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Manitou
Manitouin the 2012 "Les Régates de Nice"
Sail no62
Designer(s)Sparkman & Stephens
BuilderM. M. Davis & Son
Launched1937[1]
Owner(s)
Racing career
Notable victoriesChicago-Mackinac Cup- 1938[3]
Specifications
TypeMarconi-riggedyawl
Displacement60,000 lb (27.2 tonnes)[4]
Length
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Beam13.8 ft (4.2 m)[1]
Draft8.6 ft (2.6 m)[1]
Mast height81 ft (25 m)[6]
Sail area1,778 sq ft (165 m2)[4]
Crew5-6[5]
Notes

Manitouis a 62-foot-long (18.9 m) performance cruising yacht designed and built for racing on theGreat Lakes[2][6]and specifically to win theChicago-Mackinac Race.[7]It notably served as apresidential yachtfor United States presidentJohn F. Kennedy[8][9]and was known as the "Floating White House."[10]Manitouwas built in 1937 at theM. M. Davis & Sonshipyard inSolomons Island,Maryland.It was Design No. 99 of naval architectsSparkman & Stephens,[7]who built manyAmerica's Cupracing yachts.

Manitouwas originally commissioned and privately owned by race car driver James Lowe. She was launched in 1937 and promptly won the 1938 Chicago-Mackinac Race in the cruising division (on corrected time), beating all previous records. She came a close second the next year. In 1940 and 1941,Manitouwon thePort Huron to Mackinac Boat Race.[11]After these successes, Lowe sold her, and in 1955 she was donated to theUS Coast Guardto be used as a training vessel at theUnited States Coast Guard AcademyinNew London, Connecticut.[12]

President Kennedy usedManitouwhile he was in office.Manitouwas returned to private ownership in 1968 when she became a training vessel for theHarry Lundeberg School of Seamanshipin Maryland. The boat took on the nickname: "Floating White House".[13]

In 1999Manitouwas sold to Laura Kilbourne, granddaughter of James R. Lowe, the original owner.Manitouwas then given a comprehensive refit at Deagle's Marine Railway inDeltaville, Virginia.

In late 2010 she was sold to four joint owners and underwent an extensive refit in early 2011. She was then shipped to the Mediterranean where she was raced extensively[4]and made available for charter out of ports on theFrench Riviera.

References

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  1. ^abc"Coast Guard Vessel Documentation".NOAA Fisheries,Office of Science and Technology.Retrieved27 November2013.
  2. ^ab"History".Manitou Yacht.Archived fromthe originalon 4 April 2016.Retrieved16 March2017.
  3. ^"Race to Mackinac Trophy Winners (Through 2014) - Chicago Yacht Club"(PDF).Chicago Yacht Club.Retrieved16 March2017.
  4. ^abcdeVenables, Guy (20 February 2013)."The Complete Story of John F Kennedy's YachtManitou".Classic Boat Magazine.Retrieved15 December2013.
  5. ^"Kennedy Boat" Manitou "".John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.Retrieved16 March2017.
  6. ^ab"Jfk's Yacht Being Restored In Deltaville".The Virginian-Pilot.3 April 2003.Retrieved16 March2017.
  7. ^ab"For Sale: S&S Design No. 99 MANITOU".Sparkman & Stephens.28 July 2010.Retrieved16 March2017.
  8. ^Fanta, J. Julius (1968).Sailing with President Kennedy: The White House Yachtsman.Sea Lore Pub. Co. p. 98.
  9. ^Meath, Jason Killian (August 2009).Hollywood on the Potomac.Arcadia Publishing. p. 2.ISBN9780738567556.Retrieved5 June2013.
  10. ^Ryan, Des (13 June 2008)."JFK's Classic Yawl is up for Sale".Sail-World.Retrieved16 March2017.
  11. ^"Mackinac Race History in the Early 1940s"(PDF).Bayview Mackinac Race.Retrieved16 March2017.
  12. ^Collette, Matt (12 October 2008)."Kennedy 'floating White House,' carefully restored, is up for sale".Boston Globe.Archived fromthe originalon 15 April 2009.Retrieved16 March2017.
  13. ^Fanta, J. Julius (1968).Sailing with President Kennedy: The White House Yachtsman.Sea Lore Pub. Co. p. 16.
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