&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Thomas_S._Negus.jpg) Boats over the Cape May course (1873)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | James W. Elwell |
| Namesake | James William Elwell |
| Owner | New Jersey Pilots |
| Operator | John Reardon, Charles E. Warner, George S. Watson, William Blach, Hiram Treat, John J. Goodbye, William Lewis, Peter Early, Joseph Hussey |
| Builder | John A. Forsyth |
| Cost | $15,000 |
| Launched | April 2, 1867 |
| Out of service | November 13, 1875 |
| Fate | Sank |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | schooner |
| Tonnage | 74-tons TM[1] |
| Length | 90 ft 0 in (27.43 m) |
| Beam | 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) |
| Depth | 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Sail plan | 1,050 ft (320 m) |
| Speed | 15 knots |
The James W. Elwell was a 19th-century two-masted Sandy Hook pilot boat, built in 1867 by John A. Forsyth at Mystic Bridge, New London, Connecticut for New Jersey and Sandy Hook maritime pilots. She raced for a $1,000 prize at the Cape May Regatta in 1873. She went ashore and was shipwrecked on North Beach Haven, New Jersey in 1875.