4 inches at post. Scale of the model is % inch to 

 the foot. 



Given by Sumner, Swazey, and C'nrrier of New- 

 ijuryport, Massachusetts. 



TWO-MASTED COASTING SCHOONER, 1858 

 Builder's Halp-Modbl, usnm 76122 



Aaron 



The large 2-masted coasting schooner Aaron was 

 built on this model at Lubec, Maine, by J. Kennedy 

 in 1858. She was intended for the AVest Indian and 

 coastwise trades and was emplo\ed for a time in 

 freighting salt fish from eastern Maine to South 

 Atlantic ports. She was eventually lost on a voyage 

 to Africa. The Aaron was cf the class of large 2- 

 masted coasters, popular in the 1850"s and 1860's, 

 that were replaced by the 3-masters of the 1870's and 

 1880's. 



The half-model is of a schooner hull having rather 

 marked sheer, a straight keel with slight drag, raking 

 stem rabbet, upright post, short counter and square 

 transom sharply raked, short and full entrance, rather 

 long body, long but rather full run, and flaring bow 

 sections. 



The midsection shows a slightly rising straight floor, 

 much rounded and rather easy bilge, and a slight 

 tumble-home in the topside. 



Moimtcd with longhead, billet, cutwater, keel, post 

 and rudder. Many schooners of this class had long 

 quarterdecks. 



The model scales 108 feet 9 inches moulded length 

 at rail, 32 feet 10 inches moulded beam, and 14 feet 5 

 inches moulded depth. Scale is ^e inch to the foot. 



Given by J. Kennedy, shipbuilder, Lubec, Maine. 



TWO-MASTED PACKET SCHOONER, about 1860 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76053 



Charmer 



The 2-masted packet schooner Charmer was built at 

 Newburyport, Massachusetts, about 1860 for the 

 Boston-Newburyport packet service, carrying pas- 

 sengers and light freight. This trade required a fast 

 and handy schooner, of moderate draft. These 

 packet schooners remained profitable for many years 

 after steamers had entered the coastwise trades, for 

 the sailing packets were inexpensive to operate and 

 had enough speed to compete with the majority of the 

 early small steamers. The sailing packets often 

 carried mail, package freight, and carriages and 

 horses, as well as passengers. 



The model of the Charmer was based on the lines of 

 the packet schooner Iowa; her predecessor in the 

 Newburyport packet trade. The Iowa was a Chesa- 

 peake Bay pungy schooner built in Dorchester 

 County, Maryland, in 1854. She had been brought 

 to Gloucester as a fishing schooner, but her speed and 

 working qualities led to her immediate sale to owners 

 in Newburyport. The Iowa became celebrated locally 

 for her sailing qualities; she was considered very fast 

 and weatherly. The model of the Charmer was made 

 as an exact copy of the lines of the Iowa, but with a 

 New England head and cutwater. The Charmer also 

 became a celebrated schooner, with the reputation of 

 being a very fast sailer and weatherly. 



The half-model represents a Chesapeake pungy 

 schooner ha\-ing high bulwarks, a rather low free- 

 board, flush deck, slight sheer, straight keel \\\\h. 

 moderate drag, much rounded forefoot and sharply 



Lines of the Packet Schooner Charmer of Newburyport, Massachusetts, built about i860 on the lines of the 

 pungy Iowa, which had been brought to Gloucester as a fishing schooner and converted to a packet late in the 

 1850's. Taken off the builder's half-model USNM 76053. 



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