HMCo #690s Makabaro [Mackabaro]
Particulars
Name: Makabaro [Mackabaro]Later Name(s): Robin Hood III (1910s), Mysolace (1930s), Onward (1940s)
Type: Beverly YC Raceabout Open Class
Designed by: ASdeWH
Contract: 1909-3-15
Trial: 1909-6-15 ?
Construction: Wood
LOA: 36' 8" (11.18m)
LWL: 21' 0" (6.40m)
Beam: 9' 6" (2.90m)
Draft: 5' 11.25" (1.81m)
Rig: Gaff Sloop
Displ.: 6,200 lbs (2,812 kg)
Keel: yes
Ballast: Lead outside
Built for: Stone, Galen L.
Amount: $2,925.00
Note(s) in HMCo Construction Record: Moulds #676. Bottom Changes. Name chg to Robin Hood. G. Gartland
Last reported: 1942 (aged 33)
Note: Particulars are primarily but not exclusively from the HMCo Construction Record. Supplementary information not from the Construction Record appears elsewhere in this record with a complete citation.
Model
Model number: 315Model location: H.M.M. Model Room South Wall Right
Vessels from this model:
2 built, modeled by ASdeWH
Original text on model:
"No. 676 Scale 1/12 August 1907 model by Sidney QUAKERESS III
No. 690 April 1909 keel and garboard filled out." (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Model Description:
"21' Quakeress III, keel sloop of 1907. Also, with change in underbody, 21' lwl Makabaro, keel sloop of 1909. Model made by Sid Herreshoff." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)
Related model(s):
Model 1534 (1907?); sail
Note: Vessels that appear in the records as not built, a cancelled contract, a study model, or as a model sailboat are listed but not counted in the list of vessels built from a model.
Offsets
Offset booklet number(s): HH.4.159
Offset booklet contents:
#676, #690 [21' w.l. sloops Quakeress III& Makabaro].
Offset Booklet(s) in Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. (Restricted access --- see curator.)
Drawings
Explore all drawings relating to this boat.List of drawings:
Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
HMCo #690s Makabaro [Mackabaro] are listed in bold.
Click on Dwg number for preview, on HH number to see at M.I.T. Museum.
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Dwg 077-044 (HH.5.05647): Details for 2 1/2 Rater # 412 (1891-09-12)
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Dwg 127-122 (HH.5.09990): Sails > No. 573 Terrapin (1902-03-07)
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Dwg 076-050 (HH.5.05509): Construction Dwg > 21' W.L. Racing Craft for Buzzard's Bay (1903-10-19)
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Dwg 110-026 (HH.5.08991); Travel[l]ers for Small Sail Boats (1903-12-09)
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Dwg 110-092 (HH.5.09057): Spreaders for Small Sail Boats (1907-04-27)
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Dwg 081-059 (HH.5.06147): Spars for 21 Footer (1907-08-31)
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Dwg 091-122 (HH.5.07397): Block List & Metal List (1907-09-03)
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Dwg 025-068 (HH.5.01820): Construction List (1909-04-28)
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Dwg 076-088 (HH.5.05543): Construction Dwg > 36'-9" O.A., 21' W.L., 9'-6" Beam, 5'-11 1/4" Draft (1909-04-28)
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Dwg 081-071 (HH.5.06161): Spars (1909-04-30)
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Dwg 128-010 (HH.5.10088): Sails > Sails for 21' W.L.Sloop (1909-06 ?)
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Dwg 096-096 (HH.5.08051): Sails > Sail Plan of Makabaro No. 690 Buzzards Bay 21' Class (1909-06-14)
Note: The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection is copyrighted by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass. Permission to incorporate information from it in the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné is gratefully acknowledged. The use of this information is permitted solely for research purposes. No part of it is to be published in any form whatsoever.
Documents
Nathanael G. Herreshoff
"[1909-05-18] Tue 18: Turned over 690 [Makabaro]." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1909. Manuscript (excerpts). Diary access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.)
"August 1907.
No. 676 [#676s].
[Also] 690 [#690s].
21' w.l. Raceabout with c[enter]b[oar]d.
Frame spaces 9".
S[heerline] is to under side of deck.
Deduct for Timbers [blank].
Deduct for planking 3/4".
Deck 3/4".
For changes in 690 [#690s] see latter part of book & # 28 frame."
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April 19, 1909.
No. 690.
Changed [from #676s Quakeress III] to meet conditions of Buzzards Bay Class.
Bottom of keel is to be dropped about 2ft and centreboard left out. Amount of lead to be increased to 'not less than 3000 lbs' and displacement also increased by filling out in middle sections.
