{"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 at anchor in the Tobago Cays. Photo: friendshiprose.com<\/figcaption><\/figure><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Kind<\/strong> \u2014 Bequia schooner, gaff rig \u2014 gaff mainsail and two jibs<\/li><li><strong>Launching<\/strong> \u2014 1969<\/li><li><strong>Length<\/strong> \u2014 100 feet \u2014 approx. 30.5 m<\/li><li><strong>Manufacturers<\/strong> \u2014 Captain Calvin Lewis, with Henry, Eric, and Ernest Adams<\/li><li><strong>Place<\/strong> \u2014 Bequia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines<\/li><li><strong>Bordered<\/strong> \u2014 Guyana greenheart above the waterline, Canadian pitch pine below<\/li><li><strong>Members<\/strong> \u2014 local white cedar<\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The last schooner built with hand tools<\/h2><p>Launched in 1969, the Friendship Rose is the last Bequia schooner built entirely with hand tools. Before the arrival of motor ferries, she provided the vital link between St. Vincent and Bequia for decades, transporting supplies, mail, and passengers. She is one of the last remaining active vessels of traditional Grenadines coastal shipping.<\/p><p>Retired from postal and freight service, she was converted into a day-trip sailing yacht. Purchased in 2004, she was fitted with a bowsprit and a deepened keel. She still sails from Bequia to the 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}]}}