60 Ft John Alden Gaff Double Topsail Schooner 1939/1946 - Sold

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60 FT JOHN ALDEN GAFF DOUBLE TOPSAIL SCHOONER 1939/1946 - SOLD

Specification DIRIGO II 60 FT JOHN ALDEN GAFF DOUBLE TOPSAIL SCHOONER 1939/1946

Designer John G Alden Length waterline 45 ft 0 in / 13.72 m Engine Yanmar 4JH2-UTE 100 HP Builder Goudy & Stevens, E Boothbay, Maine Beam 15 ft 7 in / 4.75 m Location USA Date 1939 Draft 7 ft 10 in / 2.39 m Price Sold Length overall 72 ft 0 in / 21.95 m Displacement 49 Tonnes Length deck 60 ft 5 in / 18.41 m Construction Carvel, plank on frame

These details are provisional and may be amended

Specification BROKER'S COMMENTS DIRIGO II is a fully functional classic schooner yacht of impeccable pedigree, still sailing the ocean doing what she was intended and built for - which is to take family, friends, and crew on adventures: voyaging and sailing in style, in both communal and private comfort, and safely. Two major structural refits under present ownership since 2010 leave this handsome and proven schooner a long way from retirement sitting at a dock as another pretty face. In fact her 2019 summer cruise was 6200 miles from Mexico back to the Maine waters of her birth, and taking part in three regattas once there, proving just what a capable and seaworthy family passagemaker DIRIGO II is – still doing exactly what she was conceived for by John G Alden in 1939.

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60 FT JOHN ALDEN GAFF DOUBLE TOPSAIL SCHOONER 1939/1946

Specification RESTORATION / REFIT

2010 at Ensenada - All new purpleheart floors from the keel forward - Work on frames: 56 either replaced, repaired or sistered, in purpleheart - 14 new Douglas fir, bronze fastened planks in the bow around the new stem - All floors removed, repaired, galvanized - New foremast top, spreaders, cross trees, etc - Associated cabin sole and water tank bearers restoration - All new paint, hull & topsides - Keelbolts checked - All sails repaired - Bottom planking bronze refastened - Engine, transmission and shaft inspected and found to be in good condition - Rudder bronze strapped - Propeller re-pitched and polished - Deck recaulked - Rig unstepped, taken ashore and maintained / repaired as necessary - Rig wooded and overhauled off boat - Rig restepped and tuned - Steering refurbished

2016 at Port Townsend - New purpleheart stem, forefoot and knee - New purpleheart foremast step

Specification HISTORY

The plan for DIRIGO II was always that she would be a circumnavigator, but a major war stymied commissioning owner Charles Van Sicklen’s plans, It was Crawford who finally allowed DIRIGO II to really stretch her legs, hatched during a voyage round Cape Horn aboard the legendary former setting off on a circumnavigation in 1959 which would feature in his still German Pilot Schooner WANDERBIRD. sought-after book Count the Cats in Zanzibar, in which he recounts how well-behaved and fast she is, and how that WANDERBIRD rig and It was said that DIRIGO II’s rig and accommodation arrangements were accommodation worked so well. Both are little changed. almost copies of WANDERBIRD’s and her design is at least a combination of the client’s personal experience and long serving Alden architect Clifford P When the present owner and his family found her in 2010, besides being Swaine’s then two decades involvement in the development of the Alden love at first sight, DIRIGO II was in need of and deserving attention. She schooner type. received that and much more in two extensive restoration refits. These included: structural restoration, system overhauls, electronic and equipment Twenty years passed before DIRIGO II could finally set off for the big one, upgrades, sail inventory service and addition, interior refit and refinish - of and under subsequent ownership. But before the USA entered the second course, not withstanding the normal annual haul outs, paint, varnish, spit world war, in April 1939 this characterful schooner gained a place in history and polish. by being presented on launching at Goudy & Stevens, East Boothbay, Maine, with the first example of the newly legislated State of Maine Merchant and Thereafter, DIRIGO II cruised, raced and chartered in the San Juan Islands Marine flag. Her name comes from the State motto meaning “I lead”, and of the Salish sea and the Pacific North West. In 2015, on the return from a she’s DIRIGO II because the first vessel of that name was a 312 ft/ 95 m voyage down the west coast of America and cruising the Sea of Cortez, Baja steel sailing ship (the first all-steel ship to be built in America) owned by California, she entered and was overall winner of the Great Americas Sicklen’s grandfather and built by Sewall of Bath, Maine in 1894 to a Schooner Cup Race in San Diego. She is not only a proven and capable sea Liverpool, England, design and from a kit of prefabricated frames and plates boat but can more than hold her own with other thoroughbred classics, made on the Clyde, Scotland. especially when the wind pipes up!

Then DIRIGO II was tucked away in the back of a shed for the duration of In 2017, after installation of new GPS, Radar and Autopilot, she departed the war, described as “unfinished” to avoid the threat of government again from her base in the islands for another adventure south and is requisition. presently based in Puerto Escondido, an hour's flight from San Diego.

Finally commissioned in 1946, DIRIGO II was 2nd over the line, 2nd in Then from early spring 2019 DIRIGO II once again set of on a big one: to Class A and first schooner to finish in the 1953 St Petersburg - Havana Race sail back east – “down east” – to the waters of her birth. After a 6200 mile in the hands of long time owner James W. Crawford. But she didn’t enjoy voyage via Panama Canal and the Caribbean, DIRIGO II arrived in Maine in such good fortune later that summer in the Los Angeles-Honolulu Race: time to take in the summer classic regattas there, at Camden Classics and searching for the wind she instead found the mother of all calms just over Eggemoggin Reach Regatta. 300 miles from Diamond Head. As Sports Illustrated reported: “Finally, on July 17, three days after the first finisher crossed the line, the crew of the Her 2019 voyaging proves just what a capable and seaworthy passagemaker DIRIGO [II] threw up their hands via a radio message that most West Coast DIRIGO II is – still doing exactly what she was conceived for by John G sailors consider the classic complaint on the classic race. "Out of wind," said Alden and Charles Van Sicklen back in 1939. the message, "out of patience and out of beer."

Specification CONSTRUCTION

- Single-planked, carvel, 1 ¾ inch fir & mahogany planking over 3 inch oak - Iron and steel beam knees frames - Oak and pine carlins - Bronze fastened - Varnished teak cappings - 3 x Marine ply main bulkheads - Wood painted bulwarks - Raw teak deck planking on 2 ½ x 3 ½ white oak beams - 2 ¼ inch bronze rudder stock - Bronze rudder pintles - 1 inch bronze keel bolts

Specification DECK LAYOUT, EQUIPMENT AND GROUND TACKLE

- Mostly painted finish with varnished highlights - Sheet winches in way of shrouds - Varnished cap rail on painted, stanchioned bulwarks - Horse for foresail fwd - Panama fairleads through bulwarks at quarters and in way of main mast and foremast Mid deck - Bulwark mounted belaying rails in way of Panama fairleads - Saloon stove pipe to port - Deck boxes are removable - 2 x Stowage boxes either side of portable grating-top table over saloon skylight From aft - Table doubles as cockpit table - Dinghy davits to starboard - Teak-capped, raked, stanchioned taffrail - Athwartships gas bottle deck box - Raised lazarette/ steering access hatch - Bronze and teak main boom gallows with ship's bell and stern light Forward deck house with portlighted hatches to forward saloon and galley - Mainsheet horse - Stowage boxes outboard - 2 x Sampson posts - Padeyes and tackles for backstays Foremast - Sunk cockpit with raised coamings, raw teak capped - Bronze spoked wheel forward of worm drive gear housing - Belaying pins at capping rail - Bronze binnacle - Belaying pins and running lights on shroud-mounted boards - 1 x Bronze mainsheet winch at “bridge deck” - Jib-boom stowed up starboard fwd shroud - 4 x Sheet winches at bulwarks - Galley ventilator to port of foremast - Engine controls and gauges in cockpit - Bronze stanchions - Plotter and instruments at aft bulkhead of aft deckhouse - 2 x Dinghy davits - Numerous mainly 1 ¼ inch mooring lines / warps Aft deck house - 4 x inflatable fenders - Grabrails outboard aft - Companionway sliding hatch to engine room/ owner’s cabin to port Raised scuttle forehatch - Opening portlighted hatch to aft cabin mid - Companionway sliding hatch and ladder to accommodation to starboard - Bronze Dorade vent - Stainless steel grab bar at aft bulkhead of hatch - 12 V Avon et Cie (Marseille) electric/ manual anchor windlass - Access cover at sliding hatch garage for bilge pump handle in use - Bruce 60 lb anchor 150 ft galv ½ inch chain and 250 ft x 1 inch Dacron line - Danforth 45 lb anchor and 50 ft x ½ inch chain and 150 ft x 1 inch Dacron Main mast line - Anchor davit - Belaying pins at capping rail and on shroud-mounted boards - 250 lb Fisherman Anchor (original) - 200 lb Fisherman Anchor (original) - c80 lb CQR Anchor - Sampson post / bowsprit heel housing - Fwd mooring fairleads on cap rail

