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The 42m classic twin-masted schooner Mariette of 1915 was built by Herreshoff in United States. She first visited the Pendennis Falmouth facility in February 2010 for a pre-summer refit and returned for minor works in Spring 2012 to prepare for the Pendennis Cup.

The beautiful schooner arrived back in Falmouth in autumn 2017 for a more extensive refit season which was carried out in close partnership with the crew. The on-deck and external scope of work saw her deck and sub deck replaced entirely, reinforced throughout and beams re-faired. Upstands were replaced with stainless steel and all but two deckhouses were removed, re-varnished and put back into position. Metal repairs to the hull and structure involved re-fairing and anti-fouling works while the crew re-varnished the mast and spars.

Working in close partnership with the crew, the crew area was given a complete overhaul that saw all internal steel surfaces painted and the AC, domestic fresh water and grey systems replaced. The captain’s cabin and galley were given a complete re-design including refurbishment of all deck head panels throughout.

BUILDER Herreshoff

YEAR OF BUILD 1915

TYPE Sailing Yacht: Twin-masted Schooner

CONSTRUCTION Steel hull

LOA 42.06m (137.99ft)

BEAM 7.19m (23.58ft)

DRAFT 4.80m (15.74ft)

PENDENNIS REFIT YEAR 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017/8

PENDENNIS REFIT LOCATION Pendennis Falmouth

Mariette was one of the first vessels hauled with the new 640-tonne travel hoist in 2014

Sailing in the 2014 Pendennis Cup

Mariette won her class and overall trophy in the 2012 Pendennis Cup

The Pendennis Cup in 2010 - Mariette has raced in all four Pendennis Cup Regattas

Racing in the first Pendennis Cup in 2008

Sailing in Pendennis' Classic Yacht Cruise in 2018

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Vessel summary

Description

Mariette was commissioned by, Jacob Frederick Brown, a member of the Eastern and Boston Yacht Clubs and was the ninth of 14 large steel schooner yachts built by HMCo between 1902 and 1925. These magnificent schooners are among the largest and most expensive private sailing yachts built by HMCo and were commissioned by leaders in American business and industry. These expensive yachts represent the peak of HMCo's success at the beginning of the 20th century.

HMCo's string of six America's Cup defenders from 1893 - 1920 was a key factor in attracting so much yacht design business. This attention afforded the company the ability to experiment with new designs and expand their product line with more one-design or batch produced vessels that helped to keep orders for boats steady. In 1915, at the time of Mariette's construction, a record 500 workmen were employed by HMCo.

Mariette was a sister (another vessel based on a prior design) to Vagrant II, built for Harold S. Vanderbilt. Both Vagrant II and Mariette are still sailing as of 2018. The only other survivors of the HMCo steel schooners are Queen and Wildfire. The elegance and racing records of these schooners have captured the imagination of yachtsmen down to the present day. The largest replicas of Herreshoff yachts are three of the most famous schooners: Westward (Eleonora, built in Holland), Elena (Elena, built in Spain) and Ingomar (awaiting completion in Holland).

Related people

Brown, J. F.

Commissioned by

Herreshoff, Nathanael Greene

Related organizations.

Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.

Related objects.

Cleopatra's Barge

Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. Vessel Name Catalog Cards

Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. Index of Plans

Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. Construction Record

Tender for schooner yacht Vagrant - 52'-3" [o.a.] x 16' [b.] x 4'-9" [d.]

HH.5.00380.1

Related vessels

N.G. Herreshoff MARIETTE OF 1915

Sail Number:

Type: Twin-masted schooner

Ex: Kebyar, Janeen, Gee Gee Iv, Cleopatra’s Barge Ii, Le Voyageur, Guinevere, Evening Star, and Mariette

LOA: 138’0″ / 42.06m – LOD: 110’0″ / 33.52m – LWL: 80’0″/ 24.38m – Beam: 23’9″/ 7.23m – Draft: 14’9″/ 4.49m – Sail area: 11,119 sq ft / 1,033m2 – Engine: Twin 150hp Caterpillar 3208 diesel engines, – Hull material: Steel – Designer: N.G. Herreshoff – Built by: Herreshoff Manufacturing, Co. – Year Launched: 1915 – Original Name: Mariette – Original Owner: Jacob Frederick Brown – Current Name: Mariette of 1915 – Hull Number: 772 – Location: Antibes, France

Mariette of 1915, named after the wife of the original owner – the American industrialist Jacob Brown. Mariette was launched from the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. slipway in Bristol, RI, in 1916. Her designer was at the peak of his career and at 109′, Mariette was the largest sailing yacht built in America that year.

Restoration

Mariette of 1915 first visited the Pendennis Falmouth facility in February 2010 for a pre-summer refit and returned for minor works in Spring 2012 to prepare for the Pendennis Cup.

Internally the saloon saw a new flue installed for the wood burner and headlining fully replaced while the guest and owner’s cabin were renewed with carpet throughout, including an update of all electrical fixtures. The new engine room layout was the result of modifications to allow for better access and drainage. Full navigational and communications systems were upgraded along with new fresh water tanks, fuel, bilge lines and fire mains.

Mariette of 1915 was redelivered in spring 2018 when the Pendennis team bid a fond farewell to her Owner and crew, bringing an end to her most comprehensive refit to date.

Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):

Owner: (1916-1928) – Jacob Frederick Brown, Boston, MA Owner: (1928-1944) – Francis Crowninshield, renamed Cleopatra’s Barge II Owner: (1942) – WW 2 Service Owner: (1960-1974) – Walter Boudreau, Saint Lucia, renamed La Voyageur, renamed Janeen Owner: (1975-1979) – Carlo Monzino, La Spezia, Italy, renamed Kebyar Owner: (1979-1988) – Alberto Rizzoli, La Spezia, Italy, renamed Mariette Owner: (1988-1995) – Wolf Chitis, Naples, Italy Owner: (1995-2005) – Thomas Perkins, Mediterranean Owner: (2005) – Tropica Shores, LTD, France Captain: Charlie Wroe

Curacao 5.5m World Championship (GER 79 wins top prize)
L. Francis Herreshoff “Tioga II”
America’s Cup Yacht “Reliance”
William Fife “Mikado”

HMCo #772s Mariette

Particulars.

Dwg 073-013 (HH .5.05244 ); Side Light for 84' W.L. Sailing Yacht # 429 (1892-11-29)
Dwg 070-007 (HH .5.05007 ): [Cleat # 2702] (1898-03-25)
Dwg 090-071 (HH .5.07209 ): Socket for Bowsprit Spreaders for # 499 (1899-04-06)
Dwg 078-073 (HH .5.05789 ): Lower Mast Band with Spreader Sockets # 520 (1899-08-17)
Dwg 078-094 (HH .5.05811 ): Turnbuckles, Numbers Given for 1 Boat, Make for 4 Boats (1899-12-06)
Dwg 079-015 (HH .5.05826 ): 529 Class Boom Lift Eyes, Mast Head, Cast Steel (1900-01-18)
Dwg 079-024 (HH .5.05835 ): 529 Class Forestay Spreader and Special Shackle (1900-01-30)
Dwg 079-026 (HH .5.05837 ): Bowsprit and Topmast End Cones (1900-02-03)
Dwg 079-040 (HH .5.05851 ): Main and Spinnaker Boom Sockets and Hanging Bands (1900-03-02)
Dwg 079-043 (HH .5.05854 ): Scotchmen Top's Yard and Club (1900-03-03)
Dwg 035-017 (HH .5.02575 ); Locks for Drawers, etc. (1900-03-10)
Dwg 079-047 (HH .5.05858 ): Crotch Spreader and Special Shackles (1900-03-26)
Dwg 086-064 (HH .5.06756 ): Bilge Pump 5" Barrel # 551 (1901-03-26)
Dwg 086-133 (HH .5.06825 ): Martingale with Socket (1903-02-09)
Dwg 110-013 (HH .5.08978 ): Boom Hanging for Fore & Main Booms (1903-05-27)
Dwg 110-019 (HH .5.08984 ): Main Boom End, for Boom End (1903-06-19)
Dwg 110-022 (HH .5.08987 ): Gaff Ends (Main and Fore) (1903-06-26)
Dwg 084-080 [590-101] (HH .5.06531 ): Lazarette Hatch Aft (1903-06-30)
Dwg 110-024 (HH .5.08989 ): Forestay Crotch Spreader (1903-06-30)
Dwg 110-025 (HH .5.08990 ): Gaff Jaws (1903-07-02)
Dwg 110-061 (HH .5.09026 ): Chainplates for Runners and Hooks for Topmast Backstay (1906-03-29 ?)
Dwg 110-062 (HH .5.09027 ): Lower Mast Band and Mast Truss Spreader (1906-04-02)
Dwg 110-065 (HH .5.09030 ): Gaff Jaws for # 658 (1906-04-04)
Dwg 110-066 (HH .5.09031 ): Turnbuckles & Chainplates for Bowsprit Shrouds (1906-04-05)
Dwg 049-061 (HH .5.03737 ): Details for Bathtub Pump (1906-04-23)
Dwg 083-060 (HH .5.06416 ): Booby Hatch Used on 663-664 (1907-01-15)
Dwg 110-119 (HH .5.09084 ): Staple for Boom Crotch Tackle # 722 (1910-02-10)
Dwg 093-062 (HH .5.07667 ): Table for Officers # 692 (1910-03-25 ?)
Dwg 109-027 (HH .5.08798 ): Staples for Clew Outhaul and Foot Rope Chainplate (1911-01-30)
Dwg 008-054 (HH .5.00752 ): Phosphor Bronze Shaft for Au Revoir # 681 (1911-10-18)
Dwg 141-092 A (HH .5.11609 ): Bulkhead 26 on 772 (1912 ?)
Dwg 109-043 (HH .5.08813 ): Travelers for # 711 Class and Staples for Main and Topsail (1912-11-02)
Dwg 141-086 (HH .5.11604 ): Midship Section # 719, # 772 (1912-11-11)
Dwg 141-088 (HH .5.11605 ): Keel # 719 (1912-11-12)
Dwg 141-092 (HH .5.11611 ): Webframes and Bulkheads # 719 (1912-11-26)
Dwg 049-078 (HH .5.03754 ): Water Tanks # 719 (1912-12-10)
Dwg 109-047 (HH .5.08817 ): Bowsprit Strap # 719 (1912-12-12)
Dwg 141-094 (HH .5.11613 ): Bow and Bowsprit Gear # 719 (1912-12-12)
Dwg 109-048 (HH .5.08818 ): Flange Eye for Forestay # 719 (1912-12-13)
Dwg 081-096 (HH .5.06187 ): Solid Spars (For Sparmaker in Boston) (1912-12-14)
Dwg 084-063 (HH .5.06514 ): Saloon Skylight of Teak, Lift Fixture of Bronze (1912-12-17)
Dwg 109-049 (HH .5.08819 ): Bowsprit Spreaders (1912-12-18)
Dwg 141-095 (HH .5.11614 ): Stern with Fittings (1912-12-20)
Dwg 109-051 (HH .5.08821 ): Chainplates and Staples for Runners (1912-12-23)
Dwg 084-062 (HH .5.06513 ): After Skylight (1912-12-24)
Dwg 109-050 (HH .5.08820 ): Chain Plates and Pinrails for Fore and Main Mast (1912-12-24)
Dwg 109-052 (HH .5.08822 ): Fittings Round Mast for Mast Truss Topsail Halyard and Main Rig (1912-12-26)
Dwg 092-080 (HH .5.07548 ): Details of Lift Fixture for Skylights (1912-12-28)
Dwg 109-053 (HH .5.08823 ): Main Partner Plate Traveler for Main and Fore Boom (1912-12-30)
Dwg 109-054 (HH .5.08824 ): Fore Mast Partner with Fittings (1912-12-31)
Dwg 109-055 (HH .5.08825 ): Hook for Jib Halyard and Staples for Jig (1912-12-31)
Dwg 109-056 (HH .5.08826 ): Bobstay Plate, Shackle and Thimble for Bobstay (1913-01-02 ?)
Dwg 068-090 (HH .5.04896 ): Steering Stand # 719 (1913-01-06)
Dwg 109-059 (HH .5.08829 ): Bowsprit Fid, Turnbuckle, Topmast Stay, Staples, Staysail Tack Tackle (1913-01-14)
Dwg 141-096 (HH .5.11616 ): Oak Rudder for Schooner # 719 and # 772 (1913-01-15)
Dwg 114-090 (HH .5.09590 ): Davit Supports and Anchor Davit (1913-01-16)
Dwg 112-087 (HH .5.09383 ): Housing for Windlass 13/16" Chain # 719 (1913-01-21 ?)
Dwg 112-088 (HH .5.09384 ): Shaft, Center Drum Gear Wheel for Windlass 12/16" Chain (1913-01-23)
Dwg 112-089 (HH .5.09385 ): Windlass Drums, Capstan for Windlass 13/16" Chain (1913-01-24)
Dwg 112-090 (HH .5.09386 ): Chain Sheave for 13/16" for Windlass 13/16" Chain (1913-01-27)
Dwg 064-090 (HH .5.04566 ): Rudder Stock # 719 (1913-02-03)
Dwg 071-059 (HH .5.05161 ): Hawser Pipe (1913-02-11)
Dwg 109-060 (HH .5.08830 ): Masthead Band Fore Mast # 719 (1913-03-04)
Dwg 109-061 (HH .5.08831 ): Upper Part Fore Mast # 719 (1913-03-04)
Dwg 109-063 (HH .5.08833 ): Mast Band and Boom Socket Fore Mast for # 719 (1913-03-10)
Dwg 081-098 (HH .5.06189 ): Solid Spars for 719 (1913-03-12)
Dwg 072-029 (HH .5.05211 ): Water Tight Door in Bh # 16 with Details of Hinge and Latch (1913-03-18)
Dwg 109-064 (HH .5.08834 ): Booms with Fittings Fore Gaff (1913-03-18)
Dwg 109-065 (HH .5.08835 ): Lower Peak Halyard Bolts (1913-03-21)
Dwg 109-066 (HH .5.08836 ): Straps for Peak Halyard Bolts (1913-03-21)
Dwg 114-091 (HH .5.09591 ): Davits for # 719 (1913-03-26)
Dwg 114-092 (HH .5.09592 ): Davit for Side Ladder (1913-04-09)
Dwg 001-054 (HH .5.00476 ); Construction Dwg > L.O.A. 109Ft., Draught 14'-4", Extreme Beam 23'8" (1913-05-06)
Dwg 081-099 (HH .5.06190 ): Hollow Spars for # 719 (1913-05-06)
Dwg 146-026 (HH .5.12141 ); Sails > # 719 Vagrant (1913-05-17)
Dwg 143-038 (HH .5.11903 ): Length Overall 109' Beam 23'-8" Draft 14'-10" (1913-06-12)
Dwg 112-095 (HH .5.09392 ): Electric Driver Windlass for Vagrant (1914-01-22 ?)
Dwg 138-057 (HH .5.11223 ); Jib Boom Hanging for # 725 (1914-03-27)
Dwg 093-076 (HH .5.07679 ): Portable Chart Case (1914-03-28)
Dwg 006-076 (HH .5.00576 ): Folding Propeller for "Vagrant" # 719 to Replace (6-74) (1914-09-16)
Dwg 001-057 (HH .5.00479 ) ; General Arrangement > # 772, L.O.A. [Blank], W.L. 80'-6" (1915)
Dwg 001-057 A (HH .5.00480 ) : Construction Dwg > [Untitled Drawing] (ca. 1915)
Dwg 092-000 (HH .5.07605 ) : Stairs for # 772 (ca. 1915)
Dwg 010-062 (HH .5.00906 ): Stuffing Box and Out Board Part of Propeller Shaft (1915-01-27)
Dwg 134-076 (HH .5.10914 ): Reducing Gear for Propeller Drive on Katoura (1915-08-14)
Dwg 141-086 (HH .5.11602 ): Midship Section # 772 (1915-10-26)
Dwg 141-096 (HH .5.11615 ): Oak Rudder for Schooner (1915-10-26)
Dwg 141-115 (HH .5.11636 ) ; Construction Dwg > Construction Plan for # 772 (1915-10-26)
Dwg 141-115 (HH .5.11637 ) : Construction Dwg > Construction Plan for # 772 (1915-10-26)
Dwg 029-068 (HH .5.02162 ) ; General Arrangement > Preliminary Plan of Schooner 109' O.A., 78' W.L., 24' Beam, 14'-5" Draught, # 772 (1915-10-28)
Dwg 141-116 (HH .5.11638 ) : Hangings for Bulkheads # 772 (1915-10-28)
Dwg 006-079 (HH .5.00579 ) : Locking Hub for 37 1/2" Dia. Folding Propeller (1915-11-17)
Dwg 009-051 (HH .5.00834 ) : 1 1/2" and 2 1/2" Shaft Coupling for Locked Folding Propeller # 772 (1915-11-24)
Dwg 084-077 (HH .5.06528 ) : Main Companion Way (1915-11-27)
Dwg 091-150 (HH .5.07427 ) : Block List for # 772 (1915-11-29)
Dwg 134-000 (HH .5.10919.1 ) : [Propeller Shaft Details] (ca. 1916)
Dwg 141-092 A (HH .5.11610 ) : Bulkhead # 26 (1916-01-01)
Dwg 141-123 (HH .5.11646 ) : Aft State Room (#1) (1916-01-01)
Dwg 134-081 (HH .5.10919 ) : Lever for Opperating[sic] Lock of Folding Propeller (1916-01-12)
Dwg 141-117 (HH .5.11639 ) : Bulkhead on # 46, Half B. on # 44, Half B. Between # 39 and # 40 (1916-02-23)
Dwg 084-079 (HH .5.06530 ) : Monitor Skylight with Officer's Entrance and Engine Room Entrance (1916-03-04)
Dwg 141-124 (HH .5.11647 ) : Refrigerator and Galley (1916-03-04)
Dwg 141-118 (HH .5.11640 ) : Half Bulkhead on 38 & 36 and Bulkhead on 33 (1916-03-14)
Dwg 141-125 (HH .5.11648 ) : Deck Seat, Tank Holder, and Skylight (1916-03-14)
Dwg 141-000 [141-120 A] (HH .5.11642 ) : Partition at Main Entrance (ca. 1916-03-17)
Dwg 141-120 (HH .5.11643 ) : Partitions for Main Entrance (1916-03-17)
Dwg 072-033 (HH .5.05215 ) : Coal Bunker Deck Plate 772 (1916-03-21)
Dwg 141-126 (HH .5.11649 ) ; Mess Room, Bath Room and Captain's Room (1916-04-01)
Dwg 092-086 (HH .5.07554 ): Sash Lift for Monitor Skylights (1916-04-25)
Dwg 141-127 (HH .5.11650 ) ; Bureau in State Room # 3 (1916-04-28)
Dwg 141-128 (HH .5.11651 ) : Forecastle (1916-04-29)
Dwg 023-036 (HH .5.01691 ) : 1 1/2" Centrifugal Pump (1916-05-06)
Dwg 023-036 (HH .5.01691.1 ) : 1 1/2" Centrifugal Pump (1916-05-06)
Dwg 109-137 (HH .5.08906 ) : Sword Fish Pulpit for Mariette (# 772) (1916-05-09)
Dwg 092-087 (HH .5.07555 ); Sliding Door Latch Door Lock (1916-05-11)
Dwg 093-080 (HH .5.07683 ): Dining Table (1916-05-16)
Dwg 141-129 (HH .5.11652 ) : Engine Room (1916-07-27)
Dwg 025-100 (HH .5.01851 ) : Construction List # 772 (1916-08-23)
Dwg 141-130 (HH .5.11653 ) : Details of Berth Fronts in Aft State Room (1916-08-23)
Dwg 139-012 (HH .5.11348 ): Galley and Petty Officer's Mess (1917-05-11)
Dwg 143-038 (HH .5.11904 ): Docking Plan Vagrant, Mariette, L.O. 109', B. 23'-8", D. 15' (1920-06-25)

