Tree of LIfe/Diane Morley-Ham

Tree of LIfe/Diane Morley-Ham

Vessel: TREE OF LIFE
Vessel Type: Gaff Rigged Schooner
Flag: USA
Homeport: Newport, RI
Sparred length: 91’
Draft: 8’ 5”
Beam: 18’ 6”
Rig height: 85’
Freeboard: 4’ 6”
Sail area: 4,850 square feet
Power: 210 HP Cummins Diesel
Hull: composite

 

The schooner Tree of Life, launched in 1991, was built in Nova Scotia, Canada.

She sleeps 12 in three cabins and the fo’c’sle. Her hull is a composite of strip planked clear fir and Kevlar saturated in epoxy and sheathed in fiberglass. Her deck is fir, spars are spruce, and brightwork is Honduran Mahogany. The interior is paneled in koa and teak. The Tree of Life, her owners, a crew of four plus two trainees, sailed out of Newport in October 2002 on a three year circumnavigation.  In 2003, Tree of Life spent five months in Auckland, New Zealand via Bora Bora, the Southern Cooks and Fiji for the America’s Cup. She has sailed the Indian Ocean to Capetown, South Africa, the Atlantic to Antigua for Classic Race Week, St Barth’s, St Martin, Turks & Caicos, the Bahamas, Palm Beach and home to Newport, RI. Tree of Life, at home in Newport Harbor, now sails throughout New England waters.

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