The lumber schooner, C. A. THAYER, at Gray's Harbor in 1903.
NPS Photo, SAFR E3.8495n
Extreme Length
219 feet
Length on Deck
156 feet
Beam
36 feet
Depth
11.38 feet
Gross Tonnage
453
Height of Mainmast
105 feet
l The CA Thayer is a wooden-hulled, three-masted schooner, designed for carrying lumber. l She was built in 1895 in Northern California at Hans D. Bendixsen’s shipyard in Fairhaven, CA. l The original hull was made of dense, old-growth Douglas fir carefully chosen for shipbuilding. l She sailed with a small crew consisting of four seamen, two mates, a cook, and the captain.
