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Type: Staysail Schooner
LOA: – LOD: 59’1″ / 17.97m – LWL: 43’3″ / 13.13m – Beam: 13’9″ / 4.20m – Draft: 8’0″ / 2.43m – Displacement: 61,200 lbs / 27,818 kg – Ballast: 22,000 lbs / 10,000 kg – Sail Area: 1,798 sq ft / 167.10 sq.m. – Original Owner: William McMillan, Baltimore, MD – Original Home Port: – Year Launched: 1931 – Designed by: John G. Alden – Design No. : 466 – Built by: Hodgdon Brothers, East Boothbay ME – Hull Material: Wood – Status:
Historical:
WATER GYPSY was designed in 1929 by John G. Alden for William McMillan. She was built in 1931 by Hodgdon Brothers, East Boothbay ME., for Mr. William McMillan, of Baltimore, MD.
Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):
Owner/Guardian: (1931) – William McMillan, Baltimore, MD. A Detroit-born architect, 1928 graduate of the St. George School in Newport, R.I., and earned his master’s degree in architecture from Princeton University, in 1931. His wife Grace G. Roosevelt, was granddaughter of Theodore Roosevelt and cousin of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Her father, Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr., who had been a decorated World War I hero and was later to become a World War II hero, had met Mr. McMillan while hunting in Indochina and introduced him to his daughter.
Skipper: Sam Wetherill (1931 Fastnet Yacht Race)
Owner/Guardian: F. Trubee Davidson, was an American World War I aviator, assistant United States Secretary of War, director of personnel for the Central Intelligence Agency, and president of the American Museum of Natural History.