HMCo #1138s Quickstep

"... In the old Burnside shop the Woodward [sic, i.e. Woodard] 47-foot cruiser [#393p Ariel II] is getting the finishing touches, another of the Fishers Island 31 footers is planked [#1155s Wild Goose, #1154s Qutee or #1153s Savage] and ready to be turned over and set on her keel, and a flock of the little 12 1/2 footers in various stages of completion fill the gallery. ... [#1134s Dolphin, #1135s Windigo, #1136s Breeze, #1137s Bandit, #1138s Quickstep, #1139s Hatasu, #1140s Papillon, #1141s Dawtok, #1143s Gray Gull, #1144s Phantom and #1145s Wee Wunder may have been among the 'flock of 12 1/2 footers'.]" (Source: Anon. "Yachting Writers Visit Herreshoff's Shops." Bristol Phoenix, March 24, 1930, p. 1.)

"Ten of the Herreshoff 12 1/2-foot sailing sloops were delivered to their owners around Buzzards bay during the past week. Ten more of these smart little boats are ready for delivery at Fishers Island and East Hampton. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yacht Club Notes." Providence Journal Bulletin, June 19, 1930, p. ?.)

"Following is a List of Members of the Association, With Their Boats, as of August 18, 1930: ... Paul Dudley Dean, Cataumet, Mass., 12', Grand Turk, [#1012s ???]; 12' Quickstep [#1138s]. ..." (Source: Williams, Holden P. Records of the Buzzards Yacht Club. Pocasset, Mass., no date. www.buzzardsyc.org/BYCarchive1930-1933.pdf, retrieved January 11, 2014.)

"Following is a List of Members of the Association, With Their Boats, as of August 1931: ... Paul Dudley Dean, Cataumet, Mass., 12', Grand Turk, [#1012s ???]; 12' Quickstep [#1138s]. ..." (Source: Williams, Holden P. Records of the Buzzards Yacht Club. Pocasset, Mass., no date. www.buzzardsyc.org/BYCarchive1930-1933.pdf, retrieved January 11, 2014.)

"Following is a List of Members of the Association, With Their Boats, as of August 1932: ... Paul Dudley Dean, Cataumet, Mass., 12', Grand Turk, [#1012s ???]; 12' Quickstep [#1138s]. ..." (Source: Williams, Holden P. Records of the Buzzards Yacht Club. Pocasset, Mass., no date. www.buzzardsyc.org/BYCarchive1930-1933.pdf, retrieved January 11, 2014.)

"Following is a List of Members of the Association, With Their Boats, as of August 1933: ... Paul Dudley Dean, Cataumet, Mass., 12', Quickstep, [#1138s]. ..." (Source: Williams, Holden P. Records of the Buzzards Yacht Club. Pocasset, Mass., no date. www.buzzardsyc.org/BYCarchive1930-1933.pdf, retrieved January 11, 2014.)

"Following is a List of Members of the Association, With Their Boats, as of August 1934: ... Paul Dudley Dean, Cataumet, Mass., 12', Quickstep, [#1138s]. ..." (Source: Williams, Holden P. Records of the Buzzards Yacht Club. Pocasset, Mass., no date. www.buzzardsyc.org/BYCarchive1930-1933.pdf, retrieved January 11, 2014.)

"Following is a List of Members of the Association, With Their Boats, as of August 1935: ... Paul Dudley Dean, Cataumet, Mass., 12', Quickstep, [#1138s]. ..." (Source: Williams, Holden P. Records of the Buzzards Yacht Club. Pocasset, Mass., no date. www.buzzardsyc.org/BYCarchive1934-1938.pdf, retrieved January 11, 2014.)

"Following is a List of Members of the Association, With Their Boats, as of August 1936: ... Paul Dudley Dean, Cataumet, Mass., 12', Quickstep, [#1138s]. ..." (Source: Williams, Holden P. Records of the Buzzards Yacht Club. Pocasset, Mass., no date. www.buzzardsyc.org/BYCarchive1934-1938.pdf, retrieved January 11, 2014.)

"Following is a List of Members of the Association, With Their Boats, as of May 30, 1937: ... Paul Dudley Dean, Cataumet, Mass., 12', Quickstep (H-95), [#1138s]. ..." (Source: Williams, Holden P. Records of the Buzzards Yacht Club. Pocasset, Mass., no date. www.buzzardsyc.org/BYCarchive1934-1938.pdf, retrieved January 11, 2014.)

