Victory Chimes (schooner)
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The three-masted
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''Victory Chimes'', also known as ''Edwin and Maud'' or ''Domino Effect'', is a US
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. She is the last surviving Chesapeake Ram schooner. The boat on the
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State Quarter is meant to resemble the ''Victory Chimes''.


Construction

''Victory Chimes'' was built at
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in 1900 by George K. Phillips Co. She was named ''Edwin and Maud'' after the children of her first Captain, Robert E. Riggen.
The traditional "ram" rig was a standing jib, flying jib, staysail (also called a forestaysail), foresail, mainsail and spanker (or mizzen), which ''Victory Chimes'' carries today. The heads of the fore, main and mizzen sails are supported by gaffs and the feet are laced to booms ... The standing rigging is steel wire. Standing rigging was minimal on rams, to enable deck cargo to be stowed on uncluttered decks.
She was designed to carry general cargo in the
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. She was built with a
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, and a shallow draft for work in the Bay. Her centerboard, replaced in 1965, "draws 7 feet 6 inches with the centerboard up and 18 feet with the centerboard down."


Sailing career

''Edwin and Maude'' served in the cargo trade until 1945 carrying "sawn lumber, grain, soft coal and fertilizer." She was converted to carry passengers in 1946. She was renamed ''Victory Chimes'' after purchase by a syndicate in 1954, for charter in Maine. In 1984, the ship was purchased by a Minnesota banker, Jerry Jubie, "for about $1 million", who brought her to
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. She was used for educational cruises for high school students, sold at auction in 1987, and sold again by
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in 1988 to Thomas Monaghan, the owner of
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. Monaghan renamed her ''Domino Effect.'' He used the vessel for employee incentive cruises, and invested a considerable amount of money in restoring her with traditional methods at Sample's Shipyard in
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. The ship returned to Maine in 1989, where she was purchased by Captain Kip Files and Captain Paul DeGaeta in 1990 for the passenger trade. They changed her name back to ''Victory Chimes.'' In 1997, it was reported that the vessel was operating as a traditional sailing ship, without an engine on board.
Just as when ''Victory Chimes'' was built, the schooner does not carry an engine. Maneuvering assistance is provided by a nineteen foot wooden yawlboat which pushes against the stern. When not in use it is towed astern. The current yawl boat was built in 1991 ... to enable the vessel to compete with other vessels in the passenger schooner trade which have been modified to carry engines. The yawlboat is ..."probably a bit bigger than would have originally been used." It is powered by a 135 horsepower Ford diesel engine. Three other boats are carried on davits.
As of 2010, ''Victory Chimes'' yawl boat ''Enoch'' was equipped with a 210 HP
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diesel engine. The donkey engine which retrieves the anchors and can be used to raise sail is a 6 hp single cylinder Seeger manufactured by Olds and installed in 1904.employees of Victory Chimes


National Historic Landmark

The vessel was listed on the
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in 1996 and was designated a
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in 1997.


See also

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List of schooners __TOC__ The following are notable schooner-rigged vessels. Active schooners Historical schooners * '' A. W. Greely'', originally named ''Donald II'' * '' Ada K. Damon'' * ''Albatross'' * * '' Alvin Clark'' * '' America'' * '' American Spi ...
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List of National Historic Landmarks in Maine __NOTOC__ This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in Maine. The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Knox County, Maine This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Knox County, Maine. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Knox County, Maine, United States. ...
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List of oldest surviving ships This is a list of the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day with exceptions to certain categories. The ships on this list which include warships, yachts, tall ships, and vessels recovered during archaeological excavations all d ...


References


External links

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Press coverage of ''Victory Chimes''
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