HMCo #685s Adventuress

"[1909-01-27] Wed 27: Cast lead for #685 [Adventuress], nearly 15 tons [in] 1 [hour] 17 [minutes] for 3 t[on] chunks. ...
[1909-02-13] Sat 13: Frames nearly all up [on] #685 [Adventuress].
[1909-04-20] Tue 20: Launch[ed] #685 Adventuress ...
[1910-11-13] Sun 13: Mr. Emmons & [Chester C.] Rumrill [owner of #685s Adventuress] here in PM.
[1913-02-18] Tue 18: Very heavy NW gale [while on vacation in Bermuda]. Little doing. ... Yacht Adventuress [#685s?] put in for repairs." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1909 to 1913. Manuscript (excerpts). Diary access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.)

"No. 685 [#685s]. Dec[ember] 8 [1908].
Class M Composite sloop.
Frame spaces 15".
Deduct for planking 1 3/8".
Deduct for deck 1 3/8" (S[heer] height is to top of deck).
Keel plank 4 3/4" thick (Rabbate 2" above bottom).
Siding of stem and keelends at rabbate 5 1/2"." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. [Handwritten (in pencil and ink) note in Offset Booklet HH.4.164.] December 8, 1908. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)

"The same year, 1907, Captain Nat designed the sloops 'Avenger' and 'Adventuress.' Although they were smaller than the fifty-seven-footers, they were of composite construction as were the Fifty-sevens. But 'Avenger' and 'Adventuress' had all hollow spars excepting the bowsprit, while the Fifty-sevens had solid mainmasts. ... 'Adventuress' was built for C. C. Rumrill. She was sixty-seven feet O.A., forty-five feet six inches W.L., thirteen feet beam, and nine feet draft, and was one of the prettiest yachts of her time. While she did not race much under her original rig, she did win the Puritan Cup twice. She was used for many years and sailed with a leg-o'-mutton rig under the names of 'Kalinga' and 'Riptide,' so that at one time or another Henry Maxwell owned both of these yachts --- 'Avenger' and 'Adventuress' --- and it is safe to say he has also owned more Herreshoff yachts, large and small, than any other man. [Note: Avenger was built in 1907, Adventuress in 1909.]" (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. 270-271.)

"Chester C. Rumrill, of Springfield, Mass., has placed an order with Herreshoff for a racing sloop of the type of Avenger [#666s]. It is Mr. Rumrill's ambition to win the King's cup and other good trophies, and he has given Herreshoff carte blanche to turn out as fast a craft as he can." (Source: Anon. "Sloop to Beat Avenger." Forest and Stream, January 16, 1909, p. 104.)

"The new racing sloop being built at Herreshoff's shops at Bristol, for Chester C. Rumrill, of Springfield, will rate in the M class, and will be of composite build. The steel bulb angles have arrived at Bristol, and the frames are being bent. It is thought that Herreshoff must have orders for two sloops of this class, judging by the size of the shipment of angles received. ... Business has improved very much, and the men in the shops are working full time." (Source: Anon. "Work at Herreshoffs." Forest and Stream, February 6, 1909, p. 223.)

"BRISTOL, R. I., March 6 [1909] --- The steel frames for the new composite 47-foot rating sloop building at Herreshoffs for Chester C. Rumrill of Springfield are set up. ..." (Source: Anon. "Bristol Notes." Boston Globe, March 7, 1909, p. 48.)

"The steel frames for the composite 47-foot rating sloop, building at Herreshoffs, for Chester C. Rumrill, of Springfield, are set up, and now the planking will be finished soon and the yacht ready for trials as soon as the season opens." (Source: Anon. "Work at Herreshoffs." Forest and Stream, March 13, 1909, p. 424.)

"BRISTOL, R. I., April 3 [1909] --- C. C. Rumrill's new racing sloop for the 46-foot class under construction at Herreshoff's is nearly finished. The lines show a fine model, something different to that of the Avenger [#666s], the overhangs being longer, although the contour of the stem, forefoot and stern ia not much different. ..." (Source: Anon. "Bristol Notes." Boston Globe, April 4, 1909, p. 48.)

"BRISTOL, R. I., April 17 [1909] --- ... The Herreshoff's are preparing to launch C. C. Rumrill's 46-footer. A cradle was fitted the latter part of the week, and as she is practically finished outside and two-thirds completed inside her being set afloat may be looked for at any time. ..." (Source: Anon. "Bristol Notes." Boston Globe, April 18, 1909, p. 50.)

"BRISTOL, R I, April 20 [1909] --- A new racing sloop for the M class of the New York yacht club was launched this forenoon from the Herreshoff boat shops. The craft, which is named Adventuress, has very sharp ends and fine lines all round, and it is believed she will prove faster than the Avenger, which is somewhat larger than the Adventuress, although both will race in the same class, if the Avenger, winner of all sorts of trophies last season, goes into commission this year.
The Adventuress, designed by Nat Herreshoff to the order of Chester C. Rumrill of Springfield, Mass, is of composite construction, of the keel type and built with the hatch-coaming barely showing above the line of the deck. A cockpit large enough for the helmsman and three or four others is the only break in the deck.
The craft has a full midship section, and both ends are drawn into very slender proportions compared with the Avenger, particularly the after one, which terminates in a sternboard not any broader than those of the New York 30-footers. The yacht will be at Herreshoff's for weeks to come, as the inside work is far from finished." (Source: Anon. "Rival For Avenger. Adventuress Launched at Bristol for C. C. Rumrill of Springfield --- To Be Enrolled In New York Y. C." Boston Globe, April 21, 1909, p. 4.)

