HMCo #679s Delight

"Jan[uary] 1908.
No. 679 [#679s] Delight
Keel boat for 15ft Class Universal Rule.
Frame spaces 9".
In making moulds deduct
for planking 5/8" +
for timbers 1 1/8" (increasing 1/8" per ft)
Total [blank]
Sheer height given is to under side of deck.
Thickness of deck 5/8".
In middle section bottom of keel 1/2" below rabbate. Keel 1 7/8" thick.
Note: Back of stern post changed as noted. Rudder also changed." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. [Handwritten (in pencil and ink) note in Offset Booklet HH.4.161.] January 1908. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)

"... Delight [Name], 679 [Building Number], 15 [Rating], 19.3 [Waterline], 16.75 [L = length at 1/4 beam as for Universal Rule], 5.64 [B = breadth of waterline as for Universal Rule], 4.26 [d = draft of water as for Universal Rule], 63 [D = displacement in cubic foot as for Universal Rule (= 4,006 lbs or 1.8 long tons)], 379.5 [Sail Area], 505 [Sail limit Present rule], -126.5 [Diff.], 402 [Sail limit Proposed rule], -22.5 [Diff.], About 350lbs ballast added to give more stability [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.)

"Box 116 Coconut Grove, Fla. N. G. Herreshoff Bristol, R. I. Jany 25 1929. {1929/01/25} Dear Francis, ... I am very much interested in the b.p. [blueprint] you sent me of the German 30 s. qmeter Class. It is a [p2] size of boat that w'ld give very pleasant sailing, - large enough to be fairly comfortable on board and not too large for easy handling. ... Your midsection is very much like Kildee's or Delight's. Delight was, 28'5" o.a. [over all] 19'6" w.l. [waterline] 6'3 beam, 5' 8 1/4 breadth at w.l. [waterline] 4' 6 1/2 draft,, - Freeboard to top of deck, at stem head 2' 2 1/4", at O 1' 6", at qualis 1'8" Displ 66.6 cuft. = 4250 lbs.,, Area, O 6.90 (square)', W.L. [waterline] plane 71.0 (square)' Wetted surface 127 (square)' sails, actual 368.5 (square) and by rule 373 (square)'. Weights Hull 1255,, Rig 165, Equipment 85, Ballast 2556 outside & 150 inside. A very nice little boat. ... Your affect - Father. " (Source: Mystic Seaport Museum, L. Francis Herreshoff Collection, Box 17, Folder 5: Letter from N. G. Herreshoff to L. F. Herreshoff.)

"My Own Boats. Except a few that will be mentioned as half-owner. ...
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1908 DELIGHT #679 - In early spring of 1908, I designed and had built DELIGHT, as an example of an S class boat, just coming forward. She was 28 1/2' o.a., 19 1/2' w.l., 6'3" beam, and a very pleasant boat to sail. I sold her in the middle part of [the] summer to William G. Low, Jr., and her name was changed to PEPITA. In about 1922, she was again sold to W. Butler Duncan and name changed to HOURI." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. "My Own Boats. Except a few that Will be Mentioned as Half-Owner." Bristol, (originally compiled 1892 with additions in) 1929. In: Pinheiro, Carlton J. (ed.). Recollections and Other Writings by Nathanael G. Herreshoff. Bristol, 1998, p. 117-118.)

"The next boat he had was the small keel sailboat 'Delight' built in 1908 --- twenty-eight feet six inches O.A., nineteen and one half feet W.L. and six feet three inches beam, designed to fit the Universal Rule --- and a remarkably pretty little craft." (Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis. The Wizard of Bristol. The Life and Achievements of Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, together with An Account of Some of the Yachts he Designed. New York, 1953, p. 122.)

