Model No. 521: Electra

Model by: NGH
Made when: September 1899 (??)
Model length (ca.): 29.8" (75.7cm)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Thirty-Six-Foot Racing Length Shallow-Draft Sloop
Hull Configuration: Keel&Centerboard

Vessels from this model:
1 built, modeled by NGH

Original text on model:
"No. 530 ELECTRA 1899-1900" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"31' lwl Electra, centerboard cutter of 1899." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Model discussion:
"Electra. No. 530 [#530s]. C[enter] B[oard] sloop for Great So[uth] Bay 36' Class. H. O. Havemeyer.
Length on deck 55' 7". W.L. 31' 2". Beam 14' 10", [at] w.l. 13' 5 1/2". Hull immersed 2 1 1/4". Draft 3'. Freeboard ... Depth of hull 4' 1".
Model used is made for 22' w.l. boat at scale 3/4" per ft. For #530 scale 17" long is used, making ratio of model to boat 1/16 x 12/17 = 3/68. Frame spaces made 12 1/2" or 8 8/10" by long rule. ..." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Penciled notes in Design Book No. 4, p. 4. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum. No date (late 1899 to early 1900).