Base line for new keel is 2.0.0 below original base line." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. [Handwritten (in pencil and ink) note in Offset Booklet HH.4.156.] August 1907 and No date [ca. April 1909]. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)
Other Contemporary Text Source(s)
"BRISTOL, R. I., June 19 [1909] --- ... There were two launchings at Herreshoff's the past week [between June 7 and June 12, 1909], one was the Makabaro [#690s], a racing machine for the 21-foot class of the Beverly Y. C and owned by Galen M. Stone of Boston, while the other was a 15-foot racing knockabout [#686s Try] built for a New Bedford man. Both boats had their trials and were sent to Buzzards bay last Tuesday [June 15, 1909]." (Source: Anon. "Bristol Notes." Boston Globe, June 20, 1909, p. 49.)
"... Galen L. Stone of Boston has sold the fast Herresboff raceabout Makabaro to George B. Gartland of New York City. ..." (Source: Anon. "Transfers of Yachts." New York Times, May 17, 1914, p. S5.)
"FOR SALE --- Herreshoff 21 footer, 36 ft., 8 in. by 21 ft. by 9 ft., 6 in. by 5 ft. 11 in. Very fast sailer. Would make fine boat for day sailing or racer." [Note: The only vessel in the Construction Record to match these dimensions was #690s Robin Hood III ex-Makaboro. One may thus assume that this was an advertisement for the sale of Makaboro. Note, however, that Gartland was still listed as Robin Hood III's owner in the 1925 Lloyd's Register.] (Source: Anon. "For Sale." Rudder, October 1922, p. 62.)
Archival Documents
"N/A"
"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph lead sections titled 'Lead for #690 [MAKABORO] (To be built on moulds of #676 [QUAKERESS III] modified). Scale 1/4 size. April 21, 1909'. With calculations and note 'Required 3000lbs lead with c.g. at .545 of w.l. ....' and concluding with note 'Result. With top at 3.3.0 till 1 1/2in aft [of] # 27 then sloping off at 45. 7356cuin with c.g. at 27.27 frame space = 3020lbs with c.g. at .545 of w.l.'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Lead Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_08630. Folder [no #]. 1909-04-21.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #690s Makabaro [Mackabaro] even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.
Images
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Further Image Information
Created by: Anon.
Image Caption: "Robin Hood III, a Newcomer in the Third Division [of the 1914 Long Island Sound handicap racing class]."
Image Date: 1909----1914
Published in: Yachting, November 1914, p. 236.
Image is copyrighted: No
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Further Image Information
Created by: Anon.
Image Caption: [Thought to be Makabaro #690s as per information from a for sale ad in The Rudder of October 1922, p. 62.]
Image Date: 1909----1922
Published in: Rudder, October 1922, p. 62.
Image is copyrighted: No
Registers
1914 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#3576)
Name; Former Name(s): Robin Hood III; Makarabo
Owner: George E. Gartland; Port: Greenwich, Conn.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Slp
LOA 36-8; LWL 21-0; Extr. Beam 9-6; Draught 5-11
Sailmaker HMCo; Sail Area 600
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1909
[From: Lloyd's Register Supplement to August 1, 1914.]
1917 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2657)
Name; Former Name(s): Robin Hood III; Makarabo
Owner: George E. Gartland; Port: Greenwich, Conn.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Slp
LOA 36-7; LWL 21-0; Extr. Beam 9-5; Draught 5-11
Sailmaker C&P [Cousens & Pratt Boston]; Sails made in [19]16; Sail Area 600
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1909
Not listed in 1914 Lloyds Register.
1920 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2531)
Name; Former Name(s): Robin Hood III; Makarabo
Owner: George E. Gartland; Port: Greenwich, Conn.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Slp
LOA 36-8; LWL 21-0; Extr. Beam 9-6; Draught 5-11
Sailmaker C&P [Cousens & Pratt Boston]; Sails made in [19]16; Sail Area 600
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1909
1923 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2547)
Name; Former Name(s): Robin Hood III; Makarabo
Owner: George E. Gartland; Port: Greenwich, Conn.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Slp
LOA 36-7; LWL 21-0; Extr. Beam 9-5; Draught 5-11
Sailmaker C&P [Cousens & Pratt Boston]; Sails made in [19]22; Sail Area 600
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1909
1925 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2737)
Name; Former Name(s): Robin Hood III; Makarabo
Owner: George E. Gartland; Port: Greenwich, Conn.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Slp
LOA 36-8; LWL 21-0; Extr. Beam 9-6; Draught 5-11
Sailmaker C&P [Cousens & Pratt Boston]; Sails made in [19]22; Sail Area 600
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1909
1930 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#3562)
Name; Former Name(s): Robin Hood III; Makabaro
Owner: H. N. Whittelsey; Port: Greenwich, Conn.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Slp
LOA 36-7; LWL 21-0; Extr. Beam 9-5; Draught 5-11
Sailmaker R&L [Ratsey&Lapthorn New York]; Sails made in [19]25; Sail Area 600
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1909
1935 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#3263)
Name; Former Name(s): Mysolace; Robin Hood III, Makabaro
Owner: H. N. Whittelsey; Port: Greenwich, Conn.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Slp
LOA 36-7; LWL 21-0; Extr. Beam 9-5; Draught 5-11
Sailmaker R&L [Ratsey&Lapthorn New York]; Sails made in [19]25; Sail Area 600
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1909
1940 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#4613)
Name; Former Name(s): Onward; Mysolace, Robin Hood III, Makabaro
Owner: Morgan Barney; Port: Stamford, Conn.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Slp
LOA 36-8; LWL 21-0; Extr. Beam 9-6; Draught 4-11
Sailmaker Ratsey; Sails made in [19]25; Sail Area 600
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1909
1942 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#4490)
Name; Former Name(s): Onward; Mysolace, Robin Hood III, Makabaro
Owner: Morgan Barney; Port: Stamford, Conn.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Slp
LOA 36-8; LWL 21-0; Extr. Beam 9-6; Draught 4-11
Sailmaker Ratsey; Sails made in [19]25; Sail Area 600
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1909
Morgan Barney (1878-1943) was a talented yacht designer whose papers are held by Mystic Seaport Museum.
