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C A Thayer

The 1895 lumber schooner, CA Thayer.
The lumber schooner, C. A. THAYER, built in 1895.
NPS
 
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.

 

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Did You Know?

A view of the long, pointed bowsprint of the schooner THAYER that extends from the bow over the water.

The spar extending from the bow of the 1895 lumber schooner CA THAYER, is 59 feet long, with its rigging weighs 8,500 pounds, and is made of a single piece of Douglas fir. More...