Herreshoff #187804es Toby
Particulars
Name: Toby
Type: Sailing Gig
Designed by: NGH
Launch: 1878
Construction: Wood
LOA: 12' (3.66m)
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.
Type: Sailing Gig
Designed by: NGH
Launch: 1878
Construction: Wood
LOA: 12' (3.66m)
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: 416
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room West Wall Left
Vessels from this model:
2 built, modeled by NGH
#187804es Toby (1878)
Original text on model:
"TOBY 1878 for OWL and GAMECOCK Races NGH as a sailing and gig for a unknown word rowboat in about 1881
one yawl for steamer #40 12 ft. long LEILA" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Model Description:
"12' loa Toby, rowing and sailing gig of 1878; used for the Owl and Gamecock race, a rowing regatta held annually during the New York Yacht Club's Annual Cruise for club crews in gigs and cutters. This model was also used to build a tender for the steam yacht Leila." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)
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.
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