Erica - gig*

Commissioned 1982; recommissioned 2016

Length: 21’2”

Beam: 54”

Depth: 19”

Weight: Approx. 300 pounds

Oar 1 is 13’ – beam 52”; distance to inboard edge of leather is 33”

Oar 2 is 14’ – beam is 58”; distance to inboard edge of leather is 40”

Oar 3 is 14’ – beam is 57”; distance to inboard edge of leather is 40”

Oar 4 is 12’ – beam is 51”; distance to inboard edge of leather is 29”

Recommissioned under direction of Andy Stewart, Emerald Marine Carpentry and members of OARS.

Glide - gig*

Commissioned: 1984

Length: 21’2”

Beam: 54”

Depth: 19”

Weight: Approx. 300 pounds

Oar 1 is 13’ – beam is 52”; distance to inboard edge of leather is 33”

Oar 2 is 14’ – beam is 57”; distance to inboard edge of leather is 40”

Oar 3 is 14’ – beam is 55”; distance to inboard edge of leather is 39”

Oar 4 is 12” – beam is 46”; distance to inboard edge of leather is 28”

Island Star - gig*

Commissioned: 2010

Length: 27’4”

Beam: 48”

Depth: 18”

Weight: 410 pounds

Oar 1 is 12’4” carbon fiber** - 12’6” yellow cedar

Oar 2 is 12’5” carbon fiber** - 13’ yellow cedar

Oar 3 is 12’5” carbon fiber** - 13’ yellow cedar

Oar 4 is 12’4” carbon fiber** - 12’6” yellow cedar

**All carbon oars are privately owned and loaned to OARS to use only, not to possess.

Mast: 8’ x 1 5/8” x 1”; Sprit: 8’L x 3/4” x 1”

Sail rig: Sprit sail 6’ on the mast, 4’8-1/2” on the top, 8’5-1/4” on the side, 5’10- 3/8” on the bottom

Built by Emerald Marine Carpentry and members of OARS

*Gig: Naut. a light boat rowed with four, six or eight long oars.

Annie C. - wherry***

Commissioned: 2002

Length: 21’4”

Beam: 53 1⁄2”

Depth: 19”

Weight: Approx. 280 pounds

Oar 1 is 11’8” – beam is 48 1⁄2”; distance to inboard edge of leather is 31”

Oar 2 is 12’ – beam is 53 1⁄2”; distance to inboard edge of leather is 34”

Oar 3 is 12’ – beam is 53 1⁄2”; distance to inboard edge of leather is 34”

Oar 4 is 11’8” – beam is 47 inches; distance to inboard edge of leather is 29”

Built by Scott Foss, boatwright. Contracted by OARS.

***Wherry: 1. a light rowboat for one or more persons; skiff. 2. any of various barges, fishing vessels, etc., used locally in England. 3. to use or transport in, a wherry. (1400-50; late ME wherry)

Rescue - Queen's gig

Commissioned: 1991

Length: 18’ 2”

Beam: 3’

Depth: 13”

Weight: 182 pounds

Oars: a pair at 8’8-3/4” each

Elizabeth Bonaventure

Length overall: 26’3”, Length waterline: 24’

Beam: 7’


Depth: 3’

Draft: 1’8”

Weight: Light displacement: 1,800 pounds; historical average full crew displacement: 3,600 pounds; displacement with 185-pound average crew weight: 4,020 pounds.

Sail areas in square feet: Mizzen: 22.5, Main: 95.5, Fore: 66, Total: 184

Sail areas with 1st reef: Mizzen: 22.5, Main: 74.5, Fore: 50, Total: 146

Sail areas with 2nd reef: Mizzen: 22.5, Main 53.5: Fore 35.5: Total: 120.5

Mizzen and Fore:
 Mizzen: 22.5, Fore: 66: Total: 88.5

Mast length: Mizzen: 11'7', Main: 16'10", Fore: 15'4"

Information on the boat dimensions was obtained by Donn Wilson, Torgy Torgersen, David Jackson and the Lady OARS Racing Team of 2014.