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Further Reading


1. General Herreshoff Topics

Construction
  • Herreshoff, Nathanael G. [Building Specifications for R Class Boat No. 932.] In: Offset Booklet for 40' LOA R-Class Sloop Gamecock #932s. Ca 1925. Hart Nautical Collection, M. I. T. Museum, accession number HH.4.190. (2,053 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Hart Nautical Collections, M.I.T. Museum. Possibly the only instance of detailed written building specifications for a Herreshoff-built yacht. Something that was usually never done because it was either automatically understood or because daily supervision of a vessel's construction by its designer N. G. Herreshoff made it unneccessary. Much of this, even though it is specific to a single vessel, can be read and used in conjunction with N. G. Herreshoff's "Rules for the Construction of Wooden Boats" written for the N. Y. Y. C two years later in 1927.
  • Herreshoff, Nathanael G. "Rules for the Construction, the Scantlings, and the Other Proportions of Wooden Yachts. 1927." Adopted by the New York Yacht Club January 19, 1928. (690 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: No known copyright restrictions. Scantling rules for wooden yachts as used for decades by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Very detailed and including a practical example. The basis for understanding Herreshoff boat construction.
  • Thomas, Barry. Building the Herreshoff Dinghy. Mystic, Connecticut: Mystic Seaport Publications, 1977.
    Not only a detailed description of how Columbia dinghies were built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, but also in-depth discussion of how molds and frames were set up at HMCo, how boats were planked, and other boat building procedures typical to Herreshoff. Based on interviews with, and the written records of Charlie Sylvester, who worked at Herreshoff’s from 1912 to 1940 and was reponsible for most of the dinghies built during this time. Important reading.
  • Bray, Maynard. "There Is a Difference." Wooden Boat #33, March/April 1980, p. 54-55. (114 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Copyright holder: Maynard Bray (text). Herreshoff building methods. Checklist to identify Herreshoff-built vessels. Important reading!
  • Bray, Maynard. "Holding the Shape the Herreshoff Way." Wooden Boat #45, March/April 1982, p. 72-74. (234 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Copyright holder: Maynard Bray (text). Detailed description of why Herreshoff boats have been able to hold their shape better over time than many other yachts.
  • Herreshoff, Halsey C. "The Herreshoff Rules for Construction of Wooden Yachts - The Modern Context of Significant Classic Advice." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (publ.). Proceedings. The 2nd Classic Yacht Symposium. March 31 - April 2, 2006. Bristol, RI, 2006, p. 181-192. (1,325 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Copyright holder: Halsey C. Herreshoff / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Notes on a number of topics dealt with by N. G. H.'s "Rules for the Construction of Wooden Yachts", including prevention of cracking of steam bent frames, the need for accurate fit between wood members, strapping issues, proper butt blocks and limber holes, strengthening of mast steps, and the need for watertight decks. Also a discussion of favorite Herreshoff woods and metals for fasteners and structural elements.
  • Bray, Maynard. "Tapering Molded Sheerstrake Endings, Step-by-Step." https://www.offcenterharbor.com/2017/12/31/tapering-aidas-molded-sheerstrake-endings-step-by-step/, retrieved January 12, 2018. (4,143 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Maynard Bray / OffCenterHarbor.com. Step-by-step description, with numerous photos (taken on the occasion of Doug Hylan's 2007/2008 restoration of #1002s Aida), of how to shape and taper Herreshoff's famous molded sheer strake endings. With a short explanation of its purpose (not a rubrail but serving a structural and visual purpose).
Hardware
Herreshoff Family Patents
History
  • Herreshoff, Lewis. "Possibilities of the Steam Yacht." The North American Review, August 1891, p. 172-180. (470 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: No. Steam yachts in America with special emphasis on the Herreshoff-built Stiletto and Cushing (torpedo boat). Semi-technical discussion written by N. G. Herreshoff's blind brother Lewis.
  • Palmer, Henry Robinson. "The Herreshoffs and Their Boats." The New England Magazine, July 1895, p. 516-532. (2,165 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: No. Detailed and well-written early history of the Herreshoffs and the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Photos and discussion of N. G. and J. B. Herreshoff, early and contemporary photos of the construction shops, Vamoose, Cushing, Shadow, Gloriana, Wasp, Vigilant, Ballymena, Colonia, Handsel, Clara, Polly, and Consuelo.
  • Wellesley, Walter S. "The Wizards of the Water Witches. The Story of the Herreshoffs." Success Magazine (Orison Swett Marden, ed.). August 12, 1899 and August 19, 1900, p. 609, 614-616, 629-630. (Republished with only one photograph as Chapter XVII 'Herreshoff, the Yacht Builder' in Marden, Orison Swett. How They Succeeded. Life Stories of Successful Men and Women Told by Themselves. Boston, 1901, p. 276-303.) (6,840 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: No. Another detailed and well-written early history of the Herreshoffs and the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company with particular focus on J. B. Herreshoff. Numerous illustrations and photos, including of N. G. and J. B. Herreshoff, Defender, Columbia, Stiletto, Magnolia, and Eugenia.
  • Herreshoff, L. Francis. Nathanael Greene Herreshoff. 1848-1938. A Life and an Appreciation of his Work by his Son, L. Francis Herreshoff. Hartford, CT, 1944. (1,787 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: No known copyright restrictions. Short biography of N. G. Herreshoff, written by his son L. Francis six years after his father's death. This short booklet was originally intended to accompany the first special exhibition of the Marine Room of the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut. Titled ' The Art and Genius of Nathanael Greene Herreshoff', it exhibited many Herreshoff artefacts, plans and images. This short biography became the basis for the detailed biography written by L. F. Herreshoff a few years later. With a foreword by Charles Archibald Goodwin, president of the board of trustees of the Wadsworth Atheneum and owner of #192602es Garryowen which was shown at the exhibition and a description of the exhibits.
  • Herreshoff, Jeannette Brown. The Early Founding and Devevelopment of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Tampa, Florida, 1949. (1,119 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: No known copyright restrictions. A strange little book written by the daughter of NGH's oldest brother James claiming that all or most Herreshoff fame is due to James' inventive spirit. Not really worth reading except for a few details not found elsewhere.
  • Stone, Herbert. "Nathanael G. Herreshoff - The Great Master. Part 1." Yachting, May 1951, p. 33-35, 82. (2,571 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: No known copyright restrictions. Short N. G. Herreshoff biography written by 81-year-old Yachting Magazine publisher and Editor Herbert Stone. Part 1 of two parts.
  • Stone, Herbert. "Nathanael G. Herreshoff. Part 2." Yachting, June 1951, p. 33-35, 82. (3,405 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: No known copyright restrictions. Short N. G. Herreshoff biography written by 81-year-old Yachting Magazine publisher and Editor Herbert Stone. Part 1 of two parts.
  • Herreshoff, L. Francis. The Wizard of Bristol. The Life and Achievements of Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, together with an Account of Some of the Yachts He Designed. New York, 1953. (21,814 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Copyright holder: Elizabeth Vaughn. Detailed biography of N. G. Herreshoff, written by his son L. Francis. Initially published as a series of articles in Rudder magazine. Still the standard against which other NGH biographies are measured. (See HCR introductory page or More menu for a .htm version of this book and see the title page of the .htm version for an .epub ebook version of this book. Permission to publish these Internet versions is gratefully acknowledged!)
  • Sawyer, Philip. "Recollections of Nat Herreshoff." Yachting, February 1955, p. 56-58. (869 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Wonderful recollections of sailing with N. G. Herreshoff on #710s Oleander, then owned by the author, and on Herreshoff's Helianthus.
  • Burnett, Constance Buel. Let the Best Boat Win. The Story of America's Greatest Yacht Designer. Boston, 1957. (3,046 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: No known copyright restrictions. Biography of N. G. Herreshoff, written in simple language and possibly addressing a youthful audience. More than other NGH biographies focused on human aspects and describing family episodes not published elsewhere. Including a wonderful error on p. 231 describing NGH's refusal to accept congratulations after the victory of Enchantress during a 1923 NYYC schooner race --- unbeknownst to the author Enchantress had not been designed by NGH and thus congratulations to NGH had been inappropriate.
  • Carter, Samuel III. The Boatbuilders of Bristol. New York, 1970.
    Detailed biography of the Herreshoffs, containing much information not found elsewhere and gained from someone who as a young man had known NGH and when writing had close access to members of the Herreshoff family, including John Brown Herreshof's granddaughter Louise DeWolf, J. B. Francis Herreshoff's grandson Norman Herreshoff, and NGH's son A. Sidney DeW. Herreshoff. As much detail as the book contains, there are also quite a few small and some very large factual errors (such as a quadruple steam engine designed by James Herreshoff for Cushing) and some conspicuous omissions (such as the lack of discussion of the pivotal role played by Corliss for NGH's development as a steam engineer). L. Francis Herreshoff's copy of this book contained numerous annotations disagreeing with the author. It is a pity that the author decided not to cite his sources and thus, a lot of what is decribed in the book (and may sound plausible) remains unsubstantiated.
  • Herreshoff, A. Sidney deW and Halsey Herreshoff. [Transcript of an oral interview held with Barry Thomas and Maynard Bray, both Mystic Seaport Museum.] Bristol, R.I., October 15, 1975, p. 7. (108 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Interview with A. S. deW. Herreshoff. Discussion of Herreshoff models and designing.
  • Various (Herreshoff Marine Museum). Thirty Chronicles. The Collected Newsletters of the Herreshoff Marine Museum Numbers 1 to 30. Bristol, R.I., 1979 - 2001. (3,352 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Newsletter published by Herreshoff Marine Museum between 1979 and 2001 with numerous articles by HMM curators and staff, guest researchers, writers, photographers, and Herreshoff family members, owners and sailors.
  • Bolger, Philip, C. "L. Francis Herreshoff. Part I." Wooden Boat #55, November/December 1983, p. 32-40. (1,235 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Portrait of L. Francis Herreshoff, yacht designer and son of N. G. Herreshoff.
  • Bolger, Philip, C. "L. Francis Herreshoff. Part II." Wooden Boat #56, January/February 1984, p. 38-45. (652 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Portrait of L. Francis Herreshoff, yacht designer and son of N. G. Herreshoff. List of yachts designed.
