HMCo #1386s Evening Star
Particulars
Name: Evening StarLater Name(s): CGR-184 (1942), Evening Star (1942-)
Type: Aux. Yawl
Designed by: Alden, John
Contract: 1936-12-8
Launch: 1937-6-1
Construction: Wood
LOA: 54' 3" (16.54m)
LWL: 39' 10" (12.14m)
Beam: 14' 0" (4.27m)
Draft: 7' 4" (2.24m)
Rig: Yawl
Sail Area: 1,724sq ft (160.2sq m)
Displ.: 26.2 short tons (23.7 metric tons)
Keel: yes
Built for: Ford, Frederick S.
Amount: $23,500.00
Note(s) in HMCo Construction Record: Designed by John Alden
Current owner: Private Owner, Sausalito, CA (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.
Drawings
List of drawings:
Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
HMCo #1386s Evening Star 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 167-000 (HH.5.13190): Mizzen Mast Spreader and Strut (ca. 1933)
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Dwg 169-000 (HH.5.13342): Running Rigging # 1386 (1937-03-11)
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Dwg 109-000 (HH.5.08964): Forged Fitting "Rig" (1937-03-31)
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Dwg 109-000 (HH.5.08965): Main Mast, Spreaders and Strut (1937-04-02)
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)
"[Abstract of register or enrollment. Pos. 1041:]
Evening Star, oil screw yacht [sic], of Providence. Built at Bristol, 1937. Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, builders.
20 tons; 46.2 ft. x 14 ft. x 6.7 ft. One deck, two masts, billethead.
Enr[olled] and Lic[ensed], (consolidated) ([as] (yacht) June 4, 1937. Owner: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol. Master: Frederick S. Ford. Surrendered July 12, 1937 at Detroit, Mich. ([Record at:] C[ustom] H[ouse, Providence])." (Source: Survey of Federal Archives, Work Projects Administration. Ships Documents of Rhode Island. Providence. Ship Registers and Enrollments of Providence Rhode Island, 1773-1939. Providence Rhode Island, 1941, s.v. Evening Star.)
"... The Alden-designed 54-foot auxiliary yawl for Frederick Ford, of Detroit, which was built at Herreshoff's, was launched the first of June and named Evening Star. She has been tried out successfully and left the middle of June for her home port by way of the Erie Canal. ..." (Source: Anon ("Spinnaker Liz"). "Narragansett Bay Gossip, Yachting Magazine, July 1937, p. 98.)
Other Modern Text Source(s)
"1937. ... Herreshoff was building the 45-foot yawl Avanti [#1384s] for a Brooklyn yachtsman, the 54-foot yawl Evening Star [#1386s] for a Detroiter, an S boat [probably #1385s Tinker Too] for a Newport yachtsman, and a fleet of 20 of the 12 1/2-foot waterline Bullseyes. ..." (Source: Davis, Jeff. Yachting in Narragansett Bay. Providence, 1946, p. 81.)
"Evening Star
Design 0638
Yawl, Full Keel
Design Category: Offshore
Principal Dimensions Imp. Metric
Length on Deck: ft/m 54.3 16.51
Designed Waterline Length:ft/m 39.8 12.10
Beam: ft/m 14.0 4.26
Draft: ft/m 7.3 2.22
Displacement: lbs/kg 52350 23795
Ballast: lbs/kg 18000 8182
Inside Ballast: lbs/kg 3000 1364
Sail Area: ft^2/m^2. 1724 160.2
Type: Aft Cockpit, Marconi Rigged
* Year Designed: 1936
* Hull Type: Round bottom
* Back Bone: Sawn
* Floors: Wood & Metal
* Frames: Steam Bent
* Skin: Cravel, Double & Single Planked
* Ballast Keel: Cast Lead
* Spars: Hollow, Sitka Spruce
Building Data
* Construction Material: Wood
* Number of Plans: 14
* Specifications: Yes
* Block List: Yes
* Lofting Required:Yes
* Skill Level: Experienced
* Level of Details: Above Average
* Alternative Construction Methods: None" (Source: Alden, John G., Naval Architects. http://www.aldendesigns.com/yawls-full-keel/d0638.html, retrieved September 10, 2008.)