"BRISTOL, R. I., April 24 [1909] --- ... Chester C. Rumrill came down from Springfield with a party of yachting friends in an automobile to witness the launching of the new racing sloop for the 46-rating class. Mr Rumrill assisted at the christening of his new racer, which was named Adventuress. As soon as launched she was laid beside the boat shop piers to be finished inside. This job may take several weeks yet, as the interior is only about half finished. For a boat with such small, wedge-shaped ends, she has a good-sized midship section." (Source: Anon. "Bristol Notes." Boston Globe, April 25, 1909, p. 41.)

"C. C. Rumrill's new 46-footer has been launched from the Herreshoff works and named Adventuress. Her lines show a sharp angle on the after bilge, somewhat in that respect like the cup defender Reliance, while all of her features on the outside blend beautifully to the main racing lines. The after end is pulled in more sharply than in Avenger, and this feature is noted particularly in the very small stern board. There are few in the deck fittings showing above the line of the hatch combings, and though there is a cabin and comfortable quarters for the crew, the companionways show only a couple of inches above the deck. Nothing will be allowed to jam the wind: in other words, the boat is wholly for speed. Her lead keel of several tons in weight is finely molded.
The dimensions are somewhat smaller than those of Avenger [#666s]. The waterline is 47 feet, the overhangs, both fore and aft, being nearly 20 feet in excess of the waterline length. The draft is about 8 1/2 feet and beam 14 feet. She is composite build, being built with steel frames and wooden sides, and while of the universal form, her lines are somewhat modified.
Adventuress is to be raced by her owner, Chester C. Rumrill, of Springfield. Mass., against Avenger, if the latter goes into commission this season, and also against Dorello, a very fast sloop, designed last year by Owen. Adventuress is lying at a slip at the Herreshoff yards, and will remain there for two or three weeks probably, being only about two-thirds finished inside." (Source: Anon. "To Improve 57-Footers." Forest and Stream, May 1, 1909, p. 706.)

"BRISTOL, R. I., May 1 [1909] --- The Adventuress, built for the 46-rating class at Herreshoffs for C. C. Rumrill of Springfield, is fast getting into racing rig and will be finished inside within another week. Robert W. Emmons, the owner of the sloop Avenger [#666s], seems to be interested as much or more in the Adventuress than he is in the Avenger and a few days ago he came down from Boston with Mr Rumrill, when both viewed the boat as she lay moored near the boat shops. Mr Emmons is to sail on the Adventuress next summer. The mainmast of the Adventuress was stepped Wednesday [April 28, 1909] morning and the same day the topmast was sent up and the boom and gaff slung in their places. The mainmast, boom and gaff are hollow, the topmast is a slender though a very strong spar, as demonstrated in a test before it was sent aloft. ..." (Source: Anon. "Bristol Notes." Boston Globe, May 2, 1909, p. 45.)

"[License issued to vessel under 20 tons. Pos. 4:]
Adventuress, sloop yacht, of Bristol.
Built at Bristol, 1909.
18 tons; 49 ft. x 13 ft. x 8.5 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
No specifications shown.
Lic[ensed] ([as] yacht) May 20, 1909. Owner: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol. Master: N. G. Herreshoff, Bristol.
Surrendered [license] June 3, 1909 at New London. ([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. Adventuress.)

"Bristol, R.I. May 15 [1909]. - ... The new 46-foot sloop Adventuress, built at Herreshoff's for C. C. Rumrill of Springfield, is to have her trial spin in another week, as it will take until that time to finish up the inside work. Albert M. Shepard, who was sailing master of the Leda [#541s] last season, is here, and is to take a similar position on board the Adventuress. ..." (Source: Anon. "Bristol Notes." Boston Globe, May 16, 1909, p. 41.)

"The sloop Adventuress, the only racer built this year to the 46-foot class, was given a successful initial spin under sail last week in Mount Hope bay by Designer Nat Herreshoff, the speed of the craft in moderate to hard winds assuring the owner, Chester C. Rumrill of Springfield, who was on board, that she is a good stiff boat and may be depended upon to give better satisfaction when the gear is limbered up and the bottom is less foul than it is at present. The craft was launched about three weeks ago and consequently her sailing surfaces are anything but in racing trim.
The Adventuress carried her 6.500 square feet of canvas well, though it will be made to fit better before the boat enters the races for the spring cups offered in the New York Yacht club regatta at Glen Cove, N. Y., on June 17 [1909]. Her mainsail will require some refitting on the leach, but the smaller sails were licked into shape before the craft returned from her two-hour turn in Mount Hope bay.
Mr. Rumrill said the boat will race in the 46-foot class against the Gardenia, Dorello and perhaps the Humma [#553s] during the season. Her dimensions are 65 feet over all, 46 feet on the water line, 13 feet of beam and a draught of about eight feet. She is a keel craft and has all the latest innovations of rig, including hollow topmast, boom and gaff." (Source: Anon. "Jibboom Observations." The Day, New London, CT, Jun 7, 1909, p. 9.)

