Californian 24"

• Overall dimensions: 24" L x 5" W x 16" H
• Our ship model Californian topsail schooner  is a fully assembled ship model, never made from a kit.
• The Californian ship model features a planked deck with nail holes, barells, anchor chains, buckets, accurate stern California Eagle and California Flag emblems, coiled ropes, and more!
• This ship model Californian schooner is meticulously painted to the actual Californian docked at the San Diego Maritime Musuem
  
• Our model ship replica is built wil rare and high quality woods such as cherry, walnut, oak, birch, and mable.
• This Californian ship model rests perfectly on a large wood base made perfectly to cradle the ship, displaying the plank on frame hull.
• We only use the finest and highest quality parts on our ship models. This Californian topsail schooner ship model has metal anchors and brass cannons.
• To build this ship, extensive research was done using various sources such as drawings, paints, and copies of the original plans.
  

 Californian was built in 1984 as a replica of the revenue service cutter C.W. Lawrence which operated off the Californian coast in the 1850s. She is known as the "Official Tall ship Ambassador for the State of California",

A precursor to today's Coast Guard, the Revenue Cutter Service was responsible for securing the tax revenue and to relieve distressed merchant vessels, much as the United States Coast Guard operates today.

Originally commissioned by the Nautical Heritage Society, she's flown the Californian flag up and down the Californian coast and in ports ranging from Hawaii, Mexico, and the East Coast.

Recently acquired by the Maritime Museum of San Diego, she underwent a complete overhaul and has now returned to providing sail training and sea educational programs up and down the Californian coast

Type:    Topsail Schooner
Hull:    Wood
Built:    1984, San Diego, CA
Homeport:    San Diego, CA
Designer:    Melbourne Smith
Builder:    Jayford Hazell/Nautical Heritage Society
Sparred Length:    145 ft (44 m)
Length on deck:    93.5 ft (28.5 m)
Beam:    24 ft (7 m)
Draft:    9.5 ft (2.9 m)
Rig Height:    145 ft (44 m)
Displacement:    129 t
Sail Area:    7,000 sq ft (700 m2)