Islander was the 34-foot yawl with which Harry Pidgeon sailed around the world single-handedly from 1921 to 1925. Pidgeon thus became the second person, after Joshua Slocum, to do so. [3] He accounts for his adventures in his book, Around …

PIDGEON’S 34-FEET YAWL, the Islander, was built by himself at a cost of about £250 for materials. Her trials were made off Catalina Island, near Los Angeles, where this photograph was taken. The Islander had a beam of 10 ft. 9 in. and a draught of 5 …

Dec 31, 2009 · Even in 1917 when Harry started building ‘Islander’, his 34’ engineless yawl, there were but few small working vessels equipped with gasoline internal combustion engines. Almost all coastal craft relied upon sails to harness the power of the wind to convey them and their cargoes from port to port.

On both voyages, he sailed a 34-foot yawl named Islander, which Pidgeon built himself on a beach in Los Angeles. Prior to his first trip, Pidgeon had no sailing experience and was referred to in the press as the "Library Navigator".

May 6, 2010 · The original Sea Bird Yawl was built in 1901* as a centerboarder but due to a lack of interior space she was converted into a keel craft in 1902*. The plans are now available with a choice of centerboard or ballast keel configurations.

The yawl belonged to Captain Harry Pidgeon, a famous sailor who circumnavigated the world single-handedly during the years 1921 to 1925. He arrived in St. Thomas after a long, 18 day’s sail from Bermuda on his first visit to the US Virgin Islands .

Oct 11, 2022 · Around the world single-handed : the cruise of the "Islander" Reprint. Originally published: New York : D. Appleton, 1933.

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

Jan 7, 2007 · The Islander was a 34ft yawl which Harry built, from a plan drawn by Captain Thomas Fleming Day, using the booklet How to Build a Cruising Yawl as his guide. In 1917 he set to work hewing out the keel timbers on a vacant lot by Los Angeles Harbour.