Felicity Ann
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Felicity Ann is the 23 feet (7 m) wood sloop
sailed in 1952-1953 by Ann Davison
in the first singlehanded transatlantic crossing by a woman. The vessel was designed and built by Mashfords Brothers Ltd at the Cremyll Shipyard in Cornwall, England.
When construction commenced in 1939 the boat was originally built under the name Peter Piper, but, delayed by World War II
, it was launched in 1949 as Felicity Ann. It was purchased by Ann Davison in 1952, using funds from her book detailing the sailing misadventure that resulted in her husband's death, Last Voyage. In 1956 her story of the 254 day transatlantic crossing in Felicity Ann was published as My Ship is So Small.
Specifications
Length overall -23 feet
19 feet (5.8 m) on waterline
Beam 7 ½ feet
Draught 4 ½ feet
4 ton Thames Measurement
Sails; Area 237 sq ft (22 m²)
Working sails all waterproofed and dyed blue
Engine 5 HP Coventry Victor Diesel
Felicity Ann is currently in private possession in Alaska.
On November 21, 2007, Felicity Ann arrived in Haines Alaska and is undergoing restoration. Pictures can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/magpie/2053421153/
An article about the restoration can be found on the Chilkat Valley News site:
http://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/archive/2008-13-2.html
Felicity Ann left Alaska in 2009 and is now in the hands of the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding at Port Hadlock, WA. Here she will be fully restored during the next few years.
Sloop
A sloop is a sail boat with a fore-and-aft rig and a single mast farther forward than the mast of a cutter....
sailed in 1952-1953 by Ann Davison
Ann Davison
Ann Davison was, at the age of 39, the first woman to single-handedly sail the Atlantic Ocean. She departed Plymouth, England in her 23 foot boat Felicity Ann on May 18, 1952. She landed in Brittany, Portugal, Morocco and the Canary Islands, before setting sail across the Atlantic on 20 November...
in the first singlehanded transatlantic crossing by a woman. The vessel was designed and built by Mashfords Brothers Ltd at the Cremyll Shipyard in Cornwall, England.
When construction commenced in 1939 the boat was originally built under the name Peter Piper, but, delayed by World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, it was launched in 1949 as Felicity Ann. It was purchased by Ann Davison in 1952, using funds from her book detailing the sailing misadventure that resulted in her husband's death, Last Voyage. In 1956 her story of the 254 day transatlantic crossing in Felicity Ann was published as My Ship is So Small.
Specifications
Length overall -23 feet
19 feet (5.8 m) on waterline
Beam 7 ½ feet
Draught 4 ½ feet
4 ton Thames Measurement
Sails; Area 237 sq ft (22 m²)
Working sails all waterproofed and dyed blue
Engine 5 HP Coventry Victor Diesel
Felicity Ann is currently in private possession in Alaska.
On November 21, 2007, Felicity Ann arrived in Haines Alaska and is undergoing restoration. Pictures can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/magpie/2053421153/
An article about the restoration can be found on the Chilkat Valley News site:
http://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/archive/2008-13-2.html
Felicity Ann left Alaska in 2009 and is now in the hands of the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding at Port Hadlock, WA. Here she will be fully restored during the next few years.