'Boston, June 21, 1909,
My dear Mr. Herreshoff:-
... I sailed on the 'ADVENTURESS' [#685s] last Thursday [June 17, 1909], the day she lost her topmast. This, I must say, was unnecessary, and was caused by a defective block, the hook straightening and letting the topmast runner go. Upon looking into the matter, however, I found that Mr. Rumrill had taken off your tackle, and substituted one of his own, or his captain's invention, and used two blocks bought at New London. It was one of these that went. I judge they will now go back to what you originally gave them, and it may be a lesson to 'let well enough alone.' The boat seems to me fast, though I prefer 'Avenger's' [#666s] type better as a racing proposition. Its mainsail, for some reason, I don't know what the cause may have been, has become quite baggy already, and I am afraid that there will be too much draft in it for best results in strong breezes, before long. I could not stay for the race on Saturday, but I understand she beat the 'Gardenia' easily. ..." (Source: Emmons, R.W. [Letter to N. G. Herreshoff.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Correspondence, Folder 79 (new), 71 (old). Access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff. June 21, 1909.)

"BRISTOL, R I, Oct 30 [1909] --- ... The racing sloop Adventuress, owned by C. C. Rumrill of Springfield, and built by Herreshoff last spring, arrived here a week ago from her cruising and racing with little in the way of prizes to show. The yacht, did not make a good showing, and this is ascribed to the fact that she did not have a rating that it was expected she would have when first turned out. The Adventuress was stripped and was laid up In the Walkers Cove yard last Tuesday for the winter. ..." (Source: Anon. "Bristol Notes." Boston Globe, October 31, 1909, p. 29.)

"BRISTOL, R I, Oct 1 [1910] --- The racing sloop Adventuress, owned by Chester Chopin Rumrill of Springfield, Mass, which has had a successful season this year, arrived here today from the eastward and has been stripped and hauled out at the Herreehoff yard at Walkers Cove. ..." (Source: Anon. "Bristol Notes." Boston Globe, October 2, 1910, p. 64.)

"... W. Cameron Forbes' class M sloop Kaligna [sic], formerly the Adventuress, is being made ready for the season's racing at the Walker's Cove yard and will be put overboard this week. ..." (Source: Anon. "Notes from the Week's Log." Boston Globe, April 18, 1915, p. 37.)

"These are busy days at the Herreshoff boat shops and all about the shops and yards are active scenes preparing the boats for the coming season are apparent. ... Kalinga, one of the Herreshoff 48-ft. waterline sloops of 20 years ago, which is owned by W. Cameron Forbes of Boston and used at Naushon, has been bought by a Hartford yachtsman. The boat is expected at the Herreshoff shops this week to be overhauled and fitted with a new jib-headed rig. Kalinga was formerly the Adventuress. She is 67 feet 7 inches overall, 46 feet 1 inch on the waterline, 13 feet 1 inch beam and 9 feet draft, and was built in Bristol in 1909. ..." (Source: Anon. "Busy Herreshoff Shops." Bristol Phoenix, April 16, 1929, p. 4.)

"... The sloop Kalinga [#685s ex-Adventuress], formerly owned by W. Cameron Forbes of Boston, and lately sold to a Hartford yachtsman, has been towed from Naushon Island, where she was kept last winter, to the Herreshoff shops, and is hauled out on the new ways north of the shop vacated by Resolute [#725s]. She will be completely overhauled and given a modern jib headed rig." (Source: Anon. "Yachts At Herreshoff's." Bristol Phoenix, May 3, 1929, p. 3.)

"... Kalinga to Have Jib-Headed Rig. ... Kalinga, a class N sloop, built by Herreshoff in 1909 as the Adventuress, and recently sold by W. Cameron Forbes to Gerald W. Hart of Hartford, Conn. has been towed from Naushon Island, where she was hauled out last Winter, to Bristol, and is out on the railway at Herreshoff's. She will be given a complete overhauling and a new jib-headed rig. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yacht Yards South of Boston Busy With New Work And Fitting Out." Boston Globe, May 5, 1929, p. A63.)

"Sloop yacht Kalinga, owned by Gerald W Hart of Hartford, Conn., was put overboard from the Herreshoff shops Saturday and is to leave the harbor this week for New London, where the owner will make his head­quarters for the season. Kalinga is one of the 46 footers built at Herreshoff's 20 years ago and was owned by W Cameron Forbes of Boston. Her name was formerly Adventuress." (Source: Anon. "At Herreshoff's" Bristol Phoenix, July 9, 1929, p. 1.)

"The sale of two large yachts was reported yesterday by Sparkman & Stephens. ... The ... Class M sloop Kalinga, formerly the Adventuress, [was] bought by Henry L. Maxwell of this city from the estate of Gerald W. Hart. ..." (Source: Anon. "Two Large Yachts Sold." New York Times, December 12, 1933, p. 32.)

"... H. L. Maxwell has decided to rename the Class M sloop Kalinga, which he purchased, the Riptide. ..." (Source: Robbins, James. [No title.] New York Times, April 8, 1934, p. S4.)

