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ROSS S. WINANS
Cigar Boat 1865
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The Ross Winans was a "cigar boat" built by the
Winans family, successful railroad engineers from
Baltimore. In the early
1850’s, they conceived the ideal
that the most advantageous shape for an
ocean-traveling ship would be a spindle. The waves
would wash easily over the decks, reducing rolling;
the pointed hull would cut through the water with
minimal resistance.
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The cigar ship was the most successful ship design
of Ross Winans. It was built in Le Havre in 1865.
It was about 72 feet long and nine in diameter, and
displaced 33 tons. This experimental boat had a complex system of
propellers and a mechanism for driving them in
various combinations. It made a number of
trial runs and ended up at Southampton with the Ross Winans.
A Scientific American article repeats
a Manchester Guardian account of yacht's channel
crossing with seven passengers from Havre to
Newhaven on 28 Mar 1866. The article mentions
a single submerged, three-bladed aft propeller with
a diameter of four feet, ten inches. It
carried a full load of coal and was submerged to
just below the centerline. The account
described how well the boat was handled in a heavy
sea.
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This primarily wood model Ross Winans features
plank-on-frame construction, similar to the way the real
boat was built. 58" long x 8" wide x
19" tall (including base's dimensions.)
Special clearance
price $1,700  Shipping and insurance
in the contiguous US included. Other places: $500
flat rate.
This model is in
stock and can be shipped within five business days.
Learn more about the
Ross Winans' cigar ship here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Winans
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