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  • Classic Boat

    Saleroom

    Jul 10, 2020 2 minutes
    By Dave Selby

    CHARLES MILLER LTD

    Size isn’t everything

    When launched in Maine in 1909, the six-masted 450ft (137m) schooner was hailed as “the largest wooden sailing vessel in the world”. The ‘’, as she was soon nicknamed, was also a last hurrah for trade in sail, a dinosaur of’s massive dimensions sealed her fate.

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