William Fife III MIKADO

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Sail Number: 6

Type: Clyde Linear 30 class

LOA: 42′ 0″ / 12.80m – LOD: 42′ 0″ / 12.80m – LWL: 30′ 0″ / 9.14m – Beam: 8′ 7″ / 2.61m – Draft: 6′ 7″ / 2.00m – Ballast: 4000 kilograms – Displacement: 7.7 tonnes – Yard Number: 509 – Hull material: Mahogany and Pitch Pine – Rig: Bermudan Cutter – Designer: William Fife – Built by: W Fife Fairlie – Year Built: 1904 – Current Name: Mikado – Original Owner: Sir William Corry – Current Owner: Sir Michael & Beverley Briggs


 

Historical:

William Fife built Mikado for Sir William Corry as a ‘Clyde 30’ at a time when the rules were in a state of flux, allowing him to do more or less as he wished. Originally a Gaff Cutter, Mikado was converted in 1924 into a cruiser racer with a Bermundian rig.

 

Known Racing History:

2013 – The Fife Regatta – Class 2: Winner
2011 – British Classic Week – Overall Winner

One design racing – In her second season Mikado achieved a total of 6 firsts, 3 seconds and thirds out of 36 starts, placing her third place overall out eight 30 footers.

 

Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):

Owner: (1904) Sir William Corry
Owner: (Current) Sir Michael & Beverley Briggs

 

Henry J. Gielow USS MIGRANT

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Auxiliary Schooner Migrant, 1929 (Edwin Levick photograph courtesy of The Mariners’ Museum and Park, Newport News, Virginia)

Wartime designation: USS Migrant (IX-66)

Sail Number:

Type: schooner

LOA: 223’3″ / 68.05m – LOD: 180’0″/ 54.86m – LWL: 168’0″ / 51.20m – Beam: 34’0″ / 10m – Draft: 14’0″ / 4.3m – Displacement: 661 long tons (672 t) – Ballast: – Original Owner: Carl Tucker, Manhattan, N.Y. – Original Name: – Year Launched: July 1929 – Designed by: Henry J. Gielow – Built by: Geo. Lawley & Sons, Neponset, Massachusetts – Hull Material: Vanadium Steel – Documentation or State Reg. No.:

Auxiliary Schooner Migrant, 1929 (Edwin Levick photograph courtesy of The Mariners’ Museum and Park, Newport News, Virginia)


 

Historical:

Migrant was designed by Henry Gielow, built at a cost of over 1 mil in 1929 by Geo. Lawley & Sons, Neponset, Massachusetts for Carl Tucker, of Manhattan, N.Y.

Only one month after her launch, the worlds largest schooner was in for repairs after being rammed at mooring near Fire Island, N.Y. Helpless in strong winds a Standard Oil owned barge and tug crashed into the beautiful schooner, tearing off the 42′ pine bowsprit, sails, rigging and damaging a teak launch, causing over $30,000 in damage

 

WWII service


Migrant was acquired by the US Navy on 21 March 1942, converted by the Sullivan Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York, and commissioned on 19 May 1942, Lt. R. B. Metcalf, USNR, in command. Acquired originally for use in the 3rd Naval District, Migrant was assigned to the Eastern Sea Frontier following her conversion and commissioning. Until the spring of 1944 she conducted anti-submarine patrols from New York, along the southern New England coast. Transferred on 30 April 1944 to the 1st Naval District at Boston, she conducted ASW patrols along the northern New England coast for the remainder of her Navy career.

Migrant, ordered inactivated in June 1945, was decommissioned at East Boston on 3 August. Struck from the Naval Vessel Register ten days later, she remained at East Boston until 6 January 1946 when she was turned over to the War Shipping Administration for disposal.

 

Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Notable Guest, and Reunion Information):

Owner: (1929) – Carl Tucker, Manhattan, N.Y.
Captain: Gustave Gautesen

 

Gerald Dijkstra / John G. Alden METEOR

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Type: Spirit of Tradition / Gloucester Schooner

LOA: 164’8” / 50.20 – LOD: 149’11” / 45.70m – LWL: 117’5” / 35.8m – Beam: 30’4” / 9.24m – Draft: 14’7” / 4.45m – Designer exterior: Dykstra – Naval Architects / John G. Alden – Designer interior: John Munford/Pauline Nunns – Original Owner: – Current Owner: John Risley – Year Launched: 2007 – Built by: Royal Huisman – Hull material: Alustar – Sail Area: 1,800 square metre – Displacement: 300 tons – Engine: MTU 12V2000 m60 805 HP – Flag:

 

Historical:

Dykstra Naval Architects – Inspired by the owner’s love for the Gloucester Schooners, “Meteor” is a traditional Schooner for the experienced sailor and marine entrepreneur designed and built to the latest yachting standards. Comfortable and performance orientated. Her design was based on the Dykstra Naval Architects designed “Borkumriff IV”, also built at Royal Huisman Shipyard. “Meteor” has a traditional Schooner rig but constructed from carbon fiber to enhance her sailing performance. She can be found on the St Barths Bucket entry list practically every year.

Interior design by John Munford. Classic interior joinery in “Swietenia” mahogany. Deckhouse in classic raised teak panels. The center piece of her interior is the fireplace in the salon.

Meteor won 3 awards at the World Superyacht Awards in 2008.

 

Provenance

  • Owner/Guardian: (2007-2019) John Risley
  • Owner/Guardian: (2019-) Private

 

Resources

Dykstra Naval Architects
Yachting Partners International

 

 

Sparkman & Stephens MERMAID

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Sail Number: 446

Type: S&S Ketch

Mermaid Specifications:

LOA: 45’8″ / 13.91m – LWL: 32’4″ / 9.85m – Beam: 11’6″ / 3.50m – Draft: 6’8” / 2.03m – Design Number: 1230 – Designer: Sparkman & Stephens – Original Owner: Austin Goodyear – Current Owner: Brooke Parish – Year Launched: 1957 – Built By: Paul E. Luke, East Boothbay, Maine – Hull Material: Wood – Gross Displacement: 27,600 lbs – Ballast: 10,300 lbs – Sail Area: 1,032 sq ft


 

Historical:

Built by Paul E. Luke, East Boothbay, Maine for Austin Goodyear (Ellsworth Builders Supply) A Maine fixture for 45 years, up until the original owners death in 2005. A beautiful ketch built for cruising, but often seen racing successfully in the Classic Yacht Circuit.

 

Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):

Owner/Guardian: (1957) Austin Goodyear
Owner/Guardian: Brooke Parish

 

 

John G. Alden MENIKOE V

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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
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