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C A Thayer
 
The 1895 lumber schooner, CA Thayer.
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The lumber schooner, C.A. Thayer, built in 1895.
 
Extreme Length 219 feet
Length on Deck
 156 feet
Beam 36 feet
Depth 11.38 feet
Gross Tonnage
 453
Height of Mainmast
 105 feet

 

The CA Thayer is a wooden-hulled, three-masted schooner, designed for carrying lumber.


She was built in 1895 in Northern California at Hans D. Bendixsen’s shipyard in Fairhaven, CA.


The original hull was made of dense, old-growth Douglas fir carefully chosen for shipbuilding.


She sailed with a small crew consisting of four seamen, two mates, a cook, and the captain.

 
Thayer in an old seaplane hangar.

Lumber Schooner C. A. THAYER (9 Photos)

Restoration Project 2003-2007
A lumber schooner under sail.
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Thayer in port with a deckload of lumber.
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She hauled lumber, salmon and cod
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Work in progress laying the deck on the Thayer.
THAYER Restoration Project
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The starboard side of Thayer's hull.
Lumber Schooner C. A. THAYER
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Balclutha moored at the pier with a modern container ship passing behind her.

Did You Know?
A modern container ship slips behind Balclutha on its way to port. Ocean routes are still the major highways of the world. Balclutha, moored at San Francisco Maritime NHP, was an ocean-going cargo ship for 43 years, between 1886 and 1929.
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