Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Quinnipiack"

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Quinnipiack
Ex-names:Janet May
Registered port:New Haven
Nation:USA
Type of rigging:SCHONER
Year built:1984
Yard:Philip Sheldon, Milbridge, Maine
Overall length:28.00 m
Length (hull):21.90 m
Breadth:6.10 m
Draught:3.35 m
Sail area:230 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Power:119 PS
Engine:Diesel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 01 Dec 2000

  • built for passenger service in Milbridge, Maine in 1984, designed after the Biloxi, Mississippi, freight schooners, these shallow draft schooners carried freight along the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the late 1800s, built for Captain Steve Pagels by Philip Shelton and Don Baman from a design by Howard I. Chappelle.
  • first name was "Janet May", she was used for day sails in Bar Harbor, Maine
  • in 1990 purchased by Schooner, Inc. to replace the "J.N. Carter" as a platform for Schooner's environmental education programs
  • the owner and operator Schooner is a private, non-profit marine education organization dedicated to the conservation of the environment, particularly Long Island Sound and the rivers of Connecticut, and appreciation of their culture, history and future
  • the ship participated in Operation Sail events commemorating the Columbus Quincentennary in New York, Boston, and Newport representing the City of New Haven, in 1992 the crew was awarded with the bronze medal in the American Sail Training Association Rally in Newport

Contact:

Website (English, 18 Jun 2005):
http://schoonerinc.org/
Schooner Inc.: the website of the operator with information about their activities and the ship, her history and main technical data, contact address

Literature for further reading:

We recommend the following references for your further research of the ship. The references marked with have been included in the generation of the ship profile on this page.

American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2000 ISBN: 0-9636483-5-7
(12th Edition)
Page: 215 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact

Thaddeus Koza
"Tall Ships - the Fleet of the 21th Century"
Tide-Mark Press, East Hartford 2000 ISBN: 1-55949-551-0
(http://www.tallshipsinternational.com/)
Page: 139 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2007 ISBN: 978-0-9799878-0-9
(17th Edition)
Page: 241 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact