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

 a vessel 71 feet between perpendiculars, 21 feet 2 

 inches moulded beam, and about 7 feet depth in 

 hold. 



The Crefsy measured 72 feet between perpendic- 

 ulars, 21.5 feet beam. 7.4 feet depth in hold, and 

 73.3 tons, square stern, billethead. 



Given by Dennison J. Lawlor, naval architect and 

 shipljuilder, CUielsea. Massachusetts. 



CHESAPEAKE BAY CENTERBOARD FISHING 



SCHOONER, 1868 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 312330 



A large centerboard schooner for the oyster fishery 

 and for general freighting was built from this half- 

 model in Dorchester County, Maryland, before 

 1870, by Joseph T. Spicer. The model is believed 

 by the donor to be that of the Trovers Spicer. These 

 schooners had a large centerboard to one side of the 

 keel and the after end of the ijoard came at, or abaft 

 the mainmast. They were intended for dredging 

 oysters in winter and for carrying freight in summer, 

 particularly lumiaer and farm produce. They had 

 longheads and above the water resembled a pungy, 

 but had bulwarks instead of the pungy's low log rail. 



The half-model shows, to the deck only, a shoal- 

 draught centerboard schooner having a moderate 

 sheer, straight keel with some drag, raking post, 

 and a cur\'ed and raking stem rabbet. The greatest 

 beam is well forward, the entrance is moderately 

 sharp and short, and the run is long and fine. The 

 stern is broad and square; apparently the vessel had 

 a pungy' stern, as a round tuck is indicated, but the 

 model shows only the line of the cross-seam: the stern 

 is not otherwise indicated. The midsection shows 

 a rising straight floor, well-rounded bilge, and a 

 slightly flaring topside. 



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

 would produce a schooner about 73 feet moulded 

 length on deck, 75 feet tonnage length. 20 feet 6 

 inches moulded beam, and 6 feet moulded depth. 



Given i)y James K. Spicer, Taylor's Island, 

 Marvland. 



moulds. The IVonson was employed in the summer 

 mackerel and winter halibut fisheries under the com- 

 mand of Claptain Joseph VV. Collins. She was con- 

 sidered to be an exceptionally swift sailer when built 

 and especially fast to windward. Captain Collins 

 considered her one of the best of the shoal-draught 

 clipper-type schooners of her time. She was eventu- 

 ally lost at sea. 



The half-model represents a schooner having a long 

 and very sharp bow with some hollow near the stem, 

 a very long, flat, and easy run, a wide elliptical tran- 

 som on a short counter, heavy quarters, long pointed 

 head, graceful sheer, straight keel with some drag, 

 raking stem rabbet, and rather upright post. The 

 midsection shows a rising floor with a quick, hard turn 

 at the bilge. 



The IVo/isorj measured 76.6 feet between perpen- 

 diculars. 20.6 feet beam, 6.9 feet depth of hold, and 

 64.18 tons net. square stern, billethead. Scale of the 

 model is % inch to the foot. 



Given by the U. S. Fish Commission. 



FISHING SCHOONER, 1870 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76299 



M. E. Tony 



The clipper fishing schooner M. E. Torry was built 

 from this model at Sargentville, Maine, in 1870 for 

 the mackerel fishery and general work. In 1887 she 

 was in the Banks codfishery, and was lost in the 

 autumn of that year. 



The half-model of the Torry, which resembles that 

 of the E.ssex-built shallow-draught clipper fishermen 

 of the 1870's, represents a wide and shallow hull with 

 heavy quarters, an elliptical transom on a short 

 counter, a long sharp entrance, a long flat run, 

 moderate dead rise, hard bilges, moderate sheer and 

 drag, an upright post, a somewhat flaring bow rabbet, 

 and a long head. 



Scale of the model is U inch to the foot, for a vessel 

 71 feet 9;4 inches length between perpendiculars, 21 

 feet 6 inches beam, and 7 feet 2'4 inches depth of hold. 



Given bv Robert Doritv in 1897. 



FISHING SCHOONER, 1870 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76477 



Alice G. IVonson 



The clipper fishing schooner A/ice G. Ji'onson was 

 built from this model at Gloucester, Massachusetts, 

 in 1870. Several other schooners were built from her 



FISHING SCHOONER, 1870 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76287 



Harvest Home 



The cod fishing schooner Harvest Home was built 

 from this model at Lamoine (now Trenton), Maine, 

 in 1870. 



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