Herreshoff #190906es [Dinghy for #594s Zara]
Particulars
Type: Coquina Rowboat
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1909-11
Job No.: 5427
Construction: Wood
LOA: 10' 0" (3.05m)
Rig: None (rowboat)
Centerboard: No centerboard
See also: Note: Particulars are primarily but not exclusively from the HMCo Construction Record. Supplementary information not from the Construction Record appears elsewhere in this record with a complete citation.
Model
Model number: 4
Vessels from this model:
30 built, modeled by NGH
Original text on model:
"COQUINA 1889 #404 1888
COQUINA 2nd 1892 #419
1896 #474 19 [sic, i.e. 16] 1\2 ft
827 lbs
Hull 279 centerboard rudder 10 oars 8
3 333 / 30 / 13 / 120 \ ballast & rig 140 310 \ 686." (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Model Description:
"#404 Coquina, 16'8" loa sailboat of 1889. Also used for #419 Coquina II of 1892 and, with modifications, for #474 Dude of 1896. See also first model for Coquina, seq 1225, not used." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)
Related model(s):
Model 1225 by NGH (1889?); sail, not built
Note: Vessels that appear in the records as not built, a cancelled contract, a study model, or as a model sailboat are listed but not counted in the list of vessels built from a model.
Drawings
![Main drawing Dwg 028-027 [075-014] (HH.5.02025)](../Images_Drawings/250px/HH.5.02025.jpg)
List of drawings:
Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
Herreshoff #190906es [Dinghy for #594s Zara] are listed in bold.
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- Dwg 028-027 [075-014] (HH.5.02025); Construction Dwg > Boat for 46' W.L. Cutter (1891-04-22)
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Supplement
Research Note(s)
"Boat for 46ft w. l. Cutter. Herreshoff Mfg. Co. April 22, [18]91. Bristol, R. I. Frames made 3/4 size of Coquina, but with a different sheer line. Frame spaces, 6"; timbers 9/16" sq; planking 1/4" full cedar. Deduct in making moulds 13/16". Timbers white oak 9/16" sq, stem hackmatac. Keel 7/8" x 1 5/16"; aprox. 1/2" x 2 1/2". Stern 3/4" oak; thwarts 3/4" x 7" mahogany. Thwart stringers white oak 5/16" x 7/8". Sheer-streak white oak 3" x 7/8" x 5/16". Gunwhale stringer white oak 5/16" x 2 1/2", floor boards 5/16" cedar. Deck 5/16" cedar. Deck beams 1/2" x 1" white pine. [Job] 5927 Nov - [19]09 for (#694) [Zara] Sheer raised [unreadable] [as per notes on drawing 28-27]." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)
"This vessel's contract date was determined from notes on the original plan. Plan 28-27 (formerly 75-14) from which this boat was built was drawn 1891-04-22. The vessel's job number 5427 was assigned ca. 1909-11-19. #594s Zara (for which this vessel was built) was contracted for 1902-10-03. This boat's contract or building date is about 7.1 years after #594s Zara was contracted for." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)
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