Coasting Schooner Bloomer, at Belfast, Maine, in 1936. Built at Eden, Maine, in 1855, her register dimen- 

 sions were 64.3' x 21.8' x 6.2', 51 gross tons. {Smithsonian pholo ^j/Sj-o.) 



TWO-MASTED COASTING SCHOONER, 1871 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76132 



D. S. Lawrence, City of Ellsivorth 



The 2-masted keel coasting schooner D. S. Lawrence 

 was built on this model at Ellsworth, Maine, in 1871 

 for the general coasting trade and occasional packet 

 runs. In 1875 the schooner City of Ellsworth was built 

 on the same moulds at Ellsworth for coasting and 

 packet service. The schooners, modeled and built by 

 Isaac M. Grant, had the reputation of being prime 

 sailers and proved to be profitable. Their model 

 represents an important post-Civil War development 



in the design of small, 2-masted coasting schooners in 

 New England. 



The half-model is of a shoal-bodied keel schooner 

 having rather straight sheer, a straight keel with 

 moderate drag, slightly raking and strongly flaring 

 stem rabbet with rounded forefoot, slightly raking 

 post, long counter (for the period), raking transom 

 curved athwartships, moderately sharp, convex en- 

 trance, and a rather short but very hollow and easy 

 run. The midsection shows a rising straight floor 

 (the dead rise rather great for a Maine-built coaster of 

 this period), firm round bilge, and a slight tumble- 

 home in the topside. Bow sections have a good deal 



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