"[Item Description:] Penciled preliminary plan with inboard profile and arrangement plan of an unidentified large sloop titled only 'Scale 3/8. 18in frame spaces'. Extrapolating from an estimated 6ft berth length this boat might have a LWL of 47ft and a beam of 13.5ft. The boat bears a certain similarity with #624s SONYA from 1905 but is not her. There is also a certain similarity with #685s ADVENTURESS from 1909 but again it is not her." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Preliminary Plan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE02_06450. Folder [no #]. No date (1900s ???).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled midship section titled '#685 [ADVENTURESS]. 46ft class'. Undated, ADVENTURESS was contracted for in December 1908." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_01380. Folder [no #]. No date (1908-12 ??).)
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"[Item Transcription:] Enclosed please find the Proposed Amendments to the Racing Rules adopted by the Conference last Thursday, also Mr. Poor's letter as Secretary of the Committee. If you will send me what you think is a good definition of a 'yawl', I will present it to the other members of the Committee. I felt all along, that if they had left the entire matter of changing the rules in your hands, the universal rule in this country would have been much better off. While I did not make the above statement in the exact words at the conference, I expressed my feelings to that effect.
I think you will see Mr. Rumrill [whose contract for #685s ADVENTURESS will be signed December 19, 1908 ]in person either Monday or Tuesday, if not before. Incl NGH draft reply: I didn't get your[?] letter until this a.m[?].
Have looked over draft of amendments and have penciled lightly a few notes in places that may need some attention.
About definition of yawl. I will suggest a group of definitions:
Schooner: A fore & aft rigged vessel with two or more masts and generally with bowsprit, carrying the largest sail on aftermost mast.
Ketch: A fore & aft rigged vessel with two or more masts and generally with bowsprit having the aftermost mast stepped forward of rudder and its sail smaller than the mainsail.
Yawl: A fore & aft rigged vessel with two or more masts and generally with bowsprit having the aftermost mast stepped aft the rudder and carrying a small sail.
Sloop: A fore & aft rigged vessel with one mast and bowsprit.
Knockabout: A small sloop rigged vessel without bowsprit and generally without topmast.
Catboat: A small vessel having one mast stepped near the bow, carrying a mainsail only.
I thank you for your kind consideration of me, but I don't aspire to any such position. My feeling is to see the most perfect rules in force, but I am afraid the present changes are not all what they should have been.
Dec 15 [19]08. I find QUEEN's [#657s] mast is 54% of w.l. IROLITA [#658s] sch[ooner] rig is also 54% and INGOMAR [#590s] 56%. In her case the mast had to be placed aft of proper position to get the saloon forward of it that Mr Plant wanted, rig being a secondary consideration. The only ketch we have built (SPALPEEN [#481s]) the main boom[?] is 60% of w.l. The mizzen mast is stepped forward of cockpit in which the tiller reaches a little way into. I consider the rig a normal one and well suited for a cruising boat. The last yawl we have built (PETREL [#510s]) has mainsail 40% of S and mizzen over 10% of S. The rig is good proportion[?] for cruising yacht, with mizzen larger enough to be of use with mainsail off.
I can see no sense in ruling against such a rig as QUEEN or IROLITA, or any rig that proves censenwi[?] and fast, and the masts stepped inbound enough that they can be held and not strain the vessel. The practical difficulty with most yawls is in straining the stern of the vessel. To overcome that they might rule that the section of the hull where mizzen is stepped must not be less than say 1/2 B in width or 1/6 B in depth, with area of mizzen not more than 1/10 S. I would suggest that instead of the limitation proposed that the Measurer report any abnormal rig to a committee who should decide on its merits and also on handicap to be revised[?] from a standard[?] sloop.
[With table:]
Allowance for rig
Sloops & knockabouts 100% of rating
Yawls 2 masts 93% of rating
Schooners 2 masts 90% of rating
Ketch 2 masts 86% of rating
Yawls 3 masts 81% of rating
Schooner 3 masts 81% of rating
Ketch 3 masts 77% of rating" (Source: Emmons, Robert W. (incl NGH reply). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_69450. Measuring and Measurement Rules (Box 1), Folder B1F02, formerly MRDE15. 1908-12-05.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections titled '#685 ADVENTURESS. 45.5 w.l. for 46ft Class. Dec 28, 1908. Scale 1/2in'. With notes 'L.w.l. 45ft 6in. qbl 42ft 3in. D = 881. D^(1/3) = 9.58. … '. With calculations arriving at a total displacement of 881cuft = 56400lbs and a wetted surface of 660sqft. On verso (with 'Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Established 1861. Incorporated 1879' letterhead) more rating-related calculations." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_01390. Folder [no #]. 1908-12-28.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph lead sections titled 'No 685 [#685s ADVENTURESS]. 46ft Rating new class. Scales 1in & 1 1/2in. Jan[uary] 3 1906'. With calculations and note 'Required 28300lbs lead with c.g. [at] .5845 of l.w.l. ...' and concluding with note 'Result ... 28050lbs with c.g. at .5825 of w.l'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Lead Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_08790. Folder [no #]. 1909-01-03.)
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"[Item Transcription:] Someone called me from your office the other day, but I was out. I write to say that I wish you would make an inspection of the 'AVENGER' [#666s], and have her launched and laid to a safe mooring in Walker's Cove as soon as you deem it desirable and necessary. Also make whatever covering you think should go over her deck to protect it from the sun and weather. I still have hopes of perhaps putting her in condition the middle of July for the New York cruise, but cannot tell about my plans just yet.
I sailed on the 'ADVENTURESS' [#685s] last Thursday, the day she lost her topmast. This, I must say, was unnecessary, and was caused by a defective block, the hook straightening and letting the topmast runner go. Upon looking into the matter, however, I found that Mr. Rumrill had taken off your tackle, and substituted one of his own, or his captain's invention, and used two blocks bought at New London. It was one of these that went. I judge they will now go back to what you originally gave them, and it may be a lesson to 'let well enough alone.' The boat seems to me fast, though I prefer 'Avenger's' type better as a racing proposition. Its mainsail, for some reason, I don't know what the cause may have been, has become quite baggy already, and I am afraid that there will be too much draft in it for best results in strong breezes, before long. I could not stay for the race on Saturday, but I understand she beat the 'GARDENIA' easily.
Will you let me know what you think advisable for me to do about keeping 'AVENGER' in best condition." (Source: Emmons, Robert W. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_39170. Correspondence, Folder 79, formerly 71. 1909-06-21.)
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"[Item Description:] fair prospect of 40ft class started this winter, believe you quoted $12,000 for four boats similar to #685s ADVENTURESS, please write ideas of the class, is it true Cochran is building a 90ft schooner? [this will be #692s WESTWARD], #667s AURORA finished season in glory and I congratulate on topmast which held" (Source: Cormack, George A. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_24210. Correspondence, Folder 71. 1909-09-21.)
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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:
§101: Work Order [For] #685s. [When wanted] May. Rigging [7 pages] (1909-01-16 & 1909-01-21)." (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:] penciled table titled 'L1 by formula ...' and listing data for #706s ELENA, #657s IROLITA [ex-QUEEN], #698s VAGRANT I, #532s RAINBOW, #663s ISTALENA, #666s AVENGER, #685s ADVENTURESS, #703s FLYING CLOUD, #709s JOYANT and #708s CORINTHIAN, #687s CARA-MIA [ex-NAULAKHA] and NY30s" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Table. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_67730. Measuring and Measurement Rules (Box 1), Folder B1F01, formerly MRDE15. No date (1911 to 1915).)
