Charles D. Mower Collection

Ships Plans Collection 9

Overview of the Collection
Repository: Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library, Mystic Seaport
Creator: Mower, Charles Drown, 1875-1942
Title: Charles D. Mower Collection
Dates: 1897-1939
Extent: 433 sheets representing 107 designs
Abstract: Mower’s original drawings for yachts in power and sail, including sloops, yawls, cat boats, schooners, ketches, cutters, and power launches. Some one design classes are included, as well as vessels published as “How To Build” designs in Rudder magazine.
Identification: Coll. 9

Biography of Charles D. Mower

Born in 1875, Charles Drown Mower of New York was a noted yacht designer and author, and was at one time design editor of the Rudder magazine and a contributing author to Motor Boating magazine. From 1895 to 1899 he studied yacht design with Arthur Binney and later Bowdoin B. Crowninshield. In 1911 he began a partnership with Thomas D. Bowes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During World War I he served as a lieutenant commander in the Construction Corps, Naval Reserve. After the war, Mower worked alone and in partnership as Mower and Humphries Ltd. He was also a chief naval architect at Henry B. Nevins, Inc., City Island, New York, and in 1937 was associated with the office of Nelson & Reid, Inc. He was official measurer of the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, the Cruising Club of America and the New York Yacht Club. Charles D. Mower died in 1942.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

Available for use in the Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library

Restrictions on Use

Various copying restriction apply. Guidelines are available from the Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library.

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Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the G. W. Blunt White Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Persons:

Bigelow, Reuben
Jacob, Robert
Smith, Gil

Corporate Bodies:

Dauntless Shipyard
Henry B. Nevins, Inc.
Huntington Manufacturing Co.
Palmer Scott & Co.

Vessels:

Bessie (Sloop)
Bonito (Motorboat)
Cima (Sloop)
Fishers Island one design class (Sloop)
Indian Harbor 15 (Sloop)
Joyette (Sloop)
Over-Niter (Sloop)
Sandpiper (Dinghy)
Sea Bird (Yawl)
Tarpon (Motorboat)
Vineyard Sound Interclub class (Sloop)
Zenith (Motorboat)

Subjects:

Boats and boating
Motorboats
Naval architecture–Designs and plans
Sailboats
Ships plans
Yacht racing
Yachting
Yachts–Design and construction

Document Types:

Ships plans

Occupations:

