HMCo #874s Cygnet
Particulars
Name: CygnetLater Name(s): Skylark (1924), Colleen (1924-1927), Vellamo (1928-ca1933), Cygnet (ca1934-)
Type: Six-Meter
Designed by: ASdeWH
Contract: 1922-1-31
Launch: 1922-5 ?
Construction: Wood
LOA: 30' 0" (9.14m)
LWL: 22' 0" (6.71m)
Beam: 7' 0" (2.13m)
Draft: 5' 0" (1.52m)
Rig: Marconi
Displ.: 7,899 lbs (3,583 kg)
Keel: yes
Built for: Hammond, Paul
Amount: Cost plus
Note(s) in HMCo Construction Record: 6 Metre. Costplus
Last reported: 1970 (aged 48)
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: 1008Model location: H.M.M. Workshop South Wall Center
Vessels from this model:
1 built, modeled by ASdeWH
Original text on model:
" 'CYGNET' 6 meter boat for Paul Hammond, 1922 scale 3/4" = 1' " (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
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.4.185
Offset booklet contents:
#874 [6 meter-class sloop Cygnet].
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 #874s Cygnet 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 110-026 (HH.5.08991); Travel[l]ers for Small Sail Boats (1903-12-09)
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Dwg 096-135 (HH.5.08087): Sails > Proposed 6 Meter Boat for Mr. Mammond (1921-12-08)
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Dwg 130-129 (HH.5.10439): Sails > Proposed Six Meter Boat (1921-12-27)
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Dwg 065-067 (HH.5.04663): Rudder and Fittings for 874 (1922-03-11)
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Dwg 025-139 (HH.5.01894): Bolt List (1922-03-14)
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Dwg 096-139 (HH.5.08091): Sails > Sail Plan for the Six Meter Boat (1922-03-16)
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Dwg 109-150 (HH.5.08917): Gear for Tightening Headstay (1922-03-30)
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Dwg 070-082 (HH.5.05081): Stem Head and Fittings (1922-04-06)
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Dwg 128-065 (HH.5.10190): Sails > Sails for "Cygnet" (1922-04-17)
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Dwg 081-143 (HH.5.06234): Spars for # 874 (1922-04-20)
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Dwg 109-151 (HH.5.08918): Small Fittings for 874 (1922-04-25)
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Dwg 025-140 (HH.5.01895): Rigging and Casting List (1922-04-27)
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Dwg 076-135 (HH.5.05576): Construction Dwg > 6 Meter Boat Cygnet (1922-04-27)
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Dwg 130-130 (HH.5.10440): Sails > Sails for Cygnet (1922-08-11)
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
Other Herreshoff Family
"Feb[ruary] 26, 1922
6 Meter Boat for Paul Hammond.
Length OA 29'-0", W.L. 21'-11 1/2"
Beam 8'-0"
Draft 5'-1"
Scale of model 3/4" = 1'.
Sheer is at upper side of deck.
Deck 1/2" thick.
Planking 11/16" thick.
Timbers molded 13/16".
Rabbet at middle part of boat is to be about 7/8 above bottom of keel.
Frame spaces 7"." (Source: Herreshoff, A. Sidney DeW. [Penciled note in Offset Booklet HH.4.185.] Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)
Other Contemporary Text Source(s)
"... At Herreshoff's work on the six-meter yacht for Paul Hammond is quite well along. The date for launching has not been determined, but it is expected that she will be over and rigged in time for a tryout before the opening of the Long Island Sound racing, May 30 [1922]. ..." (Source: Anon. "Notes From The Week's Log." New York Times, May 21, 1922, p. 48.)
"Cygnet, the Herreshoff boat owned by Paul Hammond has been rather an irregular performer as she has shown great speed at times and finished well up in some races and has brought up the rear in others under similar conditions." (Source: Mower, Charles D. "The 6-Meter Boats." Rudder, September 1922, p. 19.)