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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 Transcription:] I was at Bristol again yesterday, and found the work had been progressing satisfactorily, in fact that on the hull of the boat [#725s RESOLUTE] has gone ahead very fast. The bronze plating is now all on with the exception of the top streak, and of this about half of it is riveted. The gunwale bars were all ready, and also the steel covering board, at the stern had been taken out, and were to be shipped to New York or Providence for galvanizing. The wooden boom has been shaped up and given a coat of varnish. One of the gaffs was partly shaped up, and the other one is down in the lower shop, alongside of it.
Hathaway has cut out and is starting sewing up the No. 1 and also cut out the No. 2 jib, also the gaff topsail was partly completed, all for the double rig. He has received all the hopsack canvas under your order for the double rig, with the exception of 500 yards of the No. 1. Also almost all of the canvas made for us, which is not to be mercerized, has been received.
In the machine shop I saw all the bronze wheels for the winches. Also the vanadian steel turned buckles and chain plates. They claimed to be about all done, waiting to be heat treated. Sidney informed me that the capstan I wrote about in my last had to be made over, as there was a mistake, I believe, in the sprocket. They were also overhauling the machine that came with the RELIANCE [#605s], that was used for the main sheet, which I believe we are to use on our mainsheet. The only department which has nothing to do, as I wrote you, is Chase and the rigging. He has received no wire now for ten days, and I have taken the matter up with the Roeblings in New York, to find out the reason why. Mr. John has heard nothing from the people in England, either, regarding the hemp, and if you could send me a list of the pieces that could he replaced by manilla, that would be used below deck (where I think manilla would be just as good) I think it would be just as well for us to give up the idea of the other rope for those parts.
I have sent in the order for sails (list of which I enclose to you) subject to any alterations you may think advisable for me to make.
Nothing has been done on the steel mast as yet, but Mr. John informed me that he thought it would be better for the shop work to continue on the hull of the boat until practically done, before starting on the mast. He approached me again on the subject of the second mast, and I told him I preferred to do nothing, and would await your orders.
The more I see of our hopsack canvass the more convinced I am that it is going to be a success. Yesterday we took out a roll of the No. 1, made under the contract, and made a stretch test, pulling a piece by hand as hard as possible, when laid out the whole length of the sail loft. The most it could be pulled out, under this method was five inches, whereas our No. 0, which I spoke to you about in my last letter, could be pulled out at the same tension eight inches. We also compared the two weaves in the No. 5, and found that the same difference in stretch existed there as well.
The cold spell here has at last turned, and we have had two beautiful days. I hope you are now having good weather in Bermuda. When are you planning to return? I hope you will stay as long as you possibly can, and get yourself in the very best of shape, as you know that we are counting on your sailing with us as much as you possibly can this summer, as we certainly need all the advice and suggestions you can give us.
As far as the other two boats are concerned, I do not see but that they are going ahead very slowly, and I am afraid will not be ready to give us any races as early as planned. At Lawley's [VANITIE], they have done nothing so far but mould the keel, and I am informed by Bassett, in Taunton, that they have only just begun to ship the bronze plates to Lawley. Down at Bath [DEFIANCE], the other boat's frames were begun to be set up yesterday. While both of these boats have ordered canvas from Lowell I am happy to say that neither of them has ordered any of our hopsack weave.
Charlie Adams and I are going down again to Bristol tomorrow, and George Cormack is coming on from New York to meet us.
We have our tender alterations well underway, and all arrangements connected with the boat on the outside are going along very satisfactorily. I have already engaged 20 of of[sic] the 24 sailors that we shall need. If I can only stir up some results on the wire. I believe also the cast steel thimbles that you ordered from a certain place in Providence, have not shown up as yet, and they are to be followed up. When these things are started along, I do not see but that all departments will be running on schedule.
Mr. John is getting over his grippe, and was sitting up yesterday. Sidney seems to be around and keeping an eye on everything.
Some of the castings for the steering gear are completed. I note that the rope called for for the peak and throw halyards is 3 inches in circumference. Could we not reduce that to 2 1/2 or 2 3/4? I have not put in an order for extra wire rigging as yet, but will do so as soon as I hear from you as to what you think would be advisable to order. Would it not be well to have this a little longer than actually required? The bronze casting to be bolted on to the keel into the shieve of the centre-board penant I saw completed in the machine shop.
Also numerous other fittings,
I wrote the members of the syndicate the other day, giving them a general idea of how far the boat construction had progressed, and I have received letters from them all, expressing much satisfaction. They are, I believe, trying to get together next week, and see if they cannot settle on a name. I think it is about time.
Cameron Forbes called me up, as he is leaving for Panama to be gone until the middle of April, requesting that I ask you to place a wheel in the 'ADVENTURESS' [#685s] for him, and also design him, without altering the step of the mast, a single jib, to replace the double head jib, as he wishes to make her as easy to handle as possible. I spoke to Sidney about the steering gear, and perhaps you can write him telling him how much to cut down the bowsprit, etc, or if there will be time after you get back to make the alterations, and have the boat ready for him by the 15th of May, it will be satisfactory.
I wish I could see my way to run down with Mrs. Emmons for a week to Bermuda, and get a sail with you in your boat [#718s ALERION III]. It is a place I have never been and would like to make the trip very much, but am afraid that I cannot induce her to go, and I doubt if I can get away myself.
I hope you will pardon this typewritten letter, but as there is so much to put on paper, and my handwriting is so poor, I think you will find it more satisfactory to receive it as it is.
With kindest regards, I am, ...
P.S. Basset further stated he is sending bronze frames also for the Gardner boat [VANITIE], and he estimated the total weight of the bronze plates to be used for the Gardner boat would weight considerably more than ours, although there wasn't any great difference in the thickness." (Source: Emmons, Robert W. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_25860. Subject Files, Folder 5, formerly 96-100. 1914-02-27.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections with calculations (annotated 'corrected for shrinkage [of Model 709]' titled 'RESOLUTE (#725). To adapted trim and w.l. measured by [measurer] Webb. May 26th, 1914 (74.95cuft). Note: Model has shrunk since first measurements'. On verso crossed out 'Change in Rig of ADVENTURESS [#685s]. Job no. Spring of 1914. No change in mast or topmast'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_00670. Folder [no #]. 1914-05-28.)
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"[Item Description:] Handwritten (in ink) rating rule-related table on two pages with dimensions LOA, LWL, overhang fore & aft, mean length, freeboard fore & center & aft, breadth deck & w.l., draft, cube-root (displacement), 1st mast mean length, 1st to 2nd mast, J, P1, H1, B1, G1, V1, T1, P2, P2a, H2, B2, Q2, Y2,T2, sail area, sqrt(SA), sqrt(SA - NYYC Rule) for #605s RELIANCE, #499s COLUMBIA, #725s RESOLUTE, #529s MINEOLA, #663s ISTALENA, #666s AVENGER, New York 50s (#711s, #712s, #713s, #714s, #715s, #716s, #717s, #720s, #721s), #411s GLORIANA, #685s ADVENTURESS, #617s COCK ROBIN II, #586s NELLIE, #709s JOYANT, #708s CORINTHIAN, #670s SENECA, Bar Harbor 31s (#592s, #593s, #594s, #595s, #596s, #597s, #598s, #599s, #600s, #601s, #602s, #603s, #604s), New York 30s (#626s, #627s, #628s, #629s, #630s, #631s, #632s, #633s, #635s, #636s, #637s, #638s, #639s, #640s, #642s, #643s, #647s, #648s), Newport 29s (#727s, #728s, #737s), #691s MORE JOY, #446s ALERION II, Buzzards Bay 550s (#733s, #734s, #736s, #738s, #741s), #617s COCK ROBIN II, #493s JILT, #732s SADIE, #460s KILDEE, Buzzards Bay 15s (#503s Class), Buzzards Bay 12 1/2s (#744s Class), #703s FLYING CLOUD, #669s ELEANOR, #722s KATOURA, #692s WESTWARD, #657s QUEEN, #719s VAGRANT II, #698s VAGRANT, #663s ISTALENA, and #743s HASWELL. With penciled note 'Measurements in ft & inches. Results in ft & decimals'. Undated (the youngest boat on this list is from 1914/1915 and this was probably prepared in preparation for NGH's sail area rating rule of 1914/1915)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Handwritten Table. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE15_00100. Folder [no #]. No date (1914 / 1915 ?).)
