The Tiger was built at Essex, Massachusetts, in 1830 

 and was 53 feet 6 inches between perpendiculars, 16 

 feet extreme beam, 7 feet depth of hold, and 51'?'95 

 tons. The model, built to a scale of ]{ inch to the 

 foot, is for a pinky 53 feet overall, 48 feet 9 inches 

 between perpendiculars, 13 feet 8)^ inches moulded 

 beam, 14 feet IJ2 inches extreme beam, and 6 feet 7 

 inches depth of hold, drawinsi 7 feet 7 inches at post 

 and 4 feet 10 inches forward. The plans used for this 

 model appear to be those of the Pinky Essex, of 41 -'35 

 tons, built at Essex. Massachusetts, in 1821. 



Typical Pinky Sail Plan, for the Period 1824-45, 

 of the Lorenzo D. Story, of about 1842. 



The model shows a jainky of the half-clipper type 

 having a short, moderately full entrance, short but 

 well formed run. long straight body amidships, strong 

 sheer, particularly at rail aft. a straight keel with much 

 drag, a curved and somewhat raking stem rabljet and 

 gammon-knee head, a raking sternpost finished off 

 with the pink stern of the type. The midsection 

 shows a straight rising floor and a well rounded bilge, 

 the fore sections being rather V-shaped and the after- 

 most Y-shaped. The beam is narrow, as in many 

 Essex-built pinkies. 



The spar dimensions are: bowsprit 14 feet outboard 

 of knightheads, foremast 40 feet alcove deck, fore boom 

 17 feet 6 inches, fore gaff 16 feet 6 inches, mainmast 

 42 feet above deck, topmast 18 feet total length, main- 

 boom 33 feet, main gaff 18 feet. The model shows the 

 usual rig of a pinky: single large jib, fore and main 

 gaff-sails boomed, and main-topmast staysail. 



The in\'ention of the mackerel jig in New England 

 about 1815 made this fishery profitaijle. The mack- 

 erel move to windward, and a vessel in this fishery 

 therefore had to be very weatherly. The pinkies, 



with their deep draft and relatively easy lines had 

 this quality and were employed extensively in the 

 mackerel fishery all along the New England and 

 Canadian coasts from 1815 to about 1840. As a re- 

 sult, the pinky received the nickname of "jigger" in 

 this period. Old fishermen stated, in 1872, that some 

 of the large Chebaccos were fitted with bowsprits and 

 became jiggers; from this writers assumed that the 

 pinky then developed from the Chebacco. but old 

 records show this was not the case and that pink- 

 sterned schooners existed before the American 

 Revolution. 

 Gi\en Ijy U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 



PINKY FISHING SCHOONER, 1843 

 Rigged Model, usnm 57586 



This model is catalogued as the Porpoise, built at 

 Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1843, but this is not 

 substantiated by the Customhouse records. This 

 type of sharp-sterned New England fishing schooner 

 is thought to have appeared as early as 1740 but 

 reached its greatest popularity between 1815 and 

 1 840. The pinky schooner was also built in Maine 

 and in the Canadian Maritime Provinces, and was 

 to be seen as late as 1906 in the fisheries. Some of the 

 early and many of the later pinkies were clipper built 

 and the type was generally very swift and wcatherh', 

 particularly in blowing weather. Though the pinky 

 resembles the Chebacco boat and was formerly 

 thought to have developed from that type, it now 

 appears that the pinky schooner was merely a con- 

 tintiation of the old pink hull of Europe and of the 

 American colonies schooner-rigged and fitted for the 

 .•\merican fisheries. The pinky was employed in all 

 fisheries on the American coasts of New England and 

 of the Maritime Provinces, except the Grand Banks. 

 During most of the first half of the 19th century the 

 pinky was much used by the American fishermen 

 operating in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and on the 

 Labrador coast. 



Pinkies usually had a short, rather full entrance, 

 unless clipper built. The run was commonly rather 

 fine and the after sections nearly Y-shaped. The 

 model represents a full pinky with a short entrance, 

 a rather short but well formed run, a rounded stem 

 profile with gammon-knee head, and a raking stern- 

 post surmounted with the pink stern of the type. 

 The sheer is great, particularly aft at rail height, where 

 the rail runs up sharpK' toward the typical tombstone- 

 like transom. The midsection shows a rising floor, a 

 full and round bilge, and a nearly upright topside. 



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