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HMCo #824s [12 1/2 for H. E. Penrose]

Particulars

HMCo Construction Record Cover
Name: [12 1/2 for H. E. Penrose]
Later Name(s): Larry (-1941), Antigallican (1982-2000), Harmony (2000-)
Type: 12 1/2 Footer
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1917-7-16
Construction: Wood
LWL: 12' 6" (3.81m)
Beam: 5' 10" (1.78m)
Draft: 2' 5" (0.74m)
Rig: Gaff Sloop
Sail Area: 140sq ft (13.0sq m)
Keel: yes
Ballast: Lead
Built for: Penrose, H. E. [Converse?]
Amount: $750.00
Current owner: Private Owner, Wickford, RI (last reported 2014 at age 97)
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

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Model #716Model number: 716
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room North Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
409 built, modeled by NGH

Original text on model:
"12 1/2' Buzzards Bay boy class 24 boats 1915 scale 1/10 size three [sic, i.e. four? #806, #813, #815, #817?] boats 1916
16' w.l. Oyster Bay "Fish Class" 23 boats 1916 scale 1/12 size sections 1/13 lengths 3 1/2 added at bow on deck" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model Description:
"12'-1/2' lwl Buzzards Bay 12 1/2-class of 1915, HMCo's most popular creation with some 360 boats produced. Also, with change in scale and proportionally longer bow, the Fish class sloops of 1916 and beyond." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Related model(s):
Model XA2-1_01 by NGH (1914?); sail
Buzzards Bay 12 1/2
Model XA2-1_02 by NGH (1914?); sail
Fish Class


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.

Offsets

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

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

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

Drawings

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

List of drawings:
   Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
   HMCo #824s [12 1/2 for H. E. Penrose] are listed in bold.
   Click on Dwg number for preview, on HH number to see at M.I.T. Museum.
  1. Dwg 079-091 (HH.5.05900): Chain Plates & Mast-Band for Port Boat on "Roamer" (1902-05-03)
  2. Dwg 079-091 (HH.5.05901): Fittings for Port Boat on # 215 (1902-05-03)
  3. Dwg 130-124 (HH.5.10432); Sails > # 744 Design for Buzzard's Bay Boy's Boat (1914-10-11)
  4. Dwg 128-142 (HH.5.10269): Sails > Sails for No. 744 Class (1914-11-20)
  5. Dwg 081-111 (HH.5.06203): Spars for # 744 and Class (11 Boats), 12 1/2 Footer (1914-11-21)
  6. Dwg 081-111 (HH.5.06203.1): Spars for # 744 and Class (11 Boats), 12 1/2 Footer (1914-11-21)
  7. Dwg 065-064 (HH.5.04659); Rudder Hanging for # 743, Rudder and Hanging for # 744 Class (1915-02-15)
  8. Dwg 074-060 (HH.5.05348); Anchor for # 744 Class Made of Manganese Bronze (1915-03-30)
  9. Dwg 025-159 (HH.5.01916); List for # 744 Class, 12 1/2 Footers (1926-03-22)
  10. Dwg 148-000 (HH.5.12238): Construction Dwg > Herreshoff 12 1/2 Footer (ca. 1931)
  11. Dwg 076-118 (HH.5.05569); Construction Dwg > Herreshoff 12 1/2 Footer, 15'-8" O.A. x 12'-5" W.L. x 5'-10" Beam x 2'-5" Draft (1931-07-06)
  12. Dwg 076-118 (HH.5.05569.1); Construction Dwg > Herreshoff 12 1/2 Footer, 15'-8" O.A. x 12'-5" W.L. x 5'-10" Beam x 2'-5" Draft (1931-07-06)
  13. Dwg 128-142 [057-001] (HH.5.10270): Sails > Sails Plan 12 1/2 Footer Class (1934-06-04)
  14. Dwg 142-090 (HH.5.11837): Compartment Details for 12 1/2 Footers (1934-07-18)
  15. Dwg 130-124 (HH.5.10433); Sails > 12 1/2 Footer Class Gaff Rig Sail Plan (1938-02-19)
  16. Dwg 076-118 C (HH.5.06086): 12 1/2 Footer Class Gaff Rig Spar Details (1938-02-23)
  17. Dwg 076-118 C (HH.5.06086.1): 12 1/2 Footer Class Gaff Rig Spar Details (1938-02-23)
Source: Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Together with: Hasselbalch, Kurt with Frances Overcash and Angela Reddin. Guide to The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1997. Together with: Numerous additions and corrections by Claas van der Linde (see individual drawing's info for more information about these).
Note: The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection is copyrighted by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass. Permission to incorporate information from it in the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné is gratefully acknowledged. The use of this information is permitted solely for research purposes. No part of it is to be published in any form whatsoever.

