HMCo #1315s Brenda

Particulars

Construction_Record_Title.jpgName: Brenda
Later Name(s): Brindaban
Type: Cruising Yawl
Designed by: Alden, John
Contract: 1935-10
Delivered: 1936-5-1
Construction: Wood
LOA: 44' 6" (13.56m)
LWL: 30' 0" (9.14m)
Beam: 8' 0" (2.44m)
Draft: 6' 6" (1.98m)
Rig: Yawl
Sail Area: 746sq ft (69.3sq m)
Displ.: 15,300 lbs (6,940 kg)
Built for: Goodwin, Charles Archibald
Amount: Cost plus
Note(s) in HMCo Construction Record: Cost plus. Alden design
Last reported: 1975 (aged 39)

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.

Drawings

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List of drawings:
   Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
   HMCo #1315s Brenda are listed in bold.
   Click on Dwg number for preview, on HH number to see at M.I.T. Museum.
  1. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12248): Sails > Proposed Sail Plan Fast Cruising Yawl (1934-07-03)
  2. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12252): [ 2nd Port From Forward End of House, Forward Port in Cabin Trunk] (ca. 1935)
  3. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12247): No. 610 Fast Cruising Yawl Lines Drawing (1935-06-25)
  4. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12249): No. 610 Fast Cruising Yawl Lines Drawing (1935-06-25)
  5. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12245): General Arrangement > No. 610 First Cruising Yawl (1935-07-31)
  6. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12246): General Arrangement > No. 610 Fast Cruising Yawl Cabin Plan (1935-07-31)
  7. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12253): Construction Dwg > No. 610 Fast Cruising Yawl Construction Plan (1935-08-01)
  8. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12258): Specifications Design No. 610 (1935-08-19)
  9. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12258.01): Specifications Design No. 610 (1935-08-19)
  10. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12258.02): Specifications Design No. 610 (1935-08-19)
  11. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12258.03): Specifications Design No. 610 (1935-08-19)
  12. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12258.04): Specifications Design No. 610 (1935-08-19)
  13. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12258.05): Specifications Design No. 610 (1935-08-19)
  14. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12258.06): Specifications Design No. 610 (1935-08-19)
  15. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12258.07): Specifications Design No. 610 (1935-08-19)
  16. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12258.08): Specifications Design No. 610 (1935-08-19)
  17. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12258.09): Specifications Design No. 610 (1935-08-19)
  18. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12258.10): Specifications Design No. 610 (1935-08-19)
  19. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12258.11): Specifications Design No. 610 (1935-08-19)
  20. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12258.12): Specifications Design No. 610 (1935-08-19)
  21. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12255): Offset Table No. 610 (1935-10-15)
  22. Dwg 025-204 (HH.5.01962): Casting List for # 1315 (1935-11 ?)
  23. Dwg 065-069 (HH.5.04666): Rudder Hanger [For R-Boat] (1935-11-08)
  24. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12256): Sails > No. 610 Sail and Rigging Plan (1935-11-12)
  25. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12257): Sails > No. 610 Sail and Rigging Plan (1935-11-12)
  26. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12251): General Arrangement > No. 610 Fast Cruising Yawl Deck Layout Plan (1935-11-18)
  27. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12250): Scroll Drawing [Bow Scroll, Stern Scroll] (1935-11-25)
  28. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12260): Section in Way of Boarding Ladder (1935-12-09)
  29. Dwg 093-124 (HH.5.07725): Drop Leaf Table (1936-03-25)
  30. Dwg 149-000 (HH.5.12254): Struts on Masts to Replace Original (1936-04-11)
  31. Dwg 093-125 (HH.5.07726): Book Shelf & Drawer "Brenda" (1936-11-05)
Source: Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Together with: Hasselbalch, Kurt with Frances Overcash and Angela Reddin. Guide to The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1997. Together with: Numerous additions and corrections by Claas van der Linde.
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 Contemporary Text Source(s)

"[Article about Brenda.]" (Source: Yachting, February 1936.)

Other Modern Text Source(s)

"Brenda (later Brindaban), Number 610, is a 44 1/2-footer with a small, inboard rig. Called a 'fast cruising yawl' in the Alden records, she was built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company in 1935 for Charles A. Goodwin, who wanted a fast boat that was easy to handle. Her beam is just eight feet on a 30-foot waterline, and she carries 746 square feet of sail." (Source: Carrick, Robert W. and Richard Henderson, John G. Alden and His Yacht Designs, Camden, Maine, 1983, p. 391.)