  • Bray, Maynard (with photos by Benjamin Mendlowitz). "Herreshoff Legacies." Nautical Quarterly, no. 37, Spring 1987, p. 38-46. (6,483 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Copyright holder: Maynard Bray (text), Benjamin Mendlowitz (photos). Timeline of key events in the life of JB and NG Herreshoff and the development of HMCo. Building statistics for HMCo poweryachts and sailyachts. Description of Herreshoff building and production methods. Further reading list. Research suggestions. The article was originally appended with individual sections about 12 1/2 footers, #727s Dolphin, #1002s Aida ex-Gee Whiz, #602s Desperate Lark ex-Cricket, #1157s Cirrus ex-Kelpie, #665s Neith, and #409p Corsair which appear in the HCR with these respective vessels. Highly important reading for understanding Herreshoff and HMCo.
  • Bray, Maynard. "Heydays at Herreshoff's." Wooden Boat #84, September/October 1988, p. 34-43. (1,935 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Copyright holder: Maynard Bray (text). Excerpts from the then-forthcoming Bray and Pinheiro, Herreshoff of Bristol book.
  • Bray, Maynard and Carlton J. Pinheiro. Herreshoff of Bristol. Brooklin, Maine, 1989.
    Indispensable history of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, their vessels and the Herreshoff family.
  • Pinheiro, Carlton J. (ed.). Recollections and Other Writings by Nathanael G. Herreshoff. Bristol, 1998.
    Recollections written by N. G. Herreshoff, mostly in the 1930s. Essential reading.
  • Herreshoff, Nathanael Greene and William Picard Stephens. "Their Last Letters 1930-1938." Annotated by John W. Streeter. Bristol, R. I., ca. 1999.
    Fascinating exchange of letters between N. G. Herreshoff and W. P. Stephens, dean of American yachting historians.
  • Jones, Gregory O. Herreshoff Sailboats. St. Paul, Minn., 2004.
    General description of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, their vessels and the Herreshoff family. Some factual inaccuracies.
  • Simpson, Richard V. Herreshoff Yachts. Seven Generations of Industrialists, Inventors and Ingenuity in Bristol. Bristol, 2007.
    General, but less comprehensive, description of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company with less focus on sailing than other books. Interesting primary material, often citing the Bristol Phoenix. Quite a few inaccuracies, wrong dates, etc.
HMCo Primary Material
Qualities
Restoration
  • McClave, Ed. "Butt... The Butt-Block Chronicle Continues - Comments and Opinions." Wooden Boat #67, November/December/June 1985, p. 22-26. (454 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Proper usage of butt blocks with special focus on Herreshoff boats. Diagram of butt block spacing as used by HMCo.
  • McClave, Ed. "Shellac: The Neglected Helper." Wooden Boat #76, May/June 1987, p. 18-20. (291 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Advantages, usage, and procurement of shellac when building and restoring wooden boats. Detailed description of double planking procedure the Herreshoff way using shellac.
  • McClave, Ed. "Sailboat Restoration, Part 1. Sizing up the Project and Choosing a Strategy." Wooden Boat #184, May/June 2005, p. 50-61. (5,706 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Step-by-step description of wooden boat restoration as done by Herreshoff specialists MP&G, with a very strong focus on Herreshoff building methods. #734s Vitessa and #728s Mischief restoration photos.
  • McClave, Ed. "Sailboat Restoration, Part 2. Deconstruction and Preliminaries for Reconstruction." Wooden Boat #185, July/August 2005, p. 44-55. (2,103 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Step-by-step description of wooden boat restoration as done by Herreshoff specialists MP&G, with a very strong focus on Herreshoff building methods. #734s Vitessa, #728s Mischief, and #1219s Norn restoration photos.
  • McClave, Ed. "Sailboat Restoration, Part 3. Floor Timber and Frame Strategies." Wooden Boat #186, September/October 2005, p. 46-54. (775 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Step-by-step description of wooden boat restoration as done by Herreshoff specialists MP&G, with a very strong focus on Herreshoff building methods. #734s Vitessa, #728s Mischief, and #1223s Buza restoration photos.
  • McClave, Ed. "Sailboat Restoration, Part 4. Getting Out Frames." Wooden Boat #187, November/December 2005, p. 40-48. (4,240 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Step-by-step description of wooden boat restoration as done by Herreshoff specialists MP&G, with a very strong focus on Herreshoff building methods. #734s Vitessa restoration photo.
  • McClave, Ed. "Sailboat Restoration, Part 5. Steam-Bending Frames." Wooden Boat #188, January/February 2006, p. 70-80. (1,715 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Step-by-step description of wooden boat restoration as done by Herreshoff specialists MP&G, with a very strong focus on Herreshoff building methods. #734s Vitessa, #728s Mischief, and #1223s Buza restoration photos.
  • McClave, Ed. "Sailboat Restoration, Part 6. Keel Repairs, Replanking, and Re-Establishing the Sheer." Wooden Boat #189, March/April 2006, p. 78-89. (4,836 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Step-by-step description of wooden boat restoration as done by Herreshoff specialists MP&G, with a very strong focus on Herreshoff building methods. #734s Vitessa, #728s Mischief, restoration photos.
  • McClave, Ed. "Sailboat Restoration, Part 7. More Decisions: Waterlines, Maststeps, and Deck Coverings." Wooden Boat #190, May/June 2006, p. 82-94. (1,298 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Step-by-step description of wooden boat restoration as done by Herreshoff specialists MP&G, with a very strong focus on Herreshoff building methods.
  • Elk, Jim. "Building Spartan's Mast." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (Publisher). Proceedings. The Classic Yacht Symposium 2008. Bristol, R.I. 2008. (6,009 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Jim Elk / Herreshoff Marine Museum. The building of an eight-staved hollow wooden mast. Emphasis on spars for the NY50 Spartan, but much of it of general interest regarding Herreshoff wooden spars.
  • Mills, Bill. "Hollow Spars for Spartan." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (Publisher). Proceedings. The Classic Yacht Symposium 2008. Bristol, R.I. 2008. (4,887 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Bill Mills / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Detailed description of Herreshoff hollow spar making methods, together with modern approaches to replicate the historical product. Emphasis on spars for the NY50 Spartan, but much of it of general interest regarding Herreshoff wooden spars.

2. Classes

12 1/2 Footer
  • 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.
15 Footer
  • Cheever, David. "The Herreshoff Fifteens." The Log of Mystic Seaport, v. 24, No. 2., Summer 1972, p. 38-44. (106 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Short class history, detailed vessel description and appreciation and a thrilling account of a typical race of Buzzards Bay 15 at the Beverly Yacht Club. Special focus on #554s Fiddler ex-Nora, now in the collection of Mystic Seaport Museum.
  • Brainerd, Alec with Bernard H. Gustin and Steven K. Nagy. "The Herreshoff 15 is Alive and Well." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (Publisher). Proceedings. The Classic Yacht Symposium 2010. Bristol, R.I. 2010. (5,834 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Alec Brainerd, Bernard H. Gustin, Steven K. Nagy / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Class history, construction and restoration comments, building and sailing a replica, detailed class register (including replicas). Photos, drawings.
  • van der Linde, Claas. "Herreshoff 15-Footers: Building Dates and Model Variations." December 7, 2021. (380 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Copyright holder: Claas van der Linde. Tabular summary of Herreshoff 15-footer construction dates and model variations. Together with information of BB15 sail numbers, boat names and boat owners from various year books of the Beverly Yacht Club.
15 Watch Hill Fifteen
  • Avery, Bruce. [No title. List of Herreshoff Watch Hill 15 Footers.] Unpublished manuscript, ca. 1994. (95 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Bruce Avery. Summary accounting of the Watch Hill 15s built by HMCo and their subsequent owners, providing boat names, hull and sail numbers, original and subsequent owners and homeport in 1994. Reflecting the knowledge up to ca. 1994.
16 Marlin Cruiser
  • Anon. "The Herreshoff Marlin Class Sloop." Yachting, April 1937, p. 100. (67 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Vessel description, sail plan, deck plan.
20.5 S-Class
  • Benfield, James W. "Reviving the 'S' Class." Yachting, May 1945, p. 56-57, 104. (3,516 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. How the Western Long Island Sound S-class fleet was built with a deliberate strategy.
  • Upham, Kenneth B. History and Register of the S-Boat. Privately printed, no place, 1994. (13,553 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. The definitive source of info on the S-class, but unfortunately current only up to its date of publication in 1994. History of the class and its various fleets, technical comments, detailed vessel-by-vessel provenance, owner and name indices.
  • Bray, Maynard and Claas van der Linde. "The Origins of the S-Boat. A Remarkable Herreshoff One-Design." Wooden Boat #267, March/April 2019, p. 74-79. (1,201 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. A short history of how the S-Class came about, including new insights from recent research of original Herreshoff documents. With photos and reproductions of the original construction and sail plans.
  • Silken, Alan (text). Silken, Cory (photos). "Setting Sail in America. The Remarkable Story of Herreshoff S Class Sailboats." Seapoint Books, Brooklin, ME.
    Appreciation of the S-Class, history of the design and local fleets, portraits of surviving S-boats and a catalogue of all S-boats
  • Silken, Alan (text). Silken, Cory (photos). "A Century of S-Boats. The Enduring Appeal of a Classic Herreshoff One-Design." Wooden Boat #267, March/April 2019, p. 80-85. (1,510 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Appreciation of the S-Class and a history of the fleets in Narragansett Bay, Quisset and Long Island and a summary of the leading S-boat restorers.
  • van der Linde, Claas. [No title. Note about S-Class Weight Discrepancies.] March 11, 2022. (11 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Copyright holder: Claas van der Linde. Note about discrepancies in published and unpublished sources of displacement of S-class boats and why 6030lbs is currently assumed to be the correct weight.
23 Fishers Island
25 Buzzards Bay Twentyfive
  • Mayher, Bill. "The Buzzards Bay 25. An Evolution, of Sorts." Wooden Boat #172, May/June 2003, p. 74-81. (2,456 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Class history. Discussion of replicas and design modifications.