Images
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Anon. "Evening Star [#1386s.]" Photograph, undated.
Further Image Information
Created by: Anon.
Image Caption: "Evening Star."
Published in: Alden, John G., Naval Architects. http://www.aldendesigns.com/yawls-full-keel/d0638.html, retrieved September 10, 2008.
Image is copyrighted: Yes
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Anon. "Evening Star [#1386s.]" Photograph, undated.
Further Image Information
Created by: Anon.
Image Caption: "Evening Star at the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company."
Published in: Alden, John G., Naval Architects. http://www.aldendesigns.com/yawls-full-keel/d0638.html, retrieved September 10, 2008.
Image is copyrighted: Yes
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Alden, John G., Naval Architects. "Evening Star [#1386s.]" Sailplan, undated.
Further Image Information
Created by: Alden, John G., Naval Architects.
Image Caption: "Evening Star. Sailplan."
Published in: Alden, John G., Naval Architects. http://www.aldendesigns.com/yawls-full-keel/d0638.html, retrieved September 10, 2008.
Image is copyrighted: Yes
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Alden, John G., Naval Architects. "Evening Star [#1386s.]" Cabin Plan, undated.
Further Image Information
Created by: Alden, John G., Naval Architects.
Image Caption: "Evening Star. Cabin Plan."
Published in: Alden, John G., Naval Architects. http://www.aldendesigns.com/yawls-full-keel/d0638.html, retrieved September 10, 2008.
Image is copyrighted: Yes
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Further Image Information
Created by: Brightman, Thomas P.
Image Caption: "The Alden-designed yawl Evening Star in the North Construction Shop, 1937. Evening Star's raised-panel joinerwork has been installed and can be seen through the yet-to-be-planked cabintop. The splined vertical staving forming the cockpit sides is also being fitted. (Note that the edges of each piece have been sealed with varnish against moisture absorption and subsequent staining.) Since the bulwarks are not yet in place to hide them, the beautiful hook-type scarfs in the covering boards can be clearly seen. Much of the work taking place here requires the special skills of the joiners, as the finish carpenters that work on boats are called, and a ramp providing direct access to the Joiner Shop has been installed; it shows at the lefthand side of the photo. A study of construction plans produced by the Herreshoff Mfg. Co. indicates that subassembly was very much in the mind of NGH as he prepared each new design. Self-bailing cockpits, for example, were planned so they could be built in their entirety right in the Joiner Shop. But not all designers thought that way, and here, for example, Evening Star's cockpit and cabin, because of the way they were designed, had to be built in place --- obviously a slower ana more difficult process. Against the shop's far wall are the giant masts of the J-class sloops. The masts were kept there throughout the mid- and late 1930s while the boats that went with them were hauled out for storage. There are masts here of steel, aluminum (then also called 'duralumin'), and wood."
Image Date: 1937
Published in: Bray, Maynard and Carlton Pinheiro. Herreshoff of Bristol. Brooklin, Maine, 1989, p. 195 (bottom).
Image is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission
Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island, www.herreshoff.org.
Registers
1940 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1971)
Name: Evening Star
Owner: Frederick S. Ford; Port: Grosse Point; Port of Registry: Detroit, Mich.
