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Detail - Hull 520

 
Status:DESTROYED
 
Original Name:AtheneCurrent Name:
Hull No:520Home Port:
Contracted By:William O. GayCurrent Owner(s):
Contract Date:3/23/1899Owner Since:
Class:Sail Number:
Sub-Class:
Original Rig:cutter
Current Rig:
Original Price:$27,125Restored By:
LOA:106 ft. 0 in.Maintained By:
LWL:70 ft. 0 in.Notes:
Beam:19 ft. 3 in.
Draft:10 ft. 10 in.
Designer:NGH
Other Resources:HCR
Gallery / Galleries:
 
Provenance:

OwnerYearsLocationBoat NameSail No.
William O. Gay1899 - 1906 Athene 
Theodore P. Burgess1908 - 1915 Athene 
Carlton E. Miller1917 -San Francisco, CAAthene 

2016.02.11: second owner added (source: email) previous notes: ATHENE passed through the Panama Canal in 1915 and is believed to be the first private yacht to do so. She was destroyed in 1943, having been run down by a steamer off Miami while she was carrying pineapples from Havana.



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