Documents

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Other Modern Text Source(s)

"Following is a List of Members of the Association, With Their Boats, as of August 18, 1930: ... Kiameche Austin, Cataumet, Mass., 12', Larry, [#824s]. ..." (Source: Williams, Holden P. Records of the Buzzards Yacht Club. Pocasset, Mass., no date. www.buzzardsyc.org/BYCarchive1930-1933.pdf, retrieved January 11, 2014.)

"Following is a List of Members of the Association, With Their Boats, as of August 1931: ... Kiameche Austin, Cataumet, Mass., 12', Larry, [#824s]. ..." (Source: Williams, Holden P. Records of the Buzzards Yacht Club. Pocasset, Mass., no date. www.buzzardsyc.org/BYCarchive1930-1933.pdf, retrieved January 11, 2014.)

"Following is a List of Members of the Association, With Their Boats, as of August 1932: ... Kiameche Austin, Cataumet, Mass., 12', Larry, [#824s]. ..." (Source: Williams, Holden P. Records of the Buzzards Yacht Club. Pocasset, Mass., no date. www.buzzardsyc.org/BYCarchive1930-1933.pdf, retrieved January 11, 2014.)

"Following is a List of Members of the Association, With Their Boats, as of August 1933: ... Kiameche Austin, Cataumet, Mass., 12', Larry, [#824s]. ..." (Source: Williams, Holden P. Records of the Buzzards Yacht Club. Pocasset, Mass., no date. www.buzzardsyc.org/BYCarchive1930-1933.pdf, retrieved January 11, 2014.)

"Following is a List of Members of the Association, With Their Boats, as of August 1934: ... Kiameche Austin, Cataumet, Mass., 12', Larry, [#824s]. ..." (Source: Williams, Holden P. Records of the Buzzards Yacht Club. Pocasset, Mass., no date. www.buzzardsyc.org/BYCarchive1930-1933.pdf, retrieved January 11, 2014.)

"Following is a List of Members of the Association, With Their Boats, as of August 1935: ... Kiameche Austin, Cataumet, Mass., 12', Larry, [#824s]. ..." (Source: Williams, Holden P. Records of the Buzzards Yacht Club. Pocasset, Mass., no date. www.buzzardsyc.org/BYCarchive1934-1938.pdf, retrieved January 11, 2014.)

"Following is a List of Members of the Association, With Their Boats, as of August 1936: ... Kiameche Austin, Cataumet, Mass., 12', Larry, [#824s]. ..." (Source: Williams, Holden P. Records of the Buzzards Yacht Club. Pocasset, Mass., no date. www.buzzardsyc.org/BYCarchive1934-1938.pdf, retrieved January 11, 2014.)

"Following is a List of Members of the Association, With Their Boats, as of May 30, 1937: ... Kiameche Austin, Cataumet, Mass., 12', Larry (H-37), [#824s]. ..." (Source: Williams, Holden P. Records of the Buzzards Yacht Club. Pocasset, Mass., no date. www.buzzardsyc.org/BYCarchive1934-1938.pdf, retrieved January 11, 2014.)

