Sail Plan for a Grand Banker 

 Built at Essex, Massachusetts, 

 IN 1859. the Break O'Day. From a 

 copy of the sailmaker's plan in the 

 Watercraft Collection. 



depth of hold, and 157"^<,5 tons; the Prince oj Wales' 

 dimensions were 99 feet 4 inches between perpendicu- 

 lars, 24 feet 2 inches beam, 9 feet depth of hold, and 

 180^%5 tons. 



These dimensions shew that departures from the 

 model were made in lofting to give additional length 

 amidships, causing an increase in beam. This prac- 

 tice of adding frames arnidships, common at Essex in 

 building fishermen, required the forebody and after- 

 body to be faired into the added sections and not only 

 aflfected length and breadth but also depth. 



Given by U. S. Fish Commission. 



FISHING SCHOONER, about 1864 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 54440 



A fishing schooner on this model was built at Essex, 

 Massachusetts, about 1864 by Joseph Story as a 

 market boat for the fresh fishery. 



The half-model represents a late form of the clipper- 

 sharpshooter class, ha>.'ing sharply rising floors, high 

 hard bilge, sharp and rather long entrance, and a 

 long fine run, the greatest beam being about at mid- 

 length. The sheer is moderate and the keel straight 

 and with some drag. The post is upright and the 

 stem rabbet rakes and flares slightly. The short 

 counter ends in a wide, shallow, elliptical transom 

 curved athwartships and sharply raking. The bow 

 is ornamented with a graceful cutwater and a long 

 and rather pointed head with billet. 



Scale is ]i inch to the foot, for a schooner measuring 

 about 68 feet on the rail, 63 feet 6 inches between 

 perpendiculars, 19 feet moulded beam, 6 feet depth 

 of hold, and drawing about 7 feet 9 inches at post. 

 The form and dimensions of the model indicate a 

 powerful schooner of greater depth than usual in this 

 period and capable of carrying a large sail area. 



Model given by Joseph Story, shipbuilder, Essex, 

 Massachusetts. 



FISHING SCHOONER, 1865 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76036 



Sylph 



The fishing schooner Sylph of Boston was built 

 from this half-model at East Boston, Massachusetts, 

 by Dennison J. Lawlor in 1865. She was first fitted 

 out by her owners, fishermen of Irish origin, as a 

 beam trawler, the first vessel to experiment with this 

 gear in the New England fisheries. The gear proved 

 unsuccessful economically and the Sylph then engaged 

 In market fishing, for which she was well suited in 

 size and model. This schooner gained a notable 

 reputation for speed. She foundered on Georges 

 Bank with all hands in the great gale of November 

 9, 1883, believed to have sunk after a collision with 

 another schooner. 



The half-model shows a schooner having rather 

 marked sheer, straight keel with heavy drag, upright 

 stem rabbet and post, and a short counter ending in 



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