LOA 13′ – Beam 5′6″ Cedar lapstrake hull, red oak ribs, keel & framing, teak combing, trim & seats, sitka spruce mast, boom & four oars. Copper and bronze bolts and fittings, lifting eyes, rudder pintles, gudgeons, jib tack, bow cleat, towing eye, oarlocks & sockets. Total Restoration 2013. Banks Sails – 17 sq ft jib, 72 sq ft gunter main.
Customizations were made to accommodate two rowing stations and a small outboard motor. Constructed by Chris Stickney, Boatbuilder, St. George, Maine in 2001.
This is the commentary by L. Francis Herreshoff; “My father modeled, perhaps, ten rowboats of varying proportions after the “Columbia” lifeboat model but never departed radically from this shape. This is the best model for a tender I have ever seen. They row well, sail well, and are good dry sea boats. They will tow through anything. A short deck over her stern and a watertight bulkhead under her foredeck greatly increases the value as a lifeboat.” There are some assorted pictures of some of the variations in the “Mystic Watercraft Collection.”
