Steam Yachts

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J. P. Morgan’s Hoboken-built Corsair II sometimes flashes by from either an image or reference, but I never saw it:  it turned into scrap about 10 years before I was born.  I never expected to see anything like it.  I did know of Vajoliroja, Johnny Depp’s yacht.  And did post this foto (see 3rd foto from bottom)  of Atlantide, with some lines like  steam-yacht headed up the Hudson last fall.   So the following vessels quite astounded me in Mystic.  First, Cangarda.

My fotos do not do justice to

this ocean-spanning gem that currently

boasts seven steam engines!

If you can, get thee to Mystic soon to see this gem, “managed” by Steven Cobb, a former master of Wavertree and other vessels.

Currently, Mystic has TWO steam yachts aka screw schooner.  Amazon was dieselized

in 1937.

If I ever see either of these gems at sea, my first reaction will be to rub my eyes in disbelief, imagining them mirages . . . until I recall my most recent visit to Mystic.

Here are a few dozen fotos of Cangarda taken between 1901 and 1999.  Here’s a link to an article on the owner of Cangarda (scroll about halfway though).   Stuff can go awry at a ship launch, and that ALMOST what happened with Cangarda.   Cangarda joins a list of prestigious yachts saved through the efforts of folks at IYRS.

Here’s an article on Amazon, launched 1885!

Finally, just a potpourri of steam yacht images, of which one to see must be Gondola.

All fotos by Will Van Dorp.