HMCo #665s Neith

"No. 665 [#665s].
Nov[ember] 1906.
Cruising Flush deck Yacht.
Frame spaces 15".
Deduct for timbers 2" at head, increasing, moulded way, 3/32" per foot for full length.
Deduct for deck 1 3/8".
Crown of deck 5" in 10' 6"
Deduct for deck 1 3/8" [sic. Duplicate].
Sheer height is to top of deck.
Keel plank 4" thick, with 1 1/2" below rabbate.
Lead to begin midway between # 17 & # 18 frames, forward of that to be filled out with deadwood.
Top of lead:
On # 18 - 2.8.2 1/2
On # 20 - 2.7.5
On # 26 - 2.5.2 1/2
On # 28 - 2.4.5." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. [Penciled notes in Offset Booklet HH.4.155.] November 1906. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)

"... Neith [Name], 665 [Building Number], 29.6 [Rating], 38.66 [Waterline], 32.9 [L = length at 1/4 beam as for Universal Rule], 10.1 [B = breadth of waterline as for Universal Rule], 7.5 [d = draft of water as for Universal Rule], 558 [D = displacement in cubic foot as for Universal Rule (= 35,712 lbs or 15.9 long tons)], 1668 [Sail Area], 1970 [Sail limit Present rule], -312 [sic] [Diff.], 1695 [Sail limit Proposed rule], -27 [Diff.], Ballast was added. [Notes] ..." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. "Formula for Obtaining the Limit of Sail-Area in Yachts when Measured by the Universal Rule Formula." Bristol, R.I., July 13, 1907 with later additions. Original handwritten (in ink) document with penciled additions. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE06_00080.)

"The Reigh [sic], a sloop yacht, built at the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. for a Maine yachtsman, was launched from the north boat shop Saturday [May 18, 1907] afternoon. The craft is 45 feet over all, with a waterline of 38 feet. [No yacht named Reigh was ever launched at HMCo. The vessel referred to can only be Neith, the only yacht with a waterline of 38 feet that was launched in 1907.]" (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity." Bristol Phoenix, May 21, 1907, p. 2.)

"[License issued to vessel under 20 tons. Pos. 187:]
Neith, sloop yacht, of Bristol.
Built at Bristol, 1907.
13.24 tons; 40 ft. x 10.7 ft. x 8.2 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
No specifications shown.
Lic[ensed] ([as] yacht) May 18, 1907. Owner: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol. Master: N. G. Herreshoff, Bristol.
Surrendered [license] Aug. 12, 1907 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. Neith.)

"[Neith won the special division of sailboats in the 1919 Block Island Race, ahead of two other boats.]" (Source: Anon. "Carolina Sails to Victory in Annual Block Island Yacht Race." New York Times, July 15, 1919, p. 20.)

"Another long voyage in a small yacht has started. The Herreshoff designed and built sloop Neith, with a water-line length of 39 feet and 53 feet over all, has been purchased from Dr. E. K. Dunham and R. M. Hoe by Lieutenant Commander Sidney Houghton of the British Navy. The new owner, along with his son, a twenty-one-year-old boy; and a Bahama negro left the Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht Club at Oyster Bay, L. I., last Thursday [September 2, 1920], and are proceeding directly to England. Commander Houghton expects to complete the trip in less than three weeks, with any sort of favorable conditions prevailing." (Source: Anon. "Yacht Starts Long Trip. Neith Leaves Oyster Bay for Three Weeks' Voyage to England." New York Times, September 4, 1920, p. 14.)

"On Sunday evening, about 6.45, Mr. S. C. Houghton, O.B.E., Commodore of the Crouch Yacht Club, sailed into the Crouch and dropped anchor above the Crouch club, thus bringing to a safe conclusion a very brave journey. His yawl Neith left America about three weeks ago and arrived at Plymouth late last week. All the crew were fit and well when she was sighted, bunting was displayed at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, then the Burnham Yacht Club, and finally the Crouch Yacht Club, and soon the guns of all three clubs were booming merrily. The latter club also hoisted the signal, 'Bravo,' whilst boats on the river displayed their bunting. Later he came ashore with the crew and was heartily cheered. He will be entertained to dinner at the Crouch Club on Saturday." (Source: Anon. "Atlantic Voyage." The Yachtsman, August 13, 1921, p. 231.)

