HMCo #646s Kotic
Particulars
Name: KoticLater Name(s): Duchess (1910s-)
Type: Sloop
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1905-2-3
Finished: 1905-5-31
Construction: Wood
LOA: 41' 9" (12.73m)
LWL: 30' (9.14m)
Beam: 9' 9" (2.97m)
Draft: 6' 6" (1.98m)
Rig: Sloop
Keel: yes
Ballast: Lead outside
Built for: Hoe & Dunham, Richard M. & Edward K.
Amount: $6,000.00
Last reported: 1942 (aged 37)
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: 115Model location: H.M.M. Model Room South Wall Left
Vessels from this model:
6 built, modeled by NGH
Original text on model:
"1902 Nos. 578 AZOR and No. 580 TRIVIA with keel 18" deeper than model Scale 1/16 586 NELLIE changed to ISHKORDA Also RUGOSA scale 13/16 of 1/16 No. 616 BAMBINO 646 KOTIC" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Model Description:
"34'6" lwl Azor, keel/centerboard sloop of 1902. Also the keel sloops Trivia and Nellie of the same year." (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.4.135
Offset booklet contents:
#578, #580, #586, #608, #616, #646 [34' 6" w.l. sloop Azor, 34' 6" w.l. sloops Trivia & Nellie, 28' 8" w.l. sloop Rugosa, 30' w.l. sloop Bambino, 30' w.l. Kotic].
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 #646s Kotic 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 072-009 (HH.5.05193): 12 1/2" Deck Flange and Cover, Also Ring for 12" Ventilating Tunnel (1883-10-05)
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Dwg 067-019 (HH.5.04746); Hand Wheel for Pilot House Steering Gear (1885-05-25)
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Dwg 070-044 (HH.5.05044): Chock to Go on Top of Rail for Petrel # 510 (1899-07-22)
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Dwg 079-087 (HH.5.05896); Chainplates for # 560 to 567 (1901-09-18)
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Dwg 084-022 (HH.5.06470); Skylight for # 560 Class (1901-10-04)
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Dwg 068-047 (HH.5.04852): Steering Quadrant and Pinion 1 5/8" Dia. Rudder Stock, Braces for # 617 etc. [Note - Changes for 616, 646 and 703 in Red Ink] (1902-02-20)
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Dwg 093-048 (HH.5.07653); Cabin Table of Mahogany (1903-06-01)
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Dwg 049-054 (HH.5.03730): Bilge Pump # 608 and 610 (1903-06-04)
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Dwg 110-026 (HH.5.08991); Travel[l]ers for Small Sail Boats (1903-12-09)
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Dwg 130-091 (HH.5.10396); Sails > 616, 646 Bambino and Kotic (1904)
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Dwg 025-021 (HH.5.01770); List of Frames, Floors, Floor Bolts, Deck Beams, etc. (1904-01 ?)
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Dwg 081-032 (HH.5.06120): Spars for # 616, # 646 (1904-01-11)
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Dwg 064-066 (HH.5.04542): Detail of Rudder and Stock (1904-02-01)
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Dwg 127-157 (HH.5.10025): Sails > Sails for # 616 and 646 (1904-02-12)
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Dwg 110-021 (HH.5.08986); Details Bowsprit Fittings (1904-03-03)
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Dwg 064-069 (HH.5.04545); Steering Gear for # 616 Changed from 64-66 (1904-04-05)
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Dwg 068-064 (HH.5.04870): Pyramid Top for Steering Stand # 68-48 for 4" Card Compass (Made by John Bliss and Co.) (1904-05-17)
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Dwg 029-000 [029-F] (HH.5.02172); General Arrangement > Design for 26' Rating One Design Class, 40'-8" O.A., 30' W.L., 8'-8" Beam, 6' Draft (1904-10-07)
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Dwg 110-033 (HH.5.08998); Details for # 626 Class (1904-12-24)
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Dwg 029-027 (HH.5.02123); General Arrangement > Plan of Sailing Yacht, 30' W.L., 41'-9" O.A., 9'-9" Beam, 6'-6" Draft (1905-01-30)
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Dwg 095-053 (HH.5.07856): Mahogany Deck House (1905-03-16)
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Dwg 111-065 (HH.5.09256); Bulkheads etc. for # 646 Butternut - Raised Panels Mahog. Trimmings (1905-03-25)
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Dwg 076-066 (HH.5.05524); Construction Dwg > 41'-9" O.A., 30'-0" W.L., 9'-9" Beam, 6'-6" Draft (1905-03-29)
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Dwg 091-102 (HH.5.07377): Block and Metal List for # 646, Casting List (1905-03-30)
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Dwg 143-001 (HH.5.11864); Docking Plan for NYYC 27' Racing Length Class (1905-04-29)
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Dwg 092-064 (HH.5.07532); Hinges for Folding Berths (1905-05-09)
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Dwg 110-048 (HH.5.09013); Details of Changed Rig for # 626 Class (1905-12-11)
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Dwg 128-056 (HH.5.10175); Sails > Cruising Sails for Nautilus NYYC 30 Footer (1917-03-09)
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Dwg 068-048 (HH.5.04855): Steering Stand (1936-03-04)
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
Other Contemporary Text Source(s)
"[License issued to vessel under 20 tons. Pos. 134:]
Katie [sic, i.e. Kotic], sloop yacht, of Bristol.