  • McClave, Ed. "The Restorations of the Boats of the Herreshoff Buzzards Bay Twenty-Five Class." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (publ.). Proceedings. The 6th Classic Yacht Symposium. May 2-3, 2014. Bristol, RI, 2014, p. 1-9. (1,725 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Ed McClave / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Evolution of NGH's 'hollow bow designs' (Alerion, Sadie, Newport 29s, 12 1/2, Buzzards Bay 25s, Fish Class) which were not designed with a view towards a rating rule. Important description of some fundamental differences in restoration approaches and philosophies for the four Buzzards Bay 25s restored by McClave, Philprick & Giblin.
29 Newport Thirty
  • Wick, Chris. "Newport 29 Cruising Class." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (publ.). Proceedings. The 6th Classic Yacht Symposium. May 2-3, 2014. Bristol, RI, 2014, p. 1-8. (2,098 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Chris Wick / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Vessel description. Class and ownership history.
30 Buzzards Bay Thirty
30 Newport Thirty
30 NY Thirty
  • Perry, Lawrence. "The New York Yacht Club One-Design 30-Footers." Yachting Magazine, February 1908, p. 71-74. (649 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: No. Class appreciation including a good overview of NY30 design precedents, the boats and their races. Photos by James Burton, James Huntington and others.
  • Lawrence, Seabury. "The New York Thirties: An Interesting Sketch of America's Most Famous One-Design Class." Yachting Magazine, January 1925, p. 28-30. (599 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: No. Twentieth anniversary class appreciation.
  • Davis, Gherardi. "A History of the The New York Yacht Club Thirty Foot Class." Manuscript, New York Yacht Club, ca. 1926. (285 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. The best history of the NY30 class with detailed description of the interchange between N. G. Herreshoff and the New York Yacht Club as the boats were built. Written by then owner of Alice ex #632s Tabasco.
  • Schoettle, Edwin J. "The New York Thirties." In: Schoettle, Edwin J. Sailing Craft, New York, 1928, p. 579-588. (1,734 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: No known copyright restrictions. Class description and history.
  • Taylor, William H. "New York Y. C. Thirty-Foot Class to Celebrate its Silver Jubilee. Twenty-Five Years of Active Racing Mark the 'Thirties' as One of the Best Classes Ever Built." Yachting, May 1929, p. 61-62, 112, 114. (2,169 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Tweny-fifth anniversary class appreciation.
  • Slaughter, Sam C. "Class Will Tell. The New York Yacht Club 'Thirties' Celebrate Another Anniversary." Yachting, Vol. 66, November 1939, p. 43-45, 107-108. (2,665 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. NY30 history and whereabouts summary, written by then owner of #626s Alera on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the class.
  • Taylor, William H. "The Thirties Are Fifty. A Salute to the First Class of One-Design Racing Yachts to Reach the Half Century Mark." Yachting Magazine, March 1955, p. 55-57, 120-122. (749 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Fiftieth anniversary class appreciation.
  • Bray, Maynard. "The New York Thirties." Kiremidjian, David. "Then, But Mostly Now Also." Taylor, William H. "At 25, One of the Best Classes Ever Built." (Reprinted excerpts.) Taylor, William H. "A Salute to the First One-Design Yachts to Reach the Half-Century Mark." (Reprinted excerpts.) Davis, Gherardi. "How It All Began: An Extraordinary Chronology." (Reprinted excerpts.) Wooden Boat #35, July/August 1980, p. 20-34. (1,423 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. New York 30 class portrait written on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the class. Plans, photos, history, partial reprints of older class appreciations.
  • Taylor, Roger C. "Fourth Book of Good Boats." Camden, Maine, 1984, p. 201-207. (717 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. New York 30 class portrait. History, plans, photos, sailing characteristics with special emphasis on #630s Cockatoo ex-Pintail. Partial reprint of Taylor, Roger C. Recollections under Sail. Wooden Boat #35, July/August 1980, p. 27-29.
  • Kiremidjian, David. "The Thirties Are Twice Fifty." Typescript, n. p., 2004. (118 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: David Kiremidjian. New York 30 class portrait with special emphasis on post-WW II vessel histories.
  • Doyle, Bill. "New York 30 Class. 100 Years Young." In: Restoration Quarterly. International Yacht Restoration School: Newport, Fall 2005, p. 6, 8, 11. (213 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Short class history, NY30 whereabouts summary.
  • Erwin, Daniel. "The New York 30s. A Century of One-Design Sailing." Wooden Boat #184, May/June 2005, p. 76. (5,324 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. New York 30 class portrait written on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the class. Detailed vessel-by-vessel biographies.
31 Bar Harbor Class
31 Fishers Island Aux. Sloop
  • Anon. "The Fisher's Island Sound One-Design Class." Yachting, April 1928, p. 96. (686 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Fishers Island 31 class description.
  • Anon. "Herreshoff Fisher's Island 31-Footers." Rudder, September 1931, p. 57. (800 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Fishers Island 31 class description.
  • Bray, Maynard. "A Look at the Class." Wooden Boat #34, May/June 1980, p. 42-48. (409 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Copyright holder: Maynard Bray (text).
40 NY Forty
50 NY Fifty
70 NY Seventy
Cup Defender
  • Chevalier, Francois and Jacques Taglang. America's Cup Yacht Designs 1851-1986. Paris, 1987.
    Vessel biographies, large-scale sail and lines plans.
Navy F-5-L Seaplane
Navy Seaplane barge
  • Goodall, Michael H. "Lighters. Compiled from the Public Records by Michael H. Goodall." Cross & Cockade (U.K.), Vol. 12, No. 2, 1981, p. 72-80. (12,283 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Explanation of the seaplane barge type which had been developed in England. Ten of these apparently identical barges were built in 1918 at HMCo.
Potter Frostbite BO Dinghy
  • Anon. "Winner Announced in Dinghy Competition. Potter & Strawbridge's Design Chosen by Jurors from Twenty-seven Designs Submitted." Rudder Magazine, August 1934, p. 34-35. (1,129 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Design description of the winner of the Rudder contest for a frostbite dinghy. Profile, lines, construction plan. Twenty-six boats of this design were subsequently built by HMCo.
  • Anon. "One-Design Frostbite Class Building." Rudder Magazine, November 1934, p. 23 (939 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Construction progress report. Owner names. Photo. Sailplan.
Power Patrol Boat Apache Class
Schooner
  • Taglang, Jacques. Mariette and the Herreshoff Schooners. Two vols. Eynesse, 2010.
    Vessel biographies, large-scale sail and lines plans reproduced from original HMCo plans. The definitive book on Herreshoff schooners.
Steam Torpedo Boat
  • Simpson, Richard V. Building the Mosquito Fleet: The U.S. Navy's First Torpedo Boats. Charleston, S.C., 2001.
    Description of the first American torpedo boats, with strong emphasis on Herreshoff-built vessels. Unfortunately, numerous small factual inaccuracies.

3. Individual Vessels

#183401es Julia I, #185401es Julia II, #185602es Julia III, #186001es Sprite, #186408es Secret, #186502es Henrietta, #186603es Fannie I [Fanny], #186702es Fannie II [Fanny], #187004es Julia IV, #187010es Pink, #187201es Bluebell, #187501es Dandelion [Dandylion], #187702es Gleam, #188004es Alice, #410s Mab, #413s Sayonara, #428s Merry Thought, #432s Viola, #490s Wanda
  • Grayson, Stan. Herreshoff Catboats. The Roots of a Boatbuilding Dynasty." Wooden Boat #289, November/December 2022, p. 58-67. (1,855 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Detailed, well-written story about Herreshoff catboats, from early boats such as Sprite and the four Julias which were all built before the founding off the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company to the numerous small catboats like Dandelion and Bluebell, many of which were delivered to Boston yachtsmen and most of which were also built before the founding of HMCo to the later, often very extreme and rule-beating catboats such as Wanda. With some minor errors, not all Julias were keelboats, Dexter Stone was from Philadelphia and not just a local yachtsman, Peri was not built for W. Starling Burgess, and Bluebell was built for Ed. Burgess with no proof that this was Edward Burgess.
#187106es Shadow
  • Wilson, Jon. "The Remarkable Sloop Shadow." Wooden Boat #43, November/December 1981, p. 64-70. (470 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Detailed, well-researched and knowledgable story of the 1871 Herreshoff sloop Shadow. History and significance. Racing record. Part I.
  • Wilson, Jon. "The Remarkable Sloop Shadow." Wooden Boat #44, January/February 1982, p. 24-31. (491 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Detailed, well-researched and knowledgable story of the 1871 Herreshoff sloop Shadow. History and significance. Racing record. Part II.
#187406es Riviera
  • Herreshoff, N. G. "The Log of the Riviera." Nice, France, 1874 (with an opening segment added by NGH in March, 1932). In: Pinheiro, Carlton J. (ed.). Recollections and Other Writings by Nathanael G. Herreshoff. Bristol, 1998, p. 80-95.) (548 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Detailed log account of Riviera's historic voyage in Europe.
  • Hanyi, Mike. "Riviera: Nathanael’s European Education." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (publ.). Proceedings. The 3rd Classic Yacht Symposium. April 4 6, 2008. Bristol, RI, 2008, p. 41-50. (4,961 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Mike Hanyi / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Vessel history and account of Riviera's historic voyage in Europe. Researching vessel construction. Building a replica.
#187501es Dandelion [Dandylion]
  • Herreshoff, John B., Agent Herreshoff Mf. Co. [Contract for the construction of a 'C.B. (Centre Board) Sail-boat Eighteen & a half (18 1/2 ft. over all' to be called Dandelion. Signed by John B. Herreshoff.] Mystic Seaport Museum Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, 2nd Floor Vault, Call Number VFM 338.] Bristol, RI, July 13, 1875. (647 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Mystic Seaport Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date, specifications.
#187704es Tarantella (No 5)
  • Herreshoff, Lewis. "Tarantella. Catamaran Chronicle. Narration, Refutation, and Description." Spirit of the Times, November 24, 1877, p. 437-438. Also in: Rudder, October 1954, p. 27. Also in: Herreshoff, L. Francis. An L. Francis Herreshoff Reader. Camden, Maine, 1978, p. 146-157. Also in: Herreshoff Marine Museum Chronicle, 1988, p. 1, 4 and Spring 1989, p. 2-3.
    Wonderful recollection of a cruise with the catamaran Tarantella to Newburgh on the Hudson. Officially authored by N. G. Herreshoff, but apparently written by his brother Lewis and published without the consent of NGH --- said to be the cause of much subsequent friction between the two brothers.
