owing to her sharp hues and very large rig, is a good 

 example of the shallow-bodied clipper schooner that 

 came into fashion in the New England fisheries in 

 the late 1850"s and represents the transition from the 

 older "sharpshooter"' type to the extreme clipper of 

 the end of the decade. 



The model shows a vessel having moderate sheer, 

 straight keel with drag, slightly raking and flaring 

 stem rabbet, small round forefoot, raking post, and a 

 short counter ending in a wide, raking, elliptical 

 transom. The entrance is of moderate length and 

 quite sharp, the run long, flat and fine. Midsection is 

 formed with rising, straight floor, a hard turn of the 

 bilge and some tumble-home in the topside. The 

 greatest beam is a little forward of amidships. 



Model is mounted with a rather long and pointed 

 head, cutwater, rather deep keel, post, and rudder. 

 A long quarter-deck is indicated. 



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

 vessel about 74 feet over the rails, 70 feet 6 inches 

 between perpendiculars, 21 feet moulded beam, and 

 drawing about 9 feet 9 inches at post and 5 feet 8 

 inches forward. 



Given by Jeremiah Burnham, shipbuilder, Essex, 

 Massachusetts. 



FISHING SCHOONER, 1857 



Rigged Model, usnm 160411 777 • J7- 7 



t Lying tish 



This rigged model of the clipper fishing schooner 

 Flying Fish of 1857, was made in the Museum from 

 the builder's half-model (usnm 54470) and a sail- 

 maker's plan. The New England fishing schooners 

 were characterized by an almost exact similarity of 

 deck arrangement for periods of about twenty years, 

 for each class and size, and the deck arrangement is 

 a standard one for this type of schooner at the date 

 of building. 



The model shows the rig of a typical rnackerel- 

 fishing schooner of the period: she carries a very large 

 jib fitted with a bonnet. 



Scale of model ){ inch to the foot. The register 

 dimensions of the Flying Fish are 75 feet between 

 perpendiculars, 22.5 feet beam, 6.5 feet depth in 

 hood, and 94^)95 tons burthen. 



Model made in the Museum. 



FISHING SCHOONER, 1857 



Builder's Half-Model, usnm 54473 



Lines Plan, usnm 160251 r 7 



Lookout 



The Georges Bank fishing schooner Lookout was 

 Iniilt from this model at Essex, Massachusetts, in 



1857 by Charles O. .Story. This vessel pro\-ed very 

 satisfactory; during the next seven years twenty or 

 more schooners were built on the moulds of the 

 Lookout, whose lines were considered excellent for 

 this fishery until about 1868. Among these were the 

 Fish Hawk, Arizona, Laughing Ji'ater, and E. A", h'ane. 

 The Laughing Water and Arizona were still in the 

 Georges fleet as late as 1882. 



The half-model shows a full-bodied and bm-den- 

 some hull having slight sheer, a straight keel with 

 much drag, a rather sharp and well formed entrance, 

 a long easy run, the greatest beam slightly before 

 the midlength, a moderately rising floor with a low 

 round bilge rather hard amidships, a flaring bow 

 and stem rabbet with longhead, a raking post, and a 

 shallow elliptical transom with a rather short counter. 



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

 vessel about 68 feet at the rail, 19 feet moulded beam, 

 and drawing about 9 feet at the post and nearly 6 

 feet fonvard. 



Given by Charles O. Story, shipbuilder, Essex, 

 Massachusetts. 



FISHING SCHOONER, 1858 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76475 



May Qiieen, JunOj Olive Hayivard 



The Grand Banks fishing schooner May Qjieen was 

 built from this model at Orland, Maine, in 1858. 

 She was of a burdensome type utilized not only in 

 the Grand Banks codfishery but also in coastwise 

 trade. The schooners Juno and Olive Hayward were 

 also built on this model. After a few years in the 

 Grand Banks fishery the Juno was sold and went into 

 the South American trade. The Olive Hayivard, 

 after being in the codfishery for several seasons, was 

 placed in the coastal trade. Reputed a fast sailer, 

 this vessel once made the run from Boston to Orland 

 in 16 hours, and is said to ha\e escaped a Confederate 

 cruiser. 



The half-model represents a full-bodied vessel with 

 rather straight sheer, a short, rather full entrance, 

 a relatively long and fine run, the greatest beam ijeing 

 well forward. The keel is straight and with some 

 drag, the post is upright and the stem slightly raking 

 and flaring outward. The floor, carried well fore 

 and aft, is short and has little rise, and the bilge is 

 well-rounded. 



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

 a vessel 72 feet 7 inches between perpendiculars. 

 21 feet beam, and 7 feet 1 inch depth of hold. The 

 schooner's registered net tonnage was 67.28. 



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