Sparkman & Stephens CYANE

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Sail Number: 707

Type: Sloop

S&S “Cyane” Specifications:

LOA: 46′2″/ 14.07m – LWL: 32′0″/ 9.75m – Beam: 10′10″/ 3.30m – Draft: 6’6″ / 1.98m – Displacement: 25,376 lbs / 11510.36 kg – Ballast: 10,000 lbs / 4535.92 kg – Sail Area: 957 ft² / 88.90m² – Designer: Sparkman & Stephens – Built by: Jakobson Shipyard – Original Owner: Henry B. DuPont – Current Owner: Philip Le B. Douglas – Original Name: Cyane – Year Built: 1959 – Hull: Aluminum


 

Historical

Cyane was designed by Sparkman & Stephens, built by Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay, N.Y., for Mr. Henry B. DuPont (Commodore of the Cruising Club of America. 1958 and 1959), former vice president of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., and a great‐great‐grandson of the company’s founder, Eleu thère Irénée du Pont de Ne mours.

 

Known Racing History

1960 – Bermuda Race Winner Class C.
1961 – Admirals Cup Winning Team

 

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

  • Guardian/Owner: (1959) – Henry B. duPont – Commodore of the Cruising Club of America
  • Guardian/Owner: Philip Le B. Douglas

 

Resources

  • Philip Le B. Douglas

 

Philip L. Rhodes “Curlew III”

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Philip L. Rhodes “Curlew III”

Rhodes “Curlew III” Specifications:
ex Fandango

LOA: 97’7″ – LOD: – LWL: 72’6″ – Beam: 23’7″ – Designed Draft: 6’6″ (Tandem boards up) / 8’10” (Boards down) – Ballast: – Displacement: 112 Tons – Sail Area: 3.375 sq ft – Design Number: #663 – Hull material: Steel (4 watertight bulkheads) – Rig: Ketch – Designer: Rhodes, Cox & Stevens, Inc – Built by: Burger Boat Company, Manitowoc Wisconsin – Year Launched: November 18, 1957 – Restored By: – Current Name: – Original Owner: D.C. Ellwood, Houston TX – Contract Price: – Current Owner: – Sail Number: – Official Number: 275492

Known Racing History:

Known Restoration History:

Historical:

Curlew III was the largest, at the time, steel sailing yacht built in the United States, during the postwar period. Originally her sails were made of dacron by G.W. Vallentine and Son, City Island, N.Y. and were the largest ever made of this material at the time.

Curlew III was built with tandem centerboards which allows her to achieve perfect balance under all sail combinations. With her mainmast towering 100 feet above deck, with 3,375 sq ft of sail, this heavy cruiser can really show a good turn of speed. In addition with sumptuous accommodations, and with a permanent cockpit shelter, Curlew III is in a class of her own.

 

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

Owner/Guardian: (1957) D.C. Ellwood, Houston TX.
Owner/Guardian: John Rogers

John G. Alden CURLEW

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Sail Number: 46015

Wartime designation: CG-65016.

ex; Morning Star

LOA: 81’6″ / 24.84m – LOD: 65’4″ / 17.50m – LWL: 46’5″ / 14.12m – Beam: 14’9″ / 4.47m – Draft: 8’6″ / 2.57m – Displacement: 70,400 lbs 31,933 kg – Ballast: – Sail Area: 2,054 ft² / 190.82m² – Original Owner: Charles Lee Andrews, Long Island – Year Launched: 1926 – Designed by: John G. Alden – Design No.: 273 B – Type: After Cockpit – Built by: Fred F. Pendleton’s shipyard, Wiscasset, Maine – Documentation or State Reg. No. – Owner’ Website: www.alden-schooner.com


 

Historical:

CURLEW was designed by John G. Alden for Charles Lee Andrews, Port. Washington Long Island and built and launched in 1934 by Fred F. Pendleton’s shipyard, Wiscasset, Maine

 

WWII service

WWII Wartime designation: (1940-1960) – CG-65016 – Picket Patrol

Donated on the 31st of January 1940 to the US Coast Guard Academy at New London CT for the grand sum of $1.00. Here she served as a sail-training vessel and saw coastal submarine patrol duty for the Coast Guard during WWII.

