George Steers
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George Steers was a designer of yachts best known for the famous racing yacht America. He founded a shipyard with his brother, George Steers and Co, and died in an accident just as he was landing a ma
George Steers
Interior of George Steers' model room, as it appeared at the time of his death in 1856, showing labelled models of ships and yachts designed or built at the yard
The Moses H. Grinnell was a 19th-century pilot boat built in 1850 for the New York maritime pilots. She was designed by the yacht designer George Steers. The Grinnell was the first pilot boat to featu
George Steers
…a schooner. The firm was closed in 1849. In 1850 he formed the firm George & James R. Steers with his brother. In 1850, Steers designed the pilot boat Moses H. Grinnell, No. 1. The Grinnell was the first pilot boat to have a long lean bow, which made it very fast. It was owned by George W. Blunt. George Steers is perhaps best…
Schooner Moses H. Grinnell in Stowing Sails off Fairhaven by William Bradford, 1858.