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"[Item Transcription:] As lately there has been talk about changing the rule for rating measurement for yachts and, if changed, to make it a 'sail area rule', I have tabulated some of the data on file with the Race Committee and enclose a copy thinking that it might be of interest. [NP] The tabulation shows the relationship between RM and the square root of sail area, as well as between racing length and the cube root of displacement. From the tabulated figures it would seem that rating measurement might be determined directly from the square root of sail area, as shown in column headed 'X', which is about 0.85 for sloops and 0.78 for schooners, provided a consistent relationship was maintained between L (see column Y) and also between the square root of sail area divided by the cube root of displacement (see column Z). [NP] As displacement is an element troublesome to determine, it would seem as if it might be possible to use Coefficient times (LWL x beam x draft), in place of displacement. She Coefficient is shown in the column headed 'Coef.' which is approximately 0.16 for sloops and 0.18 for schooners. [NP] The product of dividing the square root of sail area by the cube root of displacement is shown in column '2', and the result is approximately 5.3. [NP] It would seem from a study of these figures that a simplified rule might be obtained.
[Incl. blueprint table titled 'Relation between R.M. and sq-rt(S.A.) & L, also between sq-rt(S.A.) & cube-rt(D) in Racing Formula for Rating Measurement for Sloops New York Yacht Club. September 1919. H. de B. Parsons, 22 Williams Street, New York.' and providing comparative data for N.Y.Y.C 30 (New York 30 Class), #709s JOYANT, ALEDA, NAHMA, JOSEPHINE, ALICE, DORELLO, #685s KALINGA (ex-ADVENTURESS), MEDORA, DORELLO II, N.Y.Y.C 40 (New York 40 Class), N.Y.Y.C 50 [New York 50 Class), #666s AVENGER, #694s SHIMNA, #625s DORIS, N.Y.Y.C 65 (New York 65 Class).]
[Incl. blueprint table titled 'Relation between R.M. and sq-rt(S.A.) & L, also between sq-rt(S.A.) & cube-rt(D) in Racing Formula for Rating Measurement for Schooners New York Yacht Club. September 1919. H. de B. Parsons, 22 Williams Street, New York.' and providing comparative data for Sound Schooner Class, VENONA, MILADI, SIMITAR, AMORILLA, #698s QUEEN MAB (ex-VAGRANT I), TIMANDRA, FLYING CLOUD, RADIANT, #663s IROLITA (ex-ISATLENA), TAORMINA, KATRINA, PRINCESS, IRIS, MURIEL, #719s VAGRANT, #772s MARIETTE, SAVARONA, ARIEL, SEA FOX, ENDYMION, #435s CORONA (ex-COLONIA), INVADER, ENCHANTRESS, #706s ELENA).]
[Incl. envelope postmarked Oct 2 (1919) and labeled in pencil by NGH 'Letter from H. deB Parsons about sailarea rule'.]
[Incl NGH reply:] Your very interesting letter of 2nd inst came while I was away on a little cruise, and since my return I have been so very busy that I have not found time to make a study of the tables you inclosed.
There are some good reasons for using sail area as a foundation for rating and I have been much interested in the scheme for several years, and, in fact, spent considerable time in the winter of 1914-15 in making a thorough study of the subject and formulating rules and restrictions necessary with using the sail area rating.
Your study considers existing racing yachts which, with only few exceptions were built since the present measurement rule went into effect. In my studies I also condiered the possible modifications in form and proportions that would arise under the sailarea rating.
To prevent abnormal and unwholesome types being constructed, I found it absolutely necessary to make restrictions or limitations in a number of elements, to wit over all length, and cube root of displacement, in relation to square root of sailarea, freeboard in relation to mean length ((oa+l2)/2), draft up water in relation to square root of sail area but modified in larger sizes for conveniences[?] of navigation.
So by[blank?] in safeguarding the sailarea rating I found it was necessary to take practically the same number of measurements as we do now. Therefore the gain in making a change from our present formula (C * ((L*sq-rt(S) / cube-rt(D)) to (K * sq-rt(S) is a doubtful one.
The problem of getting the most speed with least driving power or crew, would be an interesting one, but if it becomes necessary to enact restrictions & limitations to keep yachts in wholesome form you are really driving designers to work to stereotyped proportions.
If a few slight changes were made in our present [Universal] measurement rules and our present formula (C * ((L*sq-rt(S) / cube-rt(D))used without any limitations it would be good enough for universal adoption and without time limit as it has already been well tried out." (Source: Parsons, Harry DeBerkeley (incl NGH reply). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_72930. Measuring and Measurement Rules (Box 2), Folder B2F05, formerly MRDE15. 1919-10-02.)
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"[Item Transcription:] It was very pleasant having a little chat the other day and I only regret the exigencies of the situation required my rushing off. I certainly ran into crooked water off Sakonnet. The waves ran every which way and though I slowed down, my little boat was thrown all over the lot and you would have thought we were going through a sheet of spray. It was rough for five miles, and bad for only three. After we rounded the bell buoy I put on full speed and kicked along again but we met the tide coming out of Buzzards Bay and out behind where the water shows up near Cuttyhunk there was another vicious rip and things did not get smooth until we were well in between Cuttyhunk and Pinkies. As it was I was an hour late in getting back but I regret only having to leave so soon. In view of your kind expression of willingness to draw a rough plan for fixing over KALINGA [#685s ex-ADVENTURESS].
Two of the men of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company are coming tomorrow to make a survey and I hope to get an estimate of reconditioning the the boat which will not be beyond my means which not too extensive now. Captain Bernsten tells me that a whole new mast step will be [p. 2] necessary. I expected that, and he also says that he thinks all the frames must be supported, as some of them were last spring, because the parts where they get down into the bilge is decayed.
I was rather surprised at learning that you did not think it probably necessary to change the position of the mast. I thought a sail of such marked difference of shape as these Marconi rigs have would change the balance of the boat to an extent that would call for relocation of the mast and I am told that some of these new boats have the mast almost in the middle. The KALINGA has always had the most perfect balance, an aspect which has been the greatest joy to me in sailing her and also to others to whom I have given the privilege of handling the wheel. If it were a question of expense and the balance in speed required it I should prefer to pay more and move the mast than to put it where it was before and have her lose what is to me her most charming trait.
On the other hand, I do not pretend even to intimate to you the proper place for the mast as you know about it scientifically and I do not and I will back your judgment against anybody else's I know. So, of course, I defer wholly to your judgment the position of the mast, the amount of rake and the size and arrangement of the sails and standing gear.
Very sincerely yours, ..." (Source: Forbes, W. Cameron. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_23170. Correspondence, Folder 68. 1927-10-05.)
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"[Item Description:] #685s KALINGA ex-ADVENTURESS" (Source: Forbes, Malcolm. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum. Correspondence, Folder 22, formerly 140, 43, 45. 1927-11-23.)