Source: Various Yacht Lists and Registers. For complete biographical information see the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné under Data Sources. Note that this section shows only snapshots in time and should not be considered a provenance, although it can help creating one.
Supplement
From the 1920 and earlier HMCo Index Cards at the MIT Museum
- Note: The vessel index cards comprise two sets of a total of some 3200 cards about vessels built by HMCo, with dimensions and information regarding drawings, later or former vessel names, and owners. They were compiled from HMCo's early days until 1920 and added to in later decades, apparently by Hart Nautical curator William A. Baker and his successors. While HMCo seems to have used only one set of index cards, all sorted by name and, where no name was available, by number, later users at MIT apparently divided them into two sets of cards, one sorted by vessel name, the other by vessel number and greatly expanded the number of cards. Original HMCo cards are usually lined and almost always punched with a hole at bottom center while later cards usually have no hole, are unlined, and often carry substantially less information. All cards are held by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass.
From the 1931 HMCo-published Owner's List
Name: Mackabaro
Type: J & M
Length: 21'
Owner: Stone, C. L.
Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. "A Partial List of Herreshoff Clients." In: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Herreshoff Yachts. Bristol, Rhode Island, ca. 1931.
From the 1930s L. Francis Herreshoff Index Cards at the Herreshoff Marine Museum
- Note: The L. Francis Herreshoff index cards comprise a set of some 1200 cards about vessels built by HMCo, with dimensions and / or ownership information. Apparently compiled in the early 1930s, for later HMCo-built boats like the Fishers Island 23s or the Northeast Harbor 30s are not included. Added to in later decades, apparently by L. F. Herreshoff as well as his long-time secretary Muriel Vaughn and others. Also 46 cards of L. F. Herreshoff-designed vessels. The original set of index cards is held by the Herreshoff Marine Museum and permission to display is gratefully acknowledged.
From the 1953 HMCo Owner's List by L. Francis Herreshoff
Name: Mackabaro
Type: 21' J & M
Owner: C. L. Stone
Year: 1909
Row No.: 391
Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis. "Partial List of Herreshoff-Built Boats." In: Herreshoff, L. Francis. Capt. Nat Herreshoff. The Wizard of Bristol. New York, 1953, p. 325-343.
From the 2000 (ca.) Transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Vermilya/Bray
Month: Mar
Day: 15
Year: 1909
E/P/S: S
No.: 0690
Name: Mackabaro
LW: 21'
B: 9' 6"
D: 5' 11"
Rig: J & M
K: y
Ballast: Lead O.
Amount: 2925.00
Notes Constr. Record: Moulds 676. Bottom Changed. Name Chg'd to Robin Hood, G. Garttwood (?).
Last Name: Stone
First Name: G. L.
Source: Vermilya, Peter and Maynard Bray. "Transcription of the HMCo. Construction Record." Unpublished database, ca. 2000.
Note: The transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Peter Vermilya and Maynard Bray was performed independently (and earlier) than that by Claas van der Linde. A comparison of the two transcriptions can be particularly useful in those many cases where the handwriting in the Construction Record is difficult to decipher.
Research Note(s)
"LOA from Lloyd's Register 1917." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 25, 2010.)
"Launched between June 7 and June 12, 1909." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 29, 2011.)
"Built in 92 days (contract to trial; equivalent to $32/day, 67 lbs displacement/day)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 16, 2024.)
Note: Research notes contain information about a vessel that is often random and unedited but has been deemed useful for future research.
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