Alma

 

Alma sailing on the San Francisco Bay

 

The last of her kind, Alma is an 1891 National Historic Landmark scow schooner. The flat-bottomed hull was designed to navigate the shallow waters of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta and to rest on the bottom at low tide. With few bridges and connecting roads, scow schooners delivered goods all over the Bay and Delta much as trucks do today. Learn more about Alma's history, and the history of scow schooners on San Francisco Bay.
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Statistics

Overall Length	80 feet
Registered Length	59 feet
Beam	22.6 feet
Depth	4 feet
Gross Tonnage	41.76
Height of Foremast	67 feet

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