"The other yacht sale was the six-meter boat Cygnet, built last year by Vice Commodore Paul Hammond of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club to try for the international team. Cygnet did not make the team, but made a good showing, and has raced well this year. She was purchased by Gordon Pirie, owner of the six-meter Sandpiper, and he will race her against the other boats of this class now in the Sound." (Source: Anon. "Alera and Cygnet Change Ownership." New York Times, July 20, 1923, p. 11.)
"... Commodore Hammond has sold Cygnet, his six-metre boat, which was built last year, to Gordon Pirie, who owns the six-metre Sandpiper. Mr. Pirie will sail Cygnet in the Larchmont races. Cygnet did very well in the six-metre trials and in subsequent races and should win some firsts for her new owner. ..." (Source: Lawrence, Seabury. "Six-Metre Cygnet Sold." New York Evening Post, July 20, 1923, p. 7.)
"... The name of the Herreshoff six-meter Cygnet, recently purchased by Harry Maxwell from Gordon Pirie, has been changed to Colleen. The yacht will be fitted out at the Nevins yard and raced as a 'trial horse' against Mr. Maxwell's new six-meter Madcap, which sailed in her first races last Sunday and made a good showing with Butler Whiting at the helm. ..." (Source: Anon. "Larchmont Club Sets Dates For Two Races." New York Times, May 28, 1924, p. 19.)
Other Modern Text Source(s)
"1922. ... Herreshoff had been busy during the Winter. The 42-foot waterline auxiliary sloop Ventura [#867s], the first of the raised-deck type to be built in Rhode Island, a 6-metre sloop [#874s Cygnet], six [sic, i.e. four?] S boats [#870s Surinam, #871s Perneb, #873s Pandora, #876s and ?] and four [sic, i.e. six?] of the 12 1/2-footers [#868s, #869s Hippo, #860s, #875s, #877s, #878s] were under construction, all for out-of-State owners. ..." (Source: Davis, Jeff. Yachting in Narragansett Bay. Providence, 1946, p. 13.)
Archival Documents
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"[Item Description:] hope you will get down before the end of the races [for the British American Team Race Challenge sailed in 6mRs off Seawanhaka CYC in Oyster Bay], #874s CYGNET's record did not warant her selection, new crop of [Watch Hill] 15-footers is most interesting, I hope you are giving them a leg-o-mutton rig?, see no reason why you cannot organize a gang and keep it inviolate, feel you are not overpaid even when you are in Florida, salary list can be cut otherwise if needed, John Paine tasked Starling Burgess to adjust the balance of his bill and should get together with Tom Brightman who knows best" (Source: Nichols, George. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_18680. Correspondence, Folder 51, formerly 54. 1921-09-11.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections titled '#874 [CYGNET] 6-Meter Boat. Scale 3/4in = 1ft. With calculations arriving at a toal displacement of 122.5cuft = 7850lbs and a stability with heeling angle of 20deg of 7190lbft." (Source: Herreshoff, A. Sidney deW. (?) (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_02430. Folder [no #]. 1922-01-25.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph lead sections titled 'Lead for #874 [CYGNET]. 6 Meter Boat. Scale 2in = 1ft. Feb[ruary] 19, 1922'. With notes and several sets of calculations, concluding with required lead of 4630lbs with c.g. 2/3in forward of frame space 27 followed by another set of calculations titled 'Change 3/19/[19]22 on account of using double cockpit with 2 men 3ft further forward, concluding with required lead of 4629lbs with c.g. 2in aft of frame space 27." (Source: Herreshoff, A. Sidney deW. (?) (creator). Pantograph Lead Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_03740. Folder [no #]. 1922-02-19.)
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"[Item Description:] Memo of prospective receipts and expenditures between April 1st and June 1st 1922, provided no other contracts, or work is taken on'. Mentioning #867s VENTURA, #376p ESLOMA, #377p ARA, three 12 1/2 footers (#875s, #877s and #878s), five S-Class (#870s SURINAM, #871s PERNEB, #872s (Cancelled), #873s PANDORA and #876s), and #874s CYGNET." (Source: [Young, Charles Wesley (Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. Secr.)]. Correspondence (memorandum) to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_50300. Subject Files, Folder [no #]. 1922-04-01.)
