Sail Number: 5
Type: Staysail Schooner
Ex; Sandra K.
LOA: – LOD: 60’6″ / 18.39m – LWL: 40’0″ / 12.16m – Beam: 13’0″ / 3.95m – Draft: 8’4″ / 2.51m – Displacement: 53,000 lbs / 24,091 kg – Ballast: 21,000 lbs / 9,545 kg – Sail Area: 1,638 sq ft / 152.23 sq.m.) – Original Owner: C.D. Alexander – Original Home Port: – Year Launched: 1929 – Designed by: John G. Alden – Design No. : 0394 – Built by: F.F. Pendleton, Wiscasset, ME – Hull Material: Wood – Status: Destroyed, Hurricane Carol 1954
Historical:
MENIKOE V was designed by John G. Aiden for C.D. Alexander and built and launched in 1929 by F.F. Pendleton, Wiscasset, ME.
Hurricane Carol on 31 August 1954 struck the coast of Long Island and New England destroying over 1,545 houses, 3,000 boats, including the rock-strewn west shore of Padanaram Harbor where the 60-foot schooner MENIKOE V and the 58-foot Seawanhaka schooner COURIER also were total losses.
Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):
Owner: 1929 – C.D. Alexander
Owner: