40°42′17″N74°00′09″W / 40.7047°N 74.0025°W /40.7047; -74.0025
 Pioneer inNew York Harbor | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Pioneer |
| Owner | South Street Seaport Museum |
| Completed | 1885,Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania |
| Refit | 1895 (sloop->schooner); around 1930 (outfitted w/engine & downrigged); 1966 (schooner rig restored, hull rebuilt) |
| Status | Sea-goingmuseum ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 43 GT |
| Length | 102 ft (31 m)overall |
| Beam | 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) |
| Height | 76.6 ft (23.3 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) w/centerboard, 4.5 ft (1.4 m) w/o |
| Propulsion | Sail; auxiliary diesel engine |
| Sail plan | Two-masted schooner, 2,737 square feet (254.3 m2) total sail area |
| Notes | Originally iron-hulled; currently steel-hulled with iron frames |
Pioneer is a restored nineteenth centuryschooner that sails out of theSouth Street Seaport inNew York,New York.
ThePioneer was built inMarcus Hook, Pennsylvania in 1885 as acargosloop. She was the first of only two American cargo sloops ever built with awrought iron hull. After ten years of service in theDelaware Bay, she was re-rigged as aschooner for easier handling.
In 1930, thePioneer was sold to a buyer inMassachusetts. By this point, she had been fitted with anengine and no longer being used as a sailing vessel. She was sold again in 1966 to Russell Grinnell, Jr. ofGloucester for use in his dock building business. Grinnell restoredPioneer's schooner rig and rebuilt herhull insteel plating, leaving the iron frame intact. Upon his death in 1970, he donated thePioneer to theSouth Street Seaport Museum.Pioneer sails seasonally from South Street Seaport inManhattan, offering daily sails to the public as well ascharter sails and educational programs for children. The crew is a combination of professionals and volunteers.
ThePioneer appears in Episode 1 of Season 1 of the HBO seriesBoardwalk Empire, in a scene set on the water showing illegal liquor being transported by boat.[1]
