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HMCo #1376s [Not built.]


Particulars

HMCo Construction Record Cover
Name: [Not built.]
Later Name(s): Minx (1938-1953), Target (1954-1981), Minx (1981-)
Type: 12 1/2 Footer
Designed by: NGH
Finished: 1937 ?
Construction: Wood
Rig: Marconi Sloop
Keel: K
Propulsion: N/A
Amount: N/A
Note(s) in HMCo Construction Record: Not built. [Sic. While not built, this boat's builder's plate and number was attached to another 12 1/2 footer. See this factsheet, elsewhere.]
Current owner: Herreshoff Marine Museum, Bristol, RI (last reported 2017 at age 80)
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.

Images

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  • Anon. "Target, ex-[Not Built] [#1376s.]" Photograph, 1981.
    Further Image Information

    Created by: Anon.
    Image Caption: "Minx [sic, i.e. Target, ex-Minx] sailing at the HMM 1981 Rendezvous for her last race." [Inscribed on envelope holding original photo at the Herreshoff Marine Museum.]
    Image Date: 1981-8-22
    Collection: Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection.
    Image is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission
    Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island, www.herreshoff.org.

Offsets

Offset booklet number(s): HH.6.146-6

Offset booklet contents:
12 1/2-footer class, Fish class (Cape Cod Shipbuilding Embargoed)

Offset Booklet(s) in Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. (Restricted access --- see curator.)

Drawings

Main drawing Dwg 076-118 (HH.5.05569) Explore all drawings relating to this boat. Explore castings relating to this boat (if available).

List of drawings:
   Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
   HMCo #1376s [Not built.] are listed in bold.
   Click on Dwg number for preview, on HH number to see at M.I.T. Museum.
  1. Dwg 079-091 (HH.5.05900): Chain Plates & Mast-Band for Port Boat on "Roamer" (1902-05-03)
  2. Dwg 079-091 (HH.5.05901): Fittings for Port Boat on # 215 (1902-05-03)
  3. Dwg 130-124 (HH.5.10432); Sails > # 744 Design for Buzzard's Bay Boy's Boat (1914-10-11)
  4. Dwg 128-142 (HH.5.10269): Sails > Sails for No. 744 Class (1914-11-20)
  5. Dwg 081-111 (HH.5.06203): Spars for # 744 and Class (11 Boats), 12 1/2 Footer (1914-11-21)
  6. Dwg 081-111 (HH.5.06203.1): Spars for # 744 and Class (11 Boats), 12 1/2 Footer (1914-11-21)
  7. Dwg 065-064 (HH.5.04659); Rudder Hanging for # 743, Rudder and Hanging for # 744 Class (1915-02-15)
  8. Dwg 074-060 (HH.5.05348); Anchor for # 744 Class Made of Manganese Bronze (1915-03-30)
  9. Dwg 130-147 (HH.5.10459): Sails > 12 1/2 Footer with Leg O' Mutton Rig (1925-10-21)
  10. Dwg 025-159 (HH.5.01916); List for # 744 Class, 12 1/2 Footers (1926-03-22)
  11. Dwg 148-000 (HH.5.12238): Construction Dwg > Herreshoff 12 1/2 Footer (ca. 1931)
  12. Dwg 076-118 (HH.5.05569); Construction Dwg > Herreshoff 12 1/2 Footer, 15'-8" O.A. x 12'-5" W.L. x 5'-10" Beam x 2'-5" Draft (1931-07-06)
  13. Dwg 076-118 (HH.5.05569.1); Construction Dwg > Herreshoff 12 1/2 Footer, 15'-8" O.A. x 12'-5" W.L. x 5'-10" Beam x 2'-5" Draft (1931-07-06)
  14. Dwg 128-142 [057-001] (HH.5.10270): Sails > Sails Plan 12 1/2 Footer Class (1934-06-04)
  15. Dwg 142-090 (HH.5.11837): Compartment Details for 12 1/2 Footers (1934-07-18)
  16. Dwg 065-064 A (HH.5.04660); Rudder and Hangers for 12 1/2 Footers, # 744 Class (1935-03-22)
  17. Dwg 076-000 (HH.5.06088): 12 1/2 Footer Class Marconi Spar Details (1938-02-25)
  18. Dwg 076-118 D (HH.5.06087): 12 1/2 Footer Class Marconi Spar Details (1938-02-25)
  19. Dwg 076-118 D (HH.5.06087.1); 12 1/2 Footer Class Marconi Spar Details (1938-02-25)
  20. Dwg 130-124 B (HH.5.10434); Sails > 12 1/2 Footer Class Marconi Sail Plan [2 Plans] (1938-03-01)
  21. Dwg 130-124 B (HH.5.10434.1): Sails > 12 1/2 Footer Class Marconi Sail Plan (1938-03-01)
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 (see individual drawing's info for more information about these).
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

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Other Contemporary Text Source(s)

"... The first of the Herreshoff 12 1/2 footers or (Bull's Eye) to be launched this year was the Gremlin [#???s], which in the absence of its youthful skipper's sailing the seas to Europe, has been put into shape by father and mother Pardee, and we hope will be sailed by them.
Second overboard in this class was Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller's Papoose [#1173s] which has been in storage for about seven years and thus will be an addition to this year's fleet. Other 12 1/2 launched to date are Raven [#???s], Van Tingley; Bevis [#???s], Tony Corey; Raggety Ann [#943s???], Virginia Haffenreffer; Remora [#1092s], Stanley Livington; Minx [#1376s], Halsey Herreshoff; and Rhode Island Red [#1476s], Mrs. Halsey DeWolf. Also the Bristol Yacht Club's 12 1/2 footer, Cock Robin [#???s], is overboard." (Source: Anon ("See Weed"). "Ship Shape 'n Bristol Fashion." Bristol Phoenix, July 1, 1949, p. 3.)

