depth of hold, and 107.25 tons burthen. She was 

 about 94 feet 9 inches long at rail, bowsprit 36 feet 

 extreme length, jib boom outside cap 17 feet, fore- 

 mast above deck 67 feet 6 inches, fore-topmast total 

 length 37 feet, fore boom 30 feet, fore gaff 29 feet, 

 main boom 58 feet and main gaff 33 feet. The rigging 

 details of this model show the methods used on large 

 fishing and coasting schooners of the f 850's. Scale of 

 model % inch to the foot. 



The shallow, broad hull of this type of fishing 

 schooner, combined with the very large rig, made a 

 dangerous \essel and many of this type were lost at 

 sea. Howe\er, these schooners were popular until as 

 late as 1886, by which time the heavy losses had 

 focused attention on the dangerous proportions of the 

 extreme clipper schooner. 



Given by Charles O. Story, shipbuilder, Essex, 

 Massachusetts. 



FISHING SCHOONER, 1855-60 

 Rigged Model, usnm 25371 



This model represents a fishing schooner of 1855- 

 60, a period when the sharpshooter lines of the 

 market boat had been applied to the more burden- 

 some Georgesmen and Grand Bankers. 



The model is of a somewhat burden.some clipper 

 fishing schooner having a rather short and sharp en- 

 trance, moderately full at deck level and fine below, 

 a long and easy run, good sheer, a raking stem rabbet 

 with a long head, and a rather upright post with a 

 short counter and a raking elliptical transom. The 

 midsection is formed with a moderately rising floor, 

 round full bilge, and a slight tumble-home in the top- 

 side. The keel is straight with some drag. 



The vessel is shown under the usual sail of a Georges- 

 man of her period, no fore-topmast and carrying fore- 

 sail, mainsail, jumbo, jib topsail, main gaff-topsail, 

 and fisherman's staysail. 



Scale of model is % inch to the foot, producing a 

 vessel 66 feet 4 inches at rail, 21 feet 6 inches beam, 

 the bowsprit extending outboard the knightheads 16 

 feet 8 inches, jib boom extending 13 feet 4 inches out- 

 side the cap, foremast 62 feet abov-e deck and main- 

 mast 63 feet, main-topmast 31 feet total length, and 

 main boom 46 feet long. 



Given by Captain H. C. Chester. 



CHESAPEAKE BAY FISHING SCHOONER, 1857-58 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76101 



A keel fishing schooner was built from this model at 

 Baltimore, Maryland, in 1857 or 1858 by William 



Skinner & Sons. It is of the type, designed for fast 

 sailing, that was employed in the New England 

 fisheries 1845-55, when a number of Chesapeake Bay 

 built keel and centerboard schooners were used in the 

 mackerel fisheries and the oyster trade. 



Among the Maryland-built schooners in the 

 Gloucester fleet were the Garland, built at Baltimore 

 in 1850 (82' x 2r-4" x 7'-3"), Leading Star, built at 

 Baltimore in 1851 (69'-ll" x 20' x 6'), .Jo/w, built 

 in Dorchester County in 1847 (73'-9" x 22'-6" x 

 6'-6"), A'farj Jones, built at Baltimore in 1851 

 (64'-4" x 21' X 5'-8"), Bloomfield, built in Talbot 

 County in 1850 (75'-4" x 20'-7" x 5'-l"), and 

 Iowa, built in Dorchester County in 1854 (76'-9" x 

 23' X 6'-7"). It is probable that the Mary Jones 

 and the Bloomfield were centerboarders, judging by 

 their depth. 



The half-model represents a pungy schooner with 

 bulwarks and a flush deck but with false quarterdeck 

 rail made of a cap supported by turned stanchions, 

 low freeboard, somewhat raking and flaring stem 

 rabbet, slightly raking post, rather straight sheer, 

 straight keel with moderate drag, rising floor with a 

 high and well-rounded bilge, sharp and slightly hol- 

 low entrance, and a very long and fine run. The 

 greatest beam occurs somewhat forward of mid-length. 



The scale of the model is % inch to the foot, pro- 

 ducing a schooner about 61 feet 6 inches on the rails, 

 57 feet 9'^ inches beUveen perpendiculars, 18 feet 1 

 inch moulded beam, 18 feet 6 inches extreme beam, 

 6 feet 6 inches depth of hold, and 7 feet 5 inches draft 

 at post, 5 feet 9 inches forward. 



These .schooners had a long, pointed head and cut- 

 water, the upper and lower transoms were curved 

 athwartships and sharply raking, and the rather 

 lightly rigged raking masts were lofty and light. 



Given by William Skinner & Sons, shipbuilders, 

 Baltimore, Maryland. 



FISHING SCHOONER, 1857 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 54470 

 Lines Plan, usnm 160222 



Flying Fish 



The clipper schooner Flying Fish was built from this 

 model at Essex, Massachusetts, by Jeremiah Burnham 

 in 1857 for the mackerel fishery. After being em- 

 ployed for some years as a hook-and-line fisherman 

 out of Gloucester she was sold to New London, Con- 

 necticut, out of which port she was engaged in the 

 Antarctic seal and sea-elephant fisheries. The Flying 

 Fish, one of the fastest fishing schooners of her period, 



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