HMCo #695s Peg

"[1910-01-19] Wed 19: Have order for Sonder Class boat from Mr. G[alen]. Stone (#695) [Peg].
[1910-05-26] Thu 26: Launched Sonder class boats #695 & 697, Peg & Toboggan.
[1910-05-27] Fri 27: Rigged & tried Peg [#695s] & Toboggin [#697s]. ..." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1910. Manuscript (excerpts). Diary access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.)

"Jan[uary] 10 1910.
No. 695 [#695s Sonder Class Yacht].
Frame spaces 8".
In making moulds deduct for planking 5/8" and for timbers 7/8" at head, increasing 3/32 per foot.
Sheer line given is under side of deck.
Deck 5/8".
Keel 1 1/4 above rabbate & in middle part where there is deadrise 3/8 or more below rabbate." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. [Handwritten (in pencil and ink) notes in Offset Booklet HH.4.169.] January 10, 1910. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)

"BRISTOL, R I. April 30 [1910] --- Three small racing sloops, one [#697s Toboggan] for Robert W. Emmons 2d and one [#695s Peg] for Galen M. Stone, both for the sonder class for racing at Marblehead, and the third [#696s Foraminifer] a mahogany centerboard sloop for racing at Buzzards bay, are practically ready to take the water at Herreshoff's. The sonders are of a type savoring of the racing machine in all particulars, and those who have seen them claim they, will be hard to beat in windward work, judging from the lines." (Source: Anon. "Bristol Notes." Boston Globe, May 1, 1910, p. 57.)

"BRISTOL, R I, May 26 [1910] --- The Peg [#695s] and Toboggan [#697s], two of the little fleet of three sonder boats which Nat Herreshoff designed for Massachusetts yachtsmen this spring, took the water successfully today, the Peg, owned by Galen M. Stone of Boston, at 10 in the forenoon, and the Toboggan, for Robert W. Emmons 2d, former owner of the racing sloop Avenger [#666s], also of Boston, at 3:30 in the afternoon.
The boats are practically alike in model. The topside colors are in contrast to each other, the Peg being painted white, while the Toboggan is finished in the natural mahogany. Both boats are planked with mahogany.
They have shallow but wide sterns, and the bilge forward extends well out toward the turn of the forefoot, where it blends into the bows. The forward ends are quite shallow and set close to the water.
Large deck space from forward to aft and a cockpit for the helmsman and his assistants almost amidships, make up the deck line. The crafts are almost devoid of sheer, in fact, to the eye they look as straight as an arrow on deck. A knockabout rig and a sail area larger than most of the sonders and a pole mast without any bowsprit complete the rig.
The dimensions are 22 feet on the waterline, 32 feet overall, 7 feet beam and about 6 feet draft. The Toboggan is to leave Saturday for Boston." (Source: Anon. "Toboggan --- Peg. Boston-Owned Sonder Boats Launched. Former for Robert W.Emmons 2d, Peg for Galen M. Stone. Bristol Craft Practically Alike in Model." Boston Globe, May 27, 1910, p. 8.)

"Notes from the Week's Log. ... Toboggan [#697s] and Peg are the names of two of this year's sonder racers built at Herreshoffs. The former, which is owned by Robert W. Emmons 2d, was expected to leave Bristol for Boston yesterday, the other is owned by Galen M. Stone. ..." (Source: Anon. "Notes from the Week's Log." Boston Globe, May 29, 1910, p. 51.)

"No. 598 --- For Sale --- Sonder class sloop 36 x 19 x 7 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft. 1 in. Designed and built by Herreshoff. Completely equipped for racing, including all necessary light sails. G. W. Ford Yacht Agency, 30 East 42nd Street, New York City. [Though not identified by name, dimensions and accompanying photo identify her clearly as #695s Peg.]" Source: Anon. [Classified ad.] Rudder, November 1920, p. 60.)

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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections titled '#695 [PEG]. Sonderclass model by Francis. From finished model. Jan 21, 1910. Scale 1/12. 19.0 lwl. Frame space 8in & # 43 1/2 at end l.w.l.'. With calculations arriving at a total displacement of 64.3cuft = 4055lbs [in] 'Keil[sic, i.e. Kiel] water' and 4120[lbs] in 'salt water'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_01270. Folder [no #]. 1910-01-21.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph lead sections titled 'Lead for #695 [PEG] Scale 1/4 size. Ap[ril] 18, 1910'. With calculations and note 'Required 1575lbs lead at .542 of l.w.l. l.w.l. 19ft 0ib. Frame space 8in. ....' and concluding with calculations and note 'Result. ... 3850[cuin] at 30.21 frame space = 1580lbs at .535 of l.w.l.'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Lead Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_08490. Folder [no #]. 1910-04-18.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled dimensioned sketch of an unidentified subject (a clamp like item made of '3/4 dia[meter] C[ase?] H[ardened?] steel', with a hex machine screw). On verso a penciled note '#695 [PEG] hull. Weight 1950 [minus] 266 tare [equals] 1684[lbs] net. April 5 [19]10' and other calculations." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE11_03020. Folder [no #]. 1910-05-04.)
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"[Item Transcription:] Order book with carbon copy duplicates of instructions given by NGH. Relevant contents:
§14: Work Order [For] #695s, #696s. [When wanted] Early in May. Rigging [3 pages] (1910-02-06)
§17: Work Order [For] #695s, #697s [or #696s ?]. Spars (1910-02-08)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Order Book. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE08_04730. Folder [no #]. 1909-10 to 1914-11.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #695s Peg even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• Peg (HMCo-made index card)
• Peg (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: Peg
Type: J & M
Length: 18'11 1/2"
Owner: Stone, G. L.

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

• Peg
• Phantom ex-Peg
• 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: Peg
Type: 19' sloop, sonder
Owner: Galen L. Stone
Year: 1910
Row No.: 513

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: Jan
Day: 10
Year: 1910
E/P/S: S
No.: 0695
Name: Peg
LW: 18' 11.5"
B: 7' 11.5"
D: 5' 1"
Rig: J & M
K: y
Ballast: Lead O.
Amount: 2400.00
Notes Constr. Record: Sonder Class.
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.

"Sonderklasse Rule boats were the result of a German measurement rule that limited the sum of a boat's waterline length, beam, and draft to 32'. In addition, the sail area was fixed at 550 square feet, the displacement had to be at least 4,035 lbs, the boat was to be single-planked with a minimum plank thickness of at least 5/8", and the boat could not cost more than $2,400." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 26, 2015.)

"Built in 136 days (contract to launch; equivalent to $18/day, 30 lbs displacement/day)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 16, 2024.)

"Sail area (550sq ft) as per Sonderklasse rule limit." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 26, 2015.)

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