Official no. 236160; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux Ywl
Tons Gross 22; Tons Net 20; LOA 54-3; LWL 39-10; Extr. Beam 14-0; Depth 6-8; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker Ratsey; Sails made in [19]40; Sail Area 1338
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer John G. Alden; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1937
Engine Oil Eng. 4 Cyc. 4 Cyl. 3 5/8 x 4 1/2. 1939; Maker Buda
1947 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1856)
Name: Evening Star
Owner: Charles H. Schimpff; Port: Los Angeles
Official no. 236160; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux Ywl
Tons Gross 22; Tons Net 20; LOA 54-3; LWL 39-10; Extr. Beam 14-0; Depth 6-8; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker Watts; Sails made in [19]47; Sail Area 1335
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer John G. Alden; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1937
Engine Oil Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 3 1/4 x 4 3/8. 1940; Maker Gray
1950 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2084)
Name: Evening Star
Owner: Charles H. Schimpff; Port: Los Angeles
Official no. 236160; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux Ywl
Tons Gross 22; Tons Net 20; LOA 54-3; LWL 39-10; Extr. Beam 14-0; Depth 6-8; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker Watts; Sails made in [19]47; Sail Area 1335
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer John G. Alden; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1937
Engine Oil Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 3 1/4 x 4 3/8. 1940; Maker Gray
1955 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2269)
Name: Evening Star
Owner: Walter Trepte; Port: San Diego
Official no. 236160; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux Ywl
LOA 54-3; LWL 39-10; Extr. Beam 14-0; Depth 6-8; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker Watts; Sails made in [19]47, [19]51; Sail Area 1690
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer John G. Alden; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1937
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 3 1/4 x 4 3/8. 1947; Maker Gray
1960 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2466)
Name: Evening Star
Owner: Gene Trepte; Port: San Diego
Official no. 236160; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux Ywl
LOA 54-3; LWL 39-10; Extr. Beam 14-0; Depth 6-8; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker Watts; Sails made in [19]58; Sail Area 1690
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer John G. Alden; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1937
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 3 1/4 x 4 3/8. 1947; Maker Gray
1967 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2917)
Name: Evening Star
Owner: Hugh B. Freeman; Port: San Diego
Official no. 236160; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux Ywl
LOA 54-3; LWL 39-10; Extr. Beam 14-0; Depth 6-8; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker Watts; Sails made in [19]58; Sail Area 1690
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer John G. Alden; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1937
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 3 1/4 x 4 3/8. 1947; Maker Gray
Note: Sail no. 60
1970 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#3087)
Name: Evening Star
Owner: Hugh B. Freeman; Port: San Diego
Official no. 236160; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], Aux Ywl
LOA 54-3; LWL 39-10; Extr. Beam 14-0; Depth 6-8; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker Watts; Sails made in [19]58; Sail Area 1690
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer John G. Alden; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1937
Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 3 1/4 x 4 3/8. 1947; Maker Gray
Note: Sail no. 60
1975 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2360)
Name: Evening Star
Owner: Horizons Charting, Oregon, Ltd.; Port: Portland, Ore.
Official no. 236160; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Aux Ywl
LOA 54-3; LWL 39-10; Extr. Beam 14-0; Depth 6-8; Draught 7-4
Sailmaker Watts; Sails made in [19]58; Sail Area 1690
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer John G. Alden; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1937
Engine Gas Engine 6 Cy. [19]47. 71hp; Maker Gray
Note: Sail no. K522
1984 Yacht Owners Register (#226.6)
Name: Evening Star
Owner: Horizons Chartering, Oregon, Ltd. c/o William E. Vaughan, Pres.; Port: Portland, Ore.