"The boat yards of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. at Walker's Cove, Bristol, R. I., which ordinarily about this time of the year present a very busy appearance, seem to be in line with the general trend of boating at the present time and there is but very little doing. The same condition exists in the three shops of the company, nearly all of the employes of which have been laid off until further orders are received. ... The only boat which is now being built at Herreshoff's is a small 15-foot knockabout which is to be used by Mr. Herreshoff's daughter, Miss Agnes Herreshoff. ..." (Source: Anon. "Little Business At Boat Yards. Herreshoff's Yard Very Dull For This Time Of The Year." New London, April 21, 1908, P. 8.)

"There is but little new work being done at the Herreshoff yard at Bristol, R. I., the only new boat being the 15-footer Nat. Herreshoff is building for his daughter and nephew." (Source: Anon. "At Bristol, R. I." Forest and Stream, May 9, 1908, p. 744.)

"The new 15-foot racer Delight, built for Miss Agnes Herreshoff, daughter of Nathaniel G Herreshoff, was launched yesterday from the Herreshoff boat shops. The craft is constructed under the new [Universal] rules and on lines similar to the Eleanor. She is cedar planked and finished in mahogany. She showed great speed in her trial spin and will be entered in several races during the season." (Source: Anon. "Notes and News of Local Interest." Bristol Phoenix, May 26, 1908, p. 2.)

"BRISTOL, R. I, May 30 [1908] --- A new 15-foot knockabout, designed by Nat Herreshoff for his children, to take the place of the Kildee [#460s], was launched Monday [May 25, 1908]. The little craft, which is to be raced in the association classes in the bay this season, is fast. Francis Herreshoff and his sister Agnes are to take turns in sailing the boat, which is named the Delight." (Source: Anon. "Bristol Notes." Boston Globe, May 31, 1908, p. 41.)

"Kildee, the new 18ft. knockabout, recently launched by the Herreshoffs at Bristol, R. I., will be sailed alternately by Francis and his sister Agnes Herreshoff in local races. [Note: This is a reference to #680s Delight. Kildee #460s was built in 1895.]" (Source: Anon. [No title.] Forest and Stream, June 20, 1908, p. 982.)

"BRISTOL. R I, June 20 [1908] --- Interesting racing was witnessed the past week in Bristol harbor between the small keel racing sloops just launched from the Herreshoff shops, one the Delight [#679s], of 22 feet waterline, designed by Capt Nat Herreshoff for his children, and the Louise [#678s], designed by Capt Nat for W. Tiffany, New Bedford. The latter is a couple of feet shorter on the waterline, and was beaten before the wind and slightly in windward work by the Delight. The Tiffany boat is equipped with a trunk cabin, while her antagonist is an open craft with the exception of small deck areas forward and aft. ..." (Source: Anon. "Bristol Notes." Boston Globe, June 21, 1908, p. 39.)

"DELIGHT, 1908, 28'6" x 19'6" x 6'3", was built to Herreshoffs own Universal Rule, the only boat of his which could have been expected to rate well under the formula. The building contract was dated July 27, 1907 [sic, i.e, February 27, 1907], and since she was in other hands by 1908 N.G.H. may have sailed her very little. DELIGHT presumably measured into the S Class (not more than 16 feet), to the surprise of those who think that S-Boats were exclusively the well-known 1920 class of one-designs with curved masts and cabins." (Source: Streeter, John W., editorial note. In: Herreshoff, Nathanael Greene and William Picard Stephens. "Their Last Letters 1930-1938." Annotated by John W. Streeter. Bristol, R. I., ca. 1999, p. 50.)

