her type were relatively small, ranging from 35 to 60 

 gross tons, and the O'Dell was a large vessel of her 

 class and date. Owned at Gloucester, Massachusetts, 

 for which port a number of fishing schooners had 

 been built in Maine, the O'Dell was eventually sold to 

 Savannah, Georgia, and operated in the southern 

 fisheries for some years. 



The model shows a schooner having a long, sharp 

 entrance, long and very fine run, strong sheer, low 

 quarterdeck, straight keel with drag, raking stem 

 rabbet with a long and pointed head, nearly upright 

 post, and a short counter with wide and rather heavy 

 raking elliptical transom. The midsection shows a 

 rising and slightly hollow floor, a hard bilge, and a 

 slight tumble-home in the topside. 



Shown with sails set: mainsail, foresail, jumbo or 

 jib, flying jib or jib topsail, main gaff-topsail and 

 main-topmast staysail. 



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

 vessel about 71 feet between perpendiculars, 20 feet 

 beam, 7 feet depth in hold, and 46.05 net tons. 

 Length of bowsprit outboard the rabbet 18 feet 9 

 inches, jib boom outside cap 12 feet 6 inches, foremast 

 above deck 65 feet, mainmast 66 feet, main-topmast 

 31 feet 10 inches total, fore boom 24 feet 4 inches, 

 fore gaff 23 feet, main boom 58 feet 9 inches, and 

 main gaff 28 feet 6 inches. 



Gi\-en by U. S. Fish Commission. 



FISHING SCHOONER, 1874 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 54456 

 Lines Plan, usnm 160206 



Hoivard 



This half-model of a moderately sharp fishing 

 schooner for use in the cod and halibut fisheries, but 

 which might also be used in the mackerel hook 

 fishery, was the work of VVillard A. Burnham, who 

 built from it the schooner Howard in 1874 at Esse.x, 

 Ma.ssachusetts. Her design was very popular, as 

 it comijined capacity with s])eed to an unusual 

 degree, and about thirty schooners were later built 

 on her moulds, among them the Cunard, Carrie Louise. 

 Aberdeen, Edward Grover, and the Nathaniel Webster. 



The model represents a relatively full-bodied 

 schooner having moderate rise of floor with some 

 hollow, low and rather hard bilges, and wall-sided 

 abo\e. The entrance is long and sharp with some 

 hollow near the stem; the run is long, easy, and well- 

 formed. The greatest beam is about at midlength. 

 The post rakes somewhat; the counter is short, 

 finishing with a wide, shallow, elliptical transom and 



marked quarters; the bow rabbet rakes and flares 

 forward, the bow sections having moderate flare; 

 the keel is straight, with much drag; and the sheer 

 is average. 



Scale of model is 'o inch to the foot, producing a 

 \essel 72 feet long on the rails, 20 feet 6 inches moulded 

 beam, 7 feet 3 inches depth in hold, and drawing 

 about 9 feet 3 inches at post and 6 feet 6 inches 

 forward. The Howard was 77 feet between perpen- 

 diculars, 21.5 feet beam, 7.6 feet depth of hold, and 

 78.8 tons register. 



Model gi\'en by W'illard A. Burnham, shipbuilder, 

 Essex, Massachusetts. 



CHESAPEAKE BAY OYSTER SCHOONER, 1875-85 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76294 



G. W. Garrison 



The centerboard schooner G. W. Garrison was built 

 from this half-model by the Brusstar Shipbuilding 

 Clompany, at Baltimore, Maryland, probably for the 

 oyster fishery. However, as she was unusually sharp 

 forward for her type and date, and was designed for 

 fast sailing, she may ha\e been designed for a pilot 

 boat, but no record of the vessel has been found. 



The half-model represents a fast-sailing centerboard 

 .schooner having a sharp and slightly hollow entrance, 

 with the greatest beam slightly forward of midlength 

 and a long and very fine run. The keel is straight 

 with some drag, the stem rabbet curved and raking, 

 flaring as the rail is approached, and the stem is 

 formed with a long head. The post rakes moderately, 

 the counter is short and finished with a raking ellip- 

 tical transom curved athwartships, and the sheer is 

 strong. Midsection formed with slightly rising floor, 

 a firm round bilge, and a slight tumble-home in the 

 topside. The flare in the forward sections is very 

 marked. 



The vessel was flush-decked, and the model shows 

 a low log rail, pungy-fashion, with prominent knight- 

 heads. 



Scale of model is \« inch to the foot, and the vessel 

 shown would be 76 feet moulded length at rail, about 

 71 feet 9 inches between perpendiculars, 21 feet 

 moulded beam, about 6 feet 8 inches moulded depth 

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

 4 inches forward. This vessel was unusually sharp 

 forward for her type and date. 



Gi\en by Bru.sstar Shipbuilding Company, Balti- 

 more, Maryland. 



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