#190503es [Dinghy for #635s Adelaide II]
  • Thomas, Barry. Building the Herreshoff Dinghy. Mystic, Connecticut: Mystic Seaport Publications, 1977. (8,588 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Mystic Seaport Museum. Much information about the dinghy built as job no. 3403 at Mystic Seaport Museum. Detailed description of how these dinghies were built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company.
#193503es So and So
  • Taylor, Roger C. L. Francis Herreshoff. The Flowering of Genius. Vol. 2, 1931-1972. Mystic, 2018, p. 82-85. (3,565 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Mystic Seaport Museum. Short vessel biography from Vol. II of Roger Taylor's biography of L. Francis Herreshoff.
#20p Lightning
  • U.S. Secretary of the Nayy. Report of the Secretary of the United States Navy. Washington, 1876, p. 134-142. (886 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: No. Correspondence between Navy and HMCo about building Lightning. Detailed specifications as submitted by HMCo. Trial report. Vessel acceptance. Sketch of boiler. Sketch of engine. Description of vessel, boiler and operating procedures.
  • Caiella, J. M. "Historic Ships. Prelude to the Beginning." U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, Md.: Naval History, Vol. 37, No. 2, April 2023, p. 6-7. (1,763 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, Md.. Short history of the first torpedo boat of the U.S. Navy in its historical context.
#40p Leila
#43p Kelpie, #52p Javelin, #54p Dolphin, #57p [Launch for N. Y. Coast Survey]
  • Isherwood, Benjamin Franklin, Theo. Zeller and Charles E. DeValin. "Report of a Board of United States Naval Engineers on the Boiler and System of Machinery for Steam-Yachts, Steam-Launches, etc." Washington, Bureau of Steam Engineering of the U.S. Navy Department, 1880.
    Detailed descriptions of the boilers of four Herreshoff vessels (#43p Kelpie, #52p Javelin, #54p Dolphin, #57p Launch for N. Y. Coast Survey), testing results and procedures, praise of the lightness of the Herreshoff machinery and efficiency of the Herreshoff coil boiler.
#44p Herreshoff
#74p 149, #75p 150, #85p [Vedette boat for French Navy], #86p [Vedette boat for French Navy]
#88p Siesta
#118p Stiletto
#148p Our Mary, #149p Jersey Lily
#152p Cushing
#168p Vamoose
#184p Porter
#185p Dupont
#190p Morris
#191p Talbot, #192p Gwin
#206p Iona
#227p [Launch for St. Y. Yacona]
  • Louchard, Ed. "Restoration of Herreshoff Steam Launch #227 Vapor." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (Publisher). Proceedings. The Classic Yacht Symposium 2010. Bristol, R.I. 2010, p. 159-170. (1,743 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Ed Louchard / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Short vessel history. Facsimile of a 1970 letter to the owner by L. F. Herreshoff. Restoration report.
#245p X.P.D.N.C.
  • Morabito, Michael G. "Design and Construction of Nat Herreshoff’s X.P.D.N.C." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (publ.). Proceedings. The 2nd Classic Yacht Symposium. March 31 - April 2, 2006. Bristol, RI, 2006, p. 207-233. (2,388 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Michael G. Morabito / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Vessel history and race results. Detailed description and discussion of the boat's construction details and engine. List of plans and casting numbers. Estimated costs and requirements to build a replica.
#261p Wave
#292p Fad
#300p Shadow III
#310p Snark
#378p Helianthus III
#381p [Launch for St. Y. Corsair III]
  • Hagen, Seth. "The Restoration of the Motor Launch Corsair. HMC# 381." With introductory comments by longtime owner Fred Bisset. In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (publ.). Proceedings. The 2nd Classic Yacht Symposium. March 31 - April 2, 2006. Bristol, RI, 2006, p. 149-171. (7,246 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Seth Hagen / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Short history and vessel appreciation by owner. Detailed restoration report with emphasis on which forces andchanges had caused the boat to loose its form and what was done to restore it. Discussion of advantages and disadvantages of shellac between layers of double planking.
  • Hagen, Seth. "The Restoration of the Motor Launch Corsair. HMC# 381." In: Restoration Quarterly. International Yacht Restoration School: Newport, Summer 2006, p. 12-15. (233 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Short history and restoration report.
  • Titus, Jim (as interviewed by John Palmieri). "Corsair: Alive for Another 80 Years." With postscript by longtime owner Fred Bisset. In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (publ.). Proceedings. The 3rd Classic Yacht Symposium. April 4 6, 2008. Bristol, RI, 2008, p. 157-163. (2,720 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Jim Titus / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Short history and vessel appreciation by owner. Detailed restoration report with emphasis on which forces andchanges had caused the boat to loose its form and what was done to restore it. Discussion of advantages and disadvantages of shellac between layers of double planking.
#393p Ariel II
  • Fields, Tyler. "Spritely Return." Classic Boat (U.K.), September 2019, p. 40-46. (8,882 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Detailed vessel portrait. For sale advertisement. Photos by the author.
#408p Avoca
  • Anon. "Avoca." Motor Boating, August 1939, p. 26-27. (822 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: No known copyright restrictions. Vessel portrait.
  • Anon ("Corporal Trim"). "Avoca. Happy Achievement. Beauty, Simplicity and Utility Combined in Motor Yacht Design." Motor Boating, July 1960, p. 43, 96. (574 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Discussion of the aesthetics of Avoca's design.
#409p [Launch for St. Y. Corsair IV]
#400s Consuelo
#402s Clara
  • Bunker, John. "Nat Herreshoffs Yawl Clara. Bristol Fashion In San Diego." National Fisherman, December, 1972, p. 9C. (1,061 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Vessel description and history. Provenance.
  • Palmieri, John. "The Clara Trilogy. Researching Clara." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (publ.). Proceedings. The Classic Yacht Symposium. April 1 - 3, 2005. Bristol, RI, 2005, p. 137-146. (4,041 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: John Palmieri / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Vessel history and description. Historical context. Research process. Historical photos. Partial facsimile of offset book and historical billing account.
  • Taylor, Bill and David Snediker. "Restoring Clara." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (publ.). Proceedings. The Classic Yacht Symposium. April 1 - 3, 2005. Bristol, RI, 2005, p. 147-161. (9,306 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Bill Taylor and David Snediker / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Detailed research and restoration report. Many photos.
  • Taylor, Bill. "On the Resurrection of Clara and the Boston Red Sox." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (publ.). Proceedings. The Classic Yacht Symposium. April 1 - 3, 2005. Bristol, RI, 2005, p. 162-105. (1,959 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Bill Taylor / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Philosophical thoughts on restoration of historical artefacts with a special focus on Clara.
  • Taylor, Bill and David Snediker. "Restoring Clara: The Final Chapter." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (publ.). Proceedings. The 2nd Classic Yacht Symposium. March 31 - April 2, 2006. Bristol, RI, 2006, p. 277-299. (9,549 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Bill Taylor and David Snediker / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Restoration report with emphasis on interior work and cabin house. Discussion of original shape as per original offsets and today's shape. Interpreting inaccuracies in the original drawing. Discussion and partial facsimile of NGH notes on building costs and hours.
#411s Gloriana
#412s Dilemma
#414s Wasp
#429s Navahoe
#435s Colonia
#436s Bubble
  • Simek, Rudolf. "Union Yacht Club Traunsee. Festschrift zum 125jährigen Jubiläum 1888-2013." Wien 2013, p. 43-46. (1,383 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Chapter about #436s Bubble on Lake Traunsee in Austria as part of a history of the Union Yacht Club Traunsee..
#437s Vigilant
#452s Defender
#461s Cock Robin
  • Robinson, John G. "Cock Robin Comes Home." Rudder, June 1941, p. 16-17, 54-55. (2,096 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Travel account.
#456s Edith
#462s Sally
#473s Alfrida [Alfreda, Elfrida]
#487s Onward
#490s Wanda
#493s Jilt
  • Spencer, Duncan. "The Heart of an Old Machine." Sailing World, April 1989, p. 16-19. (3,268 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Vessel portrait, restoration report, sailing experience.
#499s Columbia
#513s Hope
#520s Athene
#538s Countess
#539s Altair
#541s Effort
#545s Pleasure
#546s Marchioness
#547s Oonagh [Onagh]
#560s Young Miss, #562s Evelyn, #565s Quakeress II, #569s Mashnee
  • Bray, Maynard and Benjamin Mendlowitz (photographer). "The Buzzards Bay Thirties." Wooden Boat #204, September/October 2008, p. 92-95. (1,033 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Maynard Bray (text) and Benjamin Mendlowitz (photos).
#562s Evelyn
#569s Mashnee
#570s Zingara
#571s Larikin
#580s Trivia
#586s Nellie
  • Boal, Jeffrey with Fernando Alva and Wayne George. "The Restoration of Nellie: A Nontraditional Approach to Project Management Yields A Beautiful Result." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (Publisher). Proceedings. The Classic Yacht Symposium 2010. Bristol, R.I. 2010, p. 117-130. (2,239 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Jeffrey Boal / Fernando Alva / Wayne George / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Restoration philosophy and report. Employing a restoration manager. Design choices (altering the original cockpit). Interior choices. Procuring long leaf yellow pine. Canvas deck bedding in Sikaflex.
  • Anon. (Benjamin Mendlowitz, photographer). "Nellie: A 35' Waterline Herreshoff Sloop." Wooden Boat #216, September/October 2010, p. 90-93. (1,297 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Photo spread with photos by Benjamin Mendlowitz detailing Nellie after her recent restoration.
  • Willis, Peter. (Benjamin Mendlowitz, photographer). "1903 Herreshoff Nellie Sails Again." Classic Boat Magazine, May 2011, p. 8-16. (3,933 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Photo spread with photos by Benjamin Mendlowitz describing Nellie's restoration.
#590s Ingomar
  • Tucker, Frank Ramsay. "Ingomar." Rudder, June 1904, p. 375-376. (175 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: No. Description of Ingomar.
  • Taylor, William H. "Vale Ingomar! A Yacht Long Famous in the Annals of Yacht Racing Meets Her End." Yachting Magazine, May, 1931, p. 63-64, 132, 134, 136. (341 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Detailed life story of Ingomar, with special emphasis on her loss on the Frying Shoals in February 1931.
