoff; Sail Area 1150
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1904

1923 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. (#3315)
Name; Former Name(s): Mimosa III; Paquerette, Mimosa III
Owner: B.W. Nicholson (Spring Garden Lane, Gosport, Hants); Club(s): Pts.; Port: Portsmouth
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig AuxCut
Tons Net 15; LOA 46-3; LWL 31-6; Extr. Beam 10-0; Depth 5-3; Draught 6-1
Sailmaker Ratsey & Lapth[o]rn; Sails made in [19]22; Sail Area 885
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1904
Engine Paraffin Motor. 2Cy. 3 1/2" - 4 3/4"; Maker Bergius L. & E. Co. Ld., Gls. [19]22

1926 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. (#3861)
Name; Former Name(s): Mimosa III; Paquerette, Mimosa III
Owner: B.W. Nicholson (6 Spring Garden Lane, Gosport, Hants); Club(s): Pts.; Port: Portsmouth
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig AuxCut
Tons Net 15; LOA 46-3; LWL 31-6; Extr. Beam 10-0; Depth 5-3; Draught 6-1
Sailmaker Ratsey & Lapth[o]rn; Sails made in [19]22; Sail Area 785
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1904
Engine Paraffin Motor. 2Cy. 3 1/2" - 4 3/4"; Maker Bergius L. & E. Co. Ld., Gls. [19]22

1927 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. (#3776)
Name; Former Name(s): Mimosa III; Paquerette, Mimosa III
Owner: F.G.T. Dawson (The Manor House, Hamble, Hants); Club(s): Cam. Hbl. Srn. Tms.; Port: Hamble
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig AuxCut
Tons Net 15; LOA 46-3; LWL 31-6; Extr. Beam 10-0; Depth 5-3; Draught 6-1
Sailmaker Ratsey & Lapth[o]rn; Sails made in [19]22; Sail Area 785
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1904
Engine Paraffin Motor. 2Cy. 3 1/2" - 4 3/4"; Maker Bergius L. & E. Co. Ld., Gls. [19]22

1928 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. (#3812)
Name; Former Name(s): Mimosa III; Paquerette, Mimosa III
Owner: Mrs. Lily Vera Gordon (c/o Rev. E. J. Johnson, 'Dingley', Warsah, Southampton.); Port: Hamble
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig AuxCut
Tons Net 15; LOA 46-3; LWL 31-6; Extr. Beam 10-0; Depth 5-3; Draught 6-1
Sailmaker Ratsey & Lapth[o]rn; Sails made in [19]22; Sail Area 785
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1904
Engine Paraffin Motor. 2Cy. 3 1/2" - 4 3/4"; Maker Bergius L. & E. Co. Ld., Gls. [19]22

1929 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. (#6677)
Name; Former Name(s): Windrush; Mimosa III, Paquerette, Mimosa III
Owner: Sir Fisher W. Dilke (Bart., Lepe Point, Fawley, Southampton); Club(s): R.Y.S. Hbl.; Port: Hamble
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig AuxCut
Tons Net 15; LOA 46-3; LWL 31-6; Extr. Beam 10-0; Depth 5-3; Draught 6-1
Sailmaker Ratsey & Lapth[o]rn; Sails made in [19]22; Sail Area 785
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1904
Engine Paraffin Motor. 2Cy. 3 1/2" - 4 3/4"; Maker Bergius L. & E. Co. Ld., Gls. [19]22

1932 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. (#6666)
Name; Former Name(s): Windrush; Mimosa III, Paquerette, Mimosa III
Owner: Sir Fisher W. Dilke (Bart., Lepe Point, Fawley, Southampton); Club(s): R.Y.S.; Port: Hamble
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig AuxCut
Tons Net 15; LOA 46-3; LWL 31-6; Extr. Beam 10-0; Depth 5-3; Draught 6-1
Sailmaker Beaton; Sail Area 785
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1904
Engine Paraffin Motor. 2Cy. 3 1/2" - 4 3/4"; Maker Bergius, Gls. [19]22

1933 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. (#6637)
Name; Former Name(s): Windrush; Mimosa III, Paquerette, Mimosa III
Owner: Louis Duverger (151 bis Rue de Rennes, Paris, 6e.); Port: Nantes
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig AuxCut
Tons Net 15; LOA 46-3; LWL 31-6; Extr. Beam 10-0; Depth 5-3; Draught 6-1
Sailmaker Beaton; Sail Area 785
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1904
Engine Paraffin Motor. 2Cy. 3 1/2" - 4 3/4"; Maker Bergius, Gls. [19]22

1934 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. (#2075)
Name; Former Name(s): Frileuse; Rafale, Windrush, Mimosa III, Paquerette, Mimosa III
Owner: Mme. Lucienne Armand Salacrou (5 Rue Chaptal, Paris, 9e); Club(s): Y.C.F. Msl.; Port: Marseilles
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig AuxCut
Tons Net 15; LOA 46-3; LWL 31-6; Extr. Beam 10-0; Depth 5-3; Draught 6-1
Sailmaker Beaton; Sail Area 785
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1904
Engine Paraffin Motor. 2Cy. 3 1/2" - 4 3/4"; Maker Bergius, Gls. [19]22