Naval architects–United States
Yacht designers–United States

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Coll. 9, Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Vessel designs; 1897-1939
9.1 EMPRESS; 30.58 ft. racing catboat Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #37; Builder, E. H. Townsend; 1903
9.2 UNIDENTIFIED ; 24 ft. Indian Harbor 15′ sailabout sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design number unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.3 BONITO; 18 ft. power dory Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design number unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.4 UNIDENTIFIED ; 35.5 ft. yawl Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #7; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.5 UNIDENTIFIED ; 30 ft. hunting launch Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #20; Builder, Robert Jacob; 1901
9.6 ALICE; 50.5 ft. cabin launch Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #11; Builder unknown; 1900
9.7 JESSICA; 25 ft. LWL shoal draft cruising sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #6; Builder, Lawrence D. Huntington; 1899
9.8 SEA BIRD; 25.25 ft. yawl Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #24; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.9 MAFALDA; 40 ft. yawl Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #35; Builder, J. Weir and Son; Date made 1903.
9.10 UNIDENTIFIED; 38 ft. yawl Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #33 and #34; Builder unknown; Date made unknown.
9.11 YELDO; 32 ft. cruising launch Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #33; Builder, New York Launch and Engine Company
9.12 UNIDENTIFIED ; 35.5 ft. twin screw launch Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #32; Builder, Toquet Launch Company; 1902.
9.13 SEERESS; 39.5 ft. racing scow Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #30; Builder, T. F. Smith; 1902
9.14 DON; 37.75 ft. racing sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #19; Builder, Thomas Fearon, 1901
9.15 TARPON; 25 ft. power cruiser Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design number unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.16 CHIN CHIN; 35.58 ft. hunting cabin cruiser Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #81; BuilderDesigner, Charles Johnson; 1907
9.17 FIJI; 57 ft. power day cruiser Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #95; Builder, Robert Jacob; 1908
9.18 ADELAIDE; 25 ft. launch Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #63; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.19 UNNAMED; 25 ft. launch Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #99; Builder, Huntington Mfg. Co.; 1908
9.20 KATE; 37.33 ft. auxiliary cruising sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #76; Builder, George W. Miller; 1907
9.21 UNIDENTIFIED ; 25.5 ft. Penataquit Corinthian Yacht Club One Design sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower, Design #52; Builder unknown; 1906
9.22 UNIDENTIFIED ; 21 ft. one design centerboard sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #77; Builder unknown; 1907
9.23 UNIDENTIFIED ; 24 ft. Babylon Yacht Club one design sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #74; Builder, Nelson Yacht Building Co.; 1907
9.24 UNIDENTIFIED ; 21 ft. Tower Ridge Yacht Club one design sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #79; Builder, Thomas Fearon; 1907
9.25 CHERRY CIRCLE; 36 ft. keel sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower and Morgan Barney; Design number unknown; Builder, Robert Jacob; 1906
9.26 UNIDENTIFIED ; 100 ft. proposed cruising schooner Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design number unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.27 UNIDENTIFIED ; 34.08 ft. racing catboat Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #84; Builder, Huntington Mfg. Co.; 1907
9.28 JOYETTE; 37.29 ft. Sonder class racing sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #112; Builder, Gil Smith; 1909
9.29 UNIDENTIFIED ; 21 ft. Massachusetts racing dory Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #104; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.30 SANDPIPER; 14 ft. one design sailing dinghy Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #128; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.31 DUCHESS; 29.5 ft. sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #15; Builder unknown; 1898
9.32 JUKIE; detail of fittings Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #12; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.33 UNIDENTIFIED ; 31 ft. LWL sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #16; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.34 GABOO; 23 ft. centerboard racing sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #17; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.35 UNIDENTIFIED ; 36 ft. centerboard day sailer Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #18; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.36 UNIDENTIFIED ; 31.83 ft. knockabout Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #22; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.37 WENONAH; 27 ft. sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #41; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.38 MIDGE; 31 ft. launch Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #42; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.39 ALPHA; 38.5 ft. racing scow Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #44 and #45; Builder, Gus Amundson; 1904
9.40 MORE TROUBLE; 37.16 ft. racing and cruising sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #46; Builder, Huntington Mfg. Co.; 1905
9.41 OLD BACH; 29 ft. racing scow Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #51; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.42 UNIDENTIFIED ; approximately 31.5 meter racing sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #58; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.43 UNIDENTIFIED ; 16 ft. fishing launch Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #61; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.44 UNIDENTIFIED ; 22 ft. cat rigged centerboard racing boat Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #62; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.45 RAVEN; 36 ft. Lipton Cup boat Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #64; Builder, Robertson Brothers; 1906
9.46 UNNAMED; 17 ft. power tender for ATALA Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #65; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.47 UNIDENTIFIED ; 31 ft. R class sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #66; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.48 UNIDENTIFIED ; 37 ft. launch Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #67; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.49 UNNAMED; 20 ft. power tender Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #68; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.50 CHICO; 52.25 ft. scow schooner Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #72; Builder, H. Blatz; 1907
9.51 UNIDENTIFIED ; 36.16 ft. inland lake scow Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #75; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.52 UNIDENTIFIED ; 26 ft. runabout Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #80; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.53 UNIDENTIFIED ; 27.75 ft. cruising sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #86; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.54 UNIDENTIFIED ; 31 ft. one-rater Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #88; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.55 UNIDENTIFIED ; 35 ft. power boat Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #88; Builder unknown; Date made unkown.