Archival Documents

"[Item Description:] had successful trial of #306p [SP-1841], #309p [SP-1218 ] came in with damage from grounding and crew managed to inflict further damage, [C.F.] Adams was here last week, none of the other directors has been here except Swasey, the latter is still after the Richards [#329p CAROLA] and Stone [#374p ALERT] contracts, technical specifications for French patrol boats, are setting up the 'sample' 25ft destroyer launches [#330p], also have an order for a 12 1/2 footer [#824s], first 40ft launch [#324p C365] is in the water and has had a successful trial, first boiler was put into #321 [SP-2235] today, #323p [SP-2840] to be set up on Dec 17, machine shop problems, Bob Emmons apparently in Europe, #312p is now in Boston" (Source: Swan, James. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_50900. Subject Files, Folder [no #]. 1917-12-11.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #824s [12 1/2 for H. E. Penrose] even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

Further Reading

Supplement

From the 1920 and earlier HMCo Index Cards at the MIT Museum
    • Note: The vessel index cards comprise two sets of a total of some 3200 cards about vessels built by HMCo, with dimensions and information regarding drawings, later or former vessel names, and owners. They were compiled from HMCo's early days until 1920 and added to in later decades, apparently by Hart Nautical curator William A. Baker and his successors. While HMCo seems to have used only one set of index cards, all sorted by name and, where no name was available, by number, later users at MIT apparently divided them into two sets of cards, one sorted by vessel name, the other by vessel number and greatly expanded the number of cards. Original HMCo cards are usually lined and almost always punched with a hole at bottom center while later cards usually have no hole, are unlined, and often carry substantially less information. All cards are held by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass. and permission to display is gratefully acknowledged.
From the 2000 (ca.) Transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Vermilya/Bray

Month: July
Day: 16
Year: 1917
E/P/S: S
No.: 0824
LW: 12.5'
B: 5' 10"
D: 2' 5"
Rig: J & M
K: y
Ballast: Lead
Amount: 750.00
Last Name: Converse
First Name: H. E.
Source: Vermilya, Peter and Maynard Bray. "Transcription of the HMCo. Construction Record." Unpublished database, ca. 2000.
Note: The transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Peter Vermilya and Maynard Bray was performed independently (and earlier) than that by Claas van der Linde. A comparison of the two transcriptions can be particularly useful in those many cases where the handwriting in the Construction Record is difficult to decipher.

From the 2007 12 1/2 Registry by Steve Nagy

Hull No.: 824
Contract Date: 1917-07-16
Org. Owner: H.E. Penrose
Org. Rig: J&M
Mast Partner: Hinged
Home Port: Menemsha, MA
Prior Owners: Austin - - - Larry; Edwin Pratt - ???? - 2000 - Marion, MA - Antigallican
Current Name: Harmony
Current Owner: Richard Cohen
Owner Since: 2000
Sheer-strake: Oak
Restored By: Ballentine
Note: Owned by Richard Cohen of Martha's Vineyard. Harmony is in very good condition with original frames and planking. The transom and coaming were replaced by prior owners. Harmony races twice weekly in July and August in the Menemsha Pond Races in Chilmark, MA on Martha's Vineyard. Harmony is the defending Champion for 2001 and 2002.

Source: Nagy, Steve. "The Herreshoff 12 1/2 Footer Registry." Version 2.0. August 2007. (http://h12.orrsford.com/H12_Registry_Ver_2-0.pdf, last visit May 23, 2008.)

Link to the Herreshoff Registry

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

Research Note(s)

"Sail area approximately 140 square feet by rule." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Yachts by Herreshoff. The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company: Designers and Builders of Sailing and Power Craft since 1861. Bristol, Rhode Island, 1937.)

"Ownership info from Steve Nagy's Herreshoff Registry." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 8, 2014.)

Note: Research notes contain information about a vessel that is often random and unedited but has been deemed useful for future research.


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