In this paper we present short H I synthesis observations of 57 galaxi
es without H I information in the RC3. These are a by-product of a lar
ge survey with the WSRT of the neutral hydrogen gas in spiral and irre
gular galaxies. Global profiles and related quantities are given for t
he 42 detected galaxies and upper limits for the remaining 15. A numbe
r of galaxies have low values of H I mass-to-blue luminosity ratio.