The
Phantom was a centerboard schooner built in the summer of 1865 by
Joseph D. Van Deusen and owned by yachtsman
Henry G. Stebbins and part of the New York Yacht Squadron. She was constructed on the same model as the
flagship yacht
Sylvia. She was 123.3 tons burden, and 92 length on deck. She was painted a deep maroon.
June Regatta In June 1867, the schooner
Phantom was in the annual June
New York Yacht Club regatta. Commodore H. G. Stebbins was listed as owner. She raced against the
Magic,
Dauntless,
Widgeon,
Vesta, and other schooners and sloops. The course was from Owl's Head to the S.W. Split, then across to the
Sandy Hook Lightship and back.
Phantom came in 1st place at 5hr. 40min, and 57 secs; the
Magic 2nd place at 5hr. 48min, and 24 secs and the
Dauntless 4th place at 6hr. 7min, and 12 secs.
1870 America's cup yacht race, August 8, 1870. On August 8, 1870, the international
1870 America's Cup (also called the Queen's Cup) was the first America's Cup to be hosted in the United States at
New York Harbor. Henry G. Stebbins with his American schooner
Phantom was in the competition. The course started from the
Staten Island N.Y.Y.C anchorage down through the
Narrows to the S.W. Split
buoy, across to the
Sandy Hook lightship and return to Staten Island. The race was won by the Franklin Osgood's
Magic with the
Phantom finishing in 7th place. Franklin Osgood's yacht
Magic beat 16 competitors from the
New York Yacht Club, including
James Lloyd Ashbury's English yacht
Cambria that sailed to New York on behalf of the
Royal Thames Yacht Club and the yachts
Dauntless, Idler, Fleetwing, Phantom, America and others. In August 1874, the
Phantom was in the
Newburgh, New York yacht regatta. She won a silver service as the first prize for first-class yachts. She competed against the
Loreled,
Startle,
Emily, and
Le Roy yachts. On May 12, 1879, Osgood sold the
Phantom to Henry S. Hovey of Boston. He moved her to the
Eastern Yacht Club located in
Marblehead, Massachusetts. In July 1889, the
Phantom was purchased by Commodore Henry S. Parmelee of the New Haven Yacht Club in Connecticut where she served as a flagship. She sailed from New York to New Haven. On July 30, 1893, Parmelee was in command of eighteen boats entered in the squadron for the twelfth annual cruise of the New Haven Yacht club, held at the
Thimble Islands off
Long Island Sound, near
Branford, Connecticut. The course was from the Thimble Islands to
Stonington, Connecticut,
Newport, Rhode Island, and
Martha's Vineyard. In May 1894, Parmelee had the
Phantom condemned and summoned out of service because her timbers had become decayed. In May 1896, Parmelee had the
Phantom rebuilt at a cost of $12,000 and went into commission May 15. Captain James Carberry was the sailing master of the yacht. ==End of service==