Mariette (yacht)

Mariette is two-masted gaff-rigged schooner designed and built by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff in 1915 for Harold Stirling Vanderbilt. She went through several owners and is now based in Antibes under the French flag.

For other uses, see Mariette.
Mariette
History
France
Name:
  • Mariette
  • Kebyar
  • Janeen
  • Gee Gee IV
  • Cleopatra's Barge II'
  • Le Voyageur
  • Guinevere
  • Evening Star
  • Mariette[1]
Builder: Herreshoff, Bristol
Launched: 1916
Fate: Still in service
General characteristics
Displacement: 165 tonnes
Length:
  • 33.50 m (total) [2]
  • 24.30 m (hul) [2]
Beam: 7.20 m [2]
Draught: 4.20 m [2]
Propulsion:
  • 786/1033 m² of sail [2]
  • 2 Caterpillar engines (180 shp) [2]
Boats & landing
craft carried:
Capacity: 8 passengers[2]

Design

The yacht Mariette was built as "Project 698" by Nathanael Herreshoff for Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, a top sailing contestant.[2] She was part of a group of seven large schooners built between 1903 and 1905 by the Herreshoff shipyard of Bristol (Rhode Island). Mariette and her sister-ship Vagrant are the only of this series two still in service. The ships are smaller versions of the earlier Eleonora and Westward, also by Herreshoff.[3]

Design
  • Construction plan
  • Half-hull model on display at the MIT Museum

History

Skipper Jacob F. Brown sailed on Mariette until 1927.[2] She was then sold to Francis B. Crowninshield, from a family with a sailing tradition, whose first ship was Cleopatra’s Barge. In homage to this ship, they renamed Mariette to Cleopatra’s Barge II. The rigging was modified into a Bermuda rig. Writer James A. Michener was a regular guest aboard, and mentions the ship in his novel Cheasapeake (1978).

In 1939, Mariette was requisitioned for service with the US Coast Guard and used for patrols.[3] Crowninshield was given his ship back in 1946, in a state of disrepair, and sold her.

In the following years, Mariette had several owners and various names. At some point, she was owned by Lou Boudreau under the name Janeen.<ref name=classicyachtinfo>From 1979 to 1990, she belonged to Andrea Rizzoli, who had her restaured at the Beconcini shipyard (Cantiere Navali Beconcini) in La Spezia. In 1982, she was used as a charter in the Caribbean.[3] In 1995, Thomas J. Perkins, from San Francisco, purchased her and restored her original rigging. The same year, Mariette collided with the 6-metre Taos Brett IV[2] during the Nioulargue race, killing one of the sailors.[3]

He sailed in various Mediterranean races until 2005. He then sold Mariette to a French skipper, base in Antibes.

Model on display at MIT
  • port view
  • aft
  • mid-section
  • bow

Notes and references
References
  1. Mariette on superyachttimes.com
  2. "Yacht: Mariette". Classic Yacht Info. classicyachtinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  3. "MARIETTE". Voiliers à 2 mâts (voiles auriques ou carrées). voiliers-2-mats. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
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