Friends Good Will
John Davidson
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SPECIFICATIONS
Flag: USA
Rig: Suare topsaial sloop
Homeport: South Haven, Michigan
Sparred Length: 101'
Rig Height: 82'
Sail area: 3,189
Tons: 49.2 GRT
Hull: wood
"We have met the enemy and they are ours…" - Commander Oliver Hazard Perry, USN, Battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813. This famous dispatch, dashed off within an hour after the great guns fell silent, went on to reference a merchange sloop turn man-o-war. That sloop was Friends Good Will. The Michigan Maritime Museum launched a replica of this fateful vessel in 2004. The vessel serves as an historic flagship for the preservation of traditional maritime skills
Website: MichiganMaritimeMuseum.org
Source: Michigan Maritime Museum
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