TWO-MASTED COASTING SCHOONER, 1868 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76130 



Mountain Laurel 



The Mountain Laurel, a large 2-masted coasting 

 schooner, was built on this model at Trenton (now 

 Lamoine), Maine, in 1868forthe coastwise trade. Her 

 model and appearance somewhat resembled that of a 

 contemporary fishing schooner of the full "Banker" 

 type. 



The half-model is of a rather Inirdensome schooner 

 having moderate sheer, a straight keel with slight 

 drag, curved and raking stem rabbet, upright post, 

 short counter with wide and raking transom, fairly 

 sharp and convex entrance, and a long but rather full 

 run. The midsection is formed with a slight rise in 

 the straight floor, a low and rather hard turn of bilge, 

 and some tumlile-home in the topside. The bow 

 sections flare and the stern appears heavy. 



Model mounted with billet, longhead, trails, cut- 

 water, keel, post, and rudder. 



The model is for a vessel 96 feet moulded length at 

 rail, 88 feet 7 inches Ijetween perpendiculars, 25 feet 

 7 inches beam, 8 feet 4)2 inches depth in hold, and 

 141.74 tons register. Scale of the model is ^s inch 

 to the foot. 



Given i)y Hamen Cousins, shipbuilder, Lamoine, 

 Maine. 



TWO-MASTED COASTING SCHOONER, 1869 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76121 



Mable F. Staples^ Al':{ema 



The 2-masted coasting schooner Mahle F. Staples of 

 Machias, Maine, was built on this model in 1869 at 

 Harrington, Maine, and in 1871 the sister schooner 

 Alzema was built there on the moulds of the Staples. 

 These were very large vessels for their rig and were 

 intended for the lumber and coal trades. The Al-ema 

 was wrecked at Puerto Rico in April 1886, and the 

 Mable F. Staples was lost at Nassau, Bahamas, in the 

 hurricane of September 1887. Schooners with two 

 masts and hulls of the size of these vessels were found 

 to be expensive to operate, as they required large 

 crews; in the coasting trade, the manning problem in 

 these big two-masters led to the introduction of the 

 steam-powered windlasses and winches that later 

 made the large 3-masters so economical in manpower. 



The half-model is of a deep ship-form hull showing 

 rather marked sheer, a straight keel with small drag, 



curved and raking stem rabbet, nearly vertical post, 

 short counter with a shallow and wide elliptical 

 transom having much rake, fairly sharp and convex 

 entrance, rather long body, and a short and hollow 

 run. The midsection is formed with a slight rise in 

 the straight floor, well rounded and rather easy bilge, 

 and a slight tumble-home in the topside. The bow 

 sections flare strongly. 



Mounted with a rather pointed and light longhead, 

 of moderate size for the length of the vessel, a billet, 

 trails, cutwater, keel, post, and rudder. A long 

 quarterdeck was usually found in this class of schooner. 



The model is for a vessel about 124 feet moulded 

 length at rail, 108 feet 5 inches between perpendicu- 

 lars, 27 feet 3 inches beam, 11 feet 3J2 inches depth 

 in hold, and 268.16 net tons register. Scale of the 

 model is Ke inch to the foot. 



Given by V. L. Coffin, Harrington, Maine. 



TWO-MASTED COASTING SCHOONER, 1871 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76133 



Williatn H. Archer, Lenora 



The 2-masted coasting schooner William H. Archer 

 of Plymouth, Massachusetts, was built on this model 

 at Ellsworth, Maine, in 1871 for the general coasting 

 trade. In 1873 the schooner Lenora was built on the 

 Archer's moulds at the same place. These schooners 

 were representative, in model and dimensions, of the 

 greater part of the Maine-built coasters of this period, 

 having good capacity and sailing qualities, and being 

 \vell fitted for the usual cargoes found in the general 

 coastwise trade. 



The half-model is of a hull having moderate sheer, 

 a straight keel with \ery little drag, raking stem 

 rabbet with rounded forefoot, nearly vertical post, 

 short counter with rather wide elliptical and raking 

 transom, a sharp convex entrance with flare in the 

 i)ow sections and a long and rather easy run with fair 

 length in the body. The midsection shows a slight 

 rise in the straight floor, a well rounded and easy bilge, 

 and some tumble-home in the topside. 



Model is mounted with longhead, trails, cutwater, 

 keel, post, and rudder. 



The model is for a vessel of 89 feet moulded length 

 at rail, 85 feet between perpendiculars, 25 feet beam. 

 7 feet depth in hold, and 90.69 net tons register. 

 .Scale of the model is Y^ inch to the foot. 



Given by Isaac M. Grant, shipbuilder, Ellsworth, 

 Maine. 



80 



