Prairie schooner is a fanciful name for the covered wagon, drawing on their broad white canvas covers, romantically envisioned as the sails of a ship crossing the sea. Staysail schooner "Rich Harvest" During the Second World War Davis established a fund of £100,000 to help dependents of South Africans serving in the forces. He died in October 1942, in Durban, at the age of 75. The name "schooner" first appeared in eastern North America in the early 1700s.It is not known when the rig now termed "schooner" appeared. Many schooners are gaff-rigged, but other examples include Bermuda rig and the staysail schooner. Most have a The following varieties were built: Hanging in the hall are paintings of Howard Leopald Davis, Thomas Davis, his wife, and his sister as well as a painting of the famous yacht Westward in full sail. For "overlanders" migrating westward, covered wagons were a more common mode of transportation than wheelbarrow, stagecoach, or train. A schooner is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of 2 or more masts and, in the case of a 2 masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. These were given to the Howard College in Durban, Canada House, Australia House (now listed as hung in the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia) and New Zealand House (now in the Originally named Plaisance, this estate included a huge mansion surrounded by 10 acres (4.0 ha) of grounds and was the home of Sir Within weeks of being handed over, the Second World War was declared and German forces subsequently occupied the island. Davis was educated at St Luke's Elementary School. Later examples show schooners in Amsterdam in 1638 and The type was further developed in Schooners were popular on both sides of the Atlantic in the late 1800s and early 1900s. By 1910, 45 five-masted and 10 six-masted schooners had been built in Although highly popular in their time, schooners were replaced by more efficient Various types of schooners are defined by their rig configuration. In November 1927 the In 2006 the States of Jersey consulted with the descendants of Thomas Davis and considered a partial abrogation of the covenant to regularise the uses of the site and to bring the covenant up to date. She was 323 tons and carried 12,000 square feet of sail. Thomas Davis was born at Havre des Pas, St Helier, Jersey on 25 April 1867, the son of Thomas Leopold Davis, a fisherman and ship's carpenter, and Jemima Vickers.The Davis family lived at Havre des Pas which in the 1860s had a strong boat building industry. The Howard Davis Hall, as it is known today, was the original billiards room of the Plaisance property. Thomas Benjamin Frederick Davis (25 April 1867, in Havre des Pas, Saint Helier, Jersey – October 1942, in Durban, South Africa) was a wealthy businessman, yachtsman and philanthropist. Schooners were built primarily for cargo, passengers, and fishing. Davis continued to be interested in sailing after making his fortune. He had a motor fitted in Throughout his life Davis maintained links back to Jersey. Davis founded and endowed the Durban campus of the In 1935 Davis presented the Howard Davis Challenge Cup which is now in the Davis had set up the Howard Leopold Davis scholarship trust in Jersey. His parents struggled to get the twopence a week they had to pay as a contribution to his education. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Western Union is a historic schooner located in Key West, Florida, United States. Davis did not go on to higher education but instead went to sea as a ship's boy aged 15 on the vessel On his first voyage, the ship grounded in heavy weather on the Davis continued with his seagoing career sailing as a seaman around the world and obtaining his Extra Master's ticket at the unusually young age of 25.