#602s Cricket
#603s Scud
#605s Reliance
#608s Rugosa
#610s Mimosa III
  • Archambeaud, Patrick. "De Bristol a Bandol. L'histoire du yacht Mimosa III 1903-2009." Classic Yacht Club Website, March 10, 2011. http://www.classyachtclub.fr/a-la-hune/le-yacht-mimosa-iii.html, retrieved March 20, 2011. (2,087 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Vessel portrait of #610s Mimosa III describing her ownership in the U.S., England, and France. Many photos. In French.
#616s Bambino
  • Taylor, William H. "Long Time Love Affair. One Man, One Boat, and 45 Years of Cruising." Yachting Magazine, August 1960, p. 74-75, 104. (1,858 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Vessel portrait and history. Lou Manley and his 45-year love affair with Bambino. Photos.
#621s Margaret
#625s Doris
#626s Alera
  • Stimson, David (Benjamin Mendlowitz, photographer). "Il Ritorno di Alera." Arte Navale, Italy. August, September 2005, p. 62-68. (3,835 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Restoration story.
  • Stimson, David. "The Restoration of New York 30 #1." In: Restoration Quarterly. International Yacht Restoration School: Newport, Fall 2005, p. 7. (69 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Short restoration report with additional details regarding keel and frames compared to Symposium report.
  • Stimson, David. "Restoration of the New York Thirty Alera." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (Publisher). Proceedings. The 2nd Classic Yacht Symposium. March 31 - April 2, 2006. Bristol, RI, 2006, p. 11-29. (7,064 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: David Stimson / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Detailed restoration report.
#630s Pintail
  • Bergeson, Lloyd. "To Norway Alone in Cockatoo II. Part I. Getting Underway: The Dream Becomes Reality." Crusing World, June 1979, p. 84-88. (352 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Account of single-handed voyage on New York 30 Cockatoo.
  • Bergeson, Lloyd. "To Norway Alone in Cockatoo II. Part II. Fog, Gales, and Solitude must be Endured, Even Enjoyed in the Wide Atlantic." Crusing World, July 1979, p. 147-151. (657 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Account of single-handed voyage on New York 30 Cockatoo.
  • Bergeson, Lloyd. "To Norway Alone in Cockatoo II. Part III." Crusing World, July 1979, p. ?.
    Account of single-handed voyage on New York 30 Cockatoo.
  • Bergeson, Lloyd. "A Death In the Family." Unpublished typescript, Norwell, Mass., August 13, 1979. Together with an introduction by Anon. "One of the New York Thirties. The Unpublished Story of Cockatoo II as Recounted by Lloyd Bergeson in 1979.", dated March 25, 1997. In: http://www.ny30.org/pdfs/cockatooII_1979.pdf, retrieved October 31, 2011. (4,491 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Account of the loss of the New York 30 Cockatoo.
  • Bergeson, Lloyd. "A Death in the Family. The Loss of Cockatoo II." Cruising World, January 1980, p. 102-105. (1,838 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Account of the loss of the New York 30 Cockatoo.
  • Taylor, Roger C. "Recollections under Sail." Wooden Boat #35, July/August 1980, p. 27-29. (685 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Vessel portrait of #630s Pintail when owned by Lloyd Bergeson and named Cockatoo.
#638s Neola II
#639s Cara Mia
  • Okie, Jr., William T. "The Restoration of Number 14." Wooden Boat #35, July/August 1980, p. 30-31. (515 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Restoration report.
#640s Banzai
#643s Phryne
  • Anon ("Binnacle"). "Phryne Rediviva." The New Yorker, June 25 1927, p. 53-55. (524 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. History of Phryne, J. P. Morgan ownership, boat restoration, marconi rig experiment.
#665s Neith
#668s Dorothy Q. [Dorothy 2]
#670s Seneca
  • Anon. "Seneca." Wooden Boat #200, January/February 2008, p. 16, 18. (231 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Wooden Boat Magazine. Restoration update.
  • Snider, C. H. J. With photographs by R.B. Price. "The Races for the Canada's Cup." Yachting, October 1907, p. 204-207, 238-239.
    Detailed report of Seneca's win of the Canada's Cup. Many photos.
  • Helpard, Lynn. "Seneca. A Yacht with a Glorious Past and a Bright Future." Atlantic Boating News, May/June 2009, p. 10-11. (897 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Atlantic Boating News. Vessel history. Restoration report.
#688s Senta [Sentra]
#691s More Joy
  • Palmieri, John. "Q Class and Tondeleyo. History & Condition." Bristol Rhode Island, August 28, 2009 (Revised 3 Mar. 2010). http://www.herreshoff.org/news/index_100_2081260885.pdf, retrieved January 29, 2010. (1,116 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum.
  • van der Linde, Claas. [Layered Comparison of Model and Plans to Demonstrate Re-Use of Model from Sally III to More Joy.] February 16, 2022. (780 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Copyright holder: Claas van der Linde. Layered document which allows clicking on and off overlaid transparent layers showing images of old and new plans and a model to demonstrate that the 'nick' in the model's rudderblade is not an accidental one but the result of it having been reused by NGH from an old one that had originally been made in 1896 for #482s Sally III.
#692s Westward
#699s Bibelot
#706s Elena
  • Bell, Helen G. Winning the King's Cup. An Account of Elena's Race to Spain. New York, 1928.
    First-hand account of the 1927 trans-Atlantic regatta to Spain, won by Elena. Contains numerous plans and photos and a detailed vessel description.
  • McLaren, Steve M. and Adam Langerman. "(Re)Creating a Legend. Elena of 1911. Elena of 2009." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (publ.). Proceedings. The 6th Classic Yacht Symposium. May 2-3, 2014. Bristol, RI, 2014, p. 1-28. (3,736 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Steve McLaren / Adam Langerman / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Vessel description, building time line, race results, provenance (first third of document). Description and photos of replica vessel from 2009 (last two thirds of document).
#709s Joyant
  • Anon. "Sightings. Joyant - Back from the Dead." Latitude 38, April, 2001, p. 134-135. http://rutherfordboats.com/JoyantArticle.pdf, retrieved April 9, 2014. (1,607 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Vessel story. Restoration story.
  • Brown, Nicholas. "Joyant. A 1911 Herreshoff P-Boat's Improbable Return." Wooden Boat #169, November/December 2002, p. 52-61. (3,361 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Vessel history. Restoration report. Sail plan. Construction plan.
  • McNeil, Bob. "The Undertaking of A Few Minor Repairs. The Restoration of Joyant, a 1911 Herreshoff P Class Sloop." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (publ.). Proceedings. The Classic Yacht Symposium. April 1 - 3, 2005. Bristol, RI, 2005, p. 91-105. (3,887 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Bob Mc Neil / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Photo slide presentation of vessel restoration.
#711s Ventura
  • Snider, C. H. J. Adventures of the Venture. Toronto, 1923.
    Small, privately printed book describing the voyage from Bristol to Canada of the former NY50 Venture (ex Ventura) after her conversion to schooner.
#712s Spartan
  • McClave, Ed. "Bending Spartan's Frames." Wooden Boat #58, May/June 1984, p. 107-112. (1,026 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Wooden Boat Magazine. Restoration progress report. Vessel history. Very good technical description of frame bending technique and calculations.
  • Anon. "Around the Yards." Wooden Boat #198, September/October 2007, p. 15-16. (263 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Wooden Boat Magazine. Restoration progress report.
  • Elk, Jim. "Building Spartan's Mast." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (Publisher). Proceedings. The Classic Yacht Symposium 2008. Bristol, R.I. 2008. (6,009 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Jim Elk / Herreshoff Marine Museum. The building of an eight-staved hollow wooden mast. Emphasis on spars for the NY50 Spartan, but much of it of general interest regarding Herreshoff wooden spars.
  • Mills, Bill. "Hollow Spars for Spartan." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (Publisher). Proceedings. The Classic Yacht Symposium 2008. Bristol, R.I. 2008. (4,887 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Bill Mills / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Detailed description of Herreshoff hollow spar making methods, together with modern approaches to replicate the historical product. Emphasis on spars for the NY50 Spartan, but much of it of general interest regarding Herreshoff wooden spars.
  • McClave, Ed. "The Restoration of the HMCo 'New York Fifty' Spartan." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (Publisher). Proceedings. The Classic Yacht Symposium 2010. Bristol, R.I. 2010, p. 149-158. (914 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Ed McClave / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Restoration progress report. Replacement wood and metal choices. Obtaining molding profiles suitable for replication from original panels. Buttress threaded hanger bolts. Flat-head fin-necked bolts. Destructive load testing for critical parts. No cast bronze in critical functions. Block making. Unavailability of reliable forged bronze shackles. Invaluable research at Herreshoff Marine Museum, Mystic Seaport Museum and Hart Nautical Collections. Restrive access to 'over-protective' museums. Moving along the R-words: Repair, Refurbishment, Reconditioning, Rebuilding, Restoration, Reconstruction, Replacement, and Reproduction.
  • Bray, Maynard. "Spartan. Every Inch a Greyhound." Mendlowitz, Benjamin. "Nantucket's Opera House Cup." (Excerpt). Wooden Boat #219, March/April 2011, p. 59-67. (1,437 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Maynard Bray (text) and Benjamin Mendlowitz (photos). Restoration report.
  • McClave, Ed. "Spartan. 72' Herreshoff New York Fifty. HMCo #712 (1913). Restored 1981-1988 & 2006-2011 by MP & G LLC, Mystic, Conn." Slide presentation, http://mpgboats.com/PhotoGalleries/Restoring%20Spartan/index.html, retrieved March 13, 2013. (10,048 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Ed McClave. Restoration report. Slide presentation with numerous annotated images. A 'how to restore a Herreshoff-built vessel' report.
#717s Barbara
#718s Alerion III
#718s Alerion III, #732s Sadie
  • Palmieri, John. "The Alerion Revolution. What Nat Herreshoff Started in 1912." Presentation held at the 5th Classic Yacht Symposium. In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (Publisher). Proceedings. The 5th Classic Yacht Symposium 2012. Bristol, R.I. April 28, 2012. (2,189 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: John Palmieri / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Very detailed vessel description and history
#725s Resolute
#725s Resolute, #1146s Enterprise, #1147s Weetamoe, #1233s Rainbow
  • Chevalier, Francois and Jacques Taglang. J Class. London, 2002.
