Historic schooner to offer programs for kids in Lake Union
February 10th, 2012 – The Schooner Lavengro, built in 1926, is piece of floating history in Lake Union. Originally hailing from Mississippi, she is the last original “Biloxi schooner ‘White Winged Queen’” in existence, and still sails under a traditional gaff rigged sails. Now, Lavengro is in the caring hands of Kim Carver and Curtis Yu, who are developing a maritime and art program for kids aboard the schooner this spring. Carver and Yu are also hosting public sails (by donation only) every Sunday, leaving from the South Lake Union docks at The Center for Wooden Boats, where Lavengro is currently based.
Carver writes:
From May through October 2012, “Schooner Kids” is offering “What Boat is That?,” a fun interactive dockside class for children ages four through ten. Kids will get to learn a few seamanship skills aboard the antique schooner with Captain Kim, and complete a bookbinding and printmaking project belowdecks with Chief Mate Curtis. The book can later be used to record and identify the different kinds of boats they see on Lake Union and Puget Sound.
Lavengro Specifications:
Original Name: Helen
Launched: 1926
Designer & Builder: J.D. Covacevich
Owner: Thomas Bayne Denègre
Sparred Length: 63 feet
Length on Deck: 48 feet
Beam: 14.5 feet
Draft: 5 feet
Weight: 22 tons
Sail area: 1370 square feet
Speed under power: 6 knots
Hull speed: 8.2 knots
Sources:
Schooner Lavengro – http://www.schoonerlavengro.com
My Wallingford – http://www.mywallingford.com
* Noteworthy
1861 – Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
1870 – The YWCA is founded in New York City.
1920 – Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
1937 – Steam schooner launched as Frank D. Stout in 1917 at St. Helens. 190’x 43’and 1113 tons; cargo of 150,000′ lumber. Charles R. Ayers of the Stelltree Line purchased the vessel only one week prior to her demise. She was at Port Orford dock when a storm fast approached; she cast loose and attempted to beat to sea, but was driven back and grounded about 200′ from Battle Rock. Port Orford Coast Guardsmen, under CPO Nils Nilson, rescued the crew. Capt. E. Stahlbaun commanded the Cottoneva. Don Marshall, Ship disasters, Oregon-California Border. Oregon Shipwrecks. Portland: Binfords and Mort, 1984, p. 26-28.
1940 – The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied eastern Poland to Siberia.
1954 – United States President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.