Friends Good Will
Friends Good Will
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Friends Good Will |
Builder | John Scarano, Albany, New York |
Laid down | 2004 |
Launched | August 29, 2004 |
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Status | In service |
Notes | Reproduction of a bermuda sloop bearing the same name that was involved in the War of 1812. |
General characteristics | |
Type | square topsail sloop |
Displacement | 150,000 lbs |
Tons burthen | 6372⁄94 (bm; by calculation) |
Length |
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Beam | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) |
Propulsion | 165 hp (123 kW) Yanmar diesel engine |
Sail plan | 3,180 sq ft (295 m2), (Main, staysail, 2 jibs, square topsail) |
Capacity | 28 |
Complement | 7 |
Armament | 9-pounder pivot gun + 2 × 6-pounder guns |
Notes | Laminate wood planks over frame. |
Friends Good Will is a working American reproduction of the historical Friends Good Will (1811–1813), a merchant square-rigged topsail
The current vessel was built in 2004, at Scarano Boat Building, Inc. in Albany, New York, and was sailed by volunteers through Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, and Michigan to the
During Michigan winters, Friends Good Will remains at the Michigan Maritime Museum. Her lines, spars, and sails are removed each October during the downrigging process, and inspected, repaired and/or replaced during ongoing winter maintenance by the volunteers of the ship's company. The following April, the ship's company removes the vessel's cover and performs her uprigging over the course of two weekends.
USS Providence, John Paul Jones' first command as a captain, was a similar square topsail sloop.
See also
References
- Michigan Maritime Museum homepage Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Friends Good Will history page Archived 2017-08-09 at the Wayback Machine