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Great Lakes Schooner Lucia A. Simpson c1885

Lumber Schooner, Lucia A. Simpson (1875 - 1935)

The Lucia A. Simpson was launched in 1875 from the shipyard of Rand & Burger in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Said to be the fastest Lumber schooner of her time, the Lucia A. Simpson for hew first few years carried various cargoes around Lake Michigan. After a few years the Lucia A. Simpson was then put into the lumber trade of upper lake Michigan, serving for 27 years as one of the fastest lumber schooners on the lakes. Following her Lumber career the Lucia A. Simpson would be converted into a salvage boat, serving as a reliable salvage boat for 20 years. By 1929 the Lucia A. Simpson was showing her age, being one of the oldest ships serving on the lakes at that time. This aging hull would nearly be the cause of her sinking in a strong gale, being towed into Kewaunee harbor by the Ann Arbor car ferry no.7. Following this near sinking, the Lucia A. Simpson was towed to Sturgeon Bay where she was laid up for repairs. However the owners abandoned the prospect of fixing their old schooner due to the extensive wear, so the Lucia A. Simpson was stored at the Surgeon Bay Shipbuilding Company. In 1934 the Manitowoc Maritime Museum started to look into the prospect of purchasing the last schooner on the lakes, but on December 3rd, 1935 a fire broke out at the Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding Company. The 1935 fire destroyed the Lucia A. Simpson and four other ships, leaving nothing but a line of charred keels along the bank of Sturgeon Bay.


Features -
- Working Sails
- Sails Fold
- Full interior
- Working Navigation Lamps
- Working Cabin Lights
- Working Windlass

How To Spawn:
- Spawn in as environment mod

Controls:
- A/D Rudder
- 1 Fold Sails

How To Sail:
- There needs to be 30% wind
- The wind needs to be coming from the stern at an angle

Start Regular Sink:
- Head to the steering gear compartment near the helm
- Press the "Spring a Leak" button on the rudder post

Start Fire Sink:
- Head to the Fo'c'sle
- Find the "Light lantern" button at the base of the Nav. Lamp box
- Press the "Light Lantern" button

Note: You will have to fight the waves in order to keep the boat on course.


- Enjoy