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Lines and Details of a Chesapeake Bay Pungy Schooner, the Amanda F. Lezvis, built in 1884, one of the 

 last of this now extinct type under sail. As taken off the vessel by the Historic American Merchant Marine 

 Survey. 



flaring topside. The quarters are very thin. The 

 vessel would have the low log rail and the long and 

 rather light masts usual in this type of schooner. 



Scale of the half-model is % inch to the foot, pro- 

 ducing a vessel about 63 feet 4 inches moulded length 

 on deck, 19 feet 10 inches moulded beam, 5 feet 10 

 inches moulded depth, and drawing about 6 feet at 

 post and 5 feet forward. 



Given byjames K Spicer. Taylor's Island, Maryland. 



FISHING SCHOONER, 1850-56 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 54466 

 Lines Plan, usnm 160204 



An unidentified schooner was built from this model 

 at Essex, Massachusetts, sometime Ijetween 1850 and 

 1856 for the fresh-fish market business. These 

 schooners, built to be swift sailers and called market- 

 boats, were designed for short trips and brought in 

 their catch iced. They were usually rather small 

 carriers, about 60 feet on deck, cjuite sharp, and 

 heavily sparred. Often referred to as sharpshooters 

 in the late 1840's and 1850's, their model and general 

 design were considered to have been inspired by the 

 Chesapeake Bay pungy schooners brought to New 

 England in that period. 



The half-model shows a hull having sharply rising 

 floors carried well out and straight amidships and 

 ending in a high and very hard bilge. This form was 

 known as "file-bottom" at Essex because of its likeness 

 in cross-section to a triangular file. The sheer is 

 moderate, the keel straight and with a great deal of 

 drag. The bo\v rakes somewhat, the sternpost rather 

 markedly, and the transom, which is rounded 

 athwartships, rakes sharply. The entrance is not 



very long but is quite sharp and the greatest beam is 

 forward of the midlength; the run is long and easy. 

 The stern is quite broad and rather shallow, with a 

 very short counter. 



Scale of the half-model is J2 inch to the foot, pro- 

 ducing a vessel approximately 62 feet between per- 

 pendiculars, 18 feet moulded beam, and drawing 

 about 7 feet 9 inches at the post and about 4 feet 6 

 inches forward. 



These \essels had a long, low quarterdeck and their 

 masts were usually sharply raked. 



Given by Gaptain J. W. Gollins. 



FISHING SCHOONER, 1856 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76297 



/. Coolidge 



The Banks schooner J. Coolidge was built from this 

 half-model at Jordans Island, Gouldsboro, Maine by 

 Hamen Cousens in 1856. She was intended for the 

 codfishery in the CJulf of Maine and Bay of Fundy 

 and also for the Grand Banks fishery. Over a period 

 of nine years she made the run each winter to the 

 Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 

 bringing back herring to Maine ports. 



The half-model is a good example of a small 

 Banker of her period, of the half-clipper type, having 

 a short but rather sharp entrance, a short but well 

 formed run, a slightly rising floor, and a full, low, and 

 easy bilge. The stern is wide and shallow, with a 

 very short counter. The post is rather upright, the 

 stem rabbet moderately raking and flaring, and the 

 head and cutwater somewhat light and graceful. 

 The sheer is moderate and the keel straight, with 

 some dras;. 



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