| STATS | |
| Extreme Length | 219 feet |
| Length on Deck | 156 feet |
| Beam | 36 feet |
| Depth | 11.38 feet |
| Gross tonnage | 453 |
| Height of mainmast | 105 feet |
- The CA Thayer is a wooden-hulled, three-masted schooner, designed for carrying lumber.
- She was built in 1895 in Northern California at Hans D. Bendixsen’s shipyard in Fairhaven, CA.
- The original hull was made of dense, old-growth Douglas fir carefully chosen for shipbuilding.
- She sailed with a small crew consisting of four seamen, two mates, a cook, and the captain.
Once, hundreds of sailing schooners carried lumber to San Francisco from Washington, Oregon and the California redwood Coast. Built in 1895, C.A. Thayer was once part of that mighty Pacific Coast fleet. Today, she is a rare survivor from the days when strong canvas sails billowed over tall deckloads of freshly-milled fir and redwood.