    Vessel biographies, large-scale sail and lines plans.
#727s Dolphin
#728s Mischief
  • Wick, Chris. "Mischief's Rebuild." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (publ.). Proceedings. The Classic Yacht Symposium. April 1 - 3, 2005. Bristol, RI, 2005, p. 181-192. (3,655 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Chris Wick / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Restoration report. Slide presentation with numerous annotated images. A 'how to restore a Herreshoff-built vessel' report.
  • McClave, Ed. "Mischief. 36' Herreshoff Newport 29. HMCo #728 (1914). Rebuilt 2001-2003 by MP & G." Slide presentation, http://mpgboats.com/PhotoGalleries/Rebuilding%20Mischief/index.html, retrieved March 13, 2013. (4,081 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Ed McClave. Restoration report. Slide presentation with numerous annotated images. A 'how to restore a Herreshoff-built vessel' report.
#731s Maribee
#733s Mink
  • Giblin, Andy. "The Restoration of HMCo 733 550 Sail Rating Class Buzzards Bay 25 Mink: A Different Approach." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (publ.). Proceedings. The 6th Classic Yacht Symposium. May 2-3, 2014. Bristol, RI, 2014, p. 1-9. (3,981 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Andy Giblin / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Restoration report with special emphasis on new "like new" "museum approach" to Mink's restoration.
  • Peake, Rob. "A New Standard in Authenticity." Classic Boat Magazine, June 2017 (CB348). http://www.classicboat.co.uk/articles/new-standard-authenticity/, retrieved November 28, 2017. (676 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Rob Peake / Classic Boat Magazine. Vessel portrait with special focus on high standard of authenticity of Mink's restoration.
  • Burdick, Bryan. Illustrations by Dan Thornton . "In Pursuit of the 100-Point Boat. Extreme Restoration of a Buzzards Bay 25-Class Sloop." Wooden Boat #258, September/October 12017, p. 74-81. (2,008 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Bryan Burdick / WoodenBoat Magazine. Vessel portrait with special emphasis on Herreshoff construction idiosyncrasies and imperfections found (and replicated) during Mink's restoration.
#736s Bagatelle
  • Jackson, Tom. "Bagatelle's Restoration Hasn't Missed a Beat." Wooden Boat #148, May/June 1999, p. 32-37. (870 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Vessel history. Restoration report with much general Herreshoff restoration advice. BB25 linesplan. BB25 rig alternatives.
#738s White Cap
  • Taylor, Roger C. "The Aria." In: Taylor, Roger. More Good Boats. Camden, 1980, p. 271-282. (5,915 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Vessel appreciation by former owner. Class history. BB25 linesplan. BB25 sailplan.
  • Bates, Paul. "The BB25 Aria. (With reprints from HMM Chronicle vol 23, 1994 and from Ed McClave 2014 BB25 contribution.)" In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (publ.). Proceedings. The 6th Classic Yacht Symposium. May 2-3, 2014. Bristol, RI, 2014, p. 1-3. (1,073 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Ed McClave / Paul Bates / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Short history. Short restoration report. Planned further restoration.
#743s Haswell
  • Jarvis, Aemilius. 5,000 Miles in a 27-Tonner. Toronto, 1922. In: http://www.archive.org/details/fivethousandmile00jarvuoft, retrieved March 16, 2011. (15,611 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Account of a voyage with Haswell from Lake Ontario to the Carribean and return in the winter of 1920 to 1921. Vessel description. Photos.
#746s Peggy
  • Bingham, Brian. "Century Old Manor Boat Gets New Life." Shelter Island Reporter, July 22, 2014. http://shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com/2014/07/22/century-old-manor-boat-gets-new-life/, retrieved May 1, 2015. (286 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Shelter Island Reporter. Short vessel history and restoration report. Photo.
#772s Mariette
  • Crowninshield, F. B. The Log of Cleopatra's Barge II. 1928-1942. Privately printed, Boston, 1948.
    Cruise account of Cleopatra's Barge ex-Mariette. Photos.
  • Bray, Maynard. "Herreshoff's Mariette." Maritime Life and Traditions #21, Winter 2003. p. 42-54. (2,643 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Vessel history. Detailed technical discussion of rivetted steel construction. Plans. Photos.
  • Valent, Ron and Mike Hanyi. "A Day's Racing on Mariette." Maritime Life and Traditions #21, Winter 2003. p. 45-57. (610 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Race report.
  • Taglang, Jacques. "Mariette and the Magic of Herreshoff." Classic Boat Magazine, October 2010, p. 28-34. (669 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Vessel history. Plan. Photos.
#776s Rowdy
  • Madsen, Chris. "A Restoration and a Reconnection." Wooden Boat #178, May/June 2004, p. 20, 22. (1,277 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Restoration report.
  • Mansfield, Kathy (text and photos). "Rowdy. A Fighting 40 Back on Form." Classic Boat Magazine, July 2010, p. 4-5, 16-20. (2,733 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Classic Boat Magazine. Vessel description, recent regatta successes and modifications made to increase speed including the change from original gaff rig to modern marconi rig. Photos. Drawings.
  • Madsen, Chris. Rowdy. CPM Publishing: Santa Barbara, CA, 2015.
    Detailed 480 page vessel history, thoroughly researched and written with much affection by Rowdy's former owner Chris Madsen.
#861s Sheila [Shila B]
  • Rutherford, Iain W. At the Tiller. Blackie, 1947.
    Account of cruises around Ireland and Norway in the six-metre yacht Suilven, ex-Sheila.
#867s Ventura
  • Greenough, William. "The Log of the Ventura in the Bahamas." Privately printed, 1925.
    Account of a cruise made by William Greenough (1874-1949) and George F. Baker, Jr. (1878-1937), aboard Baker's yacht Ventura (the second of that name), to the Bahamas in April 1925. 'Twelve copies of this book have been made.' 42 unnumbered pages. Copies at the New York Yacht Club as well as at Harvard Business School (Baker Family Papers).
  • Greenough, William. "Cruises of the Ventura in 1926 and 1928: Log." Privately printed, 1929.
    Account of cruises made by William Greenough (1874-1949) and George F. Baker, Jr. (1878-1937), aboard Baker's yacht Ventura (the second of that name), to the Bahamas, Cuba and the Dry Tortugas in February, 1926, and to the Bahamas in the winter of 1928. '16 copies of this book have been printed.' 34 unnumbered pages. Copies at the New York Yacht Club as well as at Harvard Business School (Baker Family Papers).
#881s Miss Q.
  • Nagy, Steve. "Emma and the Watch Hill 15s." Unpublished paper. No place, no date (ca. October 2011). (143 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Steve Nagy. Analysis making a case that the hitherto unidentified Herreshoff 15-footer Emma is most likely the former Watch Hill 15 #881s Miss Q.
#886s Alert
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #886s Alert, Watch Hill 15.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, September 15, 1923. (733 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#890s Tobasco [Tabasco, Tobasca]
#891s Wildfire
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. "Specifications for A Steel Schooner-Rigged Yacht Intended For Racing and Cruising and With Auxiliary Power." Herreshoff Marine Museum, Correspondence Folder 23 (new). Access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff. No place [Bristol], no date [ca December 1922]. (3,424 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Detailed vessel specifications for #891s Wildfire. Marked in ink 'Mr. N.G. Herreshoff.'
#907s Pleasure
#932s Game Cock [Gamecock]
  • Herreshoff, Nathanael G. [Building Specifications for R Class Boat No. 932.] In: Offset Booklet for 40' LOA R-Class Sloop Gamecock #932s. Ca 1925. Hart Nautical Collection, M. I. T. Museum, accession number HH.4.190. (2,053 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Hart Nautical Collections, M.I.T. Museum. Possibly the only instance of detailed written building specifications for a Herreshoff-built yacht. Something that was usually never done because it was either automatically understood or because daily supervision of a vessel's construction by its designer N. G. Herreshoff made it unneccessary. Much of this, even though it is specific to a single vessel, can be read and used in conjunction with N. G. Herreshoff's "Rules for the Construction of Wooden Boats" written for the N. Y. Y. C two years later in 1927.
#933s Rofa
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #933s Rofa, schooner (including specifications).] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, February 10, 1925. (2,537 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date. Includes detailed vessel specifications and accompanying letter by Rofa's first owner Henry L. Tiffany.
#934s Harlequin
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #934s Harlequin, schooner (including specifications).] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, February 10, 1925. (2,554 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date. Includes detailed vessel specifications.
#954s Mary Rose
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #954s Mary Rose, schooner (including specifications).] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, August 5, 1925. (2,597 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date. Includes detailed vessel specifications.
#955s Marilee
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #955s Marilee, New York 40 (including specifications).] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, August 26, 1925. (2,220 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date. Includes detailed vessel specifications.
  • Jaffry, Gwendal. "Marilee. The Resurrection of a Forty." Maritime Life and Traditions #18, Spring 2003, p. 62-67. (2,773 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Vessel history. Restoration report.
  • Museler, Chris (text). Langley, Alison (photos). "She's a Fighter." Classic Boat, July 2016, p. 4-10. (1,391 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Vessel portrait. Report of the 2015-2016 restoration.
  • Paine, Art "Two Boats in One. NY40 Can Switch Between Gaff and Marconi Rigs." Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors. July / August 2018. https://maineboats.com/print/issue-153/two-boats-one; retrieved April 9, 2020. (1,289 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors.. Restoration account with special emphasis on Marilee's gaff and marconi rigs. Photos by Alison Langley.
#962s Falcon
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #962s Falcon, Q-Boat (including specifications).] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, September 30, 1925. (1,912 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date. Includes detailed vessel specifications by Falcon's designer Burgess, Swasey & Paine.
  • Bray, Maynard. "Save a Classic: Falcon. A Q-Class Sloop." Wooden Boat #152, January/February 2000, p. 144. (114 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Copyright holder: Maynard Bray (text).
#967s Stella II
#982s Limited
#983s Rugosa II
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #983s Rugosa II, New York 40 Yawl (including specifications).] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, December 23, 1925. (1,839 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date. Includes detailed vessel specifications.
