| The New York Pilot Boat, Phantom was designed as a pilot schooner by Dennison J. Lawlor, and was built in East Boston in 1868 for the Port of New York pilots. She was the forerunner of the legendary Lawlor-designed pilot boats of New England.
On March 14, 1886 Phantom was the first to aid the sinking British liner S.S. Oregon off the coast of Long Island. She oversaw the orderly rescue of 852 people, 400 of whom she returned to port herself. At that time, she was listed as New York Pilot Boat No.11, displaying those numerals on her mainsail. She was lost during the great blizzard of '88 going ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. The boat keeper, cook and four seamen went down with the vessel.
KIT FEATURES:
Historically accurate and perfectly scaled
Machine carved hull reduces building time
All basswood and metal construction
Copper hull sheathing and hardwood launching ways
3 sizes of rigging line
3 sheet of detailed plans and clear instructions
Length 13-1/2" / Width 2-1/2" / Height 13-1/2" / Scale: 1/8"=1ft. (1:96)
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