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"[Item Description:] sorry to have missed you, went to Paul Hammond's to find you, glad to see that Sidney's boat [#874s CYGNET sailed by Paul Hammond] did very much better that day" (Source: Morgan, E.D. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_38800. Correspondence, Folder 77, formerly 62. 1922-07-14.)
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"[Item Description:] team [for the British American Team Race Challenge sailed in 6mRs off Seawanhaka CYC in Oyster Bay] has been picked, much disappointed that you did not come out, #874s CYGNET only made Team B, Paul [Hammond] sailed her better than I have ever seen him but showed ignorance of tactics and rules, have thought about what you say about #378p HELIANTHUS III, do not know what salary you now receive from HMCo, think it is a real, if intangible value to the company in your cruising about, shows you believe in your own boats, should like to put before the directors question of adjusting your salary so that you can continue to do so, jib topsail hook, #721s CAROLINA's mast" (Source: Nichols, George. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_18700. Correspondence, Folder 51, formerly 54. 1922-08-25.)
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"[Item Description:] delighted with model of #721s CAROLINA which is now in our living room, if #729s SCAPA would were only bigger she would still be the best R-boat, what would she do as a 6mR with 100 sq ft less sail [penciled, apparently in NGH's hand, at the top: SCAPA 465 sq, CYGNET 540 sq], Paul Hammond asked for help and I would be glad to help tune up and coach him if he in turn would give the business his undivided attention, he plans to have #874s CYGNET in commission by middle of April" (Source: Nichols, George. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_18760. Correspondence, Folder 51, formerly 54. 1923-03-17.)
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"[Item Description:] your letter to Paul [Hammond] was just right, he does not resent criticism offered to him in a friendly spirit, my question re SCAPA [#729s] referred to her model [which was also used for the NY50s] rather than the actual boat, CYGNET [#874s] had her mast stayed so that it was rigid, Fife boats has somewhat flexible masts that in a fresh breeze threw a slight and fair curve into the spar, is it worthwhile for me to try something similar in CYGNET?" (Source: Nichols, George. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_18780. Correspondence, Folder 51, formerly 54. 1923-03-21.)
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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:] Brokerage listing (File No. 315) for #874s CYGNET. Dimensions, particulars (Rig: Aux. Kn[ockabou]t, ex Six Meter, Location: New Orleans, Engine: 4 cyl., 16HP, Gray Sea Scout from 1934, Price: $2,800). With short description: 'Boat in perfect condition. Exceptionally well cared for with no thought of expense. Probably the best converted six meter in country. Complete inventory; cushions, compensated compass, off center feathering propeller, motor perfect'. Undated, a penciled note in the upper right corner suggests 'Oct 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 (1937-10 ?).)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #874s Cygnet 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: [Cygnet.]
Image Date: 1922
Published in: Rudder, September 1922, p. 19.
Image is copyrighted: No
Registers
1922 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. (#4294)
Name: No. 874 [Cygnet]
Owner: Paul Hammond (34 Pine Steet, New York); Port: New York
Building Material Wood
Tons Net 6; LOA 26-9; LWL 22-0; Extr. Beam 8-0; Depth 3-6
Sail Area 530
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer Builders; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1922
Note: [From 'Yachts Building and Not Named' section.] [Lloyd's Classified] R. 6,21. Int. Rating Class 6 metres
1923 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#675)
Name: Cygnet
Owner: Paul Hammond; Port: Oyster Bay, L.I.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], HD [Half Deck], Slp
LOA 30-0; LWL 22-0; Extr. Beam 7-0; Draught 5-0
Sailmaker H. M. Co.; Sails made in [19]22
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer A. Sydney DeW. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1922
Note: Built to Int. Rating Class 6 metres. [Lloyds Classified]
1924 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. (#1145)
Name: Cygnet
Owner: Paul Hammond; Port: New York
Official no. 24048; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig C.B. Sloop
Tons Net 6; LOA 26-7; LWL 22-0; Extr. Beam 8-0; Depth 3-6
Sailmaker Herreshoff M. C.; Sails made in [19]22
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer A. S. DeW. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1922 5 mo.
