{"id":1200,"date":"2026-08-21T14:28:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/charpentiers\/the-friendship-rose\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T15:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:08:08","slug":"the-friendship-rose","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/charpentiers\/the-friendship-rose\/","title":{"rendered":"The Friendship Rose"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/friendship-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Friendship Rose au mouillage dans les Tobago Cays\" class=\"wp-image-1171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/friendship-1.jpg 658w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/friendship-1-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-image__caption\">The Friendship Rose au mouillage dans les Tobago Cays. Photo : friendshiprose.com<\/figcaption><\/figure><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Type<\/strong> \u2014 go\u00e9lette de Bequia, gr\u00e9ement aurique \u2014 grand-voile \u00e0 corne et deux focs<\/li><li><strong>Mise \u00e0 l\u2019eau<\/strong> \u2014 1969<\/li><li><strong>Longueur<\/strong> \u2014 100 pieds \u2014 env. 30,5 m<\/li><li><strong>Constructeurs<\/strong> \u2014 capitaine Calvin Lewis, avec Henry, Eric et Ernest Adams<\/li><li><strong>Lieu<\/strong> \u2014 Bequia, Saint-Vincent-et-les-Grenadines<\/li><li><strong>Bord\u00e9<\/strong> \u2014 greenheart du Guyana au-dessus de la flottaison, pitchpin canadien en dessous<\/li><li><strong>Membrures<\/strong> \u2014 c\u00e8dre blanc local<\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">La derni\u00e8re go\u00e9lette b\u00e2tie \u00e0 l\u2019outil \u00e0 main<\/h2><p>Lanc\u00e9e en 1969, la Friendship Rose est la derni\u00e8re go\u00e9lette de Bequia construite uniquement avec des outils \u00e0 main. Avant l\u2019arriv\u00e9e des ferries \u00e0 moteur, elle a assur\u00e9 pendant des d\u00e9cennies la liaison vitale entre Saint-Vincent et Bequia : les provisions, le courrier, les passagers. Elle est l\u2019un des derniers t\u00e9moins en activit\u00e9 du cabotage traditionnel des Grenadines.<\/p><p>Retir\u00e9e du service postal et du fret, elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 reconvertie en voilier de promenade \u00e0 la journ\u00e9e. Rachet\u00e9e en 2004, elle a re\u00e7u un beaupr\u00e9 et une quille approfondie. Elle navigue toujours depuis Bequia vers les Tobago Cays.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Site<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendshiprose.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">www.friendshiprose.com<\/a><\/li><li><strong>E-mail<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"mailto:friendshiprose@mac.com\">friendshiprose@mac.com<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Facebook<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/friendshiprose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Friendship Rose \u2014 Caribbean Schooner<\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Type \u2014 go\u00e9lette de Bequia, gr\u00e9ement aurique \u2014 grand-voile \u00e0 corne et deux focs Mise \u00e0 l\u2019eau \u2014 1969 Longueur [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":942,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1200","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_hostinger_reach_plugin_has_subscription_block":false,"_hostinger_reach_plugin_is_elementor":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1235,"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1200\/revisions\/1235"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}