Islander

The Islander was the 34-foot yawl that Harry Pidgeon sailed around the world single-handed, becoming the second person to do so after Joshua Slocum.

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The yawl was built along the lines of Seagoer, a V-bottom boat designed by Captain Thomas Fleming Day. Pidgeon built her from 1917 - 1918 using only $1,000 of materials. She was built mostly from oak, Douglas fir, and Oregon pine. Writing about his voyage later, Pidgeon commented that the Islander "proved to sail well, and all remarked on the ease with which she handled."

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Length : 34'

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Beam : 10' 9"

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Draw : 5'

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Yawl: A yawl is a two-masted sailing craft similar to a sloop or cutter but with an additional mizzen mast well aft of the main mast, often right on the transom. A small mizzen sail is hoisted on the mizzen mast....

Harry Pidgeon: Harry Pidgeon (1869 – 1954), American sailor, was the second solo person to circumnavigate the world, after Joshua Slocum, and the first person to do so twice. On both trips, he sailed a 34-foot yawl named the Islander....

Joshua Slocum: Joshua Slocum (February 20, 1844 – on or shortly after 14 November, 1909) was an American seaman and adventurer and the first man to sail single-handedly around the world....