Detail - Hull 779
| Status: | FOUND | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Name: | Jessica | Current Name: | Vixen II |
| Hull No: | 779 | Home Port: | Amsterdam, NL |
| Contracted By: | Wilson Marshall | Current Owner(s): | Nicolai Visser |
| Contract Date: | 10/14/1915 | Owner Since: | 2005 |
| Class: | New York 40 | Sail Number: | |
| Sub-Class: | |||
| Original Rig: | cutter | ||
| Current Rig: | schooner | ||
| Original Price: | $10,000 | Restored By: | |
| LOA: | 59 ft. 0 in. | Maintained By: | |
| LWL: | 40 ft. 0 in. | Notes: | |
| Beam: | 14 ft. 6 in. | ||
| Draft: | 8 ft. 2 in. | ||
| Designer: | NGH | Other Resources: | HCR |
| Gallery / Galleries: | |||
| Provenance: |
| Owner | Years | Location | Boat Name | Sail No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Marshall | 1916 - 1919 | Bridgeport, CT | Jessica | 3 |
| Spencer Borden, Jr. | 1920 - 1926 | Fall River, MA | Sally Ann | |
| Edwin D. Morgan | 1927 - 1929 | New York, NY | Jessica | |
| William O. Gay | 1930 - 1931 | New York, NY | Jessica | |
| Mrs. Anne Archbold | 1931 - 1946 | Bar Harbor, ME | Vixen III | |
| B. H. Spinney | 1947 - 1948 | New York, NY | Vixen III | |
| Stephen S. Lang | 1948 - 1952 | St. Petersburg, FL | Vixen III | |
| Herman E. Beaty | 1953 - 1962 | Bradenton, FL | Vixen III | |
| Warren Beatty | ||||
| Dr. George Schimert | c. 1970 - 2005 | St. Thomas | Vixen II |
The current owners bought the boat in Maine. She had been altered with a ferro-cement hull in 1978, schooner rig, and cabin house. She was fitted out in Boothbay Harbor prior to the trans-Atlantic trip to the Mediterranean. Vixen II currently sees charter service in the Mediterranean. She served the US Navy in 1942.
