The Steam Yacht Vanduara was built by D & W Henderson, Glasgow,
Scotland, in 1886. Purchased by the Liverpool Pilotage Authority 1n
1915, sold and renamed "Frontiersman" in 1923. She was then prepared
for a voyage to the West Coast of America in 1924/25.

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Request for Question Clarification by omniscientbeing-ga on 20 Oct 2002 10:17 PDT

What exactly is your question?

~omniscientbeing-ga

guscampbell,

Hi! I am just checking to see if you found that my comment answered
your question; if so, I will go ahead and post it as an answer.

Just let me know!

aceresearcher

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Clarification of Answer by aceresearcher-ga on 22 Oct 2002 20:19 PDT

guscampbell,

Since I accidentally posted my Request for Clarification as an
Answer(duh), I am going ahead and including the real information as
well.

Before rating my answer on this question, if you require additional
information or assistance, please post a request for Answer
Clarification, and I will do my best to meet your needs.

In an online history of The Legion Of Frontiersmen, I have found the
story of the SY Frontiersman (formerly SY Vanduara) -- including some
great pictures! -- starting when "it arrived at St. Katherine's Dock
in the Port of London and was opened to the public from June 7th,
1923".
 
At that time the competition was on among various nations to achieve
the First Manned Flight Around The World. However, "with the range of
the current aeroplanes of little more than 400 miles, the main problem
of world flight would be the North Pacific section. There, they [the
British flight] would have to cover around 2000 miles of uncharted and
almost uninhabited Kuril and Aleutian Islands. If a seaborne
expedition went ahead, it could dump stores and leave men along the
route. This was to be the plan for the World-Flight Expedition to be
run under the auspices of the Legion of Frontiersmen."
 
The ship left port on Saturday, June 16, 1923. Unfortunately, "despite
the organizers' claim that the crew were all officers and gentlemen,
the criminal classes were strongly represented."
 
Due to various acts of thievery, corruption, and stupidity, by the
time the ship docked in San Pedro, the port of Los Angeles, all the
supplies and trading materials were gone. The expedition collapsed
amidst scandal, due to failure to obtain any further financing.
 
"The Legion of Frontiersmen had totally disowned the expedition and
washed its hands of all responsibility as soon as it found out there
was serious trouble."
 
http://www.frontiersmenhistorian.info/world.htm 
 
A further reference to the SY Vanduara appears in a cached webpage of
"The History of The Black Rock Yacht Club" by Dan Allison, regarding
an 1894 yacht race in which the SY Santanita "fell foul of the
steam-yacht Vanduara and her topmast came down. After drifting clear
she sank head foremost in 14 fathoms."
http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:64kbhp_TBf4C:www.blackrockyachtclub.com/HISTORY/history.htm+vanduara+yacht&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Search Strategy

Frontiersman yacht
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Frontiersman+yacht&btnG=Google+Search

Vanduara yacht
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Vanduara+yacht&btnG=Google+Search

I hope this response has provided you with the information you were
seeking!

In an online history of The Legion Of Frontiersmen, I have found the
story of the SY Frontiersman (formerly SY Vanduara) -- including some
great pictures! -- starting when "it arrived at St. Katherine's Dock
in the Port of London and was opened to the public from June 7th,
1923".

At that time the competition was on among various nations to achieve
the First Manned Flight Around The World. However, "with the range of
the current aeroplanes of little more than 400 miles, the main problem
of world flight would be the North Pacific section. There, they [the
British flight] would have to cover around 2000 miles of uncharted and
almost uninhabited Kuril and Aleutian Islands. If a seaborne
expedition went ahead, it could dump stores and leave men along the
route. This was to be the plan for the World-Flight Expedition to be
run under the auspices of the Legion of Frontiersmen."

The ship left port on Saturday, June 16, 1923. Unfortunately, "despite
the organizers' claim that the crew were all officers and gentlemen,
the criminal classes were strongly represented."

Due to various acts of thievery, corruption, and stupidity, by the
time the ship docked in San Pedro, the port of Los Angeles, all the
supplies and trading materials were gone. The expedition collapsed
amidst scandal, due to failure to obtain any further financing.

"The Legion of Frontiersmen had totally disowned the expedition and
washed its hands of all responsibility as soon as it found out there
was serious trouble."

http://www.frontiersmenhistorian.info/world.htm

A further reference to the SY Vanduara appears in a cached webpage of
The History of The Black Rock Yacht Club" by Dan Allison, regarding an
1894 yacht race in which the SY Santanita "fell foul of the
steam-yacht Vanduara and her topmast came down. After drifting clear
she sank head foremost in 14 fathoms."

Oops, suffering from premature posticulation again!

Does this information answer your question? If so, let me know, and I
will post it as an answer. Otherwise, please specify exactly what
information you are seeking.

Thanks!