Note: [Lloyd's Classified] 12R. 6,22. 6 & 10 yrs Mat. Roof. Int. Rating Class 6 Metres
1925 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#633)
Name; Former Name(s): Colleen; Skylark, Cygnet
Owner: Henry L. Maxwell; Port: Glen Cove, L.I.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], HD [Half Deck], Slp
LOA 30-0; LWL 22-0; Extr. Beam 7-0; Draught 5-0
Sailmaker R&L [Ratsey&Lapthorn New York]; Sails made in [19]23; Sail Area 510
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer A. Sydney DeW. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1922 5 mo.
Note: Roof C. B. 6 & 10 yrs mat. Built to Int. Rat. Class 6 Metres
1926 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. (#1116)
Name; Former Name(s): Colleen; Skylark, Cygnet
Owner: Henry L. Maxwell (25 Broadway, New York); Port: City Island, N.Y.
Official no. 24048; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig C.B. Sloop
Tons Net 6; LOA 30-0; LWL 22-0; Extr. Beam 8-0; Depth 3-6; Draught 5-0
Sailmaker Ratsey & Lapth[o]rn; Sails made in [19]23; Sail Area 510
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer A. S. DeW. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1922 5 mo.
Note: [Lloyd's Classified] 12R. 6,24. A.S.N.Yk. 6,24. 6 & 10 yrs Mat. Roof. Int. Rating Class 6 Metres
1927 Lloyd's Register Yachts U.K. (#1056)
Name; Former Name(s): Colleen; Skylark, Cygnet
Owner: Adolph Pihlman (98 Sherman Place, Jersey, City, N.J.); Port: City Island, N.Y.
Official no. 24048; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig C.B. Sloop
Tons Net 6; LOA 30-0; LWL 22-0; Extr. Beam 8-0; Depth 3-6; Draught 5-0
Sailmaker Ratsey & Lapth[o]rn; Sails made in [19]23; Sail Area 510
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer A. S. DeW. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1922 5 mo.
Note: [Lloyd's Classified] 12R. 6,24. A.S.N.Yk. 6,24. 6 & 10 yrs Mat. Roof. Int. Rating Class 6 Metres
1928 Lloyd's Register Yachts U.K. (#1064)
Name; Former Name(s): Vellamo; Colleen, Skylark, Cygnet
Owner: Adolph Pihlman (98 Sherman Place, Jersey, City, N.J.); Port: City Island, N.Y.
Official no. 24048; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig C.B. Sloop
Tons Net 6; LOA 30-0; LWL 22-0; Extr. Beam 8-0; Depth 3-6; Draught 5-0
Sailmaker Ratsey & Lapth[o]rn; Sails made in [19]23; Sail Area 510
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer A. S. DeW. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1922 5 mo.
Note: [Lloyd's Classified] 12R. 6,24. A.S.N.Yk. 6,24. 6 & 10 yrs Mat. Roof. Int. Rating Class 6 Metres
1929 Lloyd's Register Yachts U.K. (#6335)
Name; Former Name(s): Vellamo; Colleen, Skylark, Cygnet
Owner: A. S. Pihlman (235 Dwight Street, Jersey, City, N.J.); Port: City Island, N.Y.
Official no. 24048; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig C.B. Sloop
Tons Net 6; LOA 30-0; LWL 22-0; Extr. Beam 8-0; Depth 3-6; Draught 5-0
Sailmaker Ratsey & Lapth[o]rn; Sails made in [19]23; Sail Area 510
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer A. S. DeW. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1922 5 mo.
Note: [Lloyd's Classified] 12R. 6,24. A.S.N.Yk. 6,24. 6 & 10 yrs Mat. Roof. Int. Rating Class 6 Metres
1930 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#4542)
Name; Former Name(s): Vellamo; Colleen, Skylark, Cygnet
Owner: Adolph Pihlman (98 Sherman Place, Jersey, City, N.J.); Port: New York
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], HD [Half Deck], Slp
LOA 30-0; LWL 22-5; Extr. Beam 8-0; Draught 5-0
Sailmaker R&L [Ratsey&Lapthorn New York]; Sails made in [19]23; Sail Area 510
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer A. Sydney DeW. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1922 5 mo.