"[Item Description:] Handwritten notebook. This booklet had two lives: In 1907-1908, 1908-1909 and 1909-1910 it was used for winter storage records, listing name of boat, owner, storage location, billed amount, and dates of storage. Listed were for the winter of 1907/1908: #235p MIST, ORIANA, #571s LARIKIN, EAGLET, #453s VAQUERO II, #580s TRIVIA, #663s ISTALENA, COSSACK, #666s AVENGER, #220p ATALA (for sale), #207p MIRAGE, #224p EUGENIA, #146p AUGUSTA, #247p SEA URCHIN, #105p COSETTE, ARLINE, #213p FLORENCE, #208p FLORETTE, #249p SISILINA, #591s IROLITA, #481s SPALPEEN, DUCHESS, #669s ELEANOR, #460s KILDEE, #647s CAPRICE, #408s PELICAN, #243p SWIFTSURE, #617s COCK ROBIN, #177p VANISH, #446s ALERION, and #591s IROLITA I, for the winter of 1908/1909: #666s AVENGER, #663s ISTALENA, #481s SPALPEEN, #580s TRIVIA, #617s COCK ROBIN, COSSACK, #177p VANISH, #242p #242, #243p SWIFTSURE, SKIP, #446s ALERION, CHEWINK II, DUCHESS, #571s LARIKIN, #460s KILDEE, #679s PEPITA, EAGLET, #408s PELICAN, #453s VAQUERO, #146p AUGUSTA, #224p EUGENIA, COYOTE, #264p SARAH WEBB, #207p MIRAGE, ARLINE, #213p FLORENCE, #208p FLORETTE, #249p SISILINA, #591s IROLITA I, CASSANDRA 27ft Launch, and #263p CASSANDRA 34ft Launch, and for the winter of 1909/1910: #252p WANECHE (no further boats were listed). At some later time, the same book was turned upside down and inscribed with a new title in ink '200Ft Submarine Destroyer [#191802ep Unbuilt 200ft Submarine Chaser]. Data + Calculation Book. Herreshoff Mfg Co.' on its now-new front cover (formerly its back cover), followed by weight data estimates and calculations for this submarine destroyer." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Notebook. MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.087. Box HAFH.6.2B, Folder Submarine Destroyer 200-Footer. 1907-1908, 1908-1909, 1909-1910, 1918-06.)
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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:] Handwritten (in ink) offset booklet, untitled, with note on first page 'Nos. 679 & 680. Order cancelled after death of Mr. H.O. Havemeyer Dec. 1907. C.b [centerboard] jib & mainsail boats. Frames spaces 9in'. ["HMCo building numbers #679s & #680s were assigned in early 1908 to two other boats after the initial order had been cancelled. These two boats now appear as #190708es and #190709es in the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné.]" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Offset Booklet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE02_01670. Folder [no #]. No date (1907-11 ?).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections titled 'From finished model of 15ft Rating [#679s DELIGHT] as altered Nov[ember] 4th, [19]07. Scale 1in. L = 17ft 1 1/2in. w.l. 19ft 3in. Breadth w.l. 6ft 0 1/4in. Draft 4ft 4 1/4in'. With calculations showing a total displacement of 66.5cuft = 4250lbs and S = 380[sqft]." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_01620. Folder [no #]. 1907-11-04.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections with displacement curves titled '#666 AVENGER measured from 3/8in scale model but measured at scale of 1in for a 15 rating (keel deepened 9in) w.l. 19.87[ft]. B w.l. 5.25[ft]. d = 4.33[ft]. L = 17-7 1/8 = 17.59[ft]. Nov 6, 1907'. (This appears to be a preliminary design for what will eventually become #679s DELIGHT.)" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_01600. Folder [no #]. 1907-11-06.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections titled '3rd trial. Dec[ember] 3 [19]07. #679 [DELIGHT]. 15 rating. 19.27[ft] w.l. 6ft 4in beam. 5ft 8 1/2in w.l. 4[ft] 3 1/2[in] draft. L = 16.85'. With calculations arriving at 63.2cuft [= 4045lbs] and wetted surface = 1250sqft. On verso two more sets of penciled pantograph hull sections titled '15ft rating 1[st] trial. Nov[ember] 28 [1907]' and '2nd trial 15 Rating model. Nov[ember] 29 [19]07' with calculations arriving at a total displacement of 67.5cuft = 4320lbs and 66.0cuft = 4220lbs, respectively." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_01500. Folder [no #]. 1907-12-03.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections titled '#679. 15ft rating. From finished model. Dec[ember] 5, 1907. DELIGHT. 19ft 3 1/4in w.l. 6ft 4in beam. 5ft 7 3/4in w.l. 4ft 3in draft. L = 16ft 9in. S = 379.5[sqft] ([by] 1908 rule). Scale 1in'. With calculations arriving at a displacement of 62.6cuft [= 4006lbs] and wetted surface of 127[sqft]. With note 'If immersed 3/8in deeper disp[lacement] increase = 71 * 0.031 = 2.2cuft = 141lbs. Total disp. 62.6[cuft] + 2.2 = 64.8[cuft [= 4147lbs]'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_01490. Folder [no #]. 1907-12-05.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph lead sections titled 'DELIGHT. No 679 [#679s]. 15ft Rating design. Scale 1/8. Feb[ruary] 23 1908'. With calculations and note 'Required 2370lbs lead with c.g. at .552 of w.l. ...' and concluding with note 'Result 2385lbs with c.g. [at] .554 of w.l'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Lead Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_08850. Folder [no #]. 1908-02-23.)
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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 Transcription:] Order book with carbon copy duplicates of instructions given by NGH titled 'Herreshoff Mfg. Co. Orders from N.G. Herreshoff'. Relevant contents:
