File 2520
Contains 3 Results:
Yachts, 1911-1948
Subject files for yachts and motor boats owned and operated by Raskob, and correspondence with manufacturers and brokers concerning sales and acquisitions of boats. Includes correspondence with Captain Gunnar Abrahamsson concerning maintenance, crew wages and expenses, storage and operation of the yachts Patsy and Toodes, and the sale of same in 1937; operating and expense statements for the cruiser Boksar, and purchase offers from various parties and agents; various brochures, boat plans, catalogs and publications by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corporation, Cox & Stevens, Electric Launch Company, Henry Gielow, Inc., Krogman and Purdy, Chris-Craft, and other manufacturers and brokers; expenses from 1927 summer charter of Flying Fox from Dr. John Harriss (see also file 1031)
Yachts: Patsy
Correspondence concerning maintenance and operation of Raskob's cruiser, Patsy. Includes invoices for storage and preparation for the sailing season; inquiries and offers from parties interested in purchasing or chartering the boat; correspondence with Hereschoff Mfg. Co. concerning construction of the yacht, 1928 and its sale in 1937; brochures and catalogs of engines and yacht fixtures, with related correspondence with vendors; application for change of name to Patsy from Sheerness; correspondence concerning Raskob's purchase of the yacht from Marshall Sheppey, including bill of sale; correspondence with Lloyd's of London concerning registration and examination
Yachts: Toodes
Correspondence concerning maintenance and operation of the 10-meter sloop Toodes. Includes arrangements for purchase of the boat from Philip R. Mallory, and change of name from Redhead; inquiries and offers from parties interested in purchase, and negotiations for sale of Toodes to Addeman Jenckes