Islander (yawl)

Islander was the 34-foot yawl with which Harry Pidgeon sailed around the world single-handedly from 1921 to 1925. Pidgeon thus became the second person, after Joshua Slocum, to do so.^[3] He accounts for his adventures in his book, Around the World Single-Handed: The Cruise of the Islander (1932).

History
United States
Name	Islander
Owner	Harry Pidgeon
Builder	Harry Pidgeon
Cost	$1,000
Laid down	1917
Launched	1918
Fate	Wrecked, 1947[1]
General characteristics [2]
Type	Yawl
Displacement	12 long tons (12 t)
Length	34 ft (10 m) o/a 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) w/l
Beam	10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)
Draft	5 ft (1.5 m)
Sail plan	Gaff rig 635 sq ft (59 m2)
Crew	1

History

Islander was modelled on Sea Bird, a 25-foot V-bottom boat that was designed by Charles D. Mower with input from Captain Thomas Fleming Day. Pidgeon built Islander from 1917 to 1918 using only $1,000 of materials. Islander was built mostly from oak, Douglas fir, and Oregon pine. Writing about his voyage later, Pidgeon commented that Islander "proved to sail well, and all remarked on the ease with which she handled."

References

1. "The Invisible Workshop: The Islander". theinvisibleworkshop.blogspot.co.uk. 7 January 2007. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
2. Serjeant, William (31 December 2009). "Bill's Log: 'Islander' and Harry Pidgeon (1869-1954)". bills-log.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
3. "List of solo circumnavigators". joshuaslocumsocietyintl.org. 2010. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2012.