§92: Work Order [For] #679s. [When wanted] Early in May. Blocks (1908-03-07)
§93: Work Order [For] #679s. [When wanted] May. Rigging [2 pages] (1908-03-07)." (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:] would like larger sail for #679s PEPITA ex-DELIGHT but race in class she was designed for, would like to have the nice stylish duck Ratsey uses, else let me know what stuff you use, also interested in watertight cockpit. Incl NGH reply: PEPITA was designed for S-class or 17ft class, she currently rates at top of her class and increasing sail area would take her out of class, watertight cockpit would be rather complicated and uncomfortable and expensive" (Source: Low, William Gilman (incl NGH reply). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_43720. Correspondence, Folder 95, formerly 83. 1910-01-20.)
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"[Item Transcription:] I have your letter of the 14th inst. regarding the 'R' boat [#932s GAMECOCK].
I knew that you were working without your usual tools and records and assumed that the boat was being laid down at Bristol from offsets which you had sent to them. It seemed to me, therefore, desirable that the Company should be cautioned not only to build accurately, but to check the rating (from the laid down lines). This latter would give an extra check, and would seemingly guarantee the accuracy of the work to that point. I do not know how far the actual work has progressed, but made my first payment some two weeks ago and understand it is already under way.
As for your arrangement with the Herreshoff Company, I certainly had the impression that you were Consulting Engineer, which was confirmed by your requirement that any boat designed by you should be built there. I realized, of course, that you did not consider yourself obligated to design anything you did not approve of. It has always been an ambition of mine to have a boat built for me at Bristol from your design. Although I have owned a number of such and sailed more, my finances have never before run to it. I therefore hope you will make it possible to carry the thing through this time. P. S. Charles [Nystrom] came in Thursday evening and showed me some photographs of the sailing skiffs [Biscayne Bay 14s]. I yesterday wrote Tom [Brightman] to ask how soon he could deliver two of them. My sister Helen's children are spending this Summer at Oyster Bay, and would, I think, get more pleasure out of two of these which they could race together than one 'Fish' boat [#792s VOLADOR] which I now have.
Butler has just bought 'PEPITA' [#679s] from Mr. [William Gilman] Low and intends to take her to Southampton." (Source: Nichols, George. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_30330. Subject Files, Folder 27, formerly 10-15. 1925-04-18.)
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"[Item Description:] Handwritten (in ink and pencil) comparison table giving o.a.L, l.w.l, beam, beam at waterline, beam 1/10b above waterline, draft, depth at various positions, outside lead, freeboard at stem head and other positions, displacement to LWL, frame space (2.2*(D)^1/3)^.9 and other factors (I, II, III, IV), keel thick, stem sided, transverse thick, timbers, plankfloors, lead bolts, planking, diag. straps, clamps, deckbeams, deck, belt frames, rudder stock for the following boats #744 Class (Buzzards Bay Boys Boats 1914), #788 Class (Fish Class 1916), #679 DELIGHT (1908), #699 BIBELOT (1910), #828 Class S (1920), #874 CYGNET (6 meter 1922), #718 ALERION (1912 Centreboard), #932 GAME COCK (R class 1925), #727 Class (Newport 29s COMET 1914), #892 GRAYLING (Q Class 1923), #708 CORINTHIAN (P Class 1911), #773 Class (NYYC 40s 1916), #867 VENTURA (1921 Centreboard), #711 Class (NYYC 50s 1913), #625 DORIS (1905). Undated, 1925 or later given the mention of #932 GAMECOCK. Probably 1927 in preparation for NGH's Rules for Wooden Yachts." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Handwritten Table. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE02_06960. Folder [no #]. No date (1927 ??).)
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"[Item Description:] Lloyds have approved the rudder fittings [apparently for #1131s ISTALENA], am glad you are interested in the 30 square meter class, I probably will design another, shall ge glad of any suggestions, am sending enclosed complete translation of the [square meter] rule together with construction plans of [design] # 37, measuring S.A., was much interested in dimensions of [#679s] DELIGHT, GLUCKAUF [sic, i.e. GLUECKAUF], the 30sqm I bought from Herr Stinnes is surprisingly fast, enclosed find a photograph of her, shall be much interested to hear what dimensions you suggest for light weather at Marblehead, PS: see the article I wrote about 30sqm on page 67 of December 1928 Yachting" (Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_74670. Measuring and Measurement Rules (Box 2), Folder B2F13, formerly MRDE15. 1929-01-29.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #679s Delight even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• Delight (HMCo-made index card)
• Delight (MIT Museum-made index card)
• Pepita ex-Delight (HMCo-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: Delight
Type: J & M
Length: 19'3"
Owner: Herreshoff, N. G.

