"Yankee Girl" sailboat rudder

Titles: "Yankee Girl" sailboat rudder (Supplied title)

Description: Wood, "C"-shaped sailboat rudder from 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. See the sailboat, 1984.26.32.A.

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.B

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 58 inches height
• 24 inches depth
• 2 1/2 inches width

Subjects

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