Nathanael G. Herreshoff

"[1915-10-06] Wed 6: Overcast. ... Mr. Brown here to talk about [a] sch[ooner] y[acht] [Mariette #772s ]. Ann R[oebuck] went to Prov[idence] in A.M. [1915-10-07] Thu 7: I was married to Ann Roebuck by Dr. Locke in the Chansey[?] at 12:20. Grace L[ugo-]V[ina] and Frank Roebuck whitnesses. Later left in Helianthus [ #288p ] for trip. Signed contract for building [an] 80' sch[ooner] y[acht] for Mr. Brown [ #772s Mariette]. [1915-11-08] Mon 8: Mr. [Jacob] Brown [owner of #772 Mariette] here in p.m. [1915-11-22] Mon 22: ... Mr. Emmons & Geo. Nichols here, and later, Mr. [Jacob] Brown [owner of #772 Mariette]. [1915-11-29] Mon 29: ... Cast keel for #772 schooner [Mariette] --- about 60[?] tons. [1915-12-06] Mon 6: ... Mr. [Jacob] Brown [owner of #772 Mariette] here in p.m. with Capt. Shirtlef[?] & draftsman. [1915-12-20] Mon 20: ... Mr. [Jacob] Brown [owner of #772s Mariette] here in PM. [1915-12-27] Mon 27: Strong NW [wind]. Mr. [Jacob] Brown [owner of #772s Mariette] here in afternoon with Mr. Pierce & Muldon. [1915-12-30] Thu 30: Carload of steel plates for #722 [sic, i.e. #772 Mariette] arrived after being 5 weeks on [the] road [and] 4 weeks overdue. Snow storm. [1916-01-01] Sat 1: Received steel plating for #772 [Mariette], it being over 3 weeks overdue. [1916-01-03] Mon 3: Mr. [Jacob] Brown [owner of #772 Mariette] here in afternoon. [1916-01-10] Mon 10: Set keel of #772 [Mariette] on lead. SW rain storm. [1916-01-11] Tue 11: Fine l[igh]t SW to NW [wind]. Began setting up frames of #772 [Mariette]. [1916-01-13] Thu 13: L[igh]t SE, SW & NW [wind]. Have body frames & stem & st[ern]post up on #772 [Mariette]. ... [1916-01-15] Sat 15: Have 2 plates in place on #772 [Mariette]. Very cold day. Ther[mometer reads] 6deg. in AM. [1916-01-20] Thu 20: SW [wind] & overcast. ... 9 plates on #772 [Mariette] & nearly all frames up and stringer plates begun. [1916-01-22] Sat 22: Thaw [with] SW wind & overcast. Have 11 plates on #722 [sic, i.e. #772 Mariette ] & [all] framed out. 13 Seawanhaka 16 f[oo]t boats now ordered. Mr. Muldon[?] here with Cabin drawing of #772 [Mariette]. [1916-01-24] Mon 24: Very fine & calm. Bank meeting in morning. Mr. Brown [owner of #772s Mariette] here in PM with Mr. Laniat & Capt. Shirlook. ... [1916-01-29] Sat 29: Temp[erature] 21deg. at 7:30. Fell 37deg. in 18 h[ours]. Very fine & calm in PM. S [wind] in evening. ... #772 [Mariette] has 28 outside plates on [and] 4 of deck stringer plates and most of cabin sole plates. Riveting well up. [1916-01-31] Mon 31: SW [wind] with fog, mist & rain. Mild. Mr. Brown [owner of #772s Mariette] here in afternoon. Ground has been bare of snow nearly all the month. [1916-02-06] Sun 6: Very fine & calm. Temp[erature] 40deg. At home. Nearly all plating [is] on #772 [Mariette] below A & B strakes. Stringers & cabin sole stringers nearly all in. Riveting well advanced. [1916-02-19] Sat 19: H[eav]y WNW [wind] & cold. 13deg. in forenoon. Most of plating [is] on #772 [Mariette] except 1/2 of B[?] strake. Deck frame & forward deck in #300 . ... [1916-03-01] Wed 1: Fair & cold. ... Meeting. Mr. Brown [owner of #772s Mariette] here in afternoon with Mr. Fabian & 2 others. [1916-03-04] Sat 4: Cleared in forenoon after several inches of snowfall. In house all day working on drawings [Plans dated March 3, 1916 show steering details for NY40s, 16 & 12lb anchors, and #772s Mariette interiors]. [1916-03-09] Thu 9: Set up 8th 16 footer. Mr. Brown [owner of #772s Mariette] here. [1916-03-23] Thu 23: Fair & cold. 25deg. morning & evening. Mr. Brown [owner of #772s Mariette] here this afternoon. [1916-04-15] Sat 15: Very fine. Strong N [wind] & clear. ... ... Mr. Brown [owner of #772s Mariette] here in PM ... [1916-04-20] Thu 20: Part overcast & with light SW [wind]. Mr. Brown [owner of #772s Mariette] & friends here in PM. [1916-04-27] Thu 27: L[igh]t variable wind. Rain in evening. ... Mr. Brown [owner of #772s Mariette] & friends here in PM. [1916-05-04] Thu 4: Very fine after l[igh]t rain. NW & SW [and] light. ... Mr. Brown [owner of #772s Mariette] here in PM. ... [1916-05-11] Thu 11: SW to strong NW & warm. ... Dr. Ayre here & Mr. Brown [owner of #772s Mariette] [in] PM. [1916-05-23] Tue 23: Cool & overcast. SE [wind]. Launched #772 , Mariette, steel 80' schooner for Mr. J. F. Brown, at 1:25PM and stepped foremast. ... [1916-06-07] Wed 7: ... Mr. Brown [owner of #772s Mariette] here in PM. Easterly & variable. [1916-06-10] Sat 10: NE, l[igh]t r[ain] & mist. Cold. Max 53deg. min 49deg. ... Mr. Brown [owner of #772s Mariette] here at noon. [1916-06-15] Thu 15: Mod[erate] SE [wind] & cool. Mr. Brown arrives and [is] getting stores on Mariette #772 . ... [1916-06-16] Fri 16: SE and a little milder. Showers in evening. ... Mr. Brown [owner of #772s Mariette] & friends dine with us. [1916-06-17] Sat 17: H[eav]y SE to SW rain storm. 1.66 [inches of] rain. No trial of #772 [Mariette] as expected. [1916-06-18] Sun 18: Fog early [then] clearing in forenoon. Off for trial of #772 , Mariette. Adjusted compass[?] then a very satisfactory trial run over 1/2 m[ile] course, making over 8-1/2 k[nots]. Afterward, satisfactory trial under sail. ... [1916-06-20] Tue 20: Mariette [ #772s ] left at noon. ... [1916-07-08] Sat 8: Mr. Brown here in AM with Mariette [ #772s ]. Went onboard with Ann & Clarence for call. ..." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1915 to 1916. Manuscript (excerpts). Diary access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.) "June 18, 1916 Schooner Mariette #722 . J.F. Brown, Boston. 80ft w.l. fitted with 8 cyl. 5 1/2 x 6 Van Blerck geared 51 to 90 to propeller [blank] x [blank] two folding blades with locking gear for backing. [Power] Trial made over lower 1/2 mile course in Bristol Har[bor] Calm & nearly high water. [Followed by tabulated trial run data with best speed being 8.46kn]." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. Handwritten note in Experiments Booklet '1911 Trial Trips and Experiments' under date of June 18, 1916. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum.) "The following winter [1915-1916] proved a busy [one] and I had to carry on the work alone. Of the sailing craft, the eighty feet waterline steel schooner MARIETTE, the New York Yacht Club Forty Foot Class of eleven, the sixteen foot "Fish Class" of twenty-two [twenty-three boats built for the 1916 sailing season, plus three boats for the 1917 season, making a total of twenty-six], the Buzzards Bay Fifteen Foot Class of six, and several others were built." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. "Some of the Boats I Have Sailed In." Written 1934. In: Pinheiro, Carlton J. (ed.). Recollections and Other Writings by Nathanael G. Herreshoff. Bristol, 1998, p. 73.)

L. Francis Herreshoff

"For the season of 1913 Captain Nat designed the steel schooner 'Vagrant' of eighty-five foot rating for Harold S. Vanderbilt. This was the second schooner this owner had had named 'Vagrant,' and her principal dimensions were, L.O.A., one hundred and nine feet; L.W.L., eighty feet; beam, twenty-four feet ten inches; draft, fourteen feet ten inches. 'Vagrant' was built to Lloyd's rules of construction as a 100 A-l vessel so was comparatively heavy, but though not particularly handsome, on account of her rather straight shear; she nevertheless proved to be so well liked that there were eventually two others like her built. They were the 'Mariette,' built in 1916 for J. F. Brown of Boston (afterward named 'Cleopatra's Barge') and the 'Ohonkara,' built in 1920 for Carl Tucker of New York. These three steel schooners were particularly able and comfortable and had a lot of accommodation." (Source: 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, p. 282.)

Other Contemporary Text Source(s)

"... Designer Nathaniel G. Herreshoff arrived home at Bristol last Wednesday [October 13, 1915] from his wedding trip on board the power cruiser Helianthus. Mr and Mrs. Herreshoff cruised up the Connecticut River and in Long Island Sound, visiting New York." (Source: Anon. "Yachts and Yachtsmen." Boston Daily Globe, October 17, 1915, p. 59.) "... Work of laying down the new schooner for J. Fred Brown of Boston was started at Herreshoff's last Friday [October 22, 1915]. At the same time work on the mold for the keel was started, and it is expected that the steel frames and plating for the schooner will begin to arrive soon." (Source: Anon. "Yachts and Yachtsmen." Boston Daily Globe, October 24, 1915, p. 36.) "... The construction of the steel auxiliary schooner for J. Fred Brown of Boston at Herreshoff's will be started within the week. The workmen have finished 'laying down' the craft and the forms, the same as were used in the construction of Harold S. Vanderbilt's schooner Vagrant, were assembled last week. The bending of the steel frames for tht schooner has been started, but the lead keel will not be run until the Resolute has been moved from the South shop. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yachts and Yachtsmen." Boston Daily Globe, November 7, 1915, p. 51.) "... The lead keel for J. Fred Brown's big schooner was moulded at Herreshoff's the first of last week. Fully 65 tons of metal were run into the mould. With the keel moulded and trimmed up the latter part of the week, the first of the steel frames and the keel plate have been set up. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yachts and Yachtsmen." Boston Daily Globe, December 5, 1915, p. 25.) "... J. Fred Brown's steel auxiliary schooner, building at Herreshoff's which is to be completed before the 1st of June [1916], is about one-third completed. All the frames are up and the steel sheating is well under way. Capt 'Nat' Herreshoff, the yacht designer, was appointed last week a member of the Rhode Island Harbor Commission bv Gov. Beeckman. This is the first public office that 'Capt Nat' has held." (Source: Anon. "Yachts and Yachtsmen." Boston Daily Globe, January 16, 1916, p. 51.) "... This Winter Herreshoff is employing fully 500 hands, the largest number of men in the history of the yacht building plant, and at that with the great amount of new construction contracted for, the yard is short-handed. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yachts and Yachtsmen." Boston Daily Globe, January 30, 1916, p. 39.) "... J. Fred Brown's 80-foot waterline steel schooner is nearing a general finish and will be delivered on time. All the outside work is ended and the inside finish is well under way. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yachts and Yachtsmen." Boston Daily Globe, March 26, 1916, p. 60.) "... The schooner building for J. Fred Brown at Herreshoff's will be ready for launching in about a week. It is to be named Mariette. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yachting Knots and Splices." New York Sun, April 23, 1916, p. 16.) "BRISTOL, R. I. May 23 [1916]. --- The schooner yacht of steel construction ordered by J Fred Brown of Boston last Fall, of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, was launched this afternoon with the owner and a party of friends from Boston on board. The schooner is named Mariette and was christened by Mis Brown from a position at the bow. Designer Nat Herreshoff superintended the launching." (Source: Anon. "J. F. Brown's New Yacht Mariette Is Launched." Boston Daily Globe, May 24, 1916, p. 7.) "The new schooner yacht Mariette, belonging to J. Fred Brown of the Boston and Eastern Yacht Clubs, has been launched from the Herreshoff yards at Bristol, R. I. She was designed by N. G. Herreshoff and confessedly built to give Rear Commodore Harold S. Vanderbilt's schooner Vagrant [ #719s ] a race worth while in an open regatta. Mariette is almost a counterpart of the Vagrant, being but three feet longer on over-all measurement --- 112 feet and 9 feet on the waterline --- 89 feet. Their beam is the same, 24 feet, and the draught is 14 feet 10 inches for the Vagrant as against 14 feet 6 inches for the Marietta. Richard Sherlock, a well-known yachting skipper in Eastern waters, is to command the new craft." (Source: Anon. "New Craft is Launched. J. Fred Brown's Yacht is Designed to Race Vanderbilt's Vagrant." New York Times, May 27, 1916, p. 13.) "... The rainy weather of the past two weeks has put back the work of finishing J. Fred Brown's auxiliary schooner Mariette, although when possible the painters, riggers and joiners have been working evenings until 9 o'clock aboard the yacht. ... Capt Dick Sherlock, who was navigator aboard the Vanitie and master of the Sea Call, has been engaged as master of J. Fred Brown's new auxiliary schooner Mariette. ..." (Source: Anon. "Notes from the Week's Log." Boston Globe, June 18, 1916, p. 58.) "BRISTOL. R I. June 18 [1916] --- The steel schooner yacht Marietta, built by Herreshoff for J. Fred Brown of Boston, successfully passed its first tests under canvas and engine power today. Mr Brown and a party of friends and Mr and Mrs Herreshoff were on board. The owner was greatly pleased by the boat's performances. She will leave for New London Tuesday." (Source: Anon. "New Steel Yacht Marietta Shows Speed In Its Tests." Boston Globe, June 19, 1916, p. 6.) "Several members of the New York Yacht Club who were at Newport for the week-end witnessed the trial of the new schooner yacht Mariette, just completed by Herreshoff for J. Fred Brown of Boston, and which is fashioned on the lines of Rear Commodore Harold S. Vanderbilt's schooner Vagrant. Mariette was built for the express purpose of defeating Vagrant, if possible, and the two are expected to meet in several races off Newport and Marblehead during the coming season. Mariette, which, like Vagrant, is an auxilliary, made her trial under power over the measured course in Bristol Harbor exceeding a speed of ten miles an hour by three-quarters of a mile. Then she was sent under sail with a good fifteen-knot breeze blowing from the southwest up Narragansett Bay with every stitch of canvas except her fore-topsail set, making the run to Newport in time that was satisfactory both to her owner and designer, both of whom were on board. Some of those who saw the trial think she is a bit faster in stays than the Vagrant, though she is rather lighter in rig as a whole. Running up the bay before the wind she passed everything afloat, and Captain Sherlock then hauled the sheets in and gave her a chance at a broad reach, running her up to Ohio Ledge and then returning to the harbor. She is getting her tuning-up this week and will go East for a few trial races before coming to Newport Harbor to meet Vagrant." (Source: Anon. "Mariette Is Tried Out. Yacht Designed as Rival for Vanderbilt's Vagrant Shows Speed." New York Times, June 22, 1916, p. 13.) "The Mariette, the new schooner built by Herreshoffs for J. Fred Brown, after successful trials off Bristol sailed for New London last Tuesday. Rainy weather in the past two weeks kept back the finishing of this yacht considerably and for nearly 10 days before she left the builder's yard. Mr Brown lived aboard." (Source: Anon. "Notes From the Week's Log." Boston Globe, June 25, 1916, p. 58.) "... Although J. Fred Brown's auxiliary schooner Mariette was taken by her owner to the races at New London, the yacht had to return to Bristol for the final finishing. This work has been completed and the Mariette has left Herreshoff's fully completed and rigged. ... " (Source: Anon. "Yachts and Yachtsmen." Boston Daily Globe, July 9, 1916, p. 51.) "... All the work on J. Fred Brown's new schooner Mariette has not been completed by Herreshoff; as the yacht was in Bristol Harbor all of last week having the finishing touches applied. ... " (Source: Anon. "Yachts and Yachtsmen." Boston Daily Globe, July 16, 1916, p. 50.) "Fred Brown's auxiliary schooner Mariette, which was launched at Herreshoff's nearly two months ago, has not come east of Cape Cod, as her owner is having trouble in obtaining and retaining aboard the schooner a crew, owing to the large demand for hands in the coastwise shipping." (Source: Anon. "Notes From the Week's Log." Boston Globe, July 30, 1916, p. 39.) "The schooner Mariette, owned by J. Fred Brown of Boston, which has yet to make her first appearance in home waters, is again at Herreshoff's, having finish and repairs made on deck and in the cabins." (Source: Anon. "Notes From the Week's Log." Boston Globe, August 20, 1916, p. 48.) "... J. Fred Brown's auxiliary schooner Mariette has finally left Herreshoff's yard, as she sailed from Bristol last Monday [August 28, 1916] afternoon for a three week's fishing cruise on the banks. When the schooner returns from this cruise it is expected that she will make port at Boston. ... " (Source: Anon. "Yachts and Yachtsmen." Boston Daily Globe, September 3, 1916, p. 54.) "J. Fred Brown's auxiliary schooner Mariette is the largest of the local yachting fleet in commission this Summer. Like the schooner Enchantress, the Mariette has been commissioned under a short rig so that she can he handled with a small crew. Last Sunday afternoon the schooner paid a visit to Marblehead." (Source: Anon. "Notes From the Week's Log." Boston Globe, August 12, 1917, p. 50.) "J. Fred Brown's 50-foot auxiliary schooner Mariette, built in 1916 by Herreshoff, is probably the largest of the Massachusetts Bay yachting fleet in commission this season. The schooner was at Marblehead last Sunday, but unlike last season the Mariette has not been used under shortened rig." (Source: Anon. "Notes From the Week's Log." Boston Globe, June 16, 1918, p. 49.) "The auxiliary schooner Mariette, built in 1916 by Herreshoff's for J. Fred Brown of Boston, arrived at Herreshoff's last Sunday to be laid up during the Winter months. The schooner had just returned from a long offshore cruise." (Source: Anon. "Notes From the Week's Log." Boston Globe, November 2, 1919, p. 54.) "The fact that J. Fred Brown's auxiliary schooner Marietta [sic, i.e. Mariette], tied up alongside Herreshoff's shops, was housed over, allowed repairs and overhauling to progress throughout the Winter months. This work is now completed, and the Marietta is to be rigged for early commissioning this season." (Source: Anon. "Notes From The Week's Log." New York Times, March 28, 1920, p. 8.) "Interesting is the development toward schooner class racing this season, as heard at Herreshoffs'. There are two fast two-stickers already at Bristol, including the new racer Ohonkara, built for Carl Tucker of New York and launched last February. Also the Mariette, practically of the same design, owned by J. Fred Brown of Boston, is at the yard fitting out. The two schooners are lying close to each other. Both being made ready for the first race of the season, in which it is expected the Vagrant, built at Bristol for Vice Commodore Harold S. Vanderbilt in 1913, will be a contender." (Source: Anon. "Notes From the Week's Log." Boston Globe, April 4, 1920, p. 53.) "... The schooner Marietta, owned by J. Fred Brown of Boston, moored since last Fall at the Herreshoff dock, is emerging from her Winter covering, under which many improvements and repairs were made. The yacht will be in stream and ready for her sails before the yachting season begins. ..." (Source: Anon. "Notes From The Week's Log." Boston Globe, May 2, 1920, p. 61.) "... Changes in Ownership, Etc. ... Mariette (J. F. Brown), Charles L. Perrin has half interest; ..." (Source: New York Yacht Club (publ.). Yearbook 1922, Addendum following page 44.) "Work of fitting out J. Fred Brown's 80-foot waterline auxiliary schooner Mariette, one of the first yachts on which work was started this Spring at Lawley's has been held up. In the last two weeks for a now foremast. When the crew started to scrape the foremast it was found to be quite badly weakened by dry rot, necessitating a new stick." (Source: Anon. "Notes From the Week's Log." Boston Globe, May 13, 1923, p. 65.) "Commodore Nathaniel F. Ayer, whose former schooner Queen Mab [ #698s ex-Vagrant I] won for him many prizes in the club's cruises of the last few seasons, will not be able to take part in racing this season, as his new schooner Lynx V, built from the designs of George Owen by Niccolo Martinolich at Lussinpiccolo, Island of Lussin, on the Dalmatian coast of the Adriactic, has not arrived on this side of the Atlantic. The blue flag of Commodore Ayer for the cruise will be flown from the mainmast head of J. Harry Brown's 80-foot waterline auxiliary schooner Mariette, a sister yacht to Harold Vanderbilt's Vagrant [ #719s ]. The Mariette has been loaned to Commodore Ayer by Capt Brown for the cruise." (Source: Anon. "Yachts and Yachtsmen. Eastern Y.C. Cruise to Maine Coast." Boston Globe, July 4, 1926, p. B51.) "Although enrolled in the Eastern Yacht Club fleet for the last dozen years under the colors of Jacob Frederick Brown of Boston, the 80-foot waterline auxiliary schooner Mariette will next season fly the well-known private signal of the Crowninshield family of the North-Shore, as she has been sold by Mr Brown to Frank B. Crowninshield through the agency of John G. Alden. Mariette, under the Brown colors of a red and blue swallow-tail with a white 'B,' has been for many Summers one of the best known of the larger schooner yachts of the Massachusets Bay fleet. Besides being very familiar to the yachtsmen of the bay, the Mariette also was well known to the skippers and crews of the fishing fleet, as Mr Brown made many trips to the fishing banks aboard the schooner for deep sea fishing. Also at times the schooner was rigged with a pulpit and sailed off-shore for a week or more after swordfish. Mariette was built by Herreshoff in 1916, for Jacob Frederick Brown, the molds of Commodore Harold F. Vanderbilt's famous Vagrant [ #719s ], that was commissioned three years previous, being used. In fact Vagrant, Ohonkara [ #827s ], owned by Carll Tucker, and Mariette, were built from the same design, but owing to various amendment to the American rating rule, made between the building dates of the schooners, all rate different. The Mariette is 109 feet over all, 80 feet waterline, 23 feet 9 inches beam, 14 feet 10 inches draft, and had a new four-cylinder Speedway engine installed in 1921 for auxiliary power. Under the colors of her former owner the Mariette made Hull her home port, out hereafter Marblehead will be the home anchorage of the schooner, as Frank Crowninshield has his Summer home at Peachs Point." (Source: Anon. "Mariette Changes Ownership. Well-Known Schooner Purchased by Frank B. Crowinshield." Boston Globe, October 30, 1927, p. A62.)

