Schooner Bagheera, Portland, 1923-1948
The two-masted Auxiliary Schooner Bagheera is a trophy-winning cruising yacht with a noteworthy racing record, designed by the master naval architect John G. Alden, and built at one of Maine?s well known East Bootbay wooden shipyards. Constructed in 1924 for the scientist Marion Eppley, the yacht was one of two wooden vessels built simultaneously by the shipyard following Alden?s Design # 226 for a 55 ? foot Auxillery Schooner with a gasoline engine and gaff rig. Originally named Beacon Rock and homeported in Newport, Rhode Island, the vessel was sold in 1928 to Robert P.