home
About Us
Lynx Beginnings
History of Lynx
Living History
Lynx Design
Construction of Lynx
Lynx Launch
Sail with Lynx
Education on the Seas
Corporate Sail Training
Lynx Press and References
Ship's Store
Contact Lynx
Site Map

 


Lynx Design : Lynx Specifications

Plans & Drawings
Lynx Specifications

FLAG
United States of America
RIG
Square Topsail Schooner
Type: Baltimore Clipper Schooner
Interpretation: Privateer/Letter of Marque - War of 1812
PORT OF REGISTRY
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
SPECIFICATIONS
LOD: 76'
LOA: 78'
LWL: 72'
Sparred Length: 122'
Beam: 23'
Draft: 8' 6"
Displacement: 98.6 Tons
Height of mainmast
with jackyard:
94' 0"
Height of foremast: 84' 0"
Freeboard: 3' 6"
Power: Cat 3306B - 290 hp
Hundested Variable Pitch Propeller
WOOD
Keel, Keelson, Stem,
Frame and Beams:
Laminated Southern Pine
Planking: Angelique
Decks: Douglas Fir
Hull color: Black with White Gunport Stripe
Masts and Yards: Laminated Douglas Fir
Light Spars: Sitka Spruce
SAILS
Mainsail: 1,219 square feet
Foresail: 865 square feet
Main Topsail: 346.5 square feet
Fore Topsail: 585 square feet
Main Topmast Staysail: 438.5 square feet
Staysail: 572 square feet
Jib: 453 square feet
Flying Jib: 190 square feet
Total Sail Area: 4,669 square feet
DESIGNER
Melbourne Smith - International Historical Watercraft Society
BUILDER
Rockport Marine, Rockport, Maine
Project Supervisor: Taylor Allen
Project Foreman: Eric Sewell
LAUNCHED
July 28, 2001 in Rockport, Maine
U.S. COAST GUARD CERTIFICATION
Passenger Vessel (Subchapter T)
CREW
Five
Trainees: 30-40 (day sails)
  6 (overnight)
MANAGEMENT
Woodson K. Woods
Executive Director
Woods Maritime LLC
509 29th Street
Newport Beach, California 92663
 
Telephone: 914/723-7814
Fax: 914/723-7815
E-mail: whiskeykng@aol.com
Website: http://www.privateerlynx.org