Specifications
- Year
- 1917
- Make
- Custom
- Model
- Bell Laboratories Yawl 59
- Condition
- Used
- Length
- 59′
- Beam
- 11′ 10″
- Draft
- 6′
- Hull
- Wood
- Fuel
- Diesel
- Propulsion
- Inboard
- Engines
- Westerbeke 4-236
- Total power
- 85 hp
Description
Built in 1917 for Alexander Graham Bell; the "Elsie" still reigns as "Queen of the Bras d'Or Lakes". Naval architect George Owen of MIT using data and input from Alexander Graham Bell drew the lines especially for the wave and wind patterns typically encountered on the Lakes with careful construction by Walter Pinaud. ...
