FISHING SCHOONER, 1857-60 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 54459 



This half-model was supposed to \>c that of the 

 Grand Banker Break O^ Day built and modeled b) 

 Jeremiah Burnham at Essex, Massachusetts, in 1859. 



Her registry dimensions were 69 feet between per- 

 pendiculars, 21 feet 2 inches beam, 7 feet 6 inches 

 depth of hold, 94'%5 tons. The half-model on a 

 scale of Yi inch to the foot, would produce a schooner 

 measuring about 65 feet 6 inches between perpendicu- 

 lars, 18 feet 6 inches moulded beam, and 7 feet 4 

 inches depth in hold. Thus it is evident that the 

 identification is incorrect. It is now belie\ed to 

 be a good example of an "improved" Grand Banks 

 schooner of the period 1857-60. 



The model shows a schooner having a straight keel 

 with moderate drag, small sheer, raking sternpost, 

 very short counter with raking elliptical transom 

 strongly curved athwartships, curved and raking stem 

 rabbet, pointed and moderately long head, full en- 

 trance, rather short but well formed run, long low- 

 quarterdeck, moderately rising short straight floor, 

 low well-rounded bilge, and nearly upright topsides. 

 The bow at rail is full, with much flare in the forward 

 sections. The stern is wide. 



Model given by Willard R. Burnham, shipbuilder, 

 Essex, Massachusetts. 



FISHING SCHOONER, 1860 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76476 



Sarah Hill 



The fishing schooner Sarah Hill was built from this 

 model in 40 days at Orland, Maine, in 1860. The 

 vessel was intended for the local mackerel fishery but 

 was for many years employed in the Banks codfishery, 

 going into the coastal trade when she became old. 



The half-model shows a schooner ha\ing a sharp 

 but short entrance, the beam being well forward, and 

 a long and easy run. The sheer is rather straight, 

 the keel straight with moderate drag, post upright, 

 and stem rabbet raking slightly and flaring fcrward. 

 The floors rise slightly and the bilge is low and round. 

 The stern is wide and shallow, and the counter very 

 short. The bow is fitted with a long and somewhat 

 pointed head and cutwater. The vessel had a long, 

 low quarterdeck. 



The scale is % inch to the foot, representing a vessel 

 about 63 feet 10 inches between perpendiculars, 18 

 feet 6 inches moulded beam, and about 7 feet 6 inches 

 depth of hold. Register dimensions of the vessel were 



64 feet 1 inch between perpendiculars, 18 feet 8}z 

 inches beam, 7 feet 9]i inches depth of hold, and 

 48.36 tons. 

 Given b\ H. H. Buck. 



FISHING SCHOONER, 1862 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 160113 



La/iva Roberts 



The New England fishing schooner Laura Robals 

 was built from this model during 1862 at Frankfort, 

 Maine, for the Gulf of Maine codfishery. It is a good 

 example of the fisherman-coaster schooner popular in 

 Maine before 1880. 



The half-model represents a schooner with a full, 

 rather short entrance, full run, small rise in the floor 

 and a full, round bilge, a wide elliptical transom, a 

 rather raking stem and almost upright post, some 

 drag to the keel, little sheer, and a long, low 

 quarter-deck. 



Scale of model is % inch to the foot, giving a vessel 

 about 72 feet over the rails, 20 feet beam, 6 feet 

 depth in hold, and drawing about 7 feet 9 inches at 

 the post. 



CJisTn by Captain J. \V. Collins. 



FISHING SCHOONERS, 1862 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 54474 



Galena^ Prince of Wales 



The mackerel fisherman Galena was built for 

 Gloucester owners from this half-model, with two 

 frames (or 4 feet) added, in 1862 at Essex, Massachu- 

 setts, and in the next year the Prince of ]\'ales was 

 built on the same moulds, but with five more frames 

 added to make her 10 feet longer than Galena. For 

 some years these two schooners were the largest in the 

 New England fleet. The Galena was finally sold to 

 California and the Prince of It'ales to Surinam, South 

 .\merica, as a trader. 



The model shows a clipper hull of the period, 

 having a moderately long entrance, long easy run, 

 wide stern, shallow transom on a short counter, 

 raking post, raking and flaring liow, longhead, 

 moderate sheer, straight keel with some drag, and 

 rising floors with a hard low bilge. 



Scale is K inch to the foot, giving a vessel about 84 

 feet between perpendiculars, 22 feet 6 inches moulded 

 beam, aljout 8 feet 6 inches depth of hold, and draw- 

 ing about 10 feet 6 inches at post. The Galena's 

 register dimensions were 88 feet 6 inches between 

 perpendiculars, 23 feet 9 inches beam, 8 feet 9 inches 



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