Engineering:Elf (yacht)

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Elf (yacht)
Elf Beatrice yachts LOC.jpg
The Elf (left) and the Beatrice in the 1890s
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LocationSassafras River, Fredericktown, Maryland
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 39°21′43″N 75°53′13″W / 39.36194°N 75.88694°W / 39.36194; -75.88694
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1888 (1888)
Built byLawley & Sons; Lawley, George F.
NRHP reference #80001807[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 26, 1980

Elf is a racing yacht built in 1888 by George Lawley & Son of South Boston, Massachusetts, for William H. Wilkinson. She was designed by George F. Lawley and is the oldest small yacht in the United States. She is located at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, MD.Talbot County, Maryland.[2]

She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 26, 1980.[1]

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