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This is the Columbia also in the Tall Ships parade into Portland harbor.

The original Columbia was a 141’ classic Gloucester Fishing Schooner built at the historic A.D. Story shipyard of Essex, Massachusetts. Essex was the center for North American Fishing Schooner construction. Designed by the innovative William Starling Burgess, the Columbia was bred for speed. In the fall of 1923, the Columbia challenged the Bluenose, Canada’s legendary schooner in the International Fishermen's Cup Races in Halifax. Nearly winning the title, the Columbia was narrowly defeated by the Bluenose and was one of the few American schooners to provide a challenge to Bluenose.

Tragedy struck the promising young Columbia on August 24, 1927 near Sable Island, the notorious “Graveyard of the Atlantic”, where the Columbia was lost with all hands in a gale.

Length On Deck: 141’-2”,Length @ Waterline: 110’-0”, Beam (Molded): 25’-6”, Hull & Superstructure Construction: Steel, ABS Grade A-36, Main Mast:. One (1) 17” x 124’-10”, Covey Island Boatworks, Douglas Fir Laminated Lower. Sitka Spruce Laminated Top Mast, Foremast: One (1) 17” x 115’-7”, Covey Island Boatworks, Douglas Fir Laminated Lower. Sitka Spruce Laminated Top Mast [Website]

English: Columbia in the Tall Ships parade into Portland harbor
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Author Paul VanDerWerf from Brunswick, Maine, USA

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