stands above deck 60 feet, the mainmast 61 feet, the 

 fore boom is 21 feet long, fore gaff 20 feet, main 

 boom 44 feet, main gaff 21 feet, main-topmast 28 

 feet 6 inches, and mainmast head 6 feet. 



The model shows wooden stern davits with a yawl 

 boat, and from foreward aft a wooden windlass, 

 wooden jib horse, foremast, slide companionway and 

 chimney, fish hatch, a break to the quarterdeck, 

 bitts, mainmast, wooden pumps, fish hatch, cabin 

 trunk, and wheell^ox. 



Schooners of this style and form were employed 

 in the mackerel fisheiy, for which they were especially 

 built. 



Given by U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 



FISHING SCHOONER, about 1849 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 54455 



An unidentified schooner was built from this model 

 in 1849 at Essex, Massachusetts, for the cod and 

 mackerel fisheries. Her design was considered at 

 the time to he clipper built, but later fishermen re- 

 ferred to such schooners, which were of good capacity 

 for their length, as half-clippers, or half-sharp. They 

 were, however, considered fast enough for the 

 mackerel fishery, being modeled with rather sharp 

 ends. 



The model is for a .schooner ha\ing a moderately 

 rising floor and a low, hard bilge; a rather short 

 but well formed run, with the entrance rather full: 

 a wide, square stern with upper and lower tran.soms 

 slightly curved athwartships; a short and somewhat 

 pointed head and heavy cutwater; and a raking 

 stem and an almost upright post. 



Scale of the model is '•> inch to the foot, producing 

 a vessel having a length between perpencHculars of 

 61 feet, moulded beam of 17 feet 8 inches, moulded 

 depth about 7 feet 1 inch, and draft at post about 8 

 feet 4 inches. A multicolor stripe is painted along 

 the waist of the model. 



Given by the U. S. Fish Commission. 



FISHING SCHOONER, 1850 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 54426 

 Lines Plan, usnm 160252 



A cod-fishing schooner was built from this model 

 at Essex, Massachusetts, for Beverly owners about 

 1850. The design is the one that succeeded the old 

 full-ended Bankers, and the half-model shows what 

 might be termed a full sharpshooter, being fuller 

 and more burdensome than the sharpshooter market- 



boats but, like them, designed to sail swifdy. Rather 

 full entrances were retained in the sharp Bankers; 

 it was thought unsafe to sharpen the entrance much 

 or to reduce the flare forward, as it was believed 

 that a sharp-bowed schooner would dive when at 

 anchor on the Banks in blowing weather or when 

 sailing on the wind heavily loaded. Schooners of 

 this general design proved quite fast and very 

 seaworthy. By 1850 the sharp.shooter model was 

 well established in practically all cla.s.ses of Ma.ssa- 

 chusetts-built fishing schooners, and remained in 

 fa\or for some years. 



The half-model shows a schooner having a sharp 

 but quite short entrance, with heavy flare in the 

 foremost sections and the greatest beam well forward, 

 the run very long and easy, the sheer moderate, and 

 the keel straight but with much drag. The bow 

 rakes and flares outward at the rabbet, the post has 

 much rake and the transom is wide and curved 

 athwartships. In the model upper and lower tran- 

 soms seem to have been intended. The head is 

 longer, more pointed and, more graceful than the 

 earlier models. The masts are raked sharply. 



At % inch to the foot the model scales about 68 feet 

 long over the rail, 18 feet moulded beam, and 7 feet 

 3 inches moulded depth. 



Given by Captain J. \V. Collins. 



FISHING SCHOONER, about 1855 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 54422 



An unidentified fishing schooner was built from 

 this model in New England about 1855 for the Grand 

 Banks codfishery. The model represents the tran- 

 sition from the early full-ended lines to the later 

 clipper form that was beginning to find favor, in this 

 period, in the Banker cla.ss of fishing schooner. 



This half-model is for a schooner having a moder- 

 ately sharp entrance and well formed run. The 

 midsection shows a short, straight, and moderately 

 rising floor, a low and rounded bilge, and a nearly 

 upright topside. The sheer is marked and the keel is 

 straight, with some drag. The bow rabbet rakes and 

 flares forward, with a rather short and full head, the 

 sternpost rakes slightly, the stern is wide and has a 

 short counter and transom. 



Scale of the model is )4' inch to the foot, producing 

 a vessel about 69 feet at rail, 18 feet moulded beam, 

 and drawing about 8 feet 9 inches at the stern. 



Model purchased from VV. H. Story of Essex, 

 Massachusetts, in 1882 and given by U. S. Fish 

 Commission. 



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