built on what might be termed a coaster's model, a 

 type once common on the Florida coast. 



The half-model shows a vessel having rising straight 

 floor, a rather hard bilge and a slight tumi)le-home 

 above. The keel is straight, with an upright stern- 

 post having a raking V-shaped transom; the stem 

 rabbet is straight and nearly upright; the sheer is 

 great, and the entrance is long and quite sharp, and 

 the run is rather short and full in the buttocks. 



Scale of the half-model is sup|3osed to be % of an 

 inch to the foot, to represent a schooner 52 feet 3 

 inches moulded length at rail, 18 feet moulded beam, 

 and about 4 feet 6 inches depth of hold. 



Given by Samuel Johnson. 



BILOXI FISHING SCHOONER, 1901-1902 

 Builder's Halp-Model, usnm 311254 



This half-model of a centerboard schooner of the 

 type once employed in the oyster fishery near Biloxi, 

 Mississippi, was made by Martin Fontain. Sr.. of 

 Biloxi. It is not stated that a vessel was built from 

 this half-model, which represents a typical schooner 

 of the Biloxi type. 



The half-model represents a shoal centerboard 

 schooner having a skeg aft and the keel rabbet 

 straight forward but sweeping up aft to the bottom 

 of the transom; the keel shoe is thus straight, with 

 some drag, and the rudderpost is at the end of the 

 skeg and well inboard, so a counter is formed aft. 

 The transom is deep and strongly raking as well as 

 wide. The stem rabbet flares forward clipper fashion. 

 The sheer is moderate. The entrance is sharp and 

 slightly hollow at the forefoot, and the run is long and 

 the buttocks quite flat. 



Scale of half-model is li inch to the foot, to measure 

 about 63 feet moulded length at rail, 18 feet 3 inches 

 beam, and about 4 feet draft at post. 



Gi\'en by Martin Fontain, