Accommodations
CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS (see photos): Teak panelled throughout, including ceiling/deckhead, forward bulkhead with solid fuel fireplace/stove for heat (recovered from another schooner built in 1887), hinged antique brass coal scuttle, brass matchbox on bulkhead, and mahogany fireplace mantle with Chelsea 8-day chime clock. To port of the fireplace/stove is a built-in mahogany drop desk with a pair of Waterford crystal decanters held in place on top by wooden pegs. Cushioned settee on two sides wrapping around a large drop-leaf mahogany table. At the forward end of the settee is a built-in cabinet for additional storage just to starboard of the entrance to the Captain's sleeping quarters, and on the port side aft bulkhead is a navstation with chart chest and hinged chart table. The cabin is lit by eight antique decorative brass lanterns, and is extremely comfortable for crew meetings or other business. The Captain's sleeping quarters are reached through a door on the port side of the forward bulkhead, and includes two bunks in mahogany with storage beneath, a closet with drawers, dresser, small refrigerator, full-sized shower compartment, head and sink. There is a WWII submarine compass mounted directly above the Captain's bunk which is readable from the prone position. Finally, there is a separate companionway from the Captain's Quarters which leads down to the main berthing corridor which also contains a traditional Pilot's berth.

CREW'S QUARTERS: First Mate's cabin with single berth on forward starboard side of the forward deckhouse, with the Second Mate's cabin with twin over and under bunks to port. Deck Crew berth in the fo'c'sle with five berths accessed by a hatch on the foredeck. Cook's Cabin has a single berth and is located in the aft portion of the main berthing area on the starboard side, with a Galley Staff cabin with two berths located just forward of this.

PASSENGER CABINS: Twenty below decks cabins including fourteen over-under berth cabins, one side by side berth cabin, another cabin with four berths, plus four suites each with custom panelling, a double bed and private head. There is an additional over-under berth cabin in the forward deckhouse on the portside aft of the Second Mate's cabin. Each cabin has a sink with hot/cold water and opening portlight, and a total of 44 passengers can be accommodated with each berth filled.

ADDITIONAL: Seven heads total (fresh or saltwater), three showers for passengers.

Galley Cast iron Shipmate twin stove with double oven and girdle with warmig trays and approved venting, two large refrigerators with cold plates and freezer with 110 volt commercial cooling compressor, stainless steel storage, countertops, assembly areas, twin large capacity stainless steel sink and drainage basin with both electric and hand pump to black water tank. Dining are directly aft of galley seats up to 50 at four tables. There is an additional large capacity freezer chest and a large built in ice chest on deck as well.

Electronics Sailor Type R VHF at Captain's Quarters navstation, Standard Horizon Eclipse Plus VHF at helm, along with Garmin 3210 color chartplotter with Weatherfax, International Offshore depth sounder, Furuno 1731 36 mile closed array Radar, Furuno 1900 24 mile open array Radar, SITEX 955 Hailer, Cape Cod wind speed indicator, large antique brass compass and binnacle (for passengers).

Electrical 12.5 KW Phasor generator with sound-proofed cover, 5KW Honda emergency generator, Four battery chargers including 1 x 35 Amp 32 Volt Hart inverter/charger, 1 x 20 Amp 32 Volt Hart inverter/charger, 1 x 25 Amp 32 Volt Pro Mariner charger, 1 x 20 Amp 12 Volt Vantex True Charge charger. BATTERIES: two banks 32 Volt, 8 Volt in series house batteries, 1 x 12 Volt emergency lighting battery, 2 x 12 Volt Navigational equipment batteries, 1 x 12 Volt generator starting battery, 2 x spare 12 Volt batteries.

Deck CONSTRUCTION: Flat-bottomed, centerboard three-masted schooner, 132' on deck, 172' LOA 24' beam,depth of hold 8' 6", double-planked hull of 3-4" thick long leaf yellow pine on oak frames, with deck planking also of long leaf yellow pine. Bow are rebuilt in 1993, stern counter rebuilt 2002, pad below windlass renewed 1997. DECK EQUIPMENT: Original (1900) anchor windlass (chain-driven from donkey engine) with new babbit-type bearins and complete over haul in 2002. 3 x stock-type iron anchors, 1 x 12,000 Lbs, 1 x 1500 Lbs, 1 x 350 Lbs. 6 shots of 1 1/2' ABS stud link chain anchor rodes. 1906 Olds Seagear 6 HP gasoline-powered donkey engine, totally overhauled in 2001. SAILS/RIGGING: All sails of Oceanis cloth by Nat Wilson, East Boothbay Maine in 2000, and inspected by sailmaker in 2004, including gaff Fore, Main and Spanker, staysail, jib and flying jib (bald-headed three-master rig)for 7,500 sq feet of sail in total. All standing rigging in galvanized wire treated with boiled linseed oil. Masts/spars of Douglas Fir, with all masts keel-stepped. SAFETY: 23' Yawlboat with 210HP Cummins diesel (new 2002) Coast Guard inspected 2008, Avon RIB recue boat with 25HP Suzuki OB, 12' Lapstrake pulling boat (also rigged for sail) on davits, 8' Old Town rowing skiff. 64 x PFD's located in deck boxes that double as passenger seating, three throwable liferings, 1 x 20-man Viking self-inflating liferaft, 2 x additional hard liferafts for 35 pax (all liferafts with EPIRBs), 2" gas-driven firepump/bilge pump, six bilge pumps in total. 17 fixed fire extinguishers, seven Halon fire extinguishers (paint locker, aft lazarette), 1 B-1 type portable fire extinguisher, and 7 x B-II tyoe portable fire extinguishers.

Additional HISTORY/OTHER: Built in Bethel, Delaware in 1900, 'Victory Chimes' was originally named 'Edwin and Maud' after the first owner's (Captain R.E. Riggen) children. Originally designed to haul sawn lumber, grain, soft coal and fertilizer in and out of Chesapeake Bay, 'Edwin and Maud' soon ran into economic difficulties associated with the advent of steam-powered craft and the history of the ship might have ended on some anonymous mudbank, but for the approach of WW1. With freight cargo rates suddenly soaring, 'Edwin and Maud' was altered to carry bulk cargo up and down the US East Coast, and made a fine living for her owners and shareholders for a few more years. The 1920's and the coming of the Great Depression spelled the end for many a fine commercial sailing ship, but 'Edwin and Maud' managed to scrape by until the approach of WW2 again raised her economic potential significantly. However, by the end of WW2, it was obvious to all that sailing ships were obsolete as commercial cargo-carrying ventures. Luckily for 'Edwin and Maud,' Captain H.E. Knust purchased the vessel in 1945 and converted her to a 'dude' schooner, carrying charter passengers in Chesapeake Bay. Cruises were from 5 days to two weeks, and generally operated at 90% capacity during the June to October cruising seasons. After nine years service carrying passengers in the Chesapeake, 'Edwin and Maude' was sold to a Maine syndicate in 1954, headed up by the legendary Captain Frederick 'Boyd' Guild, and renamed 'Victory Chimes' after a Canadian coastal schoner that had been christened on Armistice Day in 1918. After the first two Summers, Captain Guild bought the ship outright, and continued to operate the vessel as a charter business in Maine until 1984 with a crew of nine, plus his wife. Sold to a Minnesota banker in 1984, 'Victory Chimes' travelled to the Great Lakes, and was subsequently purchased by Thomas Monaghan of Domino's Pizza, renamed 'Domino Effect,' and was used for incentive cruises for Domino's employees. While many in Maine objected to the name change, Mr. Monaghan invested heavily in the repair and restoration of the schooner, perhaps saving its life once more. 'Domino Effect' returned to Maine in the Fall of 1989, and was purchased by the current owners, Captains Kip Files and Paul DeGaeta who renamed her 'Victory Chimes once again. In 1991, the State of Maine honored 'Victory Chimes' with a Special Joint Resolution recognizing her as one of the premier vessels in the Maine schooner fleet, and to this day is the only such vessel to be so named. Finally, in 1997, 'Victory Chimes was officially designated by the National Parks Service as a National Historic Landmark, the 127th vessel to receive such a designation for the role played in the maritime history of the United States. 'Victory Chimes' remains in charter service, and as she has done all her life, provides a decent living for her owners, with some $40,000 per week in generated revenues during the sailing season. All in all, 'Victory Chimes' would make a fine career and business for any prospective purchaser, as well as providing the cachet of 'The Premier Schooner of the Maine Sailing Fleet' to any new owner.

Disclaimer The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.