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The racing career of Columbia ended in 1908. It was dismasted and then altered as a houseboat and moored at Brooklyn harbour on the East River, facing Manhattan. Three years later, an enthusiastic yachtsman took it to Baltimore where it was partially rebuilt and fitted with a new rig. For eight years, its homeport was Newport News, Virginia, and it sailed as a cruiser. In 1920, Columbia was bought by a fisherman and was declared as lost in 1923.
Columbia
Owner: Franklin Osgood
Yacht manager: Henry Steers
Centerboard schooner
Modeller: Joseph B. Van Deusen
Builder: Joseph B. Van Deusen, at Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.
Launched: 1871
Skipper: Andrew J. Comstock (two first races) then Horatio Nelson "Nelse" Comstock (beaten by Livonia in the third race).
Afterguard: Captain Roland F. Coffin, Edward Fox, Ernest Staples, J. Lester Wallack.
Data:
Construction -
Wood
Dimensions -
L.O.A.: 34.13 m
L.W.L.: 29.41 m
Beam: 7.75 m
Draft: 1.80 m
Draft with centreboard: 6.70 m
Displacement: 220 tons
Sail Area: 950 m2
Rating: 1694
Mast: 23.22 m
Boom: 28.80 m
Bowsprit: - in, 7 m; out, 13.79 m
Topmast: 13.70 m
Foremast: 23.40 m
Foretopmast: 11.20 m
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Year of building
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Launched
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1871 |
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Edition 2(1871)
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Crew
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Hull
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Wood |
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Mast
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Wood |
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L.O.A
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34.13 |
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L.W.L
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29.41 |
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Mast
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23.22 |
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Beam
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7.75 |
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Boom
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28.8 |
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Sail Area
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Displacament
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220 |
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Draft
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1.8 |
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Rating
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Ballast
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