"The race for smaller cruisers between 15 to 25 tons, although it only brought three entries, was especially interesting to anyone having some little acquaintance with the competing boats. Neith, the winner, a boat of only 19 tons, belongs to the Commodore of the Crouch Yacht Club, who sailed her over from America where she was built to the designs ob Herreshoff, the designer of the recent defenders of the American Cup. She established a very successful racing record in the season of 1922 --- 8 firsts, 2 seconds and 2 thirds out of 28 starts. Kelpie, which took second place, was built over 20 years ago." (Source: Anon. "Cowes Week Begins." The Yachtsman, August 9, 1924, p. 237.)

"The Herreshoff-designed and built 21-tons cutter Neith has been sold by Mr. S. C. Houghton to a well-known East Coast yachtsman." (Source: Anon. "Brevities." The Yachtsman, November 26, 1932, p. 177.)

"Mr. A. F. Challis has purchased the 21-ton cutter Neith. In 1921, sailed by Commander Sidney C. Houghton, Neith crossed the Atlantic from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Burnham-on-Crouch." (Source: Anon. "New Owner for the Cutter Neith." The Yachtsman, January 21, 1933, p. 339.)

"In contradiction of previous rumours, Neith, 21 tons, recently purchased by Mr. A. F. Challis, late Vice-Commodore Crouch Y.C., will not be rigged as an hermaphrodite brig, but is being converted to a taffrail cutter with a new main­ sail made by Cranfield, of Burnham-on-Crouch. She is being fitted with a 7-9 h.p. engine, installed by Leslie and Harris, with a Brunton feathering propeller so as not to impair her sailing qualities." (Source: Anon. "Neith." The Yachtsman, March 4, 1933, p. 459.)

"... Neith is a famous vessel under a new owner, Major Henderson; she rates rather heavily, ..." (Source: Anon. "Morgan Cup Entries." The Yachtsman, July 11, 1936, p. 309.)

"... Neith ... has yet to get among the money. Her rating is fairly large for her size, but in light winds with plenty of reaching, specially as we seem to have a lot of strong-weather people about, she may come more to the fore. Anyway, it is fine to see a gaff mainsail that is a sail, and damnation to the time allowance. ..." (Source: Anon. "Large Class Chances." The Yachtsman, July 25, 1936, p. 349.)

"... Turning to the open class we have a highly interesting job before us. The list to date comprises Macnab, Latifa, Maid of Malham, Ilex, Zeearend, Ortac, Firebird, Trenchemer, Bloodhound, Aile Noire, Phyrene, Stiane, Aralus, Pam, Neith, Roland von Bremen, Hamburg, Arkton, Senta, Peter von Danzig, Elizabeth McCaw; 22 boats and four out of every five with legitimate claims to being numbered among the crack boats. ..
Neith, in spite of a reduction of canvas this year still carries a biggish area, in her gaff rig, for her 38-ft. odd water line, and together with a narrow beam this inevitably results in a fairly high rating; over 51-ft., or about the same as that of Aralus who is 10-ft. longer, and although she is a very able craft and sure to be pushed along hard by Major Henderson, she is not among the fancied. ...[Neith took 13th of 26 participants in the (10th) Fastnet Race of 1937.]" (Source: Anon. "Ocean Racing: The Fastnet, 1937." The Yachtsman, August 1937, p. 156.)

"53' Herreshoff cutter (NEITH) (1907), double-planked mahogany/oak, bronze fastenings 120,000." (Source: William Cannell Brokerage. [Classified Ad.] Wooden Boat #47, July / August 1982, p. 145.)

"NEITH, the 52' Herreshoff cutter built in 1907, came to the show, her meticulous restoration almost complete. Owned by Jack E. Brown of Midland, Texas, NEITH has been undergoing restoration in Stonington, Connecticut, under the direction of Jack's son, Van. The crew, consisting of Rick Waters, Ed McClave, Ben Philbrick, Paul Bates, Dan Calohan, and Bill Taylor, has done a stunning job. It was easy to see why Maynard Bray says that being bought by the Browns is one of the best things that could happen to a classic worth saving." (Source: Anon. "On The Waterfront." Wooden Boat #61, November / December 1984, p. 20.)

