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Type: Gaff-rigged schooner
LOA: 79’0″ / 24.00m – LOD: – LWL: – Beam: 15’9″ / 4.80m – Draft: 8’2″ / 2.49m – Displacement: 31 tons – Sail Area: – Original Owner: James W. Hall, New York City – Original Name: Princess Pat – Year Launched: 1925 – Designed by: William H. Hand, Jr – Built by: Hodgdon Brothers, East Boothbay, Maine – Hull Material: – Documentation or State Reg. No.:
Historical:
Hindu was built in 1932 by Hodgdon Bros.,East Boothbay, Maine and designed by William H. Hand Jr. for James W. Hall of New York City. The vessel’s original name was the “Princess Pat,” which is a sailor’s song of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Unit, currently stationed in Edmonton, Alberta. The schooner is a half-scale model of a 19th-century Grand Banks fishing vessel.
The boat participated in the 1930 Newport-Bermuda Race under Young’s ownership. The vessel placed last, sailing alongside such other notable schooners of her era such as the John Alden-designed “Malabar X”.
WWII service
The U.S. Navy commissioned “Hindu” during World War II, where she assisted the Coastal Patrol along the Eastern Seaboard. Log books indicate the navy men painted her gray, lined her with depth charges, mounted a machine gun on her deck and engaged a German U-boat on more than one occasion.
Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Notable Guest, and Reunion Information):
Owner: (1925) – (?) – James W. Hall (“Princess Pat,”)
Owner: (?)- (1929) – Alphonsus Reybine (Changed name to “Je ne sais pas,”)
Owner: (1929) – (?) – T. Sloan Young (changed the name to “Saispas,”)
Owner: (1935) – (1935) – Roger W. Randall
Owner: (1935) – (1938) – Nowell Ames (changed the boat’s name to “Anna Lee Ames,”)
Owner: (1938) – (?) – William A. Parker (Changed name to “Hindu, traded spices between India and Boston)
Owner: Archie A. Comstock
Owner: (1946) – (?) – Albert “Al” Avellar Jr. and partners, used her for whale watching
Owner: John Bennett
Owner: (2006) – (?) – Capt. Kevin “Foggy” Foley, Cape Cod and partners
Owner: (2009) – (?) – Fairwinds Credit Union
Owner: (2011) – (?) – William Rowan, Key West Bight Marina, Key West, FL