Roseway (ship, 1925)
 The Roseway in 2008
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The Roseway is a gaff schooner built in 1925 , which was used for commercial fishing as well as for regattas and is already designed to meet both requirements. Depending on the season, the ship is moored in the port of Boston in the United States or in Saint Croix in the American Virgin Islands . In 1997, the two-master was entered as a National Historic Landmark in the National Register of Historic Places .
history
The Roseway , built as number 225756, is the only surviving schooner that was designed as a fishing boat, but was mainly used as a yacht . From 1941 she was used in Boston as a pilot boat , where she was from 1942 to 1945 under the designation CGR-812 in the reserves of the United States Coast Guard . After it was decommissioned in 1973, it still serves as both a passenger and a training ship . John James, owner of the John F. James & Son shipyard in Essex , designed the ship, which was launched on November 21, 1925 at 2:35 pm.
Fishing boat / yacht (1925–1941)
The Roseway was commissioned by the Taunton attorney Harold F. Hathaway, who occasionally used it to hunt swordfish . Both the frames and the planks of the schooner are made of oak . Wherever possible, wooden nails made of robinia were used instead of iron nails . Their original equipment included a 100 hp diesel engine and a lookout , which is no longer available today. Aft there was sleeping space for eight sailors and in the bow another seven, amidships was the storage room for sails, caught fish and ice.
Pilot boat (1941–1972)
Pilot boats often had the same design as fishing boats and yachts because they had comparable nautical requirements. For this reason, many pilot boats were bought by private individuals for use as yachts and vice versa. During World War II , the original color was repainted with gray and the Coast Guard changed the designation of the boat to CGR-812 . In addition, a Browning M2 machine gun was installed on deck. In 1948 the engine was changed to two General Motors 671 diesel engines, each with 165 hp, which were connected to the drive shaft in tandem via a gear transmission . In 1968 the engines were exchanged for new versions of the same design. The manual capstan originally located on the forecastle was exchanged for an electrified version in 1967.
Passenger ship (1972-2002)
After the Roseway was sold to a group of Boston businessmen, various conversions were made. Jim Sharp, the already the adventure part, and Orvil Young acquired the ship in 1974, it brought to Camden in Maine and left in 1975 to today's bowsprit from wood of White Pine and fourteen cabins for a total of up to 36 passengers install. The original owner's cabin has been converted into a dining and social room. On September 25, 1997, the ship was entered as a National Historic Landmark on the National Register of Historic Places .
Passenger ship / training ship (2002 to today)
In September 2002, the Roseway was donated by the First National Bank in Damariscotta to the World Ocean School for its use and underwent extensive restoration by its new owners. As part of this, the foremast and rigging were renewed, cabins for eight crew members were installed in the forecastle and the former storage room in the middle of the ship was converted into a dormitory for 25 people. The drive has also been modernized. Today the hull is painted gray and the superstructure white, the sails are tan .
Historical meaning
The Roseway is the only surviving schooner designed as a fishing boat and yacht to take part in annual regattas. It wasn't until it was bought by the Boston Pilots in 1941 that it stopped taking part in boat races. When she was decommissioned in 1972, she was the last sail pilot boat in the United States. It has been well looked after by its owners and is estimated to be 80 to 90 percent in its original condition. There are six other sailing pilot boats in the USA, of which the Adventuress is also registered as a National Historic Landmark.
Others
As a historic ship, the Roseway was very popular at festivals (including the Tall Ships Rendezvous in New York in 1980 and in Halifax in 1984). In 1977 she was used together with the Adventure for the television adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's Captains Courageous .
See also
literature
- Nicolas Dean, Kevin Foster, Simon Koch: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. (PDF) United States Department of the Interior , National Park Service , March 26, 2014, accessed December 5, 2016 .
Web links
- Homepage of the World Ocean School