Built at Bristol, 1905.
7 tons; 32 ft. x 9.6 ft. x 5.5 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
No specifications shown.
Lic[ensed] ([as] yacht) May 31, 1905. Owner: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol. Master: N. G. Herreshoff, Bristol.
Surrendered [license] Aug. 7, 1905 at South West Harbor. ([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. Katie.)
"No. 133 --- For Sale (see cut), keel, jib and mainsail, 41.8 x 30 x 9.9 x 6.8, a beautifully built Herreshoff, 1905 Sloop, splendid cruiser and has run as much as eight knots an hour. Lead outside ballast, copper and bronze fastenings, Herreshoff 1905 sails. The cabin finished in mahogany and butternut; holystoned deck. This boat is without a flaw, but will be sold at a very reasonable figure. Can be seen near Boston. For full particulars, apply to Burgess & Packard (H. A. Hawthorne, Agent), 131 State Street, Boston. [Though not explicitly identified, her dimensions, year of build and the fact that the following month she was reported to have been sold identify her as Kotic. She was for sale because her owners had taken delivery of their new Herreshoff cutter #665s Neith.]" (Source: Anon. "For Sale." Yachting, April 1908, p. 180C.)
" ... The 30-foot Herreshoff sloop Kotic, well known at Marblehead, has been sold by Richard M. Hoe and Edward K. Dunham to Joseph E. Fletcher. ..." (Source: Anon. "Notes from the Week's Log." Boston Globe, May 24, 1908, p. 48.)
"The following yacht sales have been made through the office of Stanley M. Seaman, 220 Broadway, New York: ... Herreshoff sloop Kotic, sold for Messrs Dunham & Hoe, to Mr. Jos. E. Fletcher. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yacht Sales." Forest and Stream, May 30, 1908, p. 865.)
"... The sloop Duchess, which Walter Sullivan and the late Bob Jacob used to sail in the handicap class a few years ago, is back in local waters again, her new owner being Carleton Marsh and her home port the Riverside Yacht Club. She's a boat that has always had a lot of admirers and they'll be glad to see her home again from the eastward. ..." (Source: Anon ("Davy Jones"). "Long Island Soundings." Rudder, vol. 50, 1934, [p. 427?].)
Archival Documents
"N/A"
"[Item Description:] Four handwritten (in ink) pages with tabulated data listing 'Shop No', 'Name', '[Tons] Gross' and '[Tons] Net' for a total of 100 HMCo-built boats and classes. Tonnage data is usually precise to two digits behind the decimal. Random comparisons suggest source of tonnage data to be official Custom House data. Boats mentioned are: #664s, #663s, #625s, #665s, #634s, #658s, #657s, #646s, #641s, #617s, #626s Class, #624s, #621s, #616s, #619s, #590s, #591s, #586s, #592 Class, #618s, #605s, #578s, #560s Class, #580s, #553s, #551s, #552s, #546s, #541s, #545s, #538s, #534s, #533s, #532s, #529s, #534s, #530s, #531s, #435s, #437s, #452s, #499s, #429s, #426s, #424s, #481s, #422s, #417s, #414s, #451s, #215p, #213p, #222p, #235p, #230p, #229p, #236p, #224p, #244p, #247p, #249p, #231p, #232p, #228p, #252p, #250p, #251p, #248p, #168p, #164p, #118p, #142p, #174p, #173p, #194p, #189p, #193p, #183p, #178p, #179p, #181p, #182p, #175p, #163p, #148p, #149p, #172p, #155p, #170p, #186p, #188p, #206p, #207p, #205p, #208p, #209p, #210p, #211p, #212p, #216p. Undated (the latest boat listed, WINSOME, was launched in 1907)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (?) (creator). Handwritten List. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE06_00220. Folder [no #]. No date (1907 or later).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled dimensioned sketch of what appears to be key and slot for a steering wheel or propeller. With annotations '3/8in key with taper', '3/4in = 1in taper', '22D Hyde 22D', and 'DUCHESS [#646s?] old wheel'." (Source: MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.125. Sketch. Box HAFH.6.4B, Folder Detail Sketches. No date (1930s ?).)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #646s Kotic even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.
Images
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Further Image Information
Created by: Anon.
Image Caption: "For Sale, keel, jib and mainsail, 41.8 x 30 x 9.9 x 6.8, a beautifully built Herreshoff, 1905 Sloop, splendid cruiser and has run as much as eight knots an hour... [Though not explicitly identified, her dimensions, year of build and the fact that the following month she was reported to have been sold identify her as Kotic.]"
