Wartime designation:
Type: Dutch “pilot boot”
ex; Texel; Robinson Crusoe; Maria Digna
LOA: 92′ 0″ / 28.04m – LOD: 81’0″ / 24.68m – LWL: 84’6″ / 25.75m – Beam: 20′ 10″ / 6.35m – Draft: 10′ 8″ / 3.25m – Displacement: 80 tons – Ballast: – Original Owner: Mr. Norberto Goizueta Díaz – Original Name: TEXEL – Year Launched: 1923 – Designed by: Boele Bolnes – Design No. : – Sail Area: – Built by: Dutch State Dockyard , Helder, in Holland – Hull Material: Wood – Fate: Sank in Valparaíso during the great storm of 1967.
Historical:
Serva La Bari (Originally TEXEL), was designed as a Dutch “pilot boot” in 1923 by Boele Bolnes for Mr. Norberto Goizueta Díaz.
WWII service
Serva La Bari served during the war as United States Coast Guard Picket Patrol vessel as CGR 3091. Victor Romagna, served as the vessels commander, earning a Medal of Bravery for rescue work during the Normandy invasion. After the war he became one of the most famous names in America’s Cup racing.
Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Notable Guest, and Reunion Information):
Owner: (1923) – Mr. & Mrs. Norberto Goizueta Díaz
Owner: Mr. Luis Cousiño
Owner: Robinson Crusoe, fishing company
Owner: JB Crockett, Melrose MA
Owner: Jorge di Giorgio. Valparaiso, Chile –
Commander: Captain Gil
Commander: Vic Romagna, coastal picketeer and well-known yachtsman recalls his command of pilot schooner Serva La Bari “the chart room was lined with tiles depicting the entire scene at the court of Ferdinand and Isabella when Columbus presented the Indians and other wonders he had brought back from his expedition to the Caribbean. It was garish and I’m not sure it was art but, under the circumstances it was strangely comforting.”