1935 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. (#6790)
Name; Former Name(s): Windrush; Frileuse, Rafale, Windrush, Mimosa III, Paquerette, Mimosa III
Owner: Chantiers de la Liane et Agence Generale de Yachting (26 Avenue des Champs-Elysees, Paris, Se.); Port: Marseilles
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig AuxCut
Tons Net 15; LOA 46-3; LWL 31-6; Extr. Beam 10-0; Depth 5-3; Draught 6-1
Sailmaker Beaton; Sail Area 785
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1904
Engine Paraffin Motor. 2Cy. 3 1/2" - 4 3/4"; Maker Bergius. [19]22

1936 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. (#6992)
Name; Former Name(s): Windrush; Frileuse, Rafale, Windrush, Mimosa III, Paquerette, Mimosa III
Owner: Chantiers de la Liane et Agence Generale de Yachting (26 Avenue des Champs-Elysees, Paris, Se.); Port: Marseilles
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig AuxCut
Tons Net 15; LOA 46-3; LWL 31-6; Extr. Beam 10-0; Depth 5-3; Draught 6-1
Sailmaker Beaton; Sail Area 785
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1904
Engine Paraffin Motor. 2Cy. 3 1/2" - 4 3/4"; Maker Bergius. [19]22

1937 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. (#7186)
Name; Former Name(s): Windrush; Frileuse, Rafale, Windrush, Mimosa III, Paquerette, Mimosa III
Owner: Georges Résural (26 Rue de la Tournelle, Boulogne-sur-Seine, France); Port: Marseilles
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig AuxCut
Tons Net 15; LOA 46-3; LWL 31-6; Extr. Beam 10-0; Depth 5-3; Draught 6-1
Sailmaker Beaton; Sail Area 785
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1904
Engine Paraffin Motor. 2Cy. 3 1/2" - 4 3/4"; Maker Bergius. [19]22

1939 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. (#7849)
Name; Former Name(s): Windrush; Frileuse, Rafale, Windrush, Mimosa III, Paquerette, Mimosa III
Owner: Georges Résural ([no address]); Port: Marseilles
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig AuxCut
Tons Net 15; LOA 46-3; LWL 31-6; Extr. Beam 10-0; Depth 5-3; Draught 6-1
Sailmaker Beaton; Sail Area 785
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1904
Engine Paraffin Motor. 2Cy. 3 1/2" - 4 3/4"; Maker Bergius. [19]22

1947 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. (#7572)
Name; Former Name(s): Windrush; Frileuse, Rafale, Windrush, Mimosa III, Paquerette, Mimosa III
Owner: Georges Résural ([no address]); Port: Marseilles
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig AuxCut
Tons Net 15; LOA 46-3; LWL 31-6; Extr. Beam 10-0; Depth 5-3; Draught 6-1
Sailmaker Beaton; Sail Area 785
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1904
Engine Paraffin Motor. 2Cy. 3 1/2" - 4 3/4"; Maker Bergius. [19]22

1948 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. (#7594)
Name; Former Name(s): Windrush; Frileuse, Rafale, Windrush, Mimosa III, Paquerette, Mimosa III
Owner: Georges Résural ([no address]); Port: Marseilles
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig AuxCut
Tons Net 15; LOA 46-3; LWL 31-6; Extr. Beam 10-0; Depth 5-3; Draught 6-1
Sailmaker Beaton; Sail Area 785
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1904
Engine Paraffin Motor. 2Cy. 3 1/2" - 4 3/4"; Maker Bergius. [19]22
Not listed in later Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K.

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: Mimosa III
Type: J & M
Length: 30'
Owner: Eaton, C. S.

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: Mimosa III
Type: 30' 11" J & M
Owner: C. S. Eaton
Year: 1904
Row No.: 433

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: Sep
Day: 25
Year: 1903
E/P/S: S
No.: 0610
Name: Mimosa III
LW: 30'
B: 10' 1"
D: 7' 3"
Rig: J & M
K: y
Ballast: Lead O.
Amount: 6000.00
Notes Constr. Record: Eaton order cancelled & boat sold to F.L. Park [sic] Rig J & M 1905
Last Name: Eaton
First Name: C. S.

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)

"Mimosa III was in British waters in 1913, in French waters in 1932. She was restored in 1995 by Noel Mélingue." (Source: Melingué, Frederic, owner. Email to Claas van der Linde, March 11, 2008.)

"HMCo Drawing 130-048 (HH.5.10351) Sail Plan for #487s Onward & #610s Mimosa III is marked in pencil (in what appears to be N. G. Herreshoff's handwriting) 'Sailplan traced for Capt Lindsay[?] Smith care Yachting Monthly, London, Dec. 18 [19]18. Present name of Mimosa III is Silver Girl." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 5, 2019.)

"HMCo Plan 081-045 (HH.5.06133) Spars [for Mimosa III] (1905-04-27) carries a note 'mast, boom & gaff. 12/12-07. job # 4645 (to replace spars burned)', indicating that Mimosa III received a new set of spars after a fire in 1907." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. November 22, 2019.)

"[Sail area 1143sqft.]" (Source: Anon. [Title?] Rudder, April 1905, p. 251.)

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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