Archival Documents

"[Item Description:] HMCo Plan HH.5.05837 (079-026). Blueprint rig detail plan titled ' #529 [New York 70] Class. Bowsprit & topmast end Cones. Feb[ruary] 3, 1900'. (Other boats referenced on this plan are #532s , #533s , #534s , #590s , #657s , #719s , and #772s )." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01220. Folder [no #]. 1900-02-03.) ① "N/A" "[Item Description:] HMCo Plan HH.5.11637 (141-115). Blueprint framing plan with plan view and inboard profile titled 'Construction Plan for #772 [MARIETTE]. Scale 1/4in = 1ft. Oct[ober] 26, 1915'." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0115. WRDT08, Folder 11, formerly MRDE02. 1915-10-26.) ① ② "[Item Description:] Penciled note listing prices for 70 footers of the #529s class, #658s IROLITA II, #698s VAGRANT I, #719s VAGRANT II and ISTALENA of the #663s class followed by what may be cost estimates for 'Dub[?] VAGRANT 2nd', '91 o.a., 66 w.l., 20 beam = power' and 'Dub[?] MARIETTE [ #772s ] + power'. Undated, the latest of these boats, MARIETTE was built in 1916." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (?) (creator). Cost Estimate. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE03_03270. Folder [no #]. No date (1916 or later ?).) ① "[Item Transcription:] As lately there has been talk about changing the rule for rating measurement for yachts and, if changed, to make it a 'sail area rule', I have tabulated some of the data on file with the Race Committee and enclose a copy thinking that it might be of interest. [NP] The tabulation shows the relationship between RM and the square root of sail area, as well as between racing length and the cube root of displacement. From the tabulated figures it would seem that rating measurement might be determined directly from the square root of sail area, as shown in column headed 'X', which is about 0.85 for sloops and 0.78 for schooners, provided a consistent relationship was maintained between L (see column Y) and also between the square root of sail area divided by the cube root of displacement (see column Z). [NP] As displacement is an element troublesome to determine, it would seem as if it might be possible to use Coefficient times (LWL x beam x draft), in place of displacement. She Coefficient is shown in the column headed 'Coef.' which is approximately 0.16 for sloops and 0.18 for schooners. [NP] The product of dividing the square root of sail area by the cube root of displacement is shown in column '2', and the result is approximately 5.3. [NP] It would seem from a study of these figures that a simplified rule might be obtained. [Incl. blueprint table titled 'Relation between R.M. and sq-rt(S.A.) & L, also between sq-rt(S.A.) & cube-rt(D) in Racing Formula for Rating Measurement for Sloops New York Yacht Club. September 1919. H. de B. Parsons, 22 Williams Street, New York.' and providing comparative data for N.Y.Y.C 30 (New York 30 Class), #709s JOYANT, ALEDA, NAHMA, JOSEPHINE, ALICE, DORELLO, #685s KALINGA (ex-ADVENTURESS), MEDORA, DORELLO II, N.Y.Y.C 40 (New York 40 Class), N.Y.Y.C 50 [New York 50 Class), #666s AVENGER, #694s SHIMNA, #625s DORIS, N.Y.Y.C 65 (New York 65 Class).] [Incl. blueprint table titled 'Relation between R.M. and sq-rt(S.A.) & L, also between sq-rt(S.A.) & cube-rt(D) in Racing Formula for Rating Measurement for Schooners New York Yacht Club. September 1919. H. de B. Parsons, 22 Williams Street, New York.' and providing comparative data for Sound Schooner Class, VENONA, MILADI, SIMITAR, AMORILLA, #698s QUEEN MAB (ex-VAGRANT I), TIMANDRA, FLYING CLOUD, RADIANT, #663s IROLITA (ex-ISATLENA), TAORMINA, KATRINA, PRINCESS, IRIS, MURIEL, #719s VAGRANT, #772s MARIETTE, SAVARONA, ARIEL, SEA FOX, ENDYMION, #435s CORONA (ex-COLONIA), INVADER, ENCHANTRESS, #706s ELENA).] [Incl. envelope postmarked Oct 2 (1919) and labeled in pencil by NGH 'Letter from H. deB Parsons about sailarea rule'.] [Incl NGH reply:] Your very interesting letter of 2nd inst came while I was away on a little cruise, and since my return I have been so very busy that I have not found time to make a study of the tables you inclosed. There are some good reasons for using sail area as a foundation for rating and I have been much interested in the scheme for several years, and, in fact, spent considerable time in the winter of 1914-15 in making a thorough study of the subject and formulating rules and restrictions necessary with using the sail area rating. Your study considers existing racing yachts which, with only few exceptions were built since the present measurement rule went into effect. In my studies I also condiered the possible modifications in form and proportions that would arise under the sailarea rating. To prevent abnormal and unwholesome types being constructed, I found it absolutely necessary to make restrictions or limitations in a number of elements, to wit over all length, and cube root of displacement, in relation to square root of sailarea, freeboard in relation to mean length ((oa+l2)/2), draft up water in relation to square root of sail area but modified in larger sizes for conveniences[?] of navigation. So by[blank?] in safeguarding the sailarea rating I found it was necessary to take practically the same number of measurements as we do now. Therefore the gain in making a change from our present formula (C * ((L*sq-rt(S) / cube-rt(D)) to (K * sq-rt(S) is a doubtful one. The problem of getting the most speed with least driving power or crew, would be an interesting one, but if it becomes necessary to enact restrictions & limitations to keep yachts in wholesome form you are really driving designers to work to stereotyped proportions. If a few slight changes were made in our present [Universal] measurement rules and our present formula (C * ((L*sq-rt(S) / cube-rt(D))used without any limitations it would be good enough for universal adoption and without time limit as it has already been well tried out." (Source: Parsons, Harry DeBerkeley (incl NGH reply). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_72930. Measuring and Measurement Rules (Box 2), Folder B2F05, formerly MRDE15. 1919-10-02.) ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ "[Item Description:] Seven mimeographed pages with race results of the Cruise of the New York Yacht Club of 1922. Races: Astor Cups off Newport, R.I. on August 2d, 1922. 1st Run Newport to Mattapoisett on August 3, 1922. 2dt Run Mattapoisett to Vineyard Haven on August 4, 1922. 3rd Run Vineyard Haven to Provincetown on August 5, 1922. 4th Run Provincetown to Gloucester on August 7, 1922. 5th Run Gloucester to Marblehead on August 8, 1922. Among the finishers were schooners #719s VAGRANT II, #698s QUEEN MAB ex-VAGRANT I, #663s IROLITA ex-ISTALENA, #827s OHONKARA and #772s MARIETTE, New York 50s #721s CAROLINA, #711s ISTALENA ex-VENTURE, #720s ACUSHLA ex-HARPOON and #717s BARBARA, New York 40s #776s ROWDY, #777s ZILPH, #804s SQUAW, #774s MISTRAL, #779s SALLY ANN ex-JESSICA, #781s PAMPERO and #773s MONSOON ex-MAISIE, New York 30s #629s COUNTESS ex-MAID OF MEUDON, #648s MINX, #632s ALICE ex-TABASCO, #640s BANZAI, #637s ORIOLE and #630s LENA ex-PINTAIL, as well as cutter #586s BUTTERFLY ex-NELLIE." (Source: NYYC (creator). Race Results. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_72340. Measuring and Measurement Rules (Box 2), Folder B2F01, formerly MRDE15. 1922.) ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ "[Item Transcription:] [Typewritten calculations marked in upper margin 'Mr. N.G.H.:] Estimate: Cost Of Schooner Like OHONKARA OHONKARA (827) [ #827s ] cost [Material] 50415. [Labor] 51162. MARIETTE (772) [ #772s ] cost Material 29567. [Labor] 22248. Estimated that material at 1922 prices will cost 87 1/2% of that used in 1919-20 44100. 1922 Labor cost is 82% 41900. O[ver]Head] @ 62 1/2%. 26200. [Sum] 112200. 15% Profit. 16825. [Sum] 129025. Extra for refrig, plant and extra elec[tric] plant. Extra power allowance. 5000. Say $135,000 for price plus tax. Tax 13.500. Total $148,500. [These calculations were probably made during the negotiations for the contract for #891s WILDFIRE]." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.. (creator). Cost Estimate. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDED1_00290. Folder [no #]. 1922-09-11.) ① "[Item Transcription:] Printed pamphlet titled 'Racing Rules. New York Yacht Club. 1924'. Incl. a printed 'List of yachts, the measurements of which are on file with the Race Committee. July, 1924. Schooners D 7 FLYING CLOUD D 10 IROLITA [ #663s ex-ISTALENA] C 5 MARIETTE [ #772s ] E 14 NOMAD F 22 NORKA C 2 OHONKARA [ #827s ] D 8 PRINCESS [ #658s ex-IROLITA II] E 9 QUEEN MAB [ #698s ex-VAGRANT I] E 16 SHAWNA C 12 SONNICA C 7 VAGRANT [ #719s ] FF 1 WANDERER IX D 22 WILDFIRE [ #891s ] Fifty Class N.Y. 52 ANDIAMO [ #716s ex-SAMURI] N.Y. 55 CAROLINA [ #716s ] N.Y. 53 IROQUOIS II [ #721s ] N.Y. 54 MYSTIC [ #715s ex-GRAYLING] N.Y. 56 SPARTAN [ #716s ] Forty Class N.Y.Y.C. 8 BANSHEE [ #782s ex-PAULINE] N.Y.Y.C. 2 COCKATOO [ #775s ex-DOLLY BOWEN] N.Y.Y.C. 12 IRIS [ #777s ex-ZILPH] N.Y.Y.C. 6 MISTRAL [ #782s ] N.Y.Y.C. 7 PAMPERO [ #775s ] N.Y.Y.C. 9 ROWDY [ #777s ] N.Y.Y.C. 3 SALLY ANN [ #779s ex-JESSICA] N.Y.Y.C. 10 SHAWARA [ #782s ] THIRTY CLASS N.Y. 18 ADIOS [ #647s ex-ANEMONE] N.Y. 1 ALERA [ #647s ] N.Y. 7 ALICE [ #632s ex-TABASCO] N.Y. 15 BANZAI [ #647s ] N.Y. 8 CAROLITA [ #633s ex-CARLITA] N.Y. 4 COUNTESS [ #629s ex-MAID OF MEUDON] N.Y. 14 FIJI II [ #639s ex-CARA MIA] N.Y. 5 LENA [ #630s ex-PINTAIL] N.Y. 12 MINX [ #638s ex-NEOLA II] N.Y. 11 ORIOLE [ #637s ex-ORIOLE] N.Y. 13 PHANTOM [ #648s ex-MINX] 0 Class L.O. 1 GEORGIA L.O. 4 GREY DAWN L.O. 5 MAISIE L.O. 3 NIMBUS Various Classes N 2 ALICE N.Y. 58 BARBARA [ #717s ] (Aux. Sloop) P 1 BUTTERFLY [ #586s ex-NELLIE] M 15 LADRONE [ #634s ex-SUZETTA III] (Aux. Yawl) N.Y. 51 REVERY [ #720s ex-ACUSHLA] (Aux. Yawl) M 6 VENTURA [ #717s ] K 3 WINSOME [ #717s ] (Aux. Ketch)'. Of 49 yachts listed (including 11 NY30s, 8 NY40s and 5 NY50s plus 2 NY50s and 1 NY70 out of class) 37 or 75% were designed and built by Herreshoff." (Source: New York Yacht Club (creator). Printed Pamphlet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE08_01830. Folder [no #]. 1924.) ① ② ③ ④ "[Item Transcription:] Handwritten (in ink) trials booklet titled '1911. Trial Trips and Experiments'. Relevant contents: §22 : #772s MARIETTE Trial Run best speed 8.54kn (1916-06-18)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator) and Herreshoff, A. Sidney deW. (creator). Trials Booklet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE07_04280. Folder [no #]. 1911-06 to 1926-05.) ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ ⑨ ⑩ ⑪ ⑫ ⑬ ⑭ ⑮ ⑯ ⑰ ⑱ ⑲ ⑳ ㉑㉒㉓㉔㉕㉖㉗㉘㉙㉚㉛㉜㉝㉞㉟㊱㊲㊳㊴㊵㊶㊷㊸㊹㊺㊻㊼㊽㊾㊿ ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ ⑨ "[Item Transcription:] [Penciled notes:] Job # 16650. 1/19/29. For using figures in No 698 [ #698s WESTWARD] Book for making model of OHONKARA [ #827s ] at scale of 1/4in = 1ft. For transverse measurements take 2/3 of book readings on a 1/2in scale. Frame spaces corresponding to those in the book have been laid out on the drawing of MARIETTE [ #772s ] ([Drawing] 1-57). The keel is 3in deeper than the book figures, or 4in deeper using the scale of the model. The stern is changes as per drawing (1-57)." (Source: MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.098. Design notes. Box HAFH.6.3B, Folder Administrative - Notes. 1929-01-19.) ① Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #772s Mariette even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

