Burnhiiin, particularly for the Grand Banks cod and 

 halibut fisheries out of Gloucester. The vessels de- 

 signed for these fisheries were much more burdensome 

 than the market boats and Georgesmen, or than the 

 mackerel seiners, and the model is a good example of 

 the "full" clipper Banker of the period. In designing 

 her an effort was made to produce a vessel with an 

 excellent turn of speed and good capacity that would 

 ride easily at anchor on the Banks, as well as be dry, 

 steady, and stiff tmder sail. The Sanborn was lost at 

 Newfoundland in the summer of 1882. 



The half-model is for a schooner rather full above 

 the load waterline and having a moderately sharp 

 bow, straight keel with drag, raking post, fine run of 

 medium length, raking and somewhat flaring stem 

 rabbet, long head, and a short counter with wide 

 elliptical transom at a sharp rake and cm'ved athwart- 

 ships. There is considerable sheer. 



Scale of half-model is )i inch to the foot, gi\ing a 

 vessel about 81 feet on the rails, 24 feet i:>eam, 8 feet 

 depth of hold, and drawing about 10 feet 9 inches at 

 the post. 



Given by Da\id Burnham, shipbuilder, Essex, 

 Massachusetts. 



SCHOONER SMACK, 1877 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76084 



City of Havana 



The well-smack fishing schooner City of Havana was 

 built in 1877 from this model at Key W'est, Florida, 

 to fish out of that port, particularly in the red snapper 

 fishery, the market being Havana, Cuba. These 



smacks were designed to sail fast and all were on a 

 deep-draft clipper model. 



The half-model shows a flush-decked clipper fishing 

 schooner having a strong sheer, straight keel, raking 

 post with a deep V-transom set at a very sharp rake 

 and flat athwartships, the stem rabbet raking and 

 flaring ovitward and adorned with a long, pointed 

 head. The midsection is about at midlength, with 

 steeply rising straight floor, a high, easy bilge, and a 

 slight tumble-home in the topside. The entrance is 

 long and sharp and the run fine and long. The well 

 was amidships, entered by a hatch on deck. 



The rig was usually that of a pilot-boat schooner, a 

 single large jib, boomed foresail, mainsail, and a large 

 main-topmast staysail set on a fidded main-topmast. 

 No gaff topsails were usually carried. This model is 

 similar in all respects to the smack schooners built at 

 Noank, Connecticut, 1860-80. 



Scale of half-model is ]i inch to the foot, gi\ing a 

 vessel about 61 feet over the rails, 55 feet 4 inches 

 between perpendiculars, 18 feet 3 inches moulded 

 beam, about 6 feet 9 inches depth of hold, and 

 drawing about 7 feet 6 inches at the post and 6 feet 

 10 inches forward. 



Given by William J. Albur\-, Key West, Florida, 

 1884. 



FISHING SCHOONER, 1877 

 Rigged Model, usnm 39487 



William M. Gajfney 



The clipper fishing schooner William M . Ga^nej was 

 built at Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1877, by John 



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