9.56 UNIDENTIFIED ; 26.5 ft. auxiliary catboat Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #90; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.57 UNIDENTIFIED ; 51.12 ft. cruising yawl Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #92; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.58 HIGH GEAR; 28 ft. sloop Designer, Bowes & Mower; Design #93; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.59 UNIDENTIFIED ; 21 ft. Gravesend Bay knockabout Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #98; Builder, Frank E. Rudolf; 1910
9.60 UNIDENTIFIED ; centerboard sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #103; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.61 BYROSSI; 30 ft. power cruiser Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #107; Builder, Baker Yacht Basin, Inc.; 1909
9.62 HESSIE; 40 ft. speed boat Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #109; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.63 UNIDENTIFIED ; 50 ft. power boat Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #111; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.64 UNIDENTIFIED ; 28 ft. Baker runabout Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #114; Builder, Baker Yacht Basin, Inc.; circa 1909
9.65 GOTO; 35 ft. launch Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #116; Builder, Greenport Basin & Construction Co.; 1910
9.66 UNIDENTIFIED ; 50.66 ft. power cruiser Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #118; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.67 BESSIE; 35 ft. Sonder class racing sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #121; Builder, J. S. Sheppard; 1909
9.68 UNIDENTIFIED ; 43 ft. auxiliary cruising yawl Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #122; Builder unknown; circa 1910
9.69 UNIDENTIFIED ; 47.25 ft. motor cruiser Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #123; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.70 UNIDENTIFIED ; 25 ft. centerboard day sailer Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #125; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.71 UNIDENTIFIED ; 24 ft. Fisher’s Island one design sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #130 and #697; Builder, Dauntless Shipyard, Inc. and Henry B. Nevins, Inc.; 1913; 1924
9.72 UNIDENTIFIED ; 40.25 ft. raised deck power boat Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #131; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.73 UNIDENTIFIED ; 39 ft. centerboard cruising sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #139; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.74 UNIDENTIFIED ; 49 ft. sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #133; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.75 UNIDENTIFIED ; 36 ft. sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #134; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.76 38 ft. Fishers Island one design class sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #136; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.77 CIMA; 36.5 ft. Sonder class sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #139; Builder, Wood & McClure; 1910
9.78 UNIDENTIFIED ; 30 ft. yawl Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #139; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.79 JOYSOME; 40 ft. power cruiser Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #140; Builder, Henry B. Nevins, Inc.; 1910
9.80 UNIDENTIFIED ; 37 ft. power cruiser Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #143; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.81 UNIDENTIFIED ; 28 ft. Massachusetts Yacht Racing Association one design sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design number unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.82 UNIDENTIFIED ; 30 ft. power cruiser Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design number unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.83 UNIDENTIFIED ; 40 ft. proposed power boat Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design number unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.84 UNIDENTIFIED ; 56 ft. proposed power boat Designer, Bowes & Mower; Design number unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.85 UNIDENTIFIED ; 60 ft. proposed cruising launch Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design number unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.86 UNIDENTIFIED ; 18 ft. Richmond County Yacht Club one design sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design number unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.87 UNIDENTIFIED ; 38 ft. class A scow Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design number unknown; Builder, Inland Lake Boat Co.; Date made unknow
9.88 UNIDENTIFIED ; 21 ft. sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design number unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.89 UNIDENTIFIED ; 18 ft. Spring Lake Yacht Club one design catboat Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design number unknown; Builder, Inland Lakes Boat Co.; Date made unknown
9.90 UNIDENTIFIED ; 25 ft. sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #100; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.91 UNIDENTIFIED; approximately 112 ft. proposed cruising schooner Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design number unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.92 UNIDENTIFIED ; 96 ft. proposed cruising yawl Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design number unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown.
9.93 UNIDENTIFIED ; 53.16 ft. proposed sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design number unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.94 UNIDENTIFIED ; 31.5 ft. proposed hunting cabin launch Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design number unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown.
9.95 ZENITH; 73.25 ft. motor yacht Designer, Bowes & Mower; Design #585; Builder, John H. Mathis Yacht Building Co.; 1917
9.96 UNIDENTIFIED ; 30 ft. sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #685; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.97 ASTRILD; sloop Designer unknown; Design number unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.98 UNIDENTIFIED ; 18 ft. knockabout sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #707; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.99 TILLICUM; 23 ft. sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design number unknown; Builder, R. F. Stephens; 1902
9.100 UNIDENTIFIED ; 18 ft. sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design number unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.101 SYBARITA; 24 ft. sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design number unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.102 HELENITA; 40 ft. speed launch Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #45; Builder unknown; Date made unknown
9.103 UNIDENTIFIED ; 28.25 ft. Vineyard Sound Interclub Class sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #752; Builder, Reuben Bigelow; 1928
9.104 CHERRIO TOO; 48.5 ft. auxiliary ketch Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #778; Builder, M. M. Davis & Son, Inc.; 1935
9.105 JUBILEE; 43.75 ft. auxiliary cutter Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design #770; Builder, Hodgdon Brothers; 1933
9.106 OVER-NITER; 30 ft. one design cruising sloop Designer, Charles D. Mower; Design number unknown; Builder, Palmer Scott & Co.; 1939
9.107 MARIA; 94 ft. sloop Designer, Robert L. Stevens; Design number unknown; Builder, William H. Capes; 1846

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This collection inventory was funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).