The Mystery is a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built in 1932, by Harry Sinclair in Oxford, Maryland.

In 1955, she was purchased by John Whittum who sailed her all around the Chesapeake with her sloop rig until he re-rigged her for racing once again and began to compete in the log canoe regattas.

In the mid-70s, John moved to Colorado, leaving the Mystery with Francis Schauber who had been racing with him since the early 60's.

He stripped down the hull to the bare logs, cut out all the rotten spots and replaced the waterlogged plywood decks.

In 1946, the owner at the time wanted to immortalize his son, who had been killed in World War II.