February 19th: Lecture on the Wonderfully Modern HMCo

Volunteers at the Herreshoff Marine Museum have been building a 1/6th scale, fully detailed museum display model of the great 1903 America’s Cup winner RELIANCE. At 37 feet tall and 34 feet long it promises to be one of the great large scale models in the world.

To build such a fine-scale model, the Team delved deeply into Herreshoff Manufacturing Company (HMCo) boat construction, customers, and business practices of the early 1900’s. They studied original construction plans, jigs and fixtures and business records, as well as reading contemporary journals and articles describing HMCo design, engineering, manufacturing, marketing and administrative practices.

What is emerging is a fascinating look into a very high-tech advanced engineering and manufacturing business with practices that today’s businessmen would recognize as important attributes for their own success. The team has not only looked at individual business practices from marketing, design, manufacturing to aftermarket support, but also at how these functions were stitched together to create the best-known yacht building firm of its time.

February 19th, 2015
Reception begins at 6pm; Lecture starts at 7pm.
$10 for Museum Members, $18 for Non-Members
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Herreshoff Marine Museum
One Burnside Street, Bristol, RI, 02809

The 2014-2015 Herreshoff Lecture Series is Proudly Sponsored by: Points East Magazine, Cisco Brewers, Triple Eight Distillery, Nantucket Vineyard, The Bay Magazine, and Pure Insurance.