SY Cangarda
luxury steam yacht built in 1901
The Cangarda is a 126-foot (38 m) long luxury steam yacht that was built in 1901 at the Pusey and Jones shipyard in Wilmington, Delaware. It is the only surviving U.S.-built steel steam yacht and one of only three similar yachts remaining worldwide.
After years of service at sea, on inland rivers, on the Great Lakes, and in port as a houseboat, the yacht was in poor condition and sank in Boston Harbor in 1999. Starting in 2004, the boat was restored and modernized in Richmond, California. By 2009, it was back in service as a private yacht.
History
The Cangarda was named as a combination of the last names of the original owners, Michigan lumber mogul Charles Canfield and his wife, Belle Gardner. In 1904, George Taylor Fulford, a wealthy businessman and member of the Senate of Canada, bought the boat and renamed her Magedoma, which was a combination of syllables from the names of his wife and children (MAry, GEorge, DOrothy, MArtha). The boat was docked at Fulford Place, his 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) mansion nestled on the banks of the St. Lawrence River in Brockville, Ontario, Canada.
After Fulford's death in 1905, the yacht remained in the family.
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