 

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

  • Owner/Guardian: (1926 – 1937) – Charles Lee Andrews
  • Owner/Guardian: (1937 – 1940) William Jay Schieffelin Jr
  • Owner/Guardian: (1940 – 1951) US Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT
  • Owner/Guardian: (1951 – 1960) USCG Recruit Training Center, Cape May, NJ
  • Owner/Guardian: (1960 – 1970) Mr. Robert Gervasoni, Trenton, N.J. & Mr. Sam Fiorello, Yardley, PA
  • Owner/Guardian: (1970 – ?) Louis G & Mildred Holcomb, Saratoga, CA
  • Owner/Guardian: Carlos Romer, Marina del Rey, CA
  • Owner/Guardian: Steven King
  • Owner/Guardian: 1985 Pat and Marlene Russell
  • Owner/Guardian: 2002 Captain Robert A Harrison Jr., then of Newport Beach, CA
  • Skipper: Robert Beare
  • Crew: Lieutenant Donald H. Treadwell
  • Crew: Joshua Sparrow
  • Commanding officer: Arnold Peterson
  • Crew: 1st Class Boatswain Mate Preston Mason
  • Crew: Bobby Wies
  • Crew: Marinus Middeldorp
  • Crew: Sean Brennan
  • Crew: Frank Sherman
  • Crew: Bobby Wies

 

Resources

  • Curlew Charters, Inc
  • Coast Guard Modeling
  • MIT Museum

 

 

Ed Monk Sr. CUMULUS

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Sail Number: M213

Type: Vagabond Sr. Sloop

Cumulus Specifications:

LOA: 26’0″ / 7.92m – LWL: 22’0″ / 6.70m – Beam: 7’0″ / 2.13m – Draft: 4’6” / 1.37m – Hull Number: M213 – Designer: Ed Monk Sr. – Original Owner: – Current Owner: Graham Wheelock – Year Built: 1947 – Built By: Wrang Shipyard, Bellingham Washington – Hull Material: Carvel construction with Port Orford Cedar planking bronze fasteners – Gross Displacement: 4000 – Sail Area: 232 sq. ft


 

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

Owner/Guardian: Graham Wheelock

 

George McGruer CUILAUN

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Sail Number: GBR 1988T

Type: Keel Ketch

George McGruer CUILAUN Specifications:

LOD: 55’0″ / 16.76m – LWL: 34’6″ / 10.54m – Beam: 12’10” / 3.68m – Draft: 8’0″ / 2.43m – Displacement: 46000 – Designer: George T. McGruer – Original Owner: B.P. Smullen – Year Built: 1970 – Built By: Peel McGruer & Co., Clynder, Scotland – Hull Material: Wood – Flag: United Kingdom (GB) – Club: Royal Yacht Squadron – Documentation: 705996 – Location: Marine Traffic


 

Historical:

Cuilaun, sister ship to later built Talisker Mhor, was designed by George McGruer in 1969 and built and launched by Peel McGruer & Co., Clynder, Scotland in 1970. She has been owned by Brian Smullen, a member of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, for 48 + years.

The big ketch is of a high bow, sturdy superstructure, and stout rig…a true blue-water-sailer. Cuilan has completed 12 transatlantic voyages and was the class winner in the 1979 Transatlantic Race. She has also been class winner at Antigua Classic Week, 2004, Parkinson Award, overall winner of the Solent based 2017 Panerai Classics Week, the Per Addua Ad Mare Trophy, and numerous other races.

 

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

Owner/Guardian: (1970-2018?) – Michael P O’Flaherty (1970-2018) Volkswagen franchise for Ireland and England, becoming one of Ireland’s wealthiest men & partner Brian P Smullen

 

Resources

Marine Traffic
Yachtscoring.com: Link
The British Classic Yacht Club: Link
Royal Thames Yacht Club: Link
 

 

Comments

 

Brian Smullen – January 8, 2019

Cuilaun is not owned by an American as stated. She is still belongs to the original owner Brian Smullen.