FAIR WINDS: Petrel, a 70 foot, two inch, yawl that has been out of the water at Tisbury Marine Railway, on Beach Road, for five years was taken apart on Monday and most of it trucked away. Some of its parts are on their way to California, including her mast, to be incorporated in another yet-to-be-built vessel.

Petrel was built in 1938 in Brooklyn, N.Y. She was a Sparkman and Stephens design wood sailboat. Owen Stephens, a world-class boat designer, had a significant hand in her design. He is well-known for designing America’s Cup sailboats.

Petrel was bought in 1963 by Hans van Nes of New York. He died in 1993. For a time, Petrel belonged to his son Nick van Nes of West Tisbury. Mr. van Nes sold the vessel two years ago with the hope she would be restored. Mr. van Nes told the Gazette this week he has many fond memories of the vessel in her great sailing days with family, his parents and many friends.

— Mark Alan Lovewell