After five years of planning, our vision of constructing a custom designed
sail training schooner rated for all ocean operations became a reality. Follow
the progression of S/Y Argo from computer-aided design to
sea trial and find out what it took to create her.
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February 2005 - Plans, Contracts, and the Beginning of
our Global Program
Plans for the construction of our new school-ship S/Y Argo,
112-foot overall staysail schnooner are completed at Langan and
Associates in Newport, Rhode Island - home of the drawing boatds for the
world's most exclusive sailing yachts. Argo was
designed to accomodate 26 students on ocean voyages. The steal for contruction
was ordered and plans to build the jib began. Below are some of the plans
and first 3-D renderings for the Argo Project.
Above: Starboard side of the vessel showing the general deck arrangement and her lines
Above: General interior arrangement
Above: The thumbnails below are of some recent 3-D renderings of the vessel
April 2005 - The Jig is up
We are assigned hull 197 in our shipyard and yard workers begin
construction of the Jig, the platform on which the hull will be built.
May 2005 - Hull foundations, Framing and Fundamentals
June 2005 - Mechanicals and Systems
As construction progressed in the shipyard, we worked hard at ordering
all the systerms and equiptment to fill Argo. Below see pictures
of the first shipment of systems, including the Caterpillar main engine
and the Northern Lights ship's service diesel generators.
July 2005 - Shell Plating
These photos from mid-July truly start to show full hull form.
The stern is taking shape and the keel is nearly complete. The propeller
aperature framing is now in place and can be seen just aft of where the final
engine room frames will be placed.
August 2005 - Turning the Hull Upright
