The Walter S. Winans was built in Le Havre in 1865.
It was about 72 feet long and nine in diameter, and
displaced 33 tons.
This experimental boat had a complex system of
propellers and a mechanism for driving them in
various combinations. It made a number of
trial runs and ended up at Southampton with the Ross
Winans. A Scientific American article repeats
a Manchester Guardian account of yacht's channel
crossing with seven passengers from Havre to
Newhaven on 28 Mar 1866. The article mentions
a single submerged, three-bladed aft propeller with
a diameter of four feet, ten inches. It
carried a full load of coal and was submerged to
just below the centerline. The account
described how well the boat was handled in a heavy
sea.
This cigar ship was the most successful ship design
of Ross Winans.
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Ross Winans' Cigar Ship model
features:
- Plank-on-frame,
hollow hull construction.
- All parts are wood and metal.
- Light "rusted" appearance
that only master modelers can make.
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57"
long
$2,600 
S & H is $130 Only
one model is available.
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