A guide to the Wanderbird (yacht) logbooks and papers, 1929-1941
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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
2013
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A Guide to the Wanderbird (yacht) logbooks and papers
HDC0181
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, National Park Service2013, National Park Service
Title: Wanderbird (yacht) logbooks and papers
Date: 1929-1941
Identifier/Call Number: HDC0181 (SAFR 16464)
Physical Description:
25 items.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: Wanderbird (yacht) logbooks and papers (SAFR 16464, HDC 181) includes six rough logs and various loose pages that record weather
conditions, location, passengers and other vessels as well as humourous entries for events and occurences. Warwick Tomkins
was the master of the WANDERBIRD and each log records entries for more than one voyage. The collection is available for research
use without restriction.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In English.
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This collection was transferred from Golden Gate National Recreation Area to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.
Historical or Biographical Note
This finding aid does not have an agency history, biography, or historical note.
Wanderbird (yacht) logbooks and papers (SAFR 16464, HDC 181) includes six rough logs and various loose pages that record weather
conditions, location, passengers and other vessels as well as humourous entries for events and occurences. Warwick Tomkins
was the master of the WANDERBIRD and each log records entries for more than one voyage. The collection is available for research
use without restriction.
Volume 1. 1929: departing Coxhaven for Amsterdam, Havre, Cowes and Falmouth. There are no entries while in port. Also, contains
eight loose items: seven log pages and one sketch of mast and winch.
Volume 2. 1934 to 1937: departing Gloucester for Gothenberg, Stockholm and Copenhagen and departing Copenhagen for Cowes and
Finchal. The vessel also goes to Boston, Bermuda, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The folder also contains a card on radio
settings, tables, charts, a letter to the captain and an article about the trip from Gloucester to Pentland Firth.
Volume 3. 1936: departing Gloucester to Hamilton, Pont del Gada, Finchal, Casablanca, Lisbon, Tangiers, Rio, Los Angeles and
San Francisco. There are also two charts and a photo. One entry records a victrola on deck.
Volume 4. 1937: Berkeley to Honolulu to San Francisco to Monterey. Contains fewer entries that other logs and one magazine
article on clouds.
Volume 5. 1938 to 1940: departing Berkeley for San Pdero and Hilo, from Honolulu to San Francisco.
Volume 6. 1940 to 1941: Berkeley to Hawaii, San Francisco to Tahiti to Hawaii. The inside back cover contains a Tahiti cruise
work plan.
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Yachting
crew lists
Logbooks