Further Image Information

Created by: Anon. Image Caption: "MARIETTE, An Auxiliary Schooner Yacht. 109' x 23'9" x 16'3" powered with an eight-cylinder 5 1/2" x 6" Van Blerck motor operating through a 1 3/4-to-l Reduction Gear, giving the boat a cruising speed of eight knots per hour. Owned by Mr. Jacob Frederick Brown, Boston, Mass. Designed by Nat Herreshoff, built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. Steel construction built under Lloyd's Survey. A very successful boat using the modern type of light weight, compact, high duty motor. The motor is so compact, dependable and quiet that it is installed in the lower hold without interfering with the cabin arrangements on the deck above. Wrile for full details of this and other big schooner installations. VAN BLERCK MOTOR CO. MONROE. MICHIGAN." Image Date: 1916 Published in: Rudder, December 1916, backpage. Image is copyrighted: No

Created by: Anon. Image Caption: "Only two of the large Herreshoff schooners survived into the late twentienth and early twenty-first centuries. Mariette, seen here, has won the best elapsed time trophies for both the Vintage and Schooner classes in the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta." Image Date: 1916--- Published in: Jones, Gregory O. Herreshoff Sailboats. St. Paul, Minn., 2004, p. 98. Collection: Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Image is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island, www.herreshoff.org .

Created by: Anon. Image Caption: [Mariette under her winter cover at the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company.] Image Date: 1920-4 Collection: Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. Image is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission Copyright holder: Herreshoff Marine Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island, www.herreshoff.org .

Created by: Anon. Image Caption: "Cleopatra's Barge II, designed and built by Nathanael Herreshoff in 1916. Starboard launch and a pair of port gigs attest to the amphibious proclivities of the Crowninshields." Published in: Garland, Joseph E. The Eastern Yacht Club. A History from 1870 to 1985. Marblehead, 1989, p. 177. Collection: Peabody Essex Museum Collection. Image is copyrighted: Yes Copyright holder: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, www.pem.org .

Created by: Rosenfeld and Sons. Image Caption: "8x10 gelatin silver print from 5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1939. Image of 109' Herreshoff auxiliary schooner yacht CLEOPATRA'S BARGE II (built 1916 in Bristol, RI) on NYYC Cruise. Visible in image: starboard beam view of CLEOPATRA'S BARGE II on starboard close reach under gaff-rigged main and foresails, topsails, fisherman's staysail, forestaysail, jib and flying jib with Francis B. Crowninshield's private signal- white square with golden crown in a black shield- flying from mainmast, New York Yacht Club burgee- blue triangle with red cross with white star in center- flying from foremast and American Yacht ensign flying from mainsail, crew is scattered throughout deck. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 93 and 117. Handwritten on back: 'Cleopatra's Barge / 6 copies / 1 enlargement 14-17' and Stamped on back in oval: 'MORRIS ROSENFELD / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR / 116 NASSAU ST. N.Y. / Phone Beekman 3-4970' and '93809F'." Negative Number: 93809F Image Date: 1939 Collection: Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection, acc. no. 1984.187.93809F.1. Image is copyrighted: Yes Copyright holder: Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection .

Created by: Stebbins, Nathaniel L. Image Caption: "23709 Mariette." [Ths photo was taken only a few days after her final delivery on August 28, 1916 during what must have been a pre-arranged meeting with famous yachting photographer N. L. Stebbins, probably in Boston waters. Note Mariette's three dinghies: #191501ep power Launch (port forward), #191507es Columbia rowboat (port aft), and #191503es Colonia sailing cutter (starboard).] Negative Number: 23709 Image Date: 1916-9-2 Collection: Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass., acc. no. 07-038 . Image is copyrighted: No known U.S. copyright restrictions

Created by: Stebbins, Nathaniel L. Image Caption: "23712 Mariette." [Ths photo was taken only a few days after her final delivery on August 28, 1916 during what must have been a pre-arranged meeting with famous yachting photographer N. L. Stebbins, probably in Boston waters. Note Mariette's three dinghies: #191501ep power Launch (port forward), #191507es Columbia rowboat (port aft), and #191503es Colonia sailing cutter (starboard).] Negative Number: 23712 Image Date: 1916-9-2 Collection: Claas van der Linde Collection. Image is copyrighted: Yes, used with permission Copyright holder: Claas van der Linde.

1917 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1927) Name: Mariette Owner: Jacob Frederick Brown ; Port: Boston, Mass. Official no. 214009 ; Building Material Steel ; Type & Rig K[eel], FD [Flush Deck], AuxSch[ooner] Tons Gross 128 ; Tons Net 123 ; LOA 109-0 ; LWL 80-0 ; Extr. Beam 23-8 ; Depth 16-3 ; Draught 14-10 Sailmaker HmCo. ; Sails made in [19]16 Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co. ; Designer N. G. Herreshoff ; Built where Bristol, R.I. ; Built when 1916 Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 8 Cyl. 5 1/2 x 6 ; Maker Van Blerck 1920 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1824) Name: Mariette Owner: Jacob Frederick Brown ; Port: Boston, Mass. Official no. 214009 ; Building Material Steel ; Type & Rig K[eel], FD [Flush Deck], AuxSch[ooner] Tons Gross 128 ; Tons Net 123 ; LOA 109-0 ; LWL 80-0 ; Extr. Beam 23-9 ; Depth 16-3 ; Draught 14-10 Sailmaker HMCo. ; Sails made in [19]16 Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co. ; Designer N. G. Herreshoff ; Built where Bristol, R.I. ; Built when 1916 Engine Gas Eng. 4 St. 8 Cyl. 5 1/2 x 6 ; Maker Van Blerck 1923 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1820) Name: Mariette Owner: Jacob Frederick Brown ; Port: Boston, Mass. Official no. 214009 ; Building Material Steel ; Type & Rig K[eel], FD [Flush Deck], AuxSch[ooner] Tons Gross 128 ; Tons Net 123 ; LOA 109-0 ; LWL 80-0 ; Extr. Beam 23-8 ; Depth 16-3 ; Draught 14-10 Sailmaker HmCo. ; Sails made in [19]22 Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co. ; Designer N. G. Herreshoff ; Built where Bristol, R.I. ; Built when 1916 Engine Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 8 Cyl. 5 1/2 x 6 ; Maker Van Blerck 1925 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1940) Name: Mariette Owner: Jacob Frederick Brown ; Port: Boston, Mass. Official no. 214009 ; Building Material Steel ; Type & Rig K[eel], FD [Flush Deck], Aux Sch[ooner] Tons Gross 128 ; Tons Net 123 ; LOA 109-0 ; LWL 80-0 ; Extr. Beam 23-9 ; Depth 16-3 ; Draught 14-10 Sailmaker HMCo, R&L [Ratsey&Lapthorn New York] ; Sails made in [19]16 Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co. ; Designer N. G. Herreshoff ; Built where Bristol, R.I. ; Built when 1916 Engine Gas Eng. 2 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 5 3/4 x 7. 1924 ; Maker Speedway Note: [Lloyds Classified] 1928 List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S. (#768.37) Name; Former Name(s): Cleopatra's Barge II; Mariette Owner: Francis B. Crowninshield (General Delivery, Boca Granda, Fla.) ; Port: Tampa, Fla. Official no. 214009 ; Type & Rig Ga.s. [gasoline engine, screw] Tons Gross 128 ; Tons Net 123 ; Reg. Length 97.6 ; Extr. Beam 23.7 ; Depth 16.2 Built where Bristol, R.I. ; Built when 1916 Engine Horsepower: 100 Note: Crew: 14 1930 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#885) Name; Former Name(s): Cleopatra's Barge II; Mariette Owner: Francis B. Crowninshield ; Port: Boca Grande ; Port of Registry: Tampa, Fla. Official no. 214009 ; Building Material Steel ; Type & Rig K[eel], FD [Flush Deck], Aux Sch[ooner] Tons Gross 128 ; Tons Net 123 ; LOA 109-0 ; LWL 80-0 ; Extr. Beam 23-8 ; Depth 16-3 ; Draught 14-10 Sailmaker HMCo. and R&L [Ratsey&Lapthorn New York] ; Sails made in [19]22 Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co. ; Designer N. G. Herreshoff ; Built where Bristol, R.I. ; Built when 1916 6 mo. Engine Gas Eng. 2 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 5 3/4 x 7. 1924 ; Maker Speedway Note: [Lloyds Classified] 1935 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1007) Name; Former Name(s): Cleopatra's Barge II; Mariette Owner: Francis B. Crowninshield ; Port: Boca Grande ; Port of Registry: Tampa, Fla. Official no. 214009 ; Building Material Steel ; Type & Rig K[eel], FD [Flush Deck], Aux Sch[ooner] Tons Gross 128 ; Tons Net 123 ; LOA 109-0 ; LWL 80-0 ; Extr. Beam 23-8 ; Depth 16-3 ; Draught 14-10 Sailmaker R&L [Ratsey&Lapthorn New York] ; Sails made in [19]33 Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co. ; Designer N. G. Herreshoff ; Built where Bristol, R.I. ; Built when 1916 6 mo. Engine Gas Eng. 2 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 5 3/4 x 7. 1924 ; Maker Speedway Note: [Lloyds Classified] 1939 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. (#1270) Name; Former Name(s): Cleopatra's Barge II; Mariette Owner: Francis B. Crowninshield ; Port of Registry: Tampa, Fla. Official no. 214009 ; Building Material Steel ; Type & Rig AuxSch[ooner] Tons Gross 128 ; Tons Net 123 ; LOA 109-0 ; LWL 80-0 ; Extr. Beam 23-7 ; Depth 16-2 ; Draught 14-9 Sailmaker Wilson ; Sails made in [19]38 Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co. ; Designer N. G. Herreshoff ; Built where Bristol, R.I. ; Built when 1916 6 mo. Engine Paraffin Mot. 4S C.S.A. 6Cy. 5 3/4 - 7" ; Maker Consolidated S.B. Corp., N.Y. 1924. Note: [Lloyds Classified] 100A-. 1940 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1228) Name; Former Name(s): Cleopatra's Barge II; Mariette Owner: Francis B. Crowninshield ; Port: Boca Grande ; Port of Registry: Tampa, Fla. Official no. 214009 ; Building Material Steel ; Type & Rig K[eel], FD [Flush Deck], Aux Sch[ooner] Tons Gross 128 ; Tons Net 123 ; LOA 109-0 ; LWL 80-0 ; Extr. Beam 23-9 ; Depth 16-3 ; Draught 14-10 Sailmaker Wilson-Ratsey ; Sails made in [19]38 Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co. ; Designer N. G. Herreshoff ; Built where Bristol, R.I. ; Built when 1916 6 mo. Engine Gas Eng. 2 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 5 3/4 x 7. 1924 ; Maker Speedway Note: [Lloyds Classified] 1946 Supplement to 1939 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. (#1270) Name: Gee Gee III [ex-Mariette] Owner: M. Porter Johnson ; Port: Boston Sails made in Wilson & Ratsey, 1938 Note: Name changed to Gee Gee III. [Lloyd's Classified] LMC(M) 11,39. Date of Survey 11,39. A.S.N.Yk.11,39. Tail shaft seen 11,39.. [Name changed from Cleopatra's Barge II to Gee Gee III since the issue of the 1939 Yacht Register.] 1947 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2164) Name; Former Name(s): Gee Gee III; Cleopatra's Barge II, Mariette Owner: M. Porter Johnson ; Port: Marblehead ; Port of Registry: Boston, Mass. Official no. 214009 ; Building Material Steel ; Type & Rig K[eel], FD [Flush Deck], Aux Sch[ooner] Tons Gross 128 ; Tons Net 123 ; LOA 109-0 ; LWL 80-0 ; Extr. Beam 23-9 ; Depth 16-3 ; Draught 14-10 Sailmaker Cooney ; Sails made in [19]46 ; Sail Area 5600 Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co. ; Designer N. G. Herreshoff ; Built where Bristol, R.I. ; Built when 1916 Engine Oil Eng. 2 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 4 1/4 x 5. NE 1946. 19 N[ominal] HP ; Maker General Motors Note: [Lloyds Classified] 1950 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2081) Name; Former Name(s): Evening Star; Gee Gee III, Cleopatra's Barge II, Mariette Owner: John P. Hazzard ; Port: Morehead City, N.C. ; Port of Registry: Boston, Mass. Official no. 214009 ; Building Material Steel ; Type & Rig K[eel], FD [Flush Deck], Aux Sch[ooner] Tons Gross 128 ; Tons Net 123 ; LOA 109-0 ; LWL 80-0 ; Extr. Beam 23-9 ; Depth 16-3 ; Draught 14-10 Sailmaker Cooney ; Sails made in [19]46 ; Sail Area 5600 Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co. ; Designer N. G. Herreshoff ; Built where Bristol, R.I. ; Built when 1916 Engine Gas Eng. 2 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 4 1/4 x 5. 1946 ; Maker General Motors Note: [Lloyds Classified] 1955 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2960) Name; Former Name(s): Guinevere; Evening Star, Gee Gee III, Cleopatra's Barge II, Mariette Owner: Mrs. Edgar Palmer ; Port: Oyster Bay, N.Y. Official no. 214009 ; Building Material Steel ; Type & Rig K[eel], FD [Flush Deck], Aux Sch[ooner] Tons Gross 128 ; Tons Net 123 ; LOA 109-0 ; LWL 80-0 ; Extr. Beam 23-9 ; Depth 16-3 ; Draught 14-10 Sailmaker Griffin [City Island, NY] ; Sails made in [19]52 ; Sail Area 5600 Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co. ; Designer N. G. Herreshoff ; Built where Bristol, R.I. ; Built when 1916 Engine Oil Eng. 2 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 4 1/4 x 5. 1955. 147 HP ; Maker General Motors Note: [Lloyds Classified] 1967 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#5104) Name; Former Name(s): Le Voyageur; Guinevere, Evening Star, Gee Gee III, Cleopatra's Barge II, Mariette Owner: Louis A. Benoist ; Port: San Francisco, Calif. Official no. 214009 ; Building Material Steel ; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], Aux Sch[ooner] Tons Gross 128 ; Tons Net 123 ; LOA 110-0 ; LWL 80-0 ; Extr. Beam 23-9 ; Draught 16-0 Sailmaker Sutter ; Sail Area 8000 Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co. ; Designer N. G. Herreshoff ; Built where Bristol, R.I. ; Built when 1916 Engine 2 Oil Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. Reb. 1964. 165 HP ; Maker Gray Note: [Lloyds Classified], 1970 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#5356) Name; Former Name(s): Le Voyageur; Guinevere, Evening Star, Cleopatra's Barge II, Mariette Owner: Louis A. Benoist ; Port: San Francisco, Calif. Official no. 214009 ; Building Material Steel ; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], Aux Sch[ooner] Tons Gross 128 ; Tons Net 123 ; LOA 110-0 ; LWL 80-0 ; Extr. Beam 23-9 ; Draught 16-0 Sailmaker Sutter ; Sail Area 8000 Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co. ; Designer N. G. Herreshoff ; Built where Bristol, R.I. ; Built when 1916 Engine 2 Oil Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. Reb. 1964. 165 HP ; Maker Gray Note: [Lloyds Classified], Source: Various Yacht Lists and Registers. For complete biographical information see the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné under Data Sources. Note that this section shows only snapshots in time and should not be considered a provenance, although it can help creating one.

