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schooner may be drifting aimlessly, tossed by the
winds and currents, with no direction and no
crew. The John F. Leavitt was abandoned in
December of last year marking the end of a
dream. The mystery of her final voyage and
trouble has not yet been fully answered but what
is known makes another fascinating story of the

propelied only by sail.

The John F. Leavitt, 97
feet overall had only an
She was escorted in and out
of harbour and dockages by
this 15% foot push boat with
an 80 horsepower diesel
engine.

Built in the traditional
manner of coasting
schooners, the Leavitt was
constructed of oak and

requirements or to
regulations for safety at sea.
However, Ackerman in-
sisted that he met or ex-
ceeded all coastguard
regulations wherever

possible.
CARRY ANYTHING

Ackerman planned to haul
any cargo that was availabie,
from exotic stone work to
hardwoods. He planned to
Carry six passengers to assist
with the expense of

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operating the vessel, plus a
crew of six.

Some people familiar with
the ship building and
freighting business cast

invelved im a sail powered
vessel.

But Ackerman pursued his
dream. Financing it with real
estate profits and the sale of
@ vessel that he built
previously, plus some stock
market trading, the 36 year
old New Englander launched
the John F. Leavitt last
summer.

Fitting-out took some
time, and the sea trials for
the vessel consisted of one
three day ruan_ from
Thomaston, Maine to
Quincy, Massachusetts in

November. It was a down
wind run all the way.

FULLY LOADED AND

Gene Dixon courtesy of the Boston

expericnce in a brand new
vessel whose handling
characteristics were un-
determined.

LUMBER TO HAITI
In Quincy the John F.

Leavitt tied up at a dock to
load cargo for her first real

Slim Down

“4,

down by the bead, the John

sea voyage. She was con-

tracted to carry lumber and

chemicals to Port-au-Prince,
in Haiti. At Quincy lumber
and chemicals were loaded
in her center hold and a deck
cargo of lumber was placed,
mid-ships over the hatches.
The story is hard to piece
together — Ackerman

&
Firm Up
with

FIGURE 1

F. Leavitt heads for sea lasi
December, shortly before being abandoned by her crew. The picture, from Wooden-
Bost magazine, shows the schooner’s water line barely visible fore and aft. (Photo by
Herald American and WoodenBoat magazine)

quotes his lawyers and in-

some time in the future, but”
apparently the cargo . was
well packed and well braced.“

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