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The ''Mystery'' is a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built in 1932, by Harry Sinclair in Oxford, Maryland. She measures 34'-7" long, has a beam of 8'-8" and has a centerboard. She is noted for her very tall masts, is privately owned, and races under No. 8. She is one of the last 22 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay racing log canoes that carry on a tradition of racing on the Eastern Shore of Maryland that has existed since the 1840s. She is located at Kingstown, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.〔 ==History== ''Mystery'' was built in a barn in Oxford, MD, as a secret weapon to defeat the'' Flying Cloud'' in the Governor's Cup, hence the name, ''Mystery. '' Results were mixed and she was eventually re-rigged as a sloop in the late-40s and was used as a cruising boat. In 1955, she was purchased by John Whittum who sailed her all around the Chesapeake with her sloop rig until he re-rigged her for racing once again and began to compete in the log canoe regattas. He eventually won the Governor's Cup in 1963. In the mid-70s, John moved to Colorado, leaving the ''Mystery'' with Francis Schauber who had been racing with him since the early 60's. Francis raced her for several years, before purchasing it outright in 1975. He then began a full overhaul on her, which by then, had been in serious disrepair. He stripped down the hull to the bare logs, cut out all the rotten spots and replaced the waterlogged plywood decks. He also increased her sail area substantially. The foremast height was increased to 60 feet, making it the tallest mast ever for a log canoe under 35 feet long.〔 ''Mystery'' would hold this record until ''Jay Dee'' unveiled her 63 foot foremast in 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mystery (log canoe)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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