From the 1920 and earlier HMCo Index Cards at the MIT Museum

Mariette (HMCo-made index card)
Mariette (MIT Museum-made index card)
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.

From the 1931 HMCo-published Owner's List

Name: Marietta Type: Schooner Length: 80' Owner: Brown, J. F. Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. "A Partial List of Herreshoff Clients." In: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Herreshoff Yachts. Bristol, Rhode Island, ca. 1931.

From the 1930s L. Francis Herreshoff Index Cards at the Herreshoff Marine Museum

Cleopatras Barge ex-Mariette
Note: The L. Francis Herreshoff index cards comprise a set of some 1200 cards about vessels built by HMCo, with dimensions and / or ownership information. Apparently compiled in the early 1930s, for later HMCo-built boats like the Fishers Island 23s or the Northeast Harbor 30s are not included. Added to in later decades, apparently by L. F. Herreshoff as well as his long-time secretary Muriel Vaughn and others. Also 46 cards of L. F. Herreshoff-designed vessels. The original set of index cards is held by the Herreshoff Marine Museum and permission to display is gratefully acknowledged.

From the 1953 HMCo Owner's List by L. Francis Herreshoff

Name: Mariette Type: 80' aux. schooner; later known as "Cleopatra's Barge" Owner: Jacob F. Brown Year: 1916 Row No.: 409 Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis. "Partial List of Herreshoff-Built Boats." In: Herreshoff, L. Francis. Capt. Nat Herreshoff. The Wizard of Bristol. New York, 1953, p. 325-343.

From the 2000 (ca.) Transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Vermilya/Bray

Month: Oct. Day: 07 Year: 1915 E/P/S: S No.: 0772 Name: Mariette LW: 80' Rig: Schooner K: y Ballast: Lead O. Amount: 75,000.00 Last Name: Brown First Name: J. F. 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.

Research Note(s)

"At least parts of Mariette's interior were built by Irving & Casson A. H. Davenport Co. as per a note on drawing 141-118 (HH.5.11640) from 1916-03-14. Founded in Boston as Irving & Casson in 1875 and merged in 1914 with A. H. Davenport Company the firm was a renowned maker of furniture and interiors, including for chapels at Duke University and the University of Pittsburgh and, in the 1950s, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The firm went out of business in 1974 as per a Wikipedia entry. Historic New England maintains a Irving and Casson – A. H. Davenport Co. Archive and calls the firm one of the country’s most successful all-purpose design firms: 'From its showrooms in Boston and New York, the firm served business magnates such as Henry Clay Frick, F. W. Woolworth, Cornelius Vanderbilt III, and George Eastman as well as middle-class clients. Prominent architects such as H. H. Richardson; McKim, Mead, and White; Peabody and Stearns; and Little and Brown hired the firm to execute many of their designs. Notable commissions included 225 pieces of furniture for the Iolani Palace in Honolulu, Hawaii, during the early 1880s as well as work for the 1902 White House renovation.' The Historic New England collection includes Irving & Casson orderbooks (GUSN-302011, GUSN-302012 and GUSN-302013) which list among hundreds of other customers 'Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Brown' and 'J. Fred Brown', possibly for work on Mariette." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. Quoting Historic New England and Wikipedia. April 28, 2021.) "[Was loaned by her owner to the U.S. Coast guard and performed submarine search duty as a Coast Guard Coastal Picket Patrol in 1942 with the registration number CGR-2048.]" (Source: Wilbur, John. Private Email Communication with Evelyn Ansel, Curator Herreshoff Marine Museum, January 2022.) "Built in 229 days (contract to launch; equivalent to $328/day, 1276 lbs displacement/day)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 16, 2024.) "Sail area 7093sq ft from pencilled note on plan 1-57." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. June 2, 2014.) "Displacement (4565 cubic feet) from pencilled note on plan 1-57. Note, however, that Mariette's 1922 measurement certificate by EYC measurer Everts Burther indicated her displacement to be 5118 cu.ft. as 'certified by the designer'." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. December 5, 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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Mariette, a rare gem

Mariette is one of the few schooners designed by Nathanael G. Herreshoff, one of the greatest naval architects of all time. The boat has recently returned to the sea after yet another refit

by Bruno Cianci, photo by Pendennis

Nathanael G. Herreshoff, 1848-1938, one of the greatest ever designers in sailing history and undoubtedly the most successful, did not get on with schooners , considering them too tricky to manoeuvre due to the wind resistance caused by their rigging. It is no surprise, then, that of the 2,450 boats that left his shipyard, only around 15 of this type of craft survive today . Of these, just five are seaworthy, and one of these is Mariette . Completed on 22 October 1915 , she was built in just seven months in the shipyards of the legendary ‘Wizard of Bristol’ , a nickname that refers to the small town on Rhode Island where the designer was born and worked, running, with his blind brother John Brown, the shipyard they founded together in 1878.

They decided to make the Mariette ’s hull out of steel , a material used for several of Herreshoff’s America’s Cup-winning boats: Vigilant, Defender, Columbia and Reliance , followed later by Resolute in 1920. At the insistence of the client, the schooner was given a gaff rig, with a lower foremast than main-mast. The first owner was the textile entrepreneur Jacob Brown , who spent the astronomical sum of $75,000 on Mariette , enough to buy over 100 cars at that time. On 23 May 1916, Mariette , hull 772, was delivered to Brown and his wife, the ship’s sponsor.

A centenarian that is still going strong In 1949 , under a new owner, the first changes were made to Nathanael G. Herreshoff’s sail plan for Mariette , so the boat could be sailed in the Caribbean with a reduced crew. However, the most invasive work took place between 1979 and 1982 , when the schooner was rigged by the publisher Alberto Rizzoli , having bought the boat from fellow Italian Carlo Monzino .

A desire to restore the boat to its original form led legendary skipper Erik Pascoli to the archives of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where the designs produced by the ‘Wizard of Bristol’ (who studied engineering at the university) are kept. The refit was carried out by the Beconcini shipyards in La Spezia, and restored certain lost details, as well as the original name, although various ‘amendments’ had to be made to accommodate certain needs, such as retaining simplified rigging to reduce crew costs. Beconcini was also involved in the work on the schooner in 1995 , when it was rigged by Tom Perkins. The IT magnate’s strange attraction to complex rigging, as seen, for example, in his famous Maltese Falcon , led him to restore the Mariette ’s original sail plan, with the return of the large gaff sails that had been removed half a century earlier.

Life in the yard The most recent restoration took place very recently, between autumn 2017 and spring 2018 . This time the work was carried out in the Pendennis shipyard in Falmouth, Cornwall, where the boat has been based since 2010. The work, assisted by the schooner’s salaried crew, involved many different parts of the boat, and especially the deck, which was renovated structurally, by installing new steel beams , and aesthetically, with the addition of two new layers of marine plywood and 150 m² of 20 mm-thick teak planks.

This delicate operation involved removing deck houses and sky lights, which were completely repainted, as were the masts, bowsprit, boom and gaffs. Some of the metal plating on the hull was also replaced, and the hull was repainted in the striking Flag Blue livery, adopted relatively recently, in sharp contrast to the original white hull.

Below deck some changes were made that were less visible, but equally important to maintain the boat’s condition. The engine room was given extra access and a more efficient drainage system, while the galleys, the owner’s cabin and other parts of the crew mess were also renovated. All visible steel elements below deck were repainted, and various surface materials were replaced, as well as the carpets and rugs in the cabins. A new, improved chimney was installed for the on-board stove, and new fuel and water tanks were put in, with sections of the plumbing and electrical systems replaced. The electrical work focused in particular on installing new wiring to prevent the short-circuits that often cause fires on boats with wooden interiors. Thanks to the hard work of the schooner’s latest owner, who bought it in 2005 from Tom Perkins, just a year before the magnate’s death, Mariette is a star player in the period boat regatta circuit , both in the Caribbean and in the Mediterranean . In 2015, 100 years on from the boat’s launch, it chalked up another achievement, beating a dozen other craft for victory its category of the Transatlantic Regatta– further proof that the ‘Wizard of Bristol’ really knew what he was doing.

Charlie Wroe

The skipper Nobody knows Mariette better than Charlie Wroe . Born in 1975 in Devon, Charlie has skippered the boat since 2005, but his first experience of Mariette came in 1996-1999, when he worked onboard as a sailor. He has travelled 175,000 miles on the schooner, equivalent to sailing eight times round the equator. “ Marietteis a fantastic boa t”, Wroe said. “ She can hold her own in regattas and is comfortable on sea crossings thanks to her long keel. When fully loaded she can travel up to 260 miles a day, at an average speed of 11 knots. The minimum crew is seven, but out at sea you need ten; the demands of regattas, meanwhile, can require up to 24 people ”.

MARIETTE (Hull No 772) Launch: May, 23 – 1916 Shipyard: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol (Rhode Island, USA) Deck length: 33.20m Length (with bowsprit): 42.10m Waterline length: 24.40m Maximum beam: 7.19m Draft: 4.80m Displacement: 180 t Sailing surface: 1,230 m 2 Hull material: steel Main propulsion: 2 x Caterpillar 3208 Diesel Main refits: 1979-82, 1994-95, 2017-18

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Mariette the big blue steel schooner 32 meters long with her ready crew, the attentive skipper, all the perfect signs ashore assisted in mooring by the talented Maurizio Schiano arrived at the Pilarella quay in Porto Santo Stefano. and by one of his collaborators from Argentario Approdi.

Present for the seafaring welcome of use Artemare Club tells us the story of Mariette, at the beginning of the 20th century Nat Herreshoff Rhode Island, drew data from the America’s Cup schooners to design a series of beautiful boats, fast and elegant for the rich bourgeoisie at the time, Mariette was part of this fleet, together with her twin Vagrant, owned by Harold S. Vanderbilt. Built for Frederick J. Brown in 1915 she was skippered by Jacob F. Brown, in 1927 Mariette changed owners and was sold to Francis B. Crowninshield, who gave her the name of Cleopatra’s Barge II, writer James A. Michener was a regular guest at edge and mentions it in his novel Chesapeake.

After a long period with this shipowner, in the Second World War the boat was requisitioned by the American Navy and used as a coastguard ship, at the end of the conflict it was sold and had several owners and other names and began an inevitable decline that led it to risk the demolition in the Caribbean. The beauty of this steed of the seas did not go unnoticed and at the beginning of the 80s under the name of Janeen, owner Lou Boudreau, it was purchased and brought to Italy by Andrea Rizzoli who kept it until 1990 making it have a first restoration at the Shipyard. Beconcini of La Spezia.

Purchased in 1994 by the American Thomas J. Perkins of San Francisco Mariette returned from the Beconcini Shipyard for the final restoration. He has participated in various Mediterranean regattas and in the Argentario Sailing Week comparing himself with two other large boats already assiduous of the vintage boat circuit, the Mariquita auric cutter of 1911, the only surviving hull of the 19-meter international tonnage class and Cambria of 1928, the only 23 meters international tonnage, still sailing.

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100 years old and going strong – sailing Mariette across the Atlantic

September 29, 2015

Crewmember for the Transatlantic Race Nick Wood recounts a memorable 12 days of ocean racing aboard the big Herreshoff schooner Mariette, enjoying rare roast beef and china cups on the crossing

This year the 138ft gaff schooner Mariette is 100 and to celebrate, her owner and her captain, Charlie Wroe, decided to take part in the Transatlantic Race. As she was built by the Herreshoff manufacturing company in Bristol, Rhode Island, only a few miles from the start at Newport, this seemed only fitting.

Our crew of 16 counted a total of 149 transatlantic crossings between them. Wroe reminded us that we were there to race, not just to deliver the boat. Mariette had been immaculately prepared by her full-time crew. The clinker tenders, davits and surplus gear were removed and Patrick, our cook, had provisioned amply.

We started on a murky day after a big depression had blown through, leaving a very unstable wind and confused sea pattern. This meant multiple sail changes the first night, a taste of the days to come.

View from 115ft up the mainmast

Our navigator, Halvard Mabire, who has five Whitbread Races and 32 transatlantics to his name, soon had us heading south-east to find the Gulf Stream, which runs at up to three knots. By day three we were in schooner heaven, with the wind just abaft the beam, gobbling up the miles to the waypoints off the Newfoundland banks placed to keep the fleet south of ice.

We carried six to eight sails at a time (of the 17 sails in the extensive sail wardrobe), including gollywobblers and fishermen of various sizes hoisted between the rigs. We ran with ballooners, spinnakers and a combination of jibs, jib-tops and staysails on the foremast and they all needed to be trimmed constantly.

A minimum of eight hands were required to change a jib. The standby watch often had to crawl out from under their warm duvets to get back into foulweather gear, but we were covering 275-340 miles a day so spirits were high.

Gary steers Mariette in 8-9m North Atlantic rollers

Patrick, who gained incredibly well developed left leg muscles from cooking on starboard tack for most of the 12 days, also kept morale high by producing great food. The menu on the sixth day was rare roast beef, roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding and veg – how lucky we felt thinking of crew in stripped-out raceboats eating freeze-dried food out of plastic bowls.

On day seven a big breeze arrived with large seas and the skipper chose to drop the main and hoist the trysail. Only at this point was it getting difficult to deliver four cups of tea in china cups to the on-watch crew. But still Mariette was flying under four small sails, clocking a top speed of 17.8 knots. Spume flew, ice blue waves crashed into the cockpit and the bowsprit was often totally submerged in an Atlantic roller.

Crew safety briefing in the sumptuous saloon

Mabire warned of some difficult days transiting weather systems. He was soon proved correct, as our biggest sails hung limp and wet with Atlantic fog, and eight tonnes of rig creaked, groaned and shook the boat in the leftover lumpy seas.

Our nearest opposition, the Reichel/Pugh 63 Lucky and 100ft Finot-Conq Nomad , took a more southerly route, hung onto the pressure system and passed us two days from the finish.

Another nocturnal sail change

We constantly tweaked the sheet leads, tried different sail combinations and sailed Mariette as hard as we could towards the Lizard and in a final blaze we were escorted into the Western Approaches at night by dolphins lit up by phosphorescence.

After 12d 7h 21m we had covered just over 3,000 miles. Mariette ’s cannon was fired at 0450 on entry into Falmouth, waking up the resident seagulls. Family and friends greeted us on the dock with Cornish pasties and bottles of Doom Bar. We had finished 3rd across the line, 3rd on corrected time and winners of Class 4.

Happy Birthday, Mariette !

Serious sideburns – Milos, Louis and Halvard get into the centenary spirit

This is an extract from a feature in the September issue of Yachting World

A Conversation With Charlie Wroe - Captain Of The Superyacht Mariette

Pendennis Shipyard recently completed the restoration and repair of the stunning Mariette superyacht, built in 1915, this 42 metre, twin-masted schooner sailing yacht is one of the world’s most historic yachts. We asked the Captain, Charlie Wroe, what life is like on a luxury superyacht. How long have you been the Captain on the Mariette? Since 2005 What was your career background/ history before coming on board as Captain? I went to Antibes in 1996 and it took me ages to get a decent job which eventually turned out to be a deckhand on the Mariette. I spent three years onboard racing and cruising in the Med and Caribbean. Then it was time for a change and I joined Mari-Cha in the south of France and spent the next four years charging around the world on MCIII and MCIV. During which time I took a sabbatical and passed my Master’s exam. In the autumn of 2003, after the transatlantic record, I joined the Perini Navi Squall as Mate and spent the next year with her. At which point I started looking for a captains job. I went back to Antibes, which was home from home, and caught up with my old captain Chris Gartner. One thing lead to another and I rejoined Mariette as captain in Feb 2005. Can you give us more of an overview on what it takes to become a Captain? Probably being slightly competitive helps! Personally I’ve always enjoyed sailing and especially racing – I’d say that early on in your career you have to be committed to sacrificing holiday time and incurring the cost of getting the RYA and then MCA tickets. Ideally you should work on fast and good looking boats, sailing as many miles as possible in as many different places as possible. Since you have been Captain, what has been your favourite memories of working on board the 42m twin-masted schooner? 2015 was a great year, we had the centenary to plan and look forward to and over the course of the year we took the boat into the Pacific and cruised the west coast of Panama, then raced in the NYYC Transatlantic Race during which we had a smokingly fast crossing, wrapping it up with a memorable black tie party in Pendennis Castle, Falmouth with 200 friends of the boat joining us. You have regularly competed in the annual Pendennis Cup, can you tell us a little about your experiences taking part? Falmouth is a great place, so much so that I’ve made it home, so a regatta in Falmouth means sailing with a bunch of Cornish onboard which is always a great laugh. Pendennis Shipyard always put on an excellent event with some of the best parties. Although you cannot always guarantee the sunshine, it is a great place to race a yacht, there is always a breeze of some sort to go sailing in, flat water in the lee of the Lizard, a bit of tide to play with and the yachts look amazing set against the backdrop of green fields. In the past we’ve raced under the IRC rule, which I think does a good job rating classics against their more modern sisters. What have been your greatest challenges and achievements since becoming Captain of the Mariette? Although the refits are hard work and take a lot of planning, it’s very satisfying being able to improve the boat - whether that is in terms of material repairs or improvements or simply lightening her and making her faster. In this last refit I finally ticked off several things that had been on a “to do” list for over a decade! Winning races is always satisfying too as there are so many different aspects involved to get the boat around the race course as fast as possible. What do you love most about working on the water? I’m very grateful for the fact that a lot of my work is outside in the open air. Arriving in a new port is always fun and I enjoy fishing, swimming and everything else to do with the water. When not working, where would be your top recommended place to visit in Cornwall? I’d say the Lizard, its got some of the best beaches going, especially on the west side, to the north is the Helford River and in the middle is Goonhilly downs which, if you like solitude and nature, is a great secluded spot. Following the fourth refit of the Mariette by Pendennis Shipyard in Falmouth back in 2017, what changes have you seen and what makes the refit stand out? The new infrastructure is impressive, with space for seven large superyachts undercover in the halls, the wet basin with a maintained depth of 6m means that there is always a berth available and we are not limited to lifting or launching the boat at spring tides. This refit was made a lot easier since the project manager and I saw things the same way so I’d say that the people you work with is crucial. What essential qualities do you look for when recruiting your crew? Enthusiasm is probably the most important quality. Previous yachting experience is not as important as a willingness to learn and work hard. It is a big plus if they have a prior connection with the water whether that be sailing in dinghies, fishing, surfing etc etc. In a couple of sentences, can you describe your average day as Captain of the Mariette? When cruising with the owner onboard we will aim to sail for three or four hours a day – usually in the afternoon. Usually the crew spend the morning catching up on boat business – the chef runs ashore for bread, salad and whatever looks good in the fish market and the guys on deck get on with preparing the boat for sailing and other various jobs. The guests take it easy, a leisurely breakfast, catching up on emails or take a turn ashore. Depending how far we have to go determines whether it’s a light sit down lunch or a sandwich on the hoof. Then it’s sails up. sailing a schooner is fun because there are up to eight sails to set and play with including the deckhands running up the ratlines to set the topsails. Ideally we’ll reach the anchorage by five or six o’clock in the evening - since it takes an hour and a half for the guys to tidy away the deck. At the same time the chef and stewardess are getting organised inside. Dinner at eight, then bed, get up the next morning and repeat! It’s a nice rhythm. https://pendennis.com/

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42.06m / 138' | herreshoff | 1915 / 2017.

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The 42.06m/138' sail yacht 'Mariette of 1915' (ex. Mariette) was built by Herreshoff in the United States. This luxury vessel's exterior design is the work of Herreshoff and she was last refitted in 2017.

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Mariette of 1915 is built with a steel hull and teak superstructure. Powered by twin diesel Caterpillar (3208 T) 150hp engines, she comfortably cruises at 10 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 11 knots. Her water tanks store around 4,000 Litres of fresh water.

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Mariquita and Mariette at the Richard Mille Cup

108-year-old schooner Mariette wins inaugural Richard Mille Cup

The 108-year-old Herreshoff schooner Mariette has been crowned overall winner of the inaugural Richard Mille Cup, having secured a perfect scoreline by winning all eight inshore races and passages across the two-week-long event.

The Richard Mille Cup is the newest regatta on the racing calendar that celebrates the pageantry and classic beauty of hand-crafted, pre-war sailing yachts built before 1939 (or faithful replicas). Starting in Falmouth on 15 June, the eleven-strong fleet was split into two classes – cutters and schooners – before embarking on a series of inshore and offshore races along the south coast of England, concluding with a sprint across the English Channel to Le Havre.

The twin-masted schooner Mariette started strong with back-to-back wins in the first inshore races out of Falmouth Harbour and never looked back, leaving classmates Atlantic and Adix scrapping for second place. Mariette and crew finished the regatta with 991 points and an additional piece of silverware to add to her already burgeoning trophy cabinet.

