The Islander was the 34-foot yawl

Yawl

A yawl is a two-masted sailing craft similar to a sloop or cutter but with an additional mast located well aft of the main mast, often right on the transom, specifically aft of the rudder post. A yawl (from Dutch Jol) is a two-masted sailing craft similar to a sloop or cutter but with an...

 that Harry Pidgeon

Harry Pidgeon

Harry Clifford Pidgeon , was an American sailor, a noted photographer, and was the second person to sail single-handedly around the world , 23 years after Joshua Slocum. Pidgeon was the first person to do this via the Panama Canal, and the first person to solo circumnavigate the world twice...

 sailed around the world single-handed

Single-handed sailing

The sport of single-handed sailing or solo sailing is sailing with only one crewmember . The term is usually used with reference to ocean and long-distance sailing, and particularly competitive sailing....

, becoming the second person to do so after Joshua Slocum

Joshua Slocum

Joshua Slocum was the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. He was a Canadian born, naturalised American seaman and adventurer, and a noted writer. In 1900 he told the story of this in Sailing Alone Around the World...

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History

The yawl was built along the lines of Sea Bird, a 25' V-bottom boat designed by Captain Thomas Fleming Day

Thomas Fleming Day

Thomas Fleming Day was a sailboat designer and sailboat racer. He was the founding editor of Rudder, a monthly magazine about boats. He was the first to win the annual New York to Bermuda race. The T. F...

. Pidgeon built her from 1917 - 1918 using only $1,000 of materials. She was built mostly from oak

Oak

An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 600 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...

, Douglas fir, and Oregon pine

Pine

Pines are trees in the genus Pinus ,in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species.-Etymology:...

. Writing about his voyage later, Pidgeon commented that the Islander "proved to sail well, and all remarked on the ease with which she handled."

Length : 34'

Beam : 10' 9"

Draft : 5'

Islander was also the trade name of a California based sailboat manufacturer, and an article about them is listed on the Islander 36

Islander 36

The Islander 36 sloop is an inboard-powered, family cruiser and weekend racer with berths for six.The I-36 as she is commonly referred to, was a mid-volume production, California-built, fiberglass-reinforced vessel with an early 1970s to 1984 manufacturing run of about 650 vessels...

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