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Merry Wings - Maine Sloop Boat
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
  • 1903 c.
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Merry Wings - Maine Sloop Boat
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Identifier:
  • swhpl-14941
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
Date:
  • 1903 c.
Description:
"Merry Wing" was a Maine Sloop Boat, a centerboard sloop because Lewis Freeman Gott was from Gotts Island and he needed to be able to raise the centerboard to get into the Pool there. Lewis Freeman Gott won a cup for winning the Eagle Island Races three years in a row with "Merry Wing". The cup may be seen in the Tremont Historical Society Museum. "Local lore has it that she was the fastest sailboat in the area, and from time to time was entered in the early races held in the Great Harbor (Southwest Harbor - Northeast Harbor - Cranberry Isles neighborhood) under the auspices of the Northeast Harbor Fleet, and there proved her merit by beating everybody!" - The Newsletter of the Tremont Historical Society, Vol. 15, No. 1, Summer 2012, p. 1. [show more]