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

• Delight
• Pepita ex-Delight
• Houri ex-Delight
• Caroline ex-Delight
• 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: Delight
Type: 19' 5" sloop
Owner: N. G. Herreshoff
Year: 1908
Row No.: 155

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: July
Day: 27
Year: 1907 [sic, i.e. 1908]
E/P/S: S
No.: 0679
Name: Delight
LW: 19' 3"
B: 6' 3"
D: 4' 3"
Rig: J & M
K: y
Ballast: O. Lead
Amount: T & M. [sic, i.e. Time & Materials]
Notes Constr. Record: Sold [to ?] Low 1908. "Papita"
Notes Bray: "T & M." = ????
Last Name: H.
First Name: N. G.

Source: Vermilya, Peter and Maynard Bray. "Transcription of the HMCo. Construction Record." Unpublished database, ca. 2000.

Note: The transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Peter Vermilya and Maynard Bray was performed independently (and earlier) than that by Claas van der Linde. A comparison of the two transcriptions can be particularly useful in those many cases where the handwriting in the Construction Record is difficult to decipher.

"Universal Rule Class S." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 7, 2009.)

"This boat was owned by Duke Bergendahl near Mystic in the late 1950s and Maynard and Anne Bray once came close to buying her." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. [Based on information from a private email by Maynard Bray]. September 21, 2009.)

"HMCo building numbers 679 & 680 were initially assigned to two boats for H.O. Havemeyer, but after Havemeyer's death that order was cancelled in December 1907 and other boats were assigned these numbers. An offset booklet in the Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum lists the offsets for these two boats and makes note of Havemeyer's death and the cancelled order." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. February 14, 2019.)

"Built in 88 days (contract to launch; equivalent to 46 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 (62.6 cubic feet = 4,006lbs).]" (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.