Image Date: 1905----1908
Published in: Yachting, April 1908, p. 180C.
Image is copyrighted: No
Registers
1906 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1582)
Name: Kotic
Owner: Richd M. Hoe; Edwd K. Dunham; Port: Seal Harbor, Me.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Slp
LOA 41-7; LWL 30-0; Extr. Beam 9-7; Depth 5-6; Draught 6-6
Sailmaker H. M. Co.; Sails made in [19]05
Builder Her. M. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1905
1912 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#834)
Name; Former Name(s): Duchess; Kotic
Owner: Geo. E. Ratsey. D. W. Ratsey. Clayton Ratsey; Port: City Island, N.Y.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Slp
LOA 41-7; LWL 30-0; Extr. Beam 9-7; Draught 7-0
Sailmaker Ratsey & Lapthorn; Sails made in [19]12
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1905
1914 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#840)
Name; Former Name(s): Duchess; Kotic
Owner: Geo. E. Ratsey; Port: City Island, N.Y.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Slp
LOA 41-6; LWL 30-0; Extr. Beam 9-6; Draught 7-0
Sailmaker R&L [Ratsey&Lapthorn New York]; Sails made in [19]15
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1905
1917 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#840)
Name; Former Name(s): Duchess; Kotic
Owner: Geo. E. Ratsey; Port: City Island, N.Y.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Slp
LOA 41-6; LWL 30-0; Extr. Beam 9-6; Draught 7-0
Sailmaker R&L [Ratsey&Lapthorn New York]; Sails made in [19]15
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1905
1920 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#820)
Name; Former Name(s): Duchess; Kotic
Owner: Geo. E. Ratsey; Port: City Island, N.Y.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Slp
LOA 41-7; LWL 30-0; Extr. Beam 9-7; Draught 7-0
Sailmaker R&L [Ratsey&Lapthorn New York]; Sails made in [19]15
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1905
1923 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#804)
Name; Former Name(s): Duchess; Kotic
Owner: Geo. E. Ratsey; Port: City Island, N.Y.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Slp
LOA 41-6; LWL 30-0; Extr. Beam 9-6; Draught 7-0
Sailmaker R&L [Ratsey&Lapthorn New York]; Sails made in [19]22
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1905
1925 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#866)
Name; Former Name(s): Duchess; Kotic
Owner: Walter S. Sullivan; Port: City Island, N.Y.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Slp
LOA 42-0; LWL 30-0; Extr. Beam 10-0; Draught 6-6
Sailmaker R&L [Ratsey&Lapthorn New York]; Sails made in [19]22; Sail Area 1072
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1905
1930 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1222)
Name; Former Name(s): Duchess; Kotic
Owner: Albert Stickney; Port: Stonington, Conn.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Slp
LOA 42-0; LWL 31-7; Extr. Beam 10-0; Draught 6-5
Sailmaker R&L [Ratsey&Lapthorn New York]; Sails made in [19]27; Sail Area 1024
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1905
1935 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1380)
Name; Former Name(s): Duchess; Kotic
Owner: Carleton L. Marsh; Port: Riverside, Conn.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Slp
LOA 42-0; LWL 31-7; Extr. Beam 10-0; Draught 6-5
Sailmaker R&L [Ratsey&Lapthorn New York]; Sails made in [19]27; Sail Area 1024
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1905
1940 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1663)
Name; Former Name(s): Duchess; Kotic
Owner: Carleton L. Marsh; Port: Riverside, Conn.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Slp
LOA 42-0; LWL 31-8; Extr. Beam 10-0; Draught 6-6
Sailmaker Ratsey; Sails made in [19]27; Sail Area 1024
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1905
1942 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1344)
Name; Former Name(s): Duchess; Kotic
Owner: Carleton L. Marsh; Port: Riverside, Conn.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Ywl
LOA 42-0; LWL 31-8; Extr. Beam 10-0; Draught 6-6
Sail Area 942
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1905
Note: Alt. from Sloop 1941
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: Kotic
Type: J & M
Length: 30'
Owner: Hoe & Dunham
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: Kotic
Type: 30' sloop
Owner: Richard M. Hoe and Edw. K. Dunham
Year: 1905
Row No.: 361
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: Feb
Day: 3
Year: 1905
E/P/S: S
No.: 0646
Name: Kotic
LW: 30'
B: 9' 9"
D: 6' 6"
Rig: J & M
K: y
Ballast: Lead O.
Amount: 6000.00
Last Name: Hoe & Dunham
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)
"Date this vessel was finished was estimated as May 31, 1905, the date this boat was measured by the U.S. Custom House inspector as per the 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." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. February 9, 2020.)
"Built in 117 days (contract to finished; equivalent to $51/day)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 16, 2024.)
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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