Type: Staysail Rigged Schooner (Original Rig – Gaff Rigged
Martha Specifications:
LOA: 84’0″ / 25.60m – LOD: 68’2″ / 20.77m – LWL: 47’8″ / 14.52m – Beam: 16’1″ / 4.90m – Draft: 8’0” / 2.43m – Hull Number: – Designer: B.B. Crowninshield – Original Owner: John R. Hanify, Sausalto, CA (Commodore San Francisco Yacht Club) – Current Owner: The Schooner Martha Foundation, Port Townsend, WA – Year Built: 1907 – Built By: W. F. Stone Boat Yard, San Francisco, CA – Hull Material: Planking is fir and silver bali on oak frames. – Gross Displacement: – Original Name: Martha (named after J. R. Hanify’s wife, Martha Fitzmaurice Hanify)
Historical:
Built in 1907 for San Francisco lumber baron R. Hanify (Commodore of the San Francisco Yacht Club) and named after his wife, Martha. A Bowdoin B. Crowninshield design built at W. F. Stone Boat Yard in San Francisco. Martha is not only the oldest working sailboat in the state of Washington but she is also the oldest living flagship of the San Francisco Yacht Club. Martha still flies the SFYC burgee with pride!
Once owned by James Cagney, Edgar Kaiser and the Four Winds – Westward Ho Camp, Orcas Island, where the campers still sing the Martha song each summer.
Oh, Martha, sail a song for me
Sail it on the open sea, all alone
With the sun bending low on the bow
Taking my heart in her prow, I have returned.
Way back when in ‘72
I made my life a part of you
Doin‘ the things that you wanted me to
I have returned.
All this time that you‘ve been gone
None of us tried to get along
Now we see, you‘ve been set free
Sail away.
Oh, Martha, sail a song for me
Sail it on the open sea, all alone
With the sun bending low on the bow
Taking my heart in her prow
Sail away- and live again
Sail away- and live again
Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):
Owner: (1907) – John R. Hanify, Sausalto, CA (Commodore San Francisco Yacht Club)
Owner/Actor: (1934-1943) – James Cagney
Owner: (1968-?) – Edgar Kaiser
Owner: (Four Winds) – Westward Ho Camp, Orcas Island
Owner: (1976- 1996) – Del and Paulette Edgber
Owner: The Schooner Martha Foundation