{"id":16635,"date":"2016-08-29T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/cassiopeia-classic-lines-grace-ketchikan-harbor\/"},"modified":"2016-08-29T08:00:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T15:00:27","slug":"cassiopeia-classic-lines-grace-ketchikan-harbor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/cassiopeia-classic-lines-grace-ketchikan-harbor\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassiopeia: Classic lines grace Ketchikan harbor"},"content":{"rendered":"

KETCHIKAN \u2014<\/strong> The Cassiopeia is a boat grand enough for a cowboy hat.<\/p>\n

The 72-foot, custom-built Davidson sailboat has been an eye-catcher in Casey Moran Harbor this summer. It\u2019s owned by Ketchikan urologist Gary Schoenrock and his wife, Carolyn.<\/p>\n

Talking to the Ketchikan Daily News aboard the Cassiopeia on a Friday in August, Schoenrock said he\u2019s the second owner of the vessel, which even at low tide has a mast that competes with Knob Hill above the tunnel for the Ketchikan skyline.<\/p>\n

Inside, the 23-year-old composite sailboat \u2014 made with a combination of epoxy, Kevlar and foam \u2014 is surprisingly roomy for a vessel designed with the America\u2019s Cup in mind.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s because the Seattle banker who commissioned the vessel from New Zealand builder Davidson Yachts, and who eventually sold it to Schoenrock, had a son.<\/p>\n

That son liked cowboy hats, and he wanted to wear his hat inside the Cassiopeia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why the ceilings are so high, but if you look from the outside, the lines … are good,\u201d Schoenrock. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t look like it\u2019s too bulky.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though the boat has a \u201cgenerous\u201d amount of room for a 72-foot sailboat, he said, it still can get along at more than 20 knots.<\/p>\n

It also can survive 40-foot drops.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s extremely tough, although the outer skins can be fragile,\u201d Schoenrock said. \u201cBut the boat itself, we\u2019ve been in hurricanes and fallen off of 40-foot waves and nothing happens to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Years ago, the Cassiopeia caught a Japanese typhoon while Schoenrock was sailing from Kauai, Hawaii, to Homer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had like 55-knot winds and 40-foot waves for about five days,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The fall from crest to nadir was \u201clike you\u2019re falling out of a window four stories,\u201d he said. \u201cThe whole boat just shudders and you think it\u2019s going to break in half. That was an experience I don\u2019t want to repeat.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mostly retired doctor has fond memories of sailing on clear nights.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe stars and the moon \u2014 and you have running lights on usually, so as you\u2019re going through waves there\u2019s green and red coming back on each side,\u201d he said. \u201cTo me, it\u2019s almost psychedelic.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cassiopeia has a draft of just more than 13 feet. While a close fit to older America\u2019s Cup boats, its interior is designed for comfort.<\/p>\n

The vessel was built in Christchurch, New Zealand, and is equipped a 135 horsepower single engine and a carbon fiber mast rising almost 100 feet.<\/p>\n

\u201cOut in the ocean with good wind we could do 18 knots for days on end,\u201d Schoenrock said.<\/p>\n

The Ketchikan doctor has worked in a few areas in the United States and owned a practice in Soldotna, but now works one week a month for the Ketchikan Medical Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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