Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Hindu"

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Hindu
Registered port:Provincetown
Nation:USA
Type of rigging:SCHONER
Year built:1925
Yard:Hodgdon Brothers, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, USA
Overall length:22.25 m
Length (hull):19.50 m
Breadth:4.57 m
Draught:2.75 m
Sail area:240 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Power:90 PS
Engine:Detroit 353 Diesel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 06 Apr 2005

  • "Hindu" was designed by William Hand Jr. as a half scale model of a 19th century Grand Banks Fishing Schooner.
  • built as a private yacht by the Hodgdon Brothers in East Boothbay, Maine, USA in 1925.
  • has been employed as a private yacht, a cargo ship transporting spices from India, and by the U.S. Navy in World War II as a U-boat tracker on the Eastern Seaboard.
  • participated in many Blue water races, i.e. the Newport-Bermuda Classics.
  • today she is a private owned ship employed in the charter business, offers sail training for paying trainees, daytrips out of Provincetown or longer voyages and is available for private charter, 2002 the owner Capt. John Bennett died.
  • taken out of service in 2004 for repairs to meet Coast Guard Certification required to operate as a business, dry docked in Fairhaven, MA.
  • US Coast Guard inspected passenger vessel for coastwise navigation.

Literature for further reading:

We recommend the following references for your further research of the ship. The references marked with have been included in the generation of the ship profile on this page.

American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2000 ISBN: 0-9636483-5-7
(12th Edition)
Page: 139 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact

American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2007 ISBN: 978-0-9799878-0-9
(17th Edition)
Page: 173 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact