"Yankee Girl" sailboat

Titles: "Yankee Girl" sailboat (Supplied title)

Description: The "Yankee Girl", a 10 ft. sailboat of plywood and fiberglass built by Gerry Spiess of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, in 1977 for his successful 1979 one-man trip across the Atlantic. Spiess later sailed across the Pacific in the same vessel. Attached to or stored in the sailboat's interior are items including a wooden boom with mainsail and 2-part aluminum mast, radio and communication equipment. See also the sailboat's rudder, 1984.26.32.B.

Dates

• 1977 (Creation)
• 1979 (Year of Yankee Girl's Atlantic crossing.) (Use)
• 1981 (Year of Yankee Girl's Pacific crossing.) (Use)

Creation

• made by: Spiess, Gerry
• used by: Spiess, Gerry

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 1984.26.32.A

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 10 feet length

Subjects

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