• Bray, Maynard. "Restoration of 12 1/2 Footers. Part I." Wooden Boat #56, January/February 1984, p. 93-101. (1,293 kB)
  Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Copyright holder: Maynard Bray (text). Detailed Buzzards Bay 12 1/2 restoration step by step as performed by the Ballentine shop. Part I. Stem restoration, transom and frame replacement.
• Bray, Maynard. "Restoration of 12 1/2 Footers. Part II." Wooden Boat #57, March/April 1984, p. 93-100. (1,036 kB)
  Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Copyright holder: Maynard Bray (text). Detailed Buzzards Bay 12 1/2 restoration step by step as performed by the Ballentine shop. Part II. Keel timber and coamings replacement.
• Bray, Maynard (with photos by Benjamin Mendlowitz). "12 1/2 Footers." Nautical Quarterly, no. 37, Spring 1987, p. 47. (608 kB)
  Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Copyright holder: Maynard Bray (text), Benjamin Mendlowitz (photos). Short class portrait. Part of the larger article "Herreshoff Legacies."
• Nagy, Steve. "The Herreshoff 12 1/2 Footer. Evolution Of The Class." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (publ.). Proceedings. The 6th Classic Yacht Symposium. May 2-3, 2014. Bristol, RI, 2014, p. 1-23. (4,425 kB)
  Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Steve Nagy / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Short class history of the 12 1/2 as built by HMCo, Quincy Adams, Cape Cod Shipbuilding and others. Different models: Gaff, marconi, wishboom, Fishers Island. Detailed description of changes in configuration and equipment as boats were built over time. Identification guide for 12 1/2s missing their builder's plate. Photos. Original promotional material.

Name: Quickstep
Type: J & M
Length: 12'6"
Owner: Dean, Paul Dudley

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

Name: Quickstep
Type: 12 1/2-footer
Owner: Paul Dudley Dean
Row No.: 1015

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: 31
Year: 1930
E/P/S: S
No.: 1138
Name: Quickstep
OA: 15
LW: 12 1/2
D: 2 1/2
Rig: J & M
K: y
Ballast: Lead
Amount: 1100.00
Notes Constr. Record: BB 121/2 ftr. Direct order. Barden truck. 5/21/30. Jun 1/30.
Notes Bray: #M-98(so annotated in O.A. field)
Last Name: Dean
First Name: Paul D.

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.

Hull No.: 1138
Contract Date: 1930-01-31
Org. Name: Quickstep
Org. Owner: Paul Dudley Dean
Org. Rig: J&M
Current Rig: Gaff
Mast Partner: Hinged
Home Port: Milwaukee, WI
Prior Owners: Curt Winans - 1990 - 2002 - Cape Cod - Claire
Current Name: Quickstep
Current Owner: Clint Edwards
Owner Since: 2002
Sheer-strake: Oak
Restored By: Curt Winans
Note: Owned by Clint Edwards of Glendale, WI. It has a one-piece teak seats that are probably not original, and carries a number of H-98. She sails out of McKinley Marina in Milwaukee. She was purchased by Clint in 2002. She was named Claire when Clint bought her in 2002, and he renamed her back to the original Quickstep. She was rebuilt extensively by Curt Winans, a professional boatwright who had worked for about 7 years at Ballentine's boat shop in Cataumet, MA. Curt had acquired her after she sank in Wild Harbor, MA. He restored her and sailed her for 12 years before he sold her to Clint. The teak seats and floorboards are probably not original. A sailbag stenciled "H 98 Quickstep" came with the boat when Clint purchased her, and also a spinnaker with that number.

Source: Nagy, Steve. "The Herreshoff 12 1/2 Footer Registry." Version 2.0. August 2007. (http://h12.orrsford.com/H12_Registry_Ver_2-0.pdf, last visit May 23, 2008.)

"From the late 1920s until the close of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company Frederick B. Barden was by far its most important customer for 12 1/2 footers. His first order came in 1926, a year before Barden's Boatyard on Sippican Harbor in the town of Marion, Mass., was officially established. From then until 1943 he would order or broker a total of more than seventy-five 12 1/2 footers (plus #1225s Crusader in 1938 and one Marlin Cruiser in 1939), usually delivering them by truck from Bristol. During the same time span the HMCo built 280 12 1/2 footers. Barden thus took up more than a quarter of the company's production of 12 1/2 footers during these years. Barden is believed to have operated a rental fleet of boats for some time, but most of the boats he ordered were for brokerage and many are believed to have been sold to members of the nearby Beverly Yacht Club and the Buzzards Yacht Club. Barden's Boat Yard was still in existence in 2015, but apparently had no information available about these early boats." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 10, 2015.)

"Paul Dudley Dean acquired three 12 1/2s from HMCo: #1012s (in 1926), #1097s Dreadnought (in 1928), and #1138s Quickstep (in 1930). The List of Members of the Buzzards Yacht Club as of August 18, 1930 lists Dean with only two 12 1/2s: Grand Turk and Quickstep. As per information from Steve Nagy's Herreshoff Registry Dreadnought was destroyed 'in the 1930s' but one may speculate if Quickstep had been built to replace the destroyed Dreadnought ." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 11, 2014.)

"Built in 120 days (contract to delivered; equivalent to $9/day, 13 lbs displacement/day)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 16, 2024.)

"Sail area approximately 140 square feet by rule." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Yachts by Herreshoff. The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company: Designers and Builders of Sailing and Power Craft since 1861. Bristol, Rhode Island, 1937.)

"Displacement to waterline 24.6 cuft. = 1575 lbs." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. [Design notes.] October 27, 1914.)

"Displacement 24.6 cu.ft. [= 1575 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.)

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