Specification ACCOMMODATION AND DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT

Enter from companionway, on aft deckhouse to starboard Berths for 12 in five cabins Saloon starboard side fwd of chart table - Settee fwd of chart table; “Pullman” type backrest lifts to offer wider Down ladder with brass handrail to lobby under fwd part of aft deckhouse sleeping berth - Clock, barometer and designer/ builder plate fwd of coach house fwd - Stowage under - Bronze column grab post - Electrics switchboard outboard aft - To port of ladder and aft is owner’s stateroom - Electrics console fwd of switchboard with rolled chart stowage above - Heads compartment to port of lobby - VHF radio set; bilge pump switching; car type CD/radio - Chart table to starboard of lobby - Remainder outboard is shelf and bookshelf - Forward to saloon - Prism light in deckhead - Fiddle-topped sideboard fwd with oil lamp over Owner’s stateroom - Mirrored bulkhead fwd is aft bulkhead of stbd over and under cabin - Sliding door access from lobby or via port hatch at deckhouse - Hanging oil lamp under skylight - Generous recessed, panelled, curtained bunks 1 to port & 1 to stbd - Stowage under and at aft of starboard bunk Passage forward from saloon - Sideboards with drawers, and lockers, at fwd corners - Seating inboard of bunks, and along aft bulkhead over ship's batteries Sliding door access to - Ventilating hatch in deckhead - 1 x Cabin to port - Opening ports in house sides, 1 x port; 1 x stbd - ‘Over and under’ bunks - 2 x Prism lights in deckheads - Sideboard just inside door aft - Large hanging locker starboard aft - Mirror above - Door to engine room/ exit, port aft - 2 x Reading lamps - Stowage under lower bunk Heads compartment to port - Sliding door Sliding door access to - Counter with sink 1x Cabin to starboard - Pressurised hot & cold water - ‘Over and under’ bunks - Manual water pump - Sideboard just inside door aft - Walk in shower pressurised hot & cold - Mirror above - Aquastar in-line propane water heater - with Trident gas control - 2 x Reading lamps - Stowage lockers - Stowage under lower bunk - Ventilation through opening port light Passage forward Chart table to starboard - Ventilation from after hatch of forward deck house - Stand up chart table to stbd - Upper shelving area between deckhead height and forward house roof - Inset compass under glass; binoculars rack - Signal flag ducats - Drawers under - Comms radio set outboard under side deck head Athwartships galley - Bookshelf outboard - Opening portlight at house side - Ventilation via fwd deckhouse’s fwd hatch and “stove pipe” - Fold up extra work surface Saloon port side fwd of heads compartment - Partly under fwd part of fwd hatch - Fwd facing, bulkhead mounted, ceramic tile backed Dickinson Newport Diesel heater To port - Louvre door locker in aft bulkhead - Copper inset sink unit to stbd with plate/ cup racks outboard - Settee; “Pullman” type backrest lifts to create over and under bunks - Pressure water mixer tap, and manual saltwater pump - Stowage under - Stowage under - Shelf and bookshelf outboard - Over counter locker fwd - Prism light in deckhead - Princess 3-burner propane stove/ oven; Trident gas control - Folding, fiddled, gimballed saloon table - Stowage selves above; locker under - Fiddle-topped sideboard fwd with oil lamp and electric light over - Mirrored bulkhead fwd is aft bulkhead of port ‘over and under’ cabin To starboard - Adler Barbour custom fridge/freezer - Over counter locker fwd - Shelves and utensile racks outboard - Fold up extra work surface

