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Type: Staysail Schooner
LOA: – LOD: 46’4″ / 14.08m – LWL: 33’0″ / 10.03m – Beam: 11’4″ / 3.44m – Draft: 6’6″ / 1.98m – Displacement: 29,900 lbs / 13,591 kg – Ballast: 11,500 lbs / 5,227 kg – Sail Area: 1,135 sq ft / 105.48 sq.m. – Original Owner: Charles. A. Goodwin, Hartford, Ct – Original Home Port: – Year Launched: 1926 – Designed by: John G. Alden – Design No. : 266 – Built by: Dauntless Shipyard, Inc. Essex Ct. – Hull Material: Wood – Status:
Historical:
GOLDEN HIND (named after the Sir Francis Drake English galleon) was designed by John G. Alden and built and launched in 1926 by the Dauntless Shipyard Inc. She has a fine hull with full quarters, with a ballast to displacement ratio of 41 percent. Her original owner had replicas of the Sir Francis Drake crest on all china and glassware.
(The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):
Owner: (1926 – 1935) Charles. A. Goodwin, Hartford, Ct
Owner: (1935) – F.M. Haines, commodore Fisher’s Island Yacht club