Islander (yawl)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Islander |
| Owner | Harry Pidgeon |
| Builder | Harry Pidgeon |
| Cost | $1,000 |
| Laid down | 1917 |
| Launched | 1918 |
| Fate | Wrecked, 1947[1] |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Type | Yawl |
| Displacement | 12 long tons (12 t) |
| Length | |
| Beam | 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft (1.5 m) |
| Sail plan |
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| Crew | 1 |
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 the World Single-Handed: The Cruise of the Islander (1932).
