Mariette (yacht)
Mariette is two-masted gaff-rigged schooner designed and built by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff in 1915 for Harold Stirling Vanderbilt. She went through several owners and is now based in Antibes under the French flag.
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Builder: | Herreshoff, Bristol |
Launched: | 1916 |
Fate: | Still in service |
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Displacement: | 165 tonnes |
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Beam: | 7.20 m [2] |
Draught: | 4.20 m [2] |
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Capacity: | 8 passengers[2] |
Design
The yacht Mariette was built as "Project 698" by Nathanael Herreshoff for Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, a top sailing contestant.[2] She was part of a group of seven large schooners built between 1903 and 1905 by the Herreshoff shipyard of Bristol (Rhode Island). Mariette and her sister-ship Vagrant are the only of this series two still in service. The ships are smaller versions of the earlier Eleonora and Westward, also by Herreshoff.[3]
- Construction plan
- Half-hull model on display at the MIT Museum
History
Skipper Jacob F. Brown sailed on Mariette until 1927.[2] She was then sold to Francis B. Crowninshield, from a family with a sailing tradition, whose first ship was Cleopatra’s Barge. In homage to this ship, they renamed Mariette to Cleopatra’s Barge II. The rigging was modified into a Bermuda rig. Writer James A. Michener was a regular guest aboard, and mentions the ship in his novel Cheasapeake (1978).
In 1939, Mariette was requisitioned for service with the US Coast Guard and used for patrols.[3] Crowninshield was given his ship back in 1946, in a state of disrepair, and sold her.
In the following years, Mariette had several owners and various names. At some point, she was owned by Lou Boudreau under the name Janeen.<ref name=classicyachtinfo>From 1979 to 1990, she belonged to Andrea Rizzoli, who had her restaured at the Beconcini shipyard (Cantiere Navali Beconcini) in La Spezia. In 1982, she was used as a charter in the Caribbean.[3] In 1995, Thomas J. Perkins, from San Francisco, purchased her and restored her original rigging. The same year, Mariette collided with the 6-metre Taos Brett IV[2] during the Nioulargue race, killing one of the sailors.[3]
He sailed in various Mediterranean races until 2005. He then sold Mariette to a French skipper, base in Antibes.
- port view
- aft
- mid-section
- bow
Notes and references
- References
- Mariette on superyachttimes.com
- "Yacht: Mariette". Classic Yacht Info. classicyachtinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- "MARIETTE". Voiliers à 2 mâts (voiles auriques ou carrées). voiliers-2-mats. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- External links