Description
The Shearwater is a wooden schooner of 1929 that sails New York Harbor from North Cove Marina, in Lower Manhattan, a short walk from the World Trade Center site. About 25 meters long and licensed for 48 passengers, she runs 90-minute harbor cruises under sail.
On board, the details are those of a yacht of the Gatsby years: teak decks, oak frames, a mahogany stern and two spruce masts. She was built in East Boothbay, Maine, for a member of an Oyster Bay yacht club.
Her career went far beyond pleasure trips. In 1942 the Coast Guard painted her gray and sent her to patrol for German U-boats off Virginia. Decades later she sailed around the world and served as a research laboratory for the University of Pennsylvania.
On September 11, 2001, she was hit by falling debris from the World Trade Center and sailed to New Jersey for safety.
On board, the details are those of a yacht of the Gatsby years: teak decks, oak frames, a mahogany stern and two spruce masts. She was built in East Boothbay, Maine, for a member of an Oyster Bay yacht club.
Her career went far beyond pleasure trips. In 1942 the Coast Guard painted her gray and sent her to patrol for German U-boats off Virginia. Decades later she sailed around the world and served as a research laboratory for the University of Pennsylvania.
On September 11, 2001, she was hit by falling debris from the World Trade Center and sailed to New Jersey for safety.