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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph sections titled '#665 [NEITH] - (Inside lines)'. With calculations showing displacement as 'Approx. 630 cuft' [= 40320lbs]. Undated, probably November 1906 just after NGH had carved the model for NEITH." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0391. WRDT04, Folder 34, formerly MRDE08. No date (1906-11 ?).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections on gothic font 'Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, R.I.' stationery titled '#665 [NEITH]. Cruising flushdeck sloop. 38ft 8in w.l. From finished model. Sc[ale] 3/4[in]. Nov[ember] 4 1906'. With calculations arriving at a total displacement of 558cuft = 35750lbs and a wetted surface of 476sqft. On verso another set of penciled pantograph hull sections, crossed out, titled '#665/ 38ft 8in w.l. Cruising sloop. Scale 3/4in. From finished model' with note 'Model changed after this. See other side' and with calculations arriving at a total displacement of 621[cuft = 39744lbs] and a wetted surface of 489sqft." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_01630. Folder [no #]. 1906-11-04.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph lead sections titled 'Lead keel. #665 [NEITH]. Scale 1/8. Nov[ember] 10, 1906'. With calculations and note 'No. 665. Required 18000lbs with c.g. at .582 of w.l.'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Lead Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_07990. Folder [no #]. 1906-11-10.)
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"[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:] Handwritten (in ink and) table / design rule titled 'Formula for Obtaining the Limit of Sail-Area in Yachts when Measured by the Universal Rule' and signed 'Nath'l G. Herreshoff. Bristol R.I. July 16, 1907'. With formula 'Sailarea not more than C * B * (L * d * D)^.025 in which C = constant depending on rig, as follows: Sloops & Yawls not carrying topsails C=8.75. Full rigged Sloops C=9.8. Full rigged Schooners and Yawls C=9.3. L = length at 1/4 beam as for Universal Rule. B = breadth of waterline as for Universal Rule. d = draft of water as for Universal Rule. D = displacement as for Universal Rule. The following are examples of application of the above formula to some well known yachts designed by the author. Measurements for Universal Rule'. Followed by tabulated data showing Building Number, Rating, Waterline, L, B, d, D, S, Sail limit Present rule, Diff., Sail limit Proposed rule, Diff., and Notes for Buzzards Bay 15 [#503s class], KILDEE [#460s], SIS [#536s], DOROTHY Q [#668s], SENECA [#670s], N.Y.Y.C. 30 [#626s class], NEWPORT 30 [#463s class], ELECTRA [#530s], SPASM [#538s], PLEASURE [#545s], NEITH [#665s], DELIGHT [#679s], GLORIANA [#411s], ALTAIR [#539s], AVENGER [#666s], DORIS [#625s], WINSOME [#664s class], IROLITA II [#658s], YANKEE [#534s], CONSTITUTION [#551s], RELIANCE [#605s], PETREL [#510s], QUEEN [#657s], INGOMAR [#590s], WESTWARD [#692s], AND [KATOURA] [#722s]. [In an article in the March 5, 1905 Boston Globe (p40), N. G. Herreshoff argued that unless there be a stricter limit on sail area in the present Universal Rule, there would be only few cruising yachts racing. This formula is apparently an attempt to address the above issue. See elsewhere for complete spreadsheet transcription.]" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Table. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE06_00080. Folder [no #]. 1907-07-13.)
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"[Item Description:] Handwritten (in ink) rating rule titled 'Formula for Obtaining the Limit of Sail-Area in Yachts when Measured by the Universal Rule' and signed 'Nath'l G. Herreshoff. Bristol R.I. July 16, 1907'. With formula 'Sailarea not more than C * B * (L * d * D)^.025 in which C = constant depending on rig, as follows: Sloops & Yawls not carrying topsails C=8.75. Full rigged Sloops C=9.8. Full rigged Schooners and Yawls C=9.3. L = length at 1/4 beam as for Universal Rule. B = breadth of waterline as for Universal Rule. d = draft of water as for Universal Rule. D = displacement as for Universal Rule. The following are examples of application of the above formula to some well known yachts designed by the author. Measurements for Universal Rule'. Followed by tabulated data showing Building Number, Rating, Waterline, L, B, d, D, S, Sail limit Present rule, Diff., Sail limit Proposed rule, Diff., and Notes for Buzzards Bay 15 [#503s class], KILDEE [#460s], SIS [#536s], DOROTHY Q [#668s], SENECA [#670s], N.Y.Y.C. 30 [#626s class], NEWPORT 30 [#463s class], ELECTRA [#530s], SPASM [#538s], PLEASURE [#545s], NEITH [#665s], DELIGHT [#679s], GLORIANA [#411s], ALTAIR [#539s], AVENGER [#666s], DORIS [#625s], WINSOME [#664s class], IROLITA II [#658s], YANKEE [#534s], CONSTITUTION [#551s], RELIANCE [#605s], PETREL [#510s], QUEEN [#657s], INGOMAR [#590s], WESTWARD [#692s], AND [KATOURA] [#722s]. [In an article in the March 5, 1905 Boston Globe (p40), N. G. Herreshoff argued that unless there be a stricter limit on sail area in the present Universal Rule, there would be only few cruising yachts racing. This formula is apparently an attempt to address the above issue. See elsewhere for complete spreadsheet transcription.]" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Handwritten Rating Rule. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE06_00260. Folder [no #]. 1907-07-16.)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint table titled 'Formula for Obtaining the Limit of Sail-Area in Yachts when Measured by the Universal Rule' and signed 'Nath'l G. Herreshoff. Bristol R.I. July 16, 1907'. With formula 'Sailarea not more than C * B * (L * d * D)^.025 in which C = constant depending on rig, as follows: Sloops & Yawls not carrying topsails C=8.75. Full rigged Sloops C=9.8. Full rigged Schooners and Yawls C=9.3. L = length at 1/4 beam as for Universal Rule. B = breadth of waterline as for Universal Rule. d = draft of water as for Universal Rule. D = displacement as for Universal Rule. The following are examples of application of the above formula to some well known yachts designed by the author. Measurements for Universal Rule'. Followed by tabulated data showing Building Number, Rating, Waterline, L, B, d, D, S, Sail limit Present rule, Diff., Sail limit Proposed rule, Diff., and Notes for Buzzards Bay 15 [#503s class], KILDEE [#460s], SIS [#536s], DOROTHY Q [#668s], SENECA [#670s], N.Y.Y.C. 30 [#626s class], NEWPORT 30 [#463s class], ELECTRA [#530s], SPASM [#538s], PLEASURE [#545s], NEITH [#665s], DELIGHT [#679s], GLORIANA [#411s], ALTAIR [#539s], AVENGER [#666s], DORIS [#625s], WINSOME [#664s class], IROLITA II [#658s], YANKEE [#534s], CONSTITUTION [#551s], RELIANCE [#605s], PETREL [#510s], QUEEN [#657s], INGOMAR [#590s], WESTWARD [#692s], AND [KATOURA] [#722s]. [In an article in the March 5, 1905 Boston Globe (p40), N. G. Herreshoff argued that unless there be a stricter limit on sail area in the present Universal Rule, there would be only few cruising yachts racing. This formula is apparently an attempt to address the above issue. See elsewhere for complete spreadsheet transcription.]" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Blueprint Table. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0169. WRDT08, Folder 16, formerly MRDE06. 1907-07-16.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled table listing OA, LWL, QBL, %, L = LWL + 1/2(QBL-.93LWL), and Mian[?] for Buzzards Bay 15 [#503s], KILDEE [#460s], DELIGHT [#679s], NYYC 30 [#626s], SENECA [#670s], SPASAM [#538s], NEITH [#665s], GLORIANA [#411s], ALTAIR [#539s], AVENGER [#666s], DORIS [#625s], WINSOME [#664s] class, MINEOLA [#529s] class, INGOMAR [#590s] and QUEEN [#657s]. With three formulas for L, one by 'NGH proposed', the other by Louis M. Clark and the third by NGH [apparently the old one]. On verso of printed receipt card by Callender, McAuslan & Troup Co. Undated, the latest of these boats is from 1908 suggesting this to have been prepared for the Universal Rule revision of 1908." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Calculations. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE03_01780. Folder [no #]. No date (1908).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled table titled '38ft Class (N)' listing Universal Rule-related dimensions 'O.a., w.l., q.b.l., Beam, B, d, cube-rt(D), D, sq-rt(S), S, Rating, sq-rt(D)/wl and Dollar Prices' for DORELLO [George Owen design], COCK ROBIN [#617s], NEITH [#665s] and COUNTESS (SPASM) [#538s] as well as for another six unnamed designs of between 38ft and 40ft LWL. Undated, NEITH, the newest of the listed boats, was built 1906/1907." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Table. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE03_02030. Folder [no #]. No date (1907 or later).)
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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:
§72: Work Order [For] #665s. [When wanted] Last of April. Rigging [3 pages] (1906-11-18 to 1906-11-20)
§75: Work Order [For] #665s. [When wanted] Last of April. Blocks [2 pages] (1906-11-21)." (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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"[Item Description:] HH.5.00327 (005-099). Blueprint general arrangement plan with interior arrangement plans and outboard profile titled 'Cruising Yacht. 80ft-6in x 70ft-6in x 17ft-8in x 4ft-9in. Scale 1/4in = 1ft. Oct[ober] 17, 1910'. With penciled note 'Design made for Dr. Dunham [co-owner of #665s NEITH]'. See also 2004.0001.0146 for a further evolution of this design." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0147. WRDT08, Folder 13, formerly MRDE02. 1910-10-17.)
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"[Item Description:] HMCo Plan HH.5.00330.1 (005-102). Blueprint deckplan, general arrangement plans and profile titled '80ft 6in x 70ft 6in x 17ft 8in x 4ft 9in. Cruising Yacht'. Compare wih 2004.0001.0147 which shows this plan to have been prepaped for Edward K. Dunham (co-owner of #665s NEITH)]." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0146. WRDT08, Folder 13, formerly MRDE02. 1910-11-12.)
