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rather narrow beam, and may be of wood or steel construction. The 

 vessels operate along the Atlantic seaboard from Cape Cod to Florida 

 and throughout most of the Gulf. 



Snapper Schooner. The Gulf snapper vessel is a two-masted schooner 

 normally rigged with sails fore and aft. One of the few U.S. offshore 

 craft still using single-line fishing technique, the snapper schooner is 



Figure 4.10. Atlantic trawler. 



rigged with a number of hand-operated fishing reels. The reels are mounted 

 along both the port and starboard bulwarks. Snapper schooners which 

 range from about 35 to 100 feet in length carry a crew of 2 to 10 fisher- 

 men. The vessels, of wood construction, operate adjacent to the Gulf 

 States and off Campeche, Mexico. 



Atlantic Trawler. These vessels (Figure 4.10) range from about 40 to 

 140 feet in length and may be constructed of w^ood or steel. The house 

 is aft, and on the larger vessels there is a raised forecastle deck forward. 

 Large trawl winches are placed just forward of the house. The vessels 

 have large gallows frames, one set just ahead of the forward mast and 