Official no. 236160; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Aux. Yawl
LOA 54.3; Extr. Beam 14.0; Draught 7.3
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer John G. Alden; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1937
Engine Diesel. 60hp
1998 Stars Register of Yachts (#440.8)
Name: Evening Star
Owner: Horizons Chartering Oregon; Port: Portland, OR
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Yawl
LOA 54-3; LWL 39-10; Extr. Beam 14-0; Draught 7-4
Sail Area 1960
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer John G. Alden; Built where Bristol RI; Built when 1937
Engine 1 x Diesel, 60hp
Note: Sail No. K 522
2007 WoodenBoat Register
Name: Evening Star
Owner: Horizons Chartering Oregon Ltd; Port: Portland, OR ; Port of Registry: Oakland, CA
Official no. 236160; Type & Rig Auxiliary sail, Keel yawl
Lbs Gross 55850; LOA 54-4; LWL 39-10; Extr. Beam 14-0; Draught 7-4
Sail Area 1960
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer John G. Alden; Built where Bristol RI; Built when 1937
Engine Diesel, (1) 60-hp; Maker Isuzu
Note: Sail No. K 522
2010 USCG
Name: Evening Star
Owner: [Previous Owner: Horizons Chartering Oregon Ltd.]; Port: Portland Or
Official no. 236160; Building Material Wood
Tons Gross 22; Tons Net 20; Reg. Length 46.2; Extr. Beam 14; Depth 6.7
Builder Herreshoff Mfg; Built when 1937
Note: Call Sign: WD5348. Documentation Issuance Date: October 16, 2008. Documentation Expiration Date: November 30, 2009. Service: Recreational.
2014 USCG
Name: Evening Star
Owner: Peter R. Byrnes (611 W 6th Street, Antioch, CA 94509); Port: Sausalito, CA
Official no. 236160; Building Material Wood
Tons Gross 22; Tons Net 20; Reg. Length 46.2; Extr. Beam 14; Depth 6.7
Builder Herreshoff Mfg; Built when 1937
Note: Call Sign: WD5348. Documentation Issuance Date: June 3, 2014. Documentation Expiration Date: June 30, 2014. Service: Recreational.
2015 USCG
Name: Evening Star
Owner: Peter R. Byrnes (611 W 6th Street, Antioch, CA 94509); Port: Sausalito, CA
Official no. 236160; Building Material Wood
Tons Gross 22; Tons Net 20; Reg. Length 46.2; Extr. Beam 14; Depth 6.7
Builder Herreshoff Mfg; Built when 1937
Note: Call Sign: WD5348. Documentation Issuance Date: May 17, 2014. Documentation Expiration Date: June 30, 2015. Service: Recreational. Previous Owner: Horizons Chartering Oregon Ltd.
2017 WoodenBoat Register
Name: Evening Star
Owner: Peter R. Byrnes; Club(s): Master Mariners Benevolent Assoc.; Port: Sausalito, CA
Official no. 236160; Type & Rig Keel yawl
Tons Gross 22; LOA 54-3; LWL 39-10; Extr. Beam 14-0; Draught 7-4
Sail Area 1960
Builder Herreshoff Mfg; Designer John G. Alden; Built where Bristol RI; Built when 1937
Note: Database entry posted on Wed, 09/28/2016 - 2:54pm, last modified on Wed, 09/28/2016 - 4:31pm
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: Dec
Day: 8
Year: 1936
E/P/S: S
No.: 1386
Name: Evening Star
OA: 54'
LW: 39' 9"
B: 14'
D: 7' 4"
Rig: Yawl
Amount: 23500.00
Notes Constr. Record: Designed by John Alden
Last Name: Ford
First Name: Fred S.
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 #638." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 2, 2008.)
"Plans are now at Francis Russel Hart Nautical Collection, MIT, Boston, Mass." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 2, 2008.)
"[Was loaned by her owner to the U.S. Coast guard and performed submarine search duty as a Coast Guard Coastal Picket Patrol in 1942 with the registration number CGR-184.]" (Source: Wilbur, John. Private Email Communication with Evelyn Ansel, Curator Herreshoff Marine Museum, January 2022.)
"Built in 175 days (contract to launch; equivalent to $134/day, 299 lbs displacement/day)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 16, 2024.)
Sail area 1724sq ft from Alden, John G., Naval Architects. http://www.aldendesigns.com/yawls-full-keel/d0638.html, last visit September 10, 2008.
Displacement 52350lbs from Alden, John G., Naval Architects. http://www.aldendesigns.com/yawls-full-keel/d0638.html, last visit September 10, 2008.
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