Appledore IV

The schooner Appledore IV is a 65 foot, two-mast, Gaff rigged schooner typical of working boats that sailed the Great Lakes before the age of sail ended. 

Commissioned by Herb and Doris Smith and built by Mark Treworgy she was launched in 1989 as the fourth in a series of schooners built for world voyaging.

Unlike her predecessors she boasts a steel hull.

Here is Appledore IV entering The Port of Sturgeon Bay for the Tall Ships Festival last week.

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You can learn more about the Appledore schooners here.