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"[Item Description:] Ledger of HMCo actual costs vs contract price for #617s COCK ROBIN, #621s MARGARET, #665s NEITH, #685s ADVENTURESS, #711s Class NY50 footers, 25% shop overhead, 15% profit" (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (?) (creator). Cost Accounting. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_58550. Subject Files, Folder 83, formerly 134. No date (ca1913 ?).)
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"[Item Description:] damages and repairs on #665s NEITH, didn't use her much this summer, damage due to incompetent crew, acct of son Edwin cruise in NEITH to Marblehead, 'I am ever so much obliged to you for the trouble you have taken in the matter and you can imagine that after my very particular care of all the boats I have owned I was very much mortified and disgruntled to learn of the boat being returned in poor condition', together with scribbled note 'Nat, this explains itself. Stoddard is the owner ... Yrs, E. D. Morgan. Please return this copy as it is the only one I have.' [the note suggests that E. D. Morgan chartered #665s NEITH which in 1919 was owned by B. R. Stoddard]" (Source: Morgan, E.D. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_38730. Correspondence, Folder 77, formerly 62. 1919-10-20.)
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"[Item Description:] Report about #665s NEITH's abandoned ocean crossing to England; 'she was a wonder ship'" (Source: Houghton, Sidney. Letter to Paul Hammond. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_06830. Correspondence, Folder 24, formerly 208. 1920-10-02.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled table showing LOA, LWL, Beam, Draft, QBL, Stem, [symbol], sft[?] and Displ[acement] for KATOURA [#722s], WESTWARD [#692s], VAGRANT, QUEEN MAB [#698s], CONSTITUTION [#551s], RESOLUTE [#725s], WINSOME [#664s], 2nd IROLITA [#658s], DORIS [#625s], AVENGER [#666s], 50 Footers [#711s], ADVENTURESS [#685s], IROLITA [#591s], FLYING CLOUD [#703s], BELISARIUS [#1266s], NEITH [#665s], AZOR [#578s], NAULAKHA [#687s], SENECA [#670s], NY30s [#626s], SENTA [#688s], DOROTHY Q [#668s], FLIGHT [#607s], PLEASURE [#907s], QUAKERESS [#676s], KILDEE [#460s], and the 12 1/2ft Class [#744s]. With formulas for mean length L, Draft limit by rule and freeboard at three positions. Undated, on verso of NYYC invitation dated December 11, 1933 but listing of BELISARIUS which was built in 1934/1935 indicates that this was written at that time or later. Filed close to and possibly related to what appears to be an early version of NGH's 'Observations on the Proportions of Sailing Yachts' from July 1936." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Tabulated Dimensions. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE02_03040. Folder [no #]. No date (1936-07 ?).)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #665s Neith even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• Johnson, V. C. "Crossing the Atlantic in Neith." Yachting, October 1921, p. 161-164, 204. (3,536 kB)
  Document is copyrighted: No. Atlantic crossing account. Part I. From New York to Halifax. Numerous photos.
• Willard, Clifton. "Across the Atlantic in Neith." Yachting, November 1921, p. 218-220, 256-257. (3,104 kB)
  Document is copyrighted: No. Atlantic crossing account. Part II. Numerous photos.
• Willard, Clifton. "Across the Atlantic in Neith." Yachting, December 1921, p. 269-271. (3,144 kB)
  Document is copyrighted: No. Atlantic crossing account. Part III. Numerous photos.
• Willard, Clifton. "Across the Atlantic in Neith." Yachting, January 1922, p. 11-13. (2,998 kB)
  Document is copyrighted: No known copyright restrictions. Atlantic crossing account. Part IV. Numerous photos.
• Callahan, Steve. "Neith. The Restless Saga Of Nat Herreshoff's Design No. 665." Sailor, February 15, 1985, p. 40-43. (2,568 kB)
  Document is copyrighted: Yes. Vessel biography.
• Bray, Maynard (with photos by Benjamin Mendlowitz). "Neith." Nautical Quarterly, no. 37, Spring 1987, p. 53-55. (1,948 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."
• Brown, Van. "Neith Sails into her 10th Decade." Herreshoff Marine Museum Chronicle, Fall 1997, p. 3-4. (222 kB)
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• Callahan, Steve. "Neith. The Century-Old Child." Wooden Boat #200, January/February 2008, p. 56-63. (1,550 kB)
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• Mansfield, Kathy (text and photos). "Transatlantic Survivor." Classic Boat Magazine, November 2011, p. 8-14. (1,336 kB)
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• Neith (HMCo-made index card)
• Neith (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: Neith
Type: J & M
Length: 38'7 1/2"
Owner: Hoe & Dunham

