The Schooner Mistress was built in Shelbourne Nova Scotia in 1930 for George Roosevelt, President Teddy Roosevelt’s nephew. Designed by Sherman Hoyt, she raced her way through the Depression and War years in Long Island Sound, the bi-annual Newport to Bermuda Race, and contests in Europe.  

After Roosevelt died, Mistress became a training vessel at the New York Maritime Academy in King’s Point, where she was renamed Commodore. Subsequent, rechristened Mistress, she was a charter vessel in St. Thomas, USVI, for a few years. In the mid ‘70s, she was sold again, going through a series of private owners, and even participating in the TransPac race to Hawaii.

In 1987, the Brothers McCormick acquired the vessel, and spent the next 15 years, paycheck to paycheck, rebuilding her from stem to stern, masthead to keel. With the McCormicks at the helm, she has participated in three Classic Yacht Regattas in Antigua in the West Indies, toured with the Tall Ships in OPSAIL 2000, and engaged in several Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Races.

Displacing 41 tons, 60 ft on deck, now 77 ft overall, with a mast hight of 75 ft, Mistress turns heads whatever port she visits. Now she is yours to sail and enjoy.