This is a handmade, Museum-quality, Fully Assembled edition of the Wanderbird. The model is 100% hand built from scratch using “plank on frame” construction method. Built as the pilot schooner “Elbe 5″ after a design by Gustav Junge at the H. In 1929 it was commissioned as a cruising yacht and sail training vessel, and was renamed the “Wander Bird”. In 1936 Tompkins sailed her around Cape Horn to San Francisco Bay. After a voyage to Tahiti, Tompkins laid the schooner up in Sausalito, California in 1941 where she became a houseboat.
Handmade Wooden Ship Model WanderBird Fully Assembled