Sail Number:
ex; Discovery III; Vela
Type: Staysail Schooner
LOA: – LOD: 47’0″ / 14.29m – LWL: 35’9″ / 10.87m – Beam: 12’0″ / 3.65m – Draft: 6’6″ / 1.98m – Displacement: 35,600 lbs / 16,182 kg – Ballast: 13,600 lbs / 6,182 kg – Sail Area: 1,148 sq ft / 106.70 sq.m. – Original Owner: R.W. Everest – Original Name: Discovery III – Original Home Port: NYYC – Year Launched: 1934 – Designed by: John G. Alden – Design No. : 581 – Built by: Hodgdon Brothers, East Boothbay ME. – Hull Material: Wood – Documentation No.: 934669
Historical:
SPIRIT was designed by John G. Alden for R.W. Everest and built and launched in 1934 by Hodgdon Brothers, East Boothbay ME.
Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):
Owner/Guardian: (1934) R.W. Everest
Owner/Guardian: – Reynolds family
Owner/Guardian: – Rene & Elinor Miller
Owner/Guardian: – (1987) Lars Forsberg
Owner/Guardian: – John & Susan Senning
Comments
Kimo Bailey – April 15, 2021
II sailed this boat as crew 1971-1974 for Rene & Elinor Miller and every summer until 1986 as friend. She lay in Boothbay Harbor 1936-1986 and was sailed by the Millers between Boothbay and N.E. Harbor every summer. The boat was thought to be the most beautiful sailboat on the coast of Maine in those years . I have very fond memories of this period and miss the Miller family very much., David the son died tragically and the boat left the family after the parents died. If you know this boat and want to talk, my number is xxx.xxx.xxxx. 4/15/21 , My name is Kimo Bailey
Lars Forsberg – August 9, 2021
I own SPIRIT (formerly VELA)
I bought her from Rene Miller in October of 1987.
Lars Forsberg
xxx.xxx.xxxx