Note: Roof C. B. 6 & 10 yrs mat. Built to Int. Rat. Class 6 Metres
Owner in 1930 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. is A. S. Pihlman, 235 Dwight Street, Jersey, City, N.J.
1933 Lloyd's Register Yachts U.K. (#6280)
Name; Former Name(s): Vellamo; Colleen, Skylark, Cygnet
Owner: A. S. Pihlman (235 Dwight Street, Jersey, City, N.J.); Port: City Island, N.Y.
Official no. 24048; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig C.B. Sloop
Tons Net 6; LOA 30-0; LWL 22-0; Extr. Beam 8-0; Depth 3-6; Draught 5-0
Sailmaker Ratsey & Lapth[o]rn; Sails made in [19]23; Sail Area 510
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer A. S. DeW. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1922 5 mo.
Note: [Lloyd's Classified] 12R. 4,29. A.S.N.Yk. 4,29. H.T.N.Yk. 29. 6 & 10 yrs Mat. Roof. Built to Int. Rating Class 6 Metres
Not listed in later Lloyd's Registers of Yachts U.K.
1935 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#5065)
Name; Former Name(s): Vellamo; Colleen, Skylark, Cygnet
Owner: J. C. Baquie; Port: New York
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], HD [Half Deck], Slp
LOA 30-0; LWL 22-5; Extr. Beam 8-0; Draught 5-0
Sailmaker R&L [Ratsey&Lapthorn New York]; Sails made in [19]23; Sail Area 510
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer A. Sydney DeW. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1922 5 mo.
Note: Roof C. B. 6 & 10 yrs mat. Built to Int. Rat. Class 6 Metres
1940 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1400)
Name; Former Name(s): Cygnet; Vellamo; Colleen, Skylark, Cygnet
Owner: J. C. Baquie; Port: New York
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux Slp
LOA 30-0; LWL 22-6; Extr. Beam 8-0; Draught 5-0
Sailmaker Larsen; Sails made in [19]38; Sail Area 510
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer A. Sydney DeW. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1922 5 mo.
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 4 Cyl. 2 5/8 x 3. 1935; Maker Gray
Note: Power inst. 1935. Alt. from H.D. Roof C. B. 6 & 10 yrs mat. Built to Int. Rat. Class 6 Metres
1947 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1312)
Name; Former Name(s): Cygnet; Vellamo, Colleen, Skylark, Cygnet
Owner: Allen C. Jephson; Port: Corpus Christi, Tex.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux Slp
LOA 30-0; LWL 22-6; Extr. Beam 8-0; Draught 5-0
Sailmaker Buckingham; Sails made in [19]43; Sail Area 420
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer A. Sydney DeW. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1922-5 mo
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 4 Cyl. 2 5/8 x 3. 1935; Maker Gray
Note: Power inst. 1935. Alt. from H.D. [Half Decked] Roof C.B. New Deck 1941. Built to Int. Rating Class 6 metres. [Lloyds Classified]
1950 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1495)
Name; Former Name(s): Cygnet; Vellamo, Colleen, Skylark, Cygnet
Owner: Allen C. Jephson; Port: Corpus Christi, Tex.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux Slp
LOA 30-0; LWL 22-6; Extr. Beam 8-0; Draught 5-0
Sailmaker Buckingham; Sails made in [19]46; Sail Area 480
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer A. Sydney DeW. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1922-5 mo
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 4 Cyl. 2 5/8 x 3. 1935; Maker Gray
Note: Power inst. 1935. Alt. from H.D. [Half Decked] Roof C.B. New Deck 1941. Built to Int. Rating Class 6 metres. [Lloyds Classified]
1955 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1646)
Name; Former Name(s): Cygnet; Vellamo, Colleen, Skylark, Cygnet
Owner: Allen C. Jephson; Port: Ingleside, Tex.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux Ywl
LOA 33-6; LWL 27-0; Extr. Beam 8-0; Draught 4-10
Sailmaker Buckingham; Sails made in [19]50 & [19]54; Sail Area 615
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer A. Sydney DeW. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1922-5 mo
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 4 Cyl. 2 1/2 x 3 1/2. 1949; Maker Gray
Note: Power inst. 1935. Alt. from H.D. [Half Decked] Roof C.B. New Deck 1941. Alt. from Slp & Reb 1949. Built to Int. Rating Class 6 metres. [Lloyds Classified]
1960 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1797)
Name; Former Name(s): Cygnet; Vellamo, Colleen, Skylark, Cygnet
Owner: Allen C. Jephson; Port: Ingleside, Tex.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux Ywl
LOA 33-6; LWL 27-0; Extr. Beam 8-0; Draught 4-10
Sailmaker Buckingham; Sails made in [19]50 & [19]54; Sail Area 615
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer A. Sydney DeW. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1922-5 mo
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 4 Cyl. 2 1/2 x 3 1/2. 1955; Maker Gray
Note: Power inst. 1935. Alt. from Slp. 1949. Built to Int. Rating Class 6 metres. [Lloyds Classified]
1967 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2123)
Name; Former Name(s): Cygnet; Vellamo, Colleen, Skylark, Cygnet
Owner: J. P. Gibson; Port: Corpus Christi, Tex.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux Ywl
LOA 33-6; LWL 27-0; Extr. Beam 8-0; Draught 4-10
Sailmaker Buckingham; Sails made in [19]50 & [19]54; Sail Area 615
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer A. Sydney DeW. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1922-5 mo
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 4 Cyl. 2 1/2 x 3 1/2. 1955; Maker Gray
Note: Power inst. 1935. Alt. from Slp 1949. Built to Int. Rating Class 6 metres. [Lloyds Classified]
1970 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2252)
Name; Former Name(s): Cygnet; Vellamo, Colleen, Skylark, Cygnet
Owner: J. P. Gibson; Port: Corpus Christi, Tex.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux Ywl
LOA 33-6; LWL 27-0; Extr. Beam 8-0; Draught 4-10
Sailmaker Buckingham; Sails made in [19]50 & [19]54; Sail Area 615
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer A. Sydney DeW. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1922-5 mo
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 4 Cyl. 2 1/2 x 3 1/2. 1955; Maker Gray
Note: Power inst. 1935. Alt. from Slp 1949. Built to Int. Rating Class 6 metres. [Lloyds Classified]
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: Cygnet
Type: Marconi 6 Metre
Length: 6 Metre
Owner: Hammond, Paul
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: Cygnet
Type: 30' sloop, 6-meter
Owner: Paul Hammond
Year: 1929
Row No.: 141
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: Jan.
Day: 31
Year: 1922
E/P/S: S
No.: 0874
Name: Cygnet
LW: 6 Metre
Rig: M
K: y
Ballast: Lead
Notes Constr. Record: Cost plus.
Last Name: Hammond
First Name: P.
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)
"Blue-white hull (NYT 1922-08-24). Sail number 4 (Rudder 1922-09)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 2, 2008.)
"a. Sail no.: also US 4
b. Pekka Barck register: Ex. Cygnet, Colleen, Skylark, Vellamo. Converted + engine 1935. On yard 1949. Sold to Europe 1968.
c. McMeekin / Street register: owner in 1933 was A.S. Pihlman
d. Béchard register: later owner = H.L. Maxwell" (Source: Carmody, Basil. Private email to Claas van der Linde. September 20, 2010.)
"Dimensions from 1925 Lloyd's Register." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. April 14, 2014.)
"Weight of hull without rig or equipment 7560
Mast with rigging 219
Boom 48
Spin. boom 6
Mainsail 40.5
# 1 Jib with club 16.5
# 2 Jib with club 13.5
Spinaker 5.5
Equipment 150
[Sum] 8059
Lead taken off May 26 -160
[Sum] 7899" (Source: Anon (Herreshoff, A.S. deW.?). Penciled note on Construction Plan 076-135 (HH.5.05576). 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.
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