After switching between second and third place throughout the regatta, Adix failed to cross the start line for the passage from Falmouth to Cowes, which proved a fatal blow to her scoreline, giving Atlantic the upper hand to secure second place in the schooner class.

In the Cutter Class, it was the 24.4-metre Fife The Lady Anne , one of four 15-Metres still sailing today, that took the win. A shakey start saw her finish sixth in the first race out of the eight vessels in her class. A swift recovery saw her achieve a third place and second place before securing the win with a super hat-trick in the inshore races off Cowes. In second place was Mariquita and in third place was the Yacht Club de Monaco's Tuiga helmed by Pierre Casiraghi.

‘These early 20th-century sailboats were designed and built for nothing but speed, and it’s that extreme quality I appreciate. Their beauty and efficiency contribute to their formidable personalities," explained Richard Mille. "Whether you look at their lines, sails or masts – everything is gorgeous. Even the slightest detail proves to be exceptional – because each has its function."

"The spectacle of a fleet of pre-first World War gaff cutters and grand schooners racing hard has not been seen at these venues in our times. Racing for two weeks has been a real challenge of endurance and sportsmanship, which in turn has given way to the joys of great camaraderie and unforgettable memories. The Richard Mille Cup has opened a new dimension in classic yacht racing, and one which we will take even further in the future editions," he added.

Organisers hinted at a new location for the next edition of the regatta.

Overall Results

The cutter class.

1. The Lady Anne – 935 points

2. Mariquita – 797 points

3. Tuiga – 659 points

4. Moonbeam IV – 609 points

5. Moonbeam – 427 points

6. Kelpie – 352 points

7. Cynthia – 306 points

8. Ayesha - 263 points

The Schooner Class

1. Mariette – 991 points

2. Atlantic – 435 points

3. Adix – 402 points

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The work of the Herreshoff yacht builder in the United States the MARIETTE OF 1915 is 42 metre 138 (ft) in length. Superyacht MARIETTE OF 1915 is able to accommodate up to 8 people with 8 crew. She could be considered a classic twin masted schooner. Her former names or project names were Mariette; Evening Star; Guinevere; Le Voyageur; Cleopatra's Barge Ii; Gee Gee Iv; Janeen; Kebyar. She will attain a top speed of 11 knots.

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Nathaniel G Herreshoff was the naval architect firm involved in the professional superyacht composition for MARIETTE OF 1915. Also the company Nathaniel G Herreshoff expertly collaborated on this venture. the United States is the country that Herreshoff built their new build sailing yacht in. After her official launch in 1915 in Bristol Ri she was then delivered on to the happy owner having completed sea trials. The hull was constructed with steel. The sailing yacht superstructure component is fabricated extensively from teak. The measurement of the luxury yacht on deck is 33 (108.3 ft). With a beam of 7.19 m / 23.6 ft MARIETTE OF 1915 has reasonable size. A reasonably deep draught of 4.42m (14.5ft) affects the amount of worldwide harbours she can visit, depending on their particular depth. She had refit improvement and alteration work completed by 2000.

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The 3208 engine installed in the sailing yacht is produced by CATERPILLAR. Connected to her Caterpillar engine(s) are twin screw propellers. The main engine of the yacht produces 150 horse power (or 110 kilowatts). She is equiped with 2 engines. The combined power for the yacht is thus 300 HP or 221 KW.

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Apportioning volume for a limit of 8 visiting passengers overnighting, the MARIETTE OF 1915 accommodates everyone luxuriously. Normally the vessel carries around 8 able crew to maintain and sail.

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Superyacht Mariette Completes Refit

By B. Roberts

UK refit and custom build shipyard, Pendennis, have recently completed the major refit of the 42.m superyacht Mariette in time for the 2010 Pendennis Cup.

The Pendennis Cup takes place from the 9th-11th of August, involving five days of racing across the waters of Falmouth Bay, UK, with Mariette standing as one of the largest competitors taking part.

Built in the USA in 1915, Mariette is a stunning Herreshoff designed classic schooner. Her refit took place in February and has been recently completed with the reinstatement of her huge sailing rig, with the mast alone measuring over 36m long. The complete programme of work included an engineering overhaul and a full refit of her generator space, including the replacement of the generators themselves.

Mariette’s captain, Charlie Rowe invited members of the refit team aboard the schooner for her two day sea trial to celebrate a successful refurbishment. “Mariette is back in the water and ready to sail again. We have had an excellent refit with Pendennis and I appreciate all the effort the crew and yard guys have put into improving the boat.” The sea trial proved a success, alongside celebrations being enhanced with sightings of Dolphins and Basking Sharks in Falmouth Bay.

Later this month Mariette will be making her way to Cowes to sail with other large classics in the Westward Cup. The fleet will then proceed to Falmouth prior to the start of the Pendennis Cup which will initiate five days of exhilarating racing off the Cornish coast. With a further 6 confirmed competitors including Adela, Mariquita, Velacarina, Tomahawk, Pinuccia and Zarik, Pendennis is expecting a very busy week with 150—200 owners, crew and guests arriving at the Bay.

After the completion of the Mariette refit project, news emerges that their current projects include the Barracuda 105 and Ron Holland 105 new build yachts, the refit of a 50m Feadship and S/Y Moonbird alongside the recently finished 44m Catamaran S/Y Hemisphere.

Pendennis, one of the leading UK refit and custom yacht builders, are organizing the Cup in conjunction with the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club and are extremely grateful for those who have provided sponsorship and aid, on and off the water.

"Mariette is back in the water and ready to sail again. We have had an excellent refit with Pendennis and I appreciate all the effort the crew and yard guys have put into improving the boat." Charlie Rowe - Captain of Mariette

"Mariette is back in the water and ready to sail again. We have had an excellent refit with Pendennis and I appreciate all the effort the crew and yard guys have put into improving the boat."

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Mariette (yacht)
Mariette is a classic two-masted gaff schooner, designed and built by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff in 1915 for Harold S. Vanderbilt. She now sails out of Antibes, France, under the French flag. Design. Mariette was built as "Project 698" by Nathanael Herreshoff, at his Bristol, Rhode Island yard, for prominent yachtsman Harold S ...
Living legend: Inside the major refit of Herreshoff schooner Mariette
The last major refit undertaken on the Herreshoff schooner Mariette of 1915 was completed in La Spezia, when she was owned by Tom Perkins. The US tech billionaire famously binned the Bermuda rig, returning the yacht to her original gaff set-up, and replaced the engines and props. But that was in 1995.
MARIETTE OF 1915 yacht (Herreshoff, 42.06m, 1915)
Name: MARIETTE OF 1915; Previous Names: MARIETTE,EVENING STAR,GUINEVERE,LE VOYAGEUR,CLEOPATRAS BARGE II,GEE GEE IV,JANEEN,KEBYAR; Yacht Type: Sail Yacht; Yacht Subtype: Classic Yacht; Builder: Herreshoff; Naval Architect: Nathanael G. Herreshoff; Exterior Designer: Nathanael G. Herreshoff; Refits: 1982-01-01,1995-01-01,2000-01-01,2018-05-01
Mariette
Mariette. Story Spec Gallery. The 42m classic twin-masted schooner Mariette of 1915 was built by Herreshoff in United States. She first visited the Pendennis Falmouth facility in February 2010 for a pre-summer refit and returned for minor works in Spring 2012 to prepare for the Pendennis Cup.
Mariette
Mariette was commissioned by, Jacob Frederick Brown, a member of the Eastern and Boston Yacht Clubs and was the ninth of 14 large steel schooner yachts built by HMCo between 1902 and 1925. These magnificent schooners are among the largest and most expensive private sailing yachts built by HMCo and were commissioned by leaders in American ...
N.G. Herreshoff MARIETTE OF 1915
Restoration. Mariette of 1915 first visited the Pendennis Falmouth facility in February 2010 for a pre-summer refit and returned for minor works in Spring 2012 to prepare for the Pendennis Cup. The beautiful schooner arrived back in Falmouth in autumn 2017 for a more extensive refit season which was carried out in close partnership with the crew.
HMCo #772s Mariette
"The new schooner yacht Mariette, belonging to J. Fred Brown of the Boston and Eastern Yacht Clubs, has been launched from the Herreshoff yards at Bristol, R. I. She was designed by N. G. Herreshoff and confessedly built to give Rear Commodore Harold S. Vanderbilt's schooner Vagrant [ #719s ] a race worth while in an open regatta.
Classic sailing yacht Mariette of 1915 begins Pendennis refit
MARIETTE OF 1915. Herreshoff 42.06 m •1915. 108-year-old schooner Mariette wins inaugural Richard Mille Cup. 10 classic yachts competing at the Richard Mille Cup. Owners establish International Schooner Association. Lunch with superyacht owner Tom Perkins. Are these the 8 most beautiful classic sailing yachts of all time? Similar yachts for sale.
Mariette, a rare gem
Mariette is one of the few schooners designed by Nathanael G. Herreshoff, one of the greatest naval architects of all time. The boat has recently returned to the sea after yet another refit. by Bruno Cianci, photo by Pendennis.
At the Argentario the historic schooner Mariette master of naval
August 2, 2021. 1103. Mariette the big blue steel schooner 32 meters long with her ready crew, the attentive skipper, all the perfect signs ashore assisted in mooring by the talented Maurizio Schiano arrived at the Pilarella quay in Porto Santo Stefano. and by one of his collaborators from Argentario Approdi.
Sailing Mariette across the Atlantic
This year the 138ft gaff schooner Mariette is 100 and to celebrate, her owner and her captain, Charlie Wroe, decided to take part in the Transatlantic Race. As she was built by the Herreshoff...
Sailing the schooner Mariette
Sailing the schooner Mariette. Classic Yacht TV. 5.07K subscribers. Subscribe. 8.4K views 8 years ago #Herreshoff. In 2009, New Zealander Roy Kum joined schooner Mariette as a temporary...
A Conversation With Charlie Wroe
Pendennis Shipyard recently completed the restoration and repair of the stunning Mariette superyacht, built in 1915, this 42 metre, twin-masted schooner sailing yacht is one of the world's most historic yachts. We asked the Captain, Charlie Wroe, what life is like on a luxury superyacht.
MARIETTE OF 1915 Yacht
Mariette of 1915 is built with a steel hull and teak superstructure. Powered by twin diesel Caterpillar (3208 T) 150hp engines, she comfortably cruises at 10 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 11 knots. Her water tanks store around 4,000 Litres of fresh water. *Charter Mariette of 1915 Sail Yacht.
Mariette of 1915 Wins Pendennis Cup
The breathtaking 42-meter (138-foot) schooner Mariette of 1915 seized the top prize at the 2012 Pendennis Cup regatta, sailed July 2-7 in Falmouth Bay on England's extreme southwest coast. Mariette bested the fleet of 13 yachts that competed in the third biennial edition of the event.
108-year-old schooner Mariette wins inaugural Richard Mille Cup
26 June 2023 • Written by Holly Overton. The 108-year-old Herreshoff schooner Mariette has been crowned overall winner of the inaugural Richard Mille Cup, having secured a perfect scoreline by winning all eight inshore races and passages across the two-week-long event.
Mariette of 1915 returns to Pendennis yard for refit
September 26, 2017. Written by Rachael Steele. The 42m/138ft classic schooner MARIETTE OF 1915 designed by Nathaniel G. Herreshoff has returned to the Pendennis shipyard in Falmouth, UK, for a fourth refit. Luxury schooner MARIETTE OF 1915 at the Pendennis shipyard in Falmouth, UK.
Mariette & the Herreshoff Schooners
Mariette & the Herreshoff Schooners. Rich Armstrong. Dec 29, 2010. Ode to an active Herreshoff schooner. An impressive box-set publication, dedicated to one of the storied chapters in yachting's Golden Age, is available for the holidays.
MARIETTE
"Mariette is one of the last original great N.G Herreshoff schooners and was built in 1915 for a Boston business man. Amongst other adventures she was requisitioned by the US Coast Guard during the second World war and saw service on the East Coast.
Chevalier Taglang: MARIETTE AND THE HERRESHOFF SCHOONERS
Mariette and the Herreshoff Schooners. Here is the captivating story of a long, magical cruise through time. It takes the reader on an exciting voyage of discovery aboard a remarkable yacht, the steel schooner Mariette, launched in 1916 and one of the last American yachting "cathedrals".
Mariette (Yacht)
Mariette ist ein klassischer Zweimast- Schoner mit Gaffelsegeln. Der US-Amerikaner Jacob F. Brown beauftragte Nathanael Herreshoff mit dem Bau der Rennyacht, die 1915 auf der Herreshoff-Werft in Bristol gebaut wurde. [3]
Yacht MARIETTE OF 1915, HERRESHOFF
The work of the Herreshoff yacht builder in the United States the MARIETTE OF 1915 is 42 metre 138 (ft) in length. Superyacht MARIETTE OF 1915 is able to accommodate up to 8 people with 8 crew. She could be considered a classic twin masted schooner.
Superyacht Mariette Completes Refit
Built in the USA in 1915, Mariette is a stunning Herreshoff designed classic schooner. Her refit took place in February and has been recently completed with the reinstatement of her huge sailing rig, with the mast alone measuring over 36m long.