"[Item Transcription:] I do not know how George Cormack got the impression I have made a model for M class racing, for I have made none for that class since the ADVENTURESS, now KALINGA [#685s]. Perhaps George had in mind a model I made before the [New York] 50s of the 20 rating class to be sent to England [#624s SONYA], which is I think about 53ft l.w.l. This however is not a suitable model for M class. The 50s are better.
It is interesting to know you are thinking of building in the M class and that you are working on lines &c. If you succeed as well as you did in the R class with PUFFIN #1053s it will be a great credit to you.
I am no longer interested in racing models, and do not expect to do any more in that line of designing.
With kindest regards, ..." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Letter to Morgan, Junius S. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 98.56. Correspondence, Folder 31, formerly 180. 1928-01-13.)
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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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"[Item Description:] Brokerage listing (File No. 1329) for #685s RIPTIDE ex-ADVENTURESS. Dimensions, particulars (Rig: Aux. Marconi Sloop, Location: Luders, Price: $5000/offer). Remark 'Was used in 1934 with two paid hands except in August when he had three. $5000 was spent on her in 1934 including installing motor, new light sails and putting on capstans, etc'. With photo. Undated, a penciled note in the upper right corner suggests 'Apr 1937' (although this may also be a reference to the date she was sold)." (Source: Belknap & Paine, Yacht Brokers (creator). Broker Listing. MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.111. Box HAFH.6.3B, Folder Brokers Listings. No date (1937-4 ?).)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #685s Adventuress even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• Adventuress (HMCo-made index card)
• Adventuress (MIT Museum-made index card)
• Kalinga ex-Adventuress (HMCo-made index card)
• Riptide ex-Adventuress (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: Adventuress
Type: Cutter
Length: 45'6"
Owner: Rumrill, C. C.

