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This ocean-going steam yacht with schooner rig was built under mysterious circumstances for Cuban insurgents. The US Revenue Cutter Dexter was dispatched to Bristol with orders to not allow Estelle to leave the dock. Following payment for the vessel, the US Treasury seized Estelle. Explore further history of this pivitol moment in the history of the Herreshoff brothers boat manufacturing business, at the Herreshoff.info website.