Gertrude L. Thebaud
.jpg) Rounding Eastern Point | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name: | Gertrude L. Thebaud |
| Builder: | Arthur D. Story |
| Launched: | March 17, 1930 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 137 grt |
| Length: | |
| Beam: | 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in) |
| Draft: | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion: | Sails. An auxiliary 180-horsepower Fairbanks Morris diesel engine |
| Sail area | 715 m2 (7,700 sq ft) |
Gertrude L. Thebaud was an American fishing and racing schooner built and launched in Essex, Massachusetts in 1930. A celebrated racing competitor of the Bluenose,[1] it was designed by Frank Paine and built by Arthur D. Story for Louis A. Thebaud, and named for his wife, Gertrude Thebaud.[2] In their first meeting at Gloucester, Massachusetts, in October 1930, the Gertrude L. Thebaud bested the Bluenose 2-0 to win the Sir Thomas Lipton International Fishing Challenge Cup.[3] However, in 1931, two races to none, and again in 1938, three races to two, the Bluenose defeated the Gertrude L. Thebaud to remain the undefeated holder of the International Fisherman's Trophy.[4]
References
- ↑ James Robbins, "Schooner Race Stirs Gloucester," New York Times. October 9, 1930.
- ↑ (3 April 1939). L.A. Thebaud Dies; Philanthropist, 79, The New York Times
- ↑ James Robbins, "Thebaud wins cup by second victory," New York Times. October 19, 1930.
- ↑ "Bluenose Retains Fishermen's Trophy by Beating Thebaud in Deciding Race," New York Times. October 27, 1938.
Further reading
- Story, Dana, Growing up in a shipyard: reminiscences of a shipbuilding life in Essex, Massachusetts, Mystic Seaport Museum, 1991
External links
- Color Footage of the 1938 race between the Bluenose and the Gertrude L. Thebaud
- Black and White Footage aboard the Gertrude L. Thebaud
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