#991s Bull Dog [Bulldog]
  • Curtin, David P. "The H12 1/2 Bulldog. Origins and Refurbishment for Museum Display." With a preface by Carlton Pinheiro from HMM Chronicle Fall 1979. In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (publ.). Proceedings. The 6th Classic Yacht Symposium. May 2-3, 2014. Bristol, RI, 2014, p. 1-4. (1,175 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: David P. Curtin / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Restoration report. Short vessel history. Photos. (Note: Preface describes boat as #992s while it is #991s.)
#999s Paddy
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #999s Paddy, Newport 29.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, March, 1926. (1,389 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1002s Gee Whiz [Geewhiz]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1002s Gee Whiz, yawl.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, April 11, 1926. (1,961 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date. Includes detailed vessel specifications.
  • Bray, Maynard (with photos by Benjamin Mendlowitz). "Aida." Nautical Quarterly, no. 37, Spring 1987, p. 49. (717 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Copyright holder: Maynard Bray (text), Benjamin Mendlowitz (photos). Short vessel portrait. Part of the larger article "Herreshoff Legacies."
  • Jackson, Tom. "Around the Yards. D. N. Hylan & Associates." Wooden Boat #200, March/April 2008, p. 18-19. (459 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Restoration report.
  • Bray, Maynard. "Aida. N. G. Herreshoff's Finest Shallow-Draft Yawl." Bristol, RI, 2012.
    Detailed vessel appreciation and history. Restoration report and advice much beyond this specific boat. Numerous photos and plans.
#1015s Rowena
#1017s [Newport 15 for Lanier]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1017s, a Newport 15.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, 1933. (644 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Sales contract of a used Newport 15 to Mrs. George T. Walker, the boat to be named Kiki. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1038s [12 1/2 for Henry L. Ferguson]
  • Anon (Sue Maffei Plowden). "Saving Grace." Sailing Magazine, June 1, 2009. http://sailingmagazine.net/article-permalink-816.html, retrieved January 14, 2015. (1,779 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Short vessel and class history. Restoration report. Sailing experiences.
#1051s Danae
  • Cotton, Edward B. "A Weekend Aboard an S Boat." Rudder, October 1954, p. 20-21, 66-67. (1,469 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Account of a short and rainy cruise with #1051s Danae.
#1054s Cyrilla IV
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1054s Cyrilla IV, Fishers Island 31.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, December 5, 1926. (1,743 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1055s Judy
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1055s Judy, Fishers Island 31.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, December 6, 1926. (1,773 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1057s Tinavire [Ti Navire]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1057s Tinavire, cutter.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, December 27, 1926. (1,067 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1061s Kestrel
  • Sandeman Yacht Company. [Sales Brochure for #1061s Kestrel, FI31.] http://www.sandemanyachtcompany.co.uk/yacht/460/herreshoff-fishers-island-31-43-ft-sloop-1929, retrieved December 17, 2017. (2,954 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Sandeman Yacht Company.. Sales brochure. Vessel description, history, photos.
#1074s Sheerness
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1074s Sheerness, L-Boat (including specifications).] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, August 2, 1927. (3,078 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date. Includes detailed vessel specifications.
#1078s Thistle
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1078s Thistle, yawl (including specifications).] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, October 28, 1927. (2,951 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date. Includes detailed vessel specifications.
#1107s [12 1/2 for Dorothy C. Rogers]
#1122s Antares [with Bobbie, Barbara crossed out]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1122s Antares, S-Class (including specifications).] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, January 7, 1929. (1,132 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date. Includes detailed vessel specifications.
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1122s Antares, S-Class.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, October, 1935. (1,864 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1125s Barracuda V
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1125s Barracuda V, S-Class (including specifications).] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, March 30, 1929. (1,197 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date. Includes detailed vessel specifications.
#1130s Aeolus [?]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1130s Aeolus, S-Class.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, September 28, 1931. (986 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1131s Istalena
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1131s Istalena, M-boat (including specifications).] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, October 19, 1928. (2,490 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building contract (builder's copy). Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date. Includes detailed vessel specifications.
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1131s Istalena, M-boat (including specifications).] Mystic Seaport Museum, L. Francis Herreshoff Collection, Coll. 138 - Box 15, Folder 11. Bristol, RI, October 19, 1928. (462 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Mystic Seaport Museum. Original building contract (designer's copy) for #1131s Istalena. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date. Includes detailed vessel specifications and pencilled notes regarding #1275s Mitena.
  • Pynchon, George M. and Chandler Hovey. [Charter Contract for #1131s Istalena, M-boat.] Mystic Seaport Museum, L. Francis Herreshoff Collection, Coll. 138 - Box 15, Folder 11. March 21, 1931. (206 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Mystic Seaport Museum. Charter contract between Istalena's owner George M. Pynchon and Chandler Hover. Terms and Conditions.
  • Fox, Uffa. "Uffa Fox's Second Book." New York 1935, p. 27-31.
    Vessel description, discussion, plans, photos.
#1135s Windigo
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1135s Windigo, 12 1/2-footer.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, January 10, 1930. (281 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1152s The Fair American
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1152s The Fair American, S-Class (including specifications).] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, February 16, 1931. (1,194 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date. Includes detailed vessel specifications.
#1153s Savage
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1153s Savage, Fishers Island 31 (including specifications).] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, September 27, 1929. (2,121 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date. Includes detailed vessel specifications.
#1154s Qutee [Qu Tee]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1154s Qutee, Fishers Island 31 (including specifications).] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, September, 1929. (1,996 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date. Includes detailed vessel specifications.
#1156s Surprise
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1156s Surprise, Fishers Island 31 (including specifications).] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, July 22, 1930. (1,816 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date. Includes detailed vessel specifications.
  • Chimenti, Robert J. Edited by Maynard Bray. "Restoring a Herreshoff Fishers Island 31, Part 6: The Circumnavigation." https://www.offcenterharbor.com/2015/10/13/restoring-herreshoff-fishers-island-31-part-vi-circumnavigation/; retrieved May 12, 2021. (2,947 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: OffCenterHarbor.com, Maynard Bray. Short history of Patapso II's 1959-1962 circumnavigation by Dr. Robert J. Chimenti, who aged 19, served as Patapsco's 'Ship's Agent' during the voyage.
  • Gebhard. Rollo Excerpts from "Seefieber. Allein mit der Jolle Richtung Indien und über den Atlantik. [Alone with the dinghy towards India and across the Atlantic Ocean.]" Millemari, 2016. (41 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: No known copyright restrictions. Copyright holder: Millemari. Excerpts in German and translated English by pioneering German circumnavigator Rollo Gebhard as pertains to his meeting and being helped in Egypt and the Red Sea by #1156 Patapsco ex-Surprise in , then on her own circumnavigation.
  • Bray, Maynard (with photos by Benjamin Mendlowitz). "Aboard Wizard: A Restored Herreshoff Fishers Island 31." Wooden Boat #266, January/February 2019, p. 52-57. (1,732 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Short vessel history. Detailed photo essay portraying exterior and interior of the boat fresh after her recent restoration.
#1157s Kelpie
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1157s Kelpie, Fishers Island 31 (including specifications).] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, August 25, 1930. (1,755 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date. Includes detailed vessel specifications.
  • Bemis, Alan. "Cirrus: A Treasure from Herreshoff." Wooden Boat #34, May/June 1980, p. 42-48. (780 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes.
  • White, Joel. "Easy to Keep." Wooden Boat #34, May/June 1980, p. 47. (33 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Notes on Kelpie's annual maintenance.
  • Bray, Maynard (with photos by Benjamin Mendlowitz). "Cirrus." Nautical Quarterly, no. 37, Spring 1987, p. 52. (714 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Copyright holder: Maynard Bray (text), Benjamin Mendlowitz (photos). Short vessel portrait. Part of the larger article "Herreshoff Legacies."
  • Bray, Maynard. "A Classic Inside Job. All New Frames for Cirrus --- With Minimal Interruption." Wooden Boat #178, May/June 2004, p. 83-85. (1,336 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Copyright holder: Maynard Bray. Restoration report.
#1164s Louise Ann
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1164s Louise Ann, 18-24 Class.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, June 17, 1931. (664 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1170s Blue Moon
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1170s Blue Moon, 12 1/2-footer.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, December 22, 1930. (746 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1173s Diana
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1173s Diana, 12 1/2-footer.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, September 11, 1930. (708 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1174s Puffin
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1174s Puffin, 12 1/2-footer.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, October 22, 1930. (674 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1175s [12 1/2 for Charles S. Kelley Jr.]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1175s, a 12 1/2-footer for G. W. Gregory.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, January 15, 1931. (702 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1175s, a 12 1/2-footer for C. S. Kelley.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, April 20, 1934. (695 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1176s Gurgle
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1176s Gurgle, 12 1/2-footer.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, January 20, 1931. (736 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1177s Single [Bingle]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1177s Single, 12 1/2-footer.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, January 13, 1931. (715 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1179s Osprey
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1179s believed to be Osprey, S-Class.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, October, 1935. (936 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date. Includes detailed vessel specifications.
#1180s Penguin
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1180s Penguin, S-Class (including specifications).] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, September 23, 1931. (1,541 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date. Includes detailed vessel specifications.
