low bilge, and a slight tumble-home in the topside. 

 The entrance is rather sharp, convex, and moderately 

 long, the body is long, and the run is short but fine. 

 The bow sections are markedly flared. Model is 

 mounted with a longhead, billet, trails, cutwater, keel, 

 post, rudder, and a long quarterdeck monkey rail. 



The model is for a vessel 116 feet moulded length 

 at rail, 99 feet 8 inches between perpendiculars, 27 

 feet moulded beam, 9 feet 8 inches depth in hold, and 

 187.22 net tons register. Scale of the model is % inch 

 to the foot. 



The Hunter's customhouse dimensions were 105 feet 

 between perpendiculars, 28 feet beam, 9 feet depth 

 in hold, 197 tons gross. 



Given by Harry H. Buck. 



PUERTO RICAN TRADING SCHOONER, 1927 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 315713 



Candelaria (V^ 



The 2-masted Puerto Rican trading schooner 

 Candelaria (1) was built from this half-model near 

 Mayagiiez, Puerto Rico, in 1927 by a master ship- 

 wright named Polito, a native of Caracoa, for Bartolo 

 Cabanillas, of Mayagiiez. The Candelaria was con- 

 sidered a good schooner of her type, sailing well, a 

 profitable carrier and a good looking vessel. She had 

 high bulwarks and flush deck, to carry oil and gasoline 

 driuns on deck, and could sail with little ballast. 



The half-model represents a shoal-bodied, keel 

 schooner of good capacity, having moderate sheer, a 

 straight keel rabbet, a rounded and raking stem 

 rabbet, raking post, and a moderately long counter 

 ending in a wide, shallow flat transom set at a slight 

 rake. The entrance is long, full, and convex, and the 

 run is long and easy. The midsection is formed with 

 a straight floor of moderate rise, easy round bilge, and 

 a slightly flaring topside. 



The model is for a vessel of about 76 feet moulded 

 length at rail, 23 feet 6 inches moulded beam, and 8 

 feet moulded depth. Scale of the model is ]{ inch to 

 the foot. The customhouse dimensions of this vessel 

 are 74 feet length, 24 feet 9 inches beam, 8 feet 5 inches 

 depth in hold, and 82 gross tons. Model is made to 

 deck level and shows that frames were spaced 18 

 inches on centers. 



The Candelaria was rigged with a large jib, foresail, 

 mainsail, and main topsail; she had a spike bowsprit. 



Given by Jose E. Echevarria, Aguadilla, Puerto 

 Rico. 



PUERTO RICAN TRADING SCHOONER, about 



1942 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 315714 



Candelaria (T) 



The 2-masted Puerto Rican trading schooner 

 Candelaria (2) was built about 1942 from this half- 

 model at Mayagiiez, Puerto Rico, for Bartolo 

 Cabanillas. of that port. 



The half-model is of a burdensome schooner ha\ ing 

 a straight keel rabljct, rounded and slightly raking 

 stem rabbet, upright post, and a counter of moderate 

 length ending in a wide, thin transom having very 

 little rake. The sheer is slight. The entrance is 

 short, rather full, and convex, and the run is short but 

 well formed. The midsection is formed with a 

 slightly rising straight floor, round and moderately 

 firm bilge, and a slightly flaring topside. The 

 schooner had high bulwarks and was flush decked. 



The model is for a vessel of about 58 feet moulded 

 length at rail, 19 feet moulded beam, 7 feet 6 inches 

 moulded depth. The model is made to deck level 

 and shows the frames to have been spaced 18 inches 

 on center. Scale of the model is U inch to the foot. 



Given by Jose E. Echevarria, Aguadilla, Puerto 

 Rico. 



THREE-MASTED COASTING SCHOONER, 1870 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76078 



Nellie S. Pickering, Fame Gorham 



The 3-masted, centcrboard, coasting schooner 

 Nellie S. Pickering of Belfast, Maine, was built on this 

 model in 1870 at that port, by C. P. Carter and Com- 

 pany. This shipbuilding firm built clipper ships, 

 down-Easters, brigs, brigantines, and coasting 

 schooners, and was one of the few Maine shipbuilders 

 to construct many centerboard vessels. The next 

 year these builders launched a sister schooner Fame 

 Gorham. The schooners were intended for the lum- 

 ber trade out of Jacksonville, Florida. At the 

 mouth of the St. Johns River there was then a shoal 

 bar that limited the draft of vessels. As a result most 

 of the 3-masted schooners built for this trade in the 

 1870's and 1880"s had centerboards and, thus fitted, 

 sailed very well on the wind when light, where most 

 keel 3 masters did not. These centerboarders, many of 

 which had fine ends and large sail areas, were handy, 

 reliable vessels for the business, and it was claimed 

 that they were the fastest of the 3-masted coasters. 



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