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Wendameen (Yacht) | |
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| Location | Maine State Pier,Portland, Maine |
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| Coordinates | 43°39′26″N70°14′55″W / 43.65722°N 70.24861°W /43.65722; -70.24861 |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1912 (1912) |
| Architect | John G. Alden |
| NRHP reference No. | 92000273[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 26, 1992 |
Wendameen is a historicschooner normally berthed at theMaine State Pier on Commercial Street inPortland, Maine. She is the first two-masted auxiliary rigged schooner, designed by the noted naval architectJohn G. Alden in 1912. She is now owned and operated by the Portland Schooner Company, which offers sailing tours ofCasco Bay, usingWendameen andBagheera.Wendameen was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]
Wendameen is a wooden two-masted auxiliary schooner, measuring 67 feet (20 m) in length, with a 51-foot (16 m) deck and a 17-foot (5.2 m) beam. She is rigged with a gaff-headed schooner rig. She is fitted below decks with staterooms trimmed in mahogany, and has a rated carrying capacity of 41 passengers.[2]
Wendameen was designed in 1912 for businessman Chester Bliss byJohn G. Alden. She was built at the Adams Shipyard in EastBoothbay, Maine. She is the twenty-first recreational fisherman design executed by Alden, and is one of the oldest to survive. In 1915 Bliss sold her to Erwin C. Uihlein, who sailed her for about 20 years on theGreat Lakes. In 1933 she was purchased by Gerald W. Ford, a yacht dealer. Hauled out and partially restored, she languished on land until being sold in 1985 to Neal Parker. Parker gave her a full restoration, and began using her for "windjammer" cruises, based out ofCamden, Maine.[2] She is now owned by the Portland Schooner Company, and is used for charters and two-hour cruises out of Portland.
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