"Brenda
Alden Design No. 610
Yawl, Full Keel
Principal Dimensions (Imp., Metric)
Length on Deck: ft/m 44'6, 13.56
Designed Waterline Length:ft/m 30'0, 9.14
Beam: ft/m 8' 0, 2.44
Draft: ft/m 6'6, 1.98
Displacement: lbs/kg 15,300, 6,940
Type: After Cockpit
Year Designed: 1936
Construction Material: Wood
Number Built: 1
Specifications: Yes
Block List: Yes
Original Name: Brenda
Later Names: Brindaban
Owner: Charles A. Goodwin, Hartford, CT
Builder: Herreshoff Mft. Co., Bristol, RI" (Source: http://www.aldendesigns.com/99years/detail.php?ID=958&s=1, retrieved October 18, 2011.)

Maynard Bray

"The Herreshoff Mfg. Co. held to its upside-down method of hull construction even in building the boats of other designers whose plans didn't especially lend themselves to it. There were still economies to be realized through long-established habits and convenient down-hand positions, although the structure of boats such as Brenda was more complex than what had been devised and perfected by NGH. For example, most NGH-designed boats of Brenda's size would have had a shallower-bodied hull and a steam-bent, plank-type keel timber, and there would have been a solid fairing of deadwood between it and the ballast keel. The boat's overall shape might have been similar, but NGH's structural design would have been especially tailored to the Herreshoff Mfg. Co.'s unique building method. ..." (Source: Bray, Maynard and Carlton Pinheiro. Herreshoff of Bristol. Brooklin, Maine, 1989, p. 193.)

Archival Documents

"[Item Description:] Handwritten notebook titled on outer cover 'Droughting Room. Blue Prints Record' providing a list of drawings with information in columns titled 'Issued To', 'For Job', 'Date', 'Date Returned', '[Date] Destroyed', and 'Remarks'. Vessels mentioned are #1266s BELISARIUS, #1267 FROSTFISH, #395p Owner Launch for St.Y. VIKING, #1265s NITRAMON, #1204s SILVERHEELS, #1233s RAINBOW, #1276s PRIM, #1275s MITENA, #907s PLEASURE, #931s NASSAU, #711s VENTURA, #900s IRIS, #982s WATER LILY, #891s WILDFIRE, #1147s WEETAMOE, #954s MARY ROSE, #880s JOSEPHINE, #788s MANATEE, #1146s ENTERPRISE, #1212s TRONDA, #1282s 12 1/2 for H. V. Reed, #1302s Amphicraft for N. F. Ayer, #1304s Amphicraft for Charles A. Welch, #1286s 12 1/2 for Mr. Maitland Alexander, #1311s Amphicraft for Dr. Seth M. Milliken, #1313s Dinghy for #663s RAMALLAH ex-ISTALENA, #1314s HMCo Yard Skiff, #408s PELICAN, #1315s BRENDA, #396p Power Tender for FONTINALIS, #397p Power Tender for FONTINALIS, #329p CAROLA, #1318s Sailing Dinghy for Henry S. Morgan; #1316s NOVA, #1319s Tech Dinghy, #1317s MANDOO II, #405p Surfboat, #1379s Fish Class for H. M. Lautmann (MERRY HELL), #1385s TINKER TOO, and #1384s AVANTI. 23 pages were used. Undated, the dates range from October 1934 to September 1936." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Notebook. MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.106. Box HAFH.6.3B, Folder Blue Print Record Book. No date (1934-10 to 1936-09).)
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"[Item Description:] Spreadsheet listing original contracts (from 1923 to 1940) by HMCo in the collection of HMM (apparently from the gift of Everett Pearson). Listed boats are: #380p, #381p, #388p, #389p, #391p, #392p, #393p, #395p, #886s, #933s, #934s, #954s, #955s, #962s, #983s, #999s, #1002s, #1017s, #1054s, #1055s, #1057s, #1074s, #1078s, #1122s, #1125s, #1130s, #1131s, #1147s, #1152s, #1153s, #1154s, #1156s, #1157s, #1164s, #1170s, #1173s, #1174s, #1175s, #1175s, #1176s, #1177s, #1179s, #1180s, #1191s, #1192s, #1193s, #1195s, #1196s, #1198s, #1199s, #1200s, #1201s, #1202s, #1203s, #1206s, #1207s, #1208s, #1209s, #1210s, #1211s, #1212s, #1213s, #1214s, #1215s, #1216s, #1217s, #1218s, #1219s, #1220s, #1222s, #1224s, #1236s, #1226s, #1227s, #1228s, #1230s, #1232s, #1234s, #1237s, #1238s, #1240s, #1241s, #1243s, #1244s, #1245s, #1246s, #1247s, #1248s, #1249s, #1250s, #1251s, #1252s, #1253s, #1254s, #1255s, #1256s, #1257s, #1258s, #1259s, #1260s, #1261s, #1262s, #1263s, #1264s, #1265s, #1274s, #1275s, #1277s, #1279s, #1280s, #1281s, #1282s, #1283s, #1284s, #1285s, #1286s, #1287s, #1302s, #1303s, #1315s, #1508s." (Source: Rickson, Norene (creator). Table. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Item LIB_4220. HMM Library Rare Books Room (HMCo Contracts), Folder [no #]. No date (2010s ?).)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #1315s Brenda even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

Further Reading
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1315s Brenda, cruising yawl.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, November, 1935. (1,604 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.