#1191s Sizzle
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1191s Sizzle, 12 1/2-footer.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, February 2, 1931. (802 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1192s Golliwogg
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1192s Golliwogg, 12 1/2-footer.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, February 18, 1931. (731 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1193s Will O' The Wisp
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1193s Will O The Wisp, 12 1/2-footer.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, June 8, 1931. (654 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1195s [12 1/2 for Waldo Brown]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1195s, a 12 1/2-footer for Waldo Brown.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, June 22, 1931. (627 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1196s [12 1/2 for Theo. W. Case]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1196s, a 12 1/2-footer for Theo A Case.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, June 29, 1931. (779 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1198s [12 1/2 for Mrs. Henry Parkman]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1198s, a 12 1/2-footer for Mrs. Henry Parkman.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, October 2, 1931. (694 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1199s [12 1/2 for Richard C. Paine]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1199s, a 12 1/2-footer for Richard C. Paine.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, February 8, 1932. (731 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1200s Dart
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1200s Dart, 12 1/2-footer.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, December 9, 1931. (794 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1201s Rocket
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1201s Rocket, 12 1/2-footer.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, July 9, 1932. (803 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1202s [12 1/2 for J. P. Rise]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1202s, a 12 1/2-footer for J. P. Rise.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, June 21, 1933. (761 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1203s Cygnet
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1203s Cygnet, Suicide Class.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, July 2, 1931. (982 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1206s Restless
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1206s Restless, 12 1/2-footer.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, May 28, 1934. (1,001 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1207s [12 1/2 for S. J. Watts]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1207s, a 12 1/2-footer for S. J. Watts.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, June 30, 1934. (640 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1208s Frances
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1208s Frances, 12 1/2-footer.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, July 9, 1934. (808 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1209s Peggy
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1209s Peggy, 12 1/2-footer.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, August 8, 1934. (347 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1210s [12 1/2 for W. J. Underwood]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1210s, a 12 1/2-footer for W. J. Underwood.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, August 31, 1934. (345 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1211s [12 1/2 for Maj. R. S. Grigg]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1211s, a 12 1/2-footer for Maj R. S. Grigg.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, September 21, 1934. (347 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1212s Tronda
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1212s Tronda, Fishers Island 23.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, November, 1931. (736 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1213s Fairway
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1213s Fairway, Fishers Island 23.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, November 28, 1931. (733 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1214s Katy-did [Katydid, Katidid]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1214s Katy-did, Fishers Island 23.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, December 7, 1931. (799 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1215s Gamecock [Game Cock]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1215s Gamecock, Fishers Island 23.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, December 10, 1931. (757 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1216s Mariette [Marietta]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1216s Mariette, Fishers Island 23.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, December 17, 1931. (754 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1217s Padick
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1217s Padick, Fishers Island 23.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, December 16, 1931. (740 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1218s Ariel
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1218s Ariel, Fishers Island 23.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, December 10, 1931. (721 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1219s Norn
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1219s Norn, Fishers Island 23.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, December 31, 1931. (676 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1220s Kid-Pleurisy
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1220s Kid-Pleurisy, Frostbiter.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, January 29, 1932. (658 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1222s Tigress
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1222s Tigress, Fishers Island 23.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, March 19, 1932. (715 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1223s Buza
  • McClave, Ed. "The Restoration of Rose (ex-Buza), HMCo #1223." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (publ.). Proceedings. The Classic Yacht Symposium. April 1 - 3, 2005. Bristol, RI, 2005, p. 35-50. (3,355 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Ed McClave / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Short history of the Fishers Island 23 class. Discussion of construction idiosyncracies specific to this class and how to deal with them. Detailed restoration report.
  • McClave, Ed. "Rose ex-Buza. 34' Herreshoff Fishers Island Twenty-Three. HMCo #1223 (1933). Restored 2002-2003 by MP & G." Slide presentation, http://mpgboats.com/PhotoGalleries/Restoring%20Rose/index.html, retrieved March 13, 2013. (2,934 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Ed McClave. Restoration report. Slide presentation with numerous annotated images. A 'how to restore a Herreshoff-built vessel' report.
#1224s Altair
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1224s Altair, Fishers Island 23.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, October 11, 1932. (698 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1225s Crusader
#1226s Yawlcat
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract and for #1226s Yawlcat, yawl (including specifications).] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, March 22, 1932. (2,207 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1227s Tsana
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1227s Tsana, Northeast 30.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, October 22, 1932. (699 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1228s Betsy
#1230s Thorn
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1230s Thorn, Frostbiter.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, February 10, 1933. (765 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1232s Amaryllis II
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1232s Amaryllis II, catamaran.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, August 3, 1933. (1,088 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
  • van der Linde, Claas. Amaryllis II. Bristol, RI, 1933. (5,686 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission. Copyright holder: Claas van der Linde. A summary of information on Amaryllis II, including dimensions, scantlings, and an annotated pictorial history of her construction and trials in 1933.
#1236s Seal
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1236s Seal, 12 1/2-footer.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, February, 1935. (381 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1237s Viking
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1237s Viking, 12 1/2-footer.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, 1935. (357 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1238s Nobska
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1238s Nobska, 12 1/2-footer.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, April 20, 1935. (380 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1240s [12 1/2 for W. Amory]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1240s, a 12 1/2-footer for Amory.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, 1935. (398 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1241s Jaywalker
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1241s Jaywalker, 12 1/2-footer.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, 1935. (374 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1243s Quinta
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1243s Quinta, Fishers Island 23.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, July 9, 1934. (734 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1260s Felix
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1260s Felix, Potter Frostbiter.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Library Rare Books Room (Box 5), Folder 179A (new). Bristol, RI, ca. 1934. (641 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery.
#1265s Nitramon
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1265s Nitramon, Fishers Island 23.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, September, 1934. (626 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1266s Belisarius
#1274s Chance
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1274s Chance, Fishers Island 23.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, September, 1934. (668 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1275s Mitena
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1275s Mitena, 12mR.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, January 22, 1935. (1,279 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building contract (builder's copy). Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1275s Mitena, 12mR.] Mystic Seaport Museum, L. Francis Herreshoff Collection, Coll. 138 - Box 15, Folder 11. Bristol, RI, January 22, 1935. (316 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Mystic Seaport Museum. Original building contract (designer's copy). Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1277s East Wind
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1277s East Wind, 12 1/2-footer.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, May 20, 1935. (380 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1279s [12 1/2 for William H. Potter]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1279s, a 12 1/2-footer for William H. Potter.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, 1935. (363 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1280s [12 1/2 for Charles L. Eldred]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1280s, a 12 1/2-footer for Charles L. Eldred.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, June 18, 1935. (370 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1281s [12 1/2 for E. C. Stollenwerck]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1281s, a 12 1/2-footer for E. C. Stollenwerck.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, August 5, 1935. (351 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1282s [12 1/2 for H. V. Reed]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1282s, a 12 1/2-footer for H. V. Reed.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, 1935. (402 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1283s [12 1/2 for W. W. Aldrich]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1283s, a 12 1/2-footer for W. W. Aldrich.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, November 12, 1935. (377 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1284s [12 1/2 for W. W. Aldrich]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1284s, a 12 1/2-footer for W. W. Aldrich.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, November 12, 1935. (377 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1285s [12 1/2 for C. D. Dillon]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1285s, a 12 1/2-footer for C. D. Dillon.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, November 18, 1935. (383 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1286s [12 1/2 for Mr. Maitland Alexander]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1286s, a 12 1/2-footer for Maitland Alexander.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, November 27, 1935. (383 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1287s [12 1/2 for A. J. Drexel-Paul]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1287s, a 12 1/2-footer for A. J. Drexel-Paul.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, December 12, 1935. (370 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1302s [Amphicraft for N. F. Ayer]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1302s an Amphicraft for N. F. Ayer.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, May 13, 1935. (690 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1303s [Amphicraft for C. D. Mallory]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1303s an Amphicraft for C. D. Mallory.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Bristol, RI, April 15, 1935. (677 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date.
#1315s Brenda
  • 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.
#1317s Mandoo II
  • MacAdam, R. Bruce. "Royono Gets Some New Planking." Wooden Boat #1, September/October 1974, p. 4-7. (459 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Short history. Restoration report with emphasis on electrolysis (nailsickness).
  • Jaffry, Gwendal. "The Alden Yawl Royono." Maritime Life and Traditions #15, Summer 2002, p. 28-39. (3,020 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Vessel history. Restoration report. Construction plan. Lines plan.
#1384s Avanti
  • Smith, Rufus G. Avanti Goes To War. No place (Privately Printed), (May 1947). (6,027 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Account of yacht's war service as part of the American Coast Guard's anti-submarine 'picket line'. With an introduction by William H. Taylor and tipped-in photographs.
#1407s [12 1/2 for George A. Furness]
  • Ballantine, Amy (photographer). "Restoring Malabar." Wooden Boat #218, January, February 2011, p. 76-79. (885 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Vessel history, restoration, photos.
#1435s [12 1/2 for Paul Cabot]
  • Massey-Leonard, Ellen. "Herreshoff's Masterpiece." Classic Boat, September 2015, p. 42-48. (1,055 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. History and appreciation of the class with a special focus on the author's family boat #1435s Pilgrim.
#1436s Bimbo
  • Ambler, Holly Campbell. "Windrush: A Boat of Memories. A Classic Wooden Herreshoff 12 1/2 Carries Family and Tradition." Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors. November / December 2019. https://maineboats.com/print/issue-161/windrush-boat-memories; retrieved April 9, 2020. (793 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors.. Account of a family's ownership of a 12 1/2 over the course of more than 30 years in the Fox Island Thorofare.
#1448s [12 1/2 for David P. Wheatland]
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Contract for #1448s, a 12 1/2-footer for David Pingree Wheatland.] WoodenBoat, Brooklin, ME, Collection. Bristol, RI, January 17, 1938. (815 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Wooden Boat Magazine. Original building/sales contract. Vessel description, scantlings, payment terms, delivery date. Plus a letter from HMCo inviting the buyer to visit the boatyard and presenting the book 'Yachts by Herreshoff.'
#1471s Daphie
  • Robb, Daniel. "Sloop. Restoring My Family's Wooden Sailboat --- An Adventure in Old-Fashioned Values." New York, 2008.
    Account of the drawn-out restoration of a 12 1/2-footer that has been owned for long in the family.
#1498s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden]
  • Singleman, Erick A. "Traditional Boat Building & Restoration in a Modern Era." In: Herreshoff Marine Museum (publ.). Proceedings. The 6th Classic Yacht Symposium. May 2-3, 2014. Bristol, RI, 2014, p. 1-23. (5,092 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Erick A. Singleman / Herreshoff Marine Museum. Description of a major restoration carefully done by a non-professional with a focus on what is appropriate given modern building materials confronting a historical artefact. Research of original configuration. Steam bending advice. Keelson rabbet method. Spiling and steaming planks. Caulking and paying seams. Paint and varnish considerations.
#1508s Onaire III
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Specifications for #1508s Onaire III, cutter.] Bristol, RI, June 3, 1940. (7,295 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum. Detailed specifications as supplied by Onaire's designer Sparkman & Stephens.
#1516s [12 1/2 for Russell M. Weane]
  • Fulmer, Scott. "Restoration in Paradise." Shavings. Center for Wooden Boats. November, 1991, p. 1-2. (525 kB)
    Document is copyrighted: Yes. Vessel restoration, photos, short history.

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