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

• Adventuress
• Kalinga ex-Adventuress
• Riptide ex-Adventuress
• 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: Adventuress
Type: 45' 6" cutter
Owner: Chester C. Rumrill
Year: 1909
Row No.: 9

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: Dec
Day: 19
Year: 1908
E/P/S: S
No.: 0685
Name: Adventuress
LW: 45' 6"
B: 13' 2"
D: 8' 10.5"
Rig: Cutter
K: y
Ballast: Lead O.
Amount: 14800.00
Notes Constr. Record: Changed to single head rig Apr 1914.Name changed to Kalinga (?) W.C. Forbes.
Last Name: Rumrill
First Name: C. C.

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.

"Owned as Kalinga by W. Cameron Forbes in 1925." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. November 27, 2008.)

"Universal Rule Class M." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. September 8, 2010.)

"Built in 122 days (contract to launch; equivalent to $121/day, 462 lbs displacement/day)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 16, 2024.)

"Sail area 3064 and 2764 sqft from untitled two-page rating-rule-related table handwritten (in ink) by N. G. Herreshoff with multiple dimensions for the most important Herreshoff-designed yachts. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum. MRDE15, Folder [no #]. Undated (the most recent boat dates 1914/1915 and the table was probably prepared in preparation for NGH's sail area rating rule of 1914/1915)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. September 16, 2020.)

"Displacement 881 cu.ft. [= 56,384 lbs] from untitled two-page rating-rule-related table handwritten (in ink) by N. G. Herreshoff with multiple dimensions for the most important Herreshoff-designed yachts. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum. MRDE15, Folder [no #]. Undated (the most recent boat dates 1914/1915 and the table was probably prepared in preparation for NGH's sail area rating rule of 1914/1915)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. September 16, 2020.)

"Disp[lacement] 880 cu.ft." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G.? Penciled note on Construction Plan 076-084 (HH.5.05539). Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)

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