Forward to forepeak via door from galley offset to starboard - Separate access/ exit via scuttle forehatch - V-berths with stowage under - WC and pullman folding sink - Forward to open access chain locker

Specification RIG, SPARS SAILS AND CANVAS

Topsail gaff schooner rig possibly modelled on WANDERBIRD - 2 x Lazy jacks - Dacron running rigging - 2 x Varnished fir masts and topmasts - 2 x Varnished fir booms Sails - 2 x Varnished fir bowsprit - Mainsail (2015) - 2 x Varnished fir gaffs - Mainsail (Older) - Galvanised steel chain plates - Foresail - 9 x 16 gauge stainless standing rigging - 2 x Staysails - Bronze rigging screws - 2 x Jibs - 2 x Pairs of ratlines - Jib Top - Maintop - Fisherman - Gollywobbler - Main Storm Trisail

Covers - 4 x Sail covers - 9 x Hatch covers - Miscellaneous sail bags and other covers

Specification MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND TANKAGE

- Yanmar 4cylinder Diesel 4JH2-UTE 100hp - 110 V AC System - Heat exchanger cooling - Fuse/ circuit breaker panel at Nav station stbd - Yanmar KM4A 2.63:1 reduction gear 2,800 rpm - 12 V DC Nav, anchor & cabin lights - 1 ½ inch stainless steel shaft - 12 V DC pumps - 19 x 19 fixed 3-bladed propeller - 2 x 39 gallon aluminium fuel tanks strapped below aft deck each side; on - Wheel to worm gear steering deck fillers - 1 x 12 V 85 A engine alternator - Additional 7 gallon fuel tank for cabin heater by main cabin bulkhead - 1 x 12 V 100 A engine alternator - 4 x 50 gallon Monel water tanks below cabin sole - 2 x True charge battery chargers; 20 A and 10 A - 23 gallon plastic holding tank by aft head port side - Statpower 800 W inverter - 2 x 5 gallon gas bottles in self draining locker on deck - 2 x 12 V engine batteries - 4 x 12 V Domestic batteries - 3 x Cut off switches - Shore power cable 120 V 30 A

Specification NAVIGATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS

- Raymarine Radar. - Salem clock and barometer - 2 x Raymarine GPS - Standard Horizon Eclipse VHF radio - Simrad Autopilot. - Standard horizon HX280s hand held VHF - 2 x VHS with AIS; repeater at helm - Telcor binoculars - Standard Horizon depth sounder with alarm - Ship’s bell - Raymarine 2nd sounder in cockpit area - Handheld q-beam search light - Standard horizon speed and log - Handheld air horn - Furuno Waas navigator GPS - Sony disk player - 2 x Compasses; Kelvin & Wilfred White

Specification SAFETY

- 12 ft Fibreglass dinghy with oars and bailer - 3 x 12 V auto bilge pumps with alarms - 12 ft Zodiac inflatable dinghy - High capacity manual bilge pump on deck - 6 person liferaft - 2 x Life rings - Boarding ladder - Manual engine fire extinguisher - 1 x Exposure suit - Fire extinguishers - 25 x Adult approved life jackets - Radar reflector - MOB buoy - 1st Aid kit - MOB recovery sling - EPIRB - not tagged - Orion Kit heaving line - CO alarm - Flare gun - 2 x Smoke alarms - Flares - Lifelines both sides on deck

Specification IMAGE CREDIT

Main image by John Williams, Camden, Maine, USA

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60 FT JOHN ALDEN GAFF DOUBLE TOPSAIL SCHOONER 1939/1946

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