"... In the 12 1/2 footer class those launched lately include Admiral Gilbert Hoover's 'Helena' [#???s], Janice Carr's 'Fishhawk' [#1460s], Nat and Halsey Herreshoffs 'Minx' [#1376s], Virginia and Jean Haffenreffer's 'Raggerty Ann' [#943s???], and Walter DeWolfs 'Sigma', recently purchased from Robert Loosley and formerly named 'Moro' [#759s]. ..." (Source: Anon ("See Weed"). "Ship Shape 'n Bristol Fashion." Bristol Phoenix, June 27, 1950, p. 2.)

"... Launched from the Bristol Yacht Yard this week was Admiral Hoover's 'Helena' [#???s], Teddy Congdon's 'Nancy Belle' [#1042s] and the Bristol Yacht club's 'Cock Robin' [#???s]. Soon to be put overboard at the Herreshoff's miniature boat yard are Walter DeWolfs 'Sigma' [#759s], after a complete overhauling by the owner; Stanley Livingston's 'Ramora' [#1092s], chartered again this year to the William Boardmans and the Herreshoff's 'Minx' [#1376s]. ..." (Source: Anon ("See Weed"). "Ship Shape 'n Bristol Fashion." Bristol Phoenix, July 3, 1951, p. 2.)

Further Reading

Supplement

From the 2007 12 1/2 Registry by Steve Nagy

Hull No.: 1376
Contract Date: 1937-03-02
Mast Partner: Hinged, steel
Home Port: Bristol, RI
Current Name: Minx
Current Owner: Herreshoff Marine Museum
Sheer-strake: Mahogany
Note: This boat is on exhibit at the Herreshoff Marine Museum. The builder's plate is the large oval variety mounted above the traveler. The rear deck is plywood, and she is trimmed in mahogany. It has 2-piece seats, a hinged steel mast partner, and non-standard hardware. It was donated to museum in 1981 by Owen E. Brooks. This one is a real mystery, because the building record states that hull 1376 was not built. However, it was part of the factory mixup where the actual assigned numbers did not match the records. According to John Palmieri of the Herreshoff Museum, this is NOT the actual hull number of Minx. He believes they found this plate lying around unused (as it would be if the corresponding hull was never built), and simply attached it to Minx, which was missing it's plate.

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.)

Link to the Herreshoff Registry

The Herreshoff Registry, founded by Steve Nagy and later administered by Teeter Bibber, can be particularly useful for researching the provenance of Herreshoff-built sailing vessels. Permission to link to the Registry is gratefully acknowledged! Note: The Herreshoff Registry was offline in Spring of 2022. As a temporary measure here is a link to a backup file from January 2021. It is unclear how much the Registry has been updated since then.

Research Note(s)

"This boat was at the Herreshoff yard when damaged by the 1938 hurricane. This is why the port-side coaming is pieced together - it was broken horizontally by the storm. She was purchased by Becky Herreshoff and re-built by Sydney Herreshoff for sons Nathanael and Halsey to learn to sail in. It has 2-piece seats and chromed bronze hardware. It was donated to museum in 1981 by Owen E. Brooks. This one is a real mystery, because the building record states that hull 1376 was not built. However, it was part of the factory mixup where the actual assigned numbers did not match the records. According to John Palmieri of the Herreshoff Museum, this is NOT the actual hull number of Minx. He believes they found this plate lying around unused (as it would be if the corresponding hull was never built), and simply attached it to Minx, which was missing it’s plate." (Source: Nagy, Steve. Herreshoff Registry, s. v. Minx 1376. http://www.herreshoffregistry.org/detail.php?hull=1376, retrieved December 14, 2012.)

"[Transcript of an interview by Steve Nagy with Owen Brooks, owner of this boat for 18 years before it was donated to the Herreshoff Marine Museum.]" (Source: Brooks, Owen. Interviewed by Steve Nagy, November 15, 2010. Transcription at http://www.herreshoffregistry.org/oral_history/doc/Brooks_Owen_2010-11-15_Rev1.pdf, retrieved September 29, 2016.)

"In July 1939 Minx was raced by Dorothy Toland of the Bristol Yacht Club as per a regatta report in the July 21, 1939 issue of the Providence Evening Journal." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. July 5, 2018."

'Fitted with chromium plated fittings as per Steve Naghy 12 1/2 Registry." (Source: Claas van der Linde, October 3, 2018.)

"Donated in 1980 by Owen E. Brooks to the Herreshoff Marine Museum." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 8, 2012.)

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