Images

Registers

1940 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#914)
Name: Brenda
Owner: John Homan; Port: Marblehead, Mass.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Ywl
LOA 46-6; LWL 30-0; Extr. Beam 8-0; Draught 6-0
Sailmaker Ratsey; Sails made in [19]38; Sail Area 746
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer John G. Alden; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1936

1947 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#832)
Name: Brenda
Owner: James L. Madden; Port: Marblehead, Mass.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Ywl
LOA 46-6; LWL 30-0; Extr. Beam 8-0; Draught 6-0
Sailmaker Ratsey; Sails made in [19]38; Sail Area 746
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer John G. Alden; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1936

1950 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#914)
Name: Brenda
Owner: James L. Madden; Port: Marblehead, Mass.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Ywl
LOA 45-6; LWL 32-0; Extr. Beam 8-0; Draught 6-0
Sailmaker W&S [Wilson & Silsby Boston]; Sails made in [19]48; Sail Area 746
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer John G. Alden; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1936
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 4 Cyl. 2 1/2 x 5 1/2; Maker Gray
Note: Power Inst[alled] 1948

1955 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1011)
Name: Brenda
Owner: James L. Madden; Port: Marblehead, Mass.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Ywl
LOA 45-6; LWL 32-0; Extr. Beam 8-0; Draught 6-0
Sailmaker Manchester; Sails made in [19]53; Sail Area 746
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer John G. Alden; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1936
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 4 Cyl. 2 1/2 x 5 1/2; Maker Gray
Note: Power Inst[alled] 1948 [sic]

1960 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1081)
Name: Brenda
Owner: Stuart Cary Welch, Jr. William P. Wood; Port: Manchester, Mass.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux Ywl
LOA 45-6; LWL 32-0; Extr. Beam 8-0; Draught 6-0
Sailmaker Manchester; Sails made in [19]53; Sail Area 746
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer John G. Alden; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1936
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 4 Cyl. 2 1/2 x 5 1/2; Maker Gray
Note: Power Inst[alled] 1947 [sic]

1970 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1357)
Name; Former Name(s): Brindaban; Brenda
Owner: Dr. Peter W. D. Mitchell; Port: Atlantic Highlands, N.J.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux Ywl
LOA 46-6; LWL 32-0; Extr. Beam 8-0; Draught 6-0
Sailmaker Manchester; Sails made in [19]61, [19]62, [19]63; Sail Area 746
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer John G. Alden; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1936
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 4 Cyl. 2 1/2 x 5 1/2; Maker Gray
Brenda was not listed in the 1965 Lloyd's Register

1975 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1078)
Name; Former Name(s): Brindaban; Brenda
Owner: Francis S. Branin, Jr. Richard C. Hennessy; Port: Atlantic Highlands, N.J.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Aux Ywl
LOA 46-6; LWL 32-0; Extr. Beam 8-0; Draught 6-0
Sailmaker Manchester; Sails made in [19]61, [19]63; Sail Area 746
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer John G. Alden; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1936
Engine Gas Engine 4 Cy.; Maker Gray
Note: Aux eng inst [19]47

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 2000 (ca.) Transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Vermilya/Bray

Month: Oct.
Year: 1935
E/P/S: S
No.: 1315
Name: Brenda
OA: 441/2
LW: 30'
B: 8'
D: 6'
Rig: Yawl
Amount: Cost plus
Notes Constr. Record: Alden design.
Last Name: Goodwin
First Name: Chas. A.

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)

"Alden design no. 610; see Carrick, Robert W. and Richard Henderson, John G. Alden and His Yacht Designs, Camden, Maine, 1983, p. 391." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 2, 2008.)

"[See also:] Papers of the Herreshoff Family and Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. 1935-1940. Family correspondence using Herreshoff Manufacturing Company letterhead regarding the building of BRENDA (Yawl); date 1937-1938 (16 pieces)." (Source: Henry C. White Collection (Coll. 342, Series 1, Box 1, Folder 1), Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.)

"Note that the orginal contract in collection of Herreshoff Marine Museum also bears the signature of this vessel's designer, John Alden." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. September 22, 2014.)

"Date of delivery 'May 1, 1936' from original contract in collection of Herreshoff Marine Museum." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 15, 2015.)

"746 square feet of sail. (Source: Yachting, February 1936.)

"[Displacement 15,300.]" (Source: "Yachts Designed By John Alden - Alden Designs", www.aldendesigns.com/99years/downloads/designdatabase.xls, retrieved October 18, 2011.)

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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