Bowdoin (Arctic schooner)

Infobox_nrhp2 | name =BOWDOIN (Arctic Exploration Schooner)
nrhp_type = nhl
nhl = yes

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caption = "Bowdoin" at anchor off Sable Island, Nova Scotia
location= Castine, Maine
lat_degrees = 44
lat_minutes = 23
lat_seconds = 12
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 68
long_minutes = 47
long_seconds = 48
long_direction = W
locmapin = Maine
area =
built =1921
architect= Hodgdon Brothers; Hand,William H.,Jr.
architecture=
designated_nhl= December 20, 1989cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1820&ResourceType=Structure
title=HANCOCK (schooner) |accessdate=2008-05-14|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = February 12, 1980cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=80000411The schooner "Bowdoin" was designed by William H. Hand, Jr., and built in 1921, in East Boothbay, Maine, at the Hodgdon Brothers Shipyard now known as Hodgdon Yachts. She was designed for Arctic exploration, under the direction of Donald B. MacMillian, and has made 26 trips above the Arctic Circle in her life. She is currently owned by Maine Maritime Academy, located in Castine, Maine, and is used for their sail training curriculum.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/80000411.pdf National Register of Historic Places Registration: Bowdoin (Arctic Exploration Schooner) / USS Bowdoin (IX-50)] |32 KB|date=June 30, 1989 |author=James P. Delgado |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/80000411.pdf "Accompanying seven photos, from 1924, 1988, and 1989"] |32 KB]

pecifications

*Length at waterline: 72'
*Length Over All: 88'
*Beam: 20'
*Draft: 10'
*Rig: Schooner
*Tons: 66 GRT
*Sparred Length: 100'
*Rig Height: 70'

References

External links

* [http://bell.mma.edu/~bowdoin "Bowdoin" homepage]
* [http://bell.mma.edu/~bowdoin/sailtraining/ MMA's sail training site]
* [http://www.hodgdonyachts.com Hodgdon Yachts since 1816]