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

• Neith
• Sirene Serena ex-Neith
• 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: Neith
Type: 38' 6" cutter
Owner: Dr. E. K. Dunham
Year: 1907
Row No.: 468

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
Day: 25
Year: 1906
E/P/S: S
No.: 0665
Name: Neith
LW: 38' 7.5"
B: 10' 6.5"
D: 7' 6.5"
Rig: J & M
K: y
Ballast: O. Lead
Amount: 9000.00
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.

"Cruising sloop #665, 52'-10" O.A. x 38'-7 1/2" W.L. x 10'-6 1/2" beam x 7'-6 1/2" Draft. Frame spaces 15". Planking 1 3/8" yellow pine, single below turn of bilge. Deck beams white oak. Deck white pine. Rail teak [as per notes on drawing 76-75]." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 2, 2008.)

"Built in 205 days (contract to launch; equivalent to $44/day, 174 lbs displacement/day)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 16, 2024.)

"[Sail area info.]" (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. "Formula for Obtaining the Limit of Sail-Area in Yachts when Measured by the Universal Rule Formula." Bristol, R.I., July 13, 1907 with later additions. Original handwritten (in ink) document with penciled additions. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE06_00080.)

"[Displacement (558 cubic feet = 35,712lbs).]" (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. "Formula for Obtaining the Limit of Sail-Area in Yachts when Measured by the Universal Rule Formula." Bristol, R.I., July 13, 1907 with later additions. Original handwritten (in ink) document with penciled additions. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE06_00080.)

Note: Research notes contain information about a vessel that is often random and unedited but has been deemed useful for future research.