1910 44’ B.B. Crowninshields Schooner, US $115,000, Port Townsend, WA, USA
DESCRIPTION
FAME was the personal yacht of B.B. Crowninshield, an American naval architect who specialized in the design of racing yachts. She was launched July 12th, 1910 by the Rice Brothers Company in East Boothbay, Maine. FAME was a sister ship to the well-known FORTUNE a 50’ schooner built in 1925 and also designed by B.B. Crowninshield. FAME was restored by Dennis Conner in 2010 for her centennial birthday at a cost of $400,000. FAME comes with two sailing rigs; a Marconi Stay Sail Rig and Gaff Rig.
HISTORY
Records show that in designing FAME, Crowninshield wanted to create “the largest and fastest boat he could handle and take care of alone; one that would lie quietly at the mooring with sails up; a strong, light and comfortable boat in a seaway.” FAME was moored off Crowninshield’s estate on Peach’s Point, Marblehead, MA and spent her early years in Massachusetts before being sold to new owners in Chicago. FAME’s second owner was Theodore (Ted) M. Dunlap, who in partnership with Fred W. Weston purchased her in 1926. Three Lake Michigan clubs have named trophies after FAME and she is well known along its shores. She spent ninety years on the Great Lakes, dominating the racing scene for several decades. In 2009, FAME was purchased by America’s Cup-winning skipper, Dennis Conner. She was shipped to San Diego where she underwent a complete restoration by Koehler Kraft, San Diego in under 100 days, just in time to celebrate her centennial birthday.
DIMENSIONS
LOA: 44’
LOD: 40’6”
Beam: 8’
Draft: 5’8”
Displacement: 11,500 lbs
Ballast: 1500 lbs
Sail Area: 757 square feet
ACCOMMODATIONS
Headroom 4’ 10”
4 Original opening ports
6 Cushions
Interior lighting (4)
No Head
No Galley
SAILS & RIG
Marconi Stay Sail Rig:
All North Sails Inventory - 2 Main Sails - 1 Stay Sail - 2 Jibs - 2 Asym kites (1 for each mast)
Gaff Rig:
All North Sails Inventory 1 Main Sail - 1 Foremast Gaff Sail - 2 Jibs - 1 Top Sail.
Fame is equipped with a traditional wooden gaff rig and two sets of sails (heavy and light) along with various top sails and spars. She is currently carrying a modern aluminum rig with roller furling, with a large and a small mainsail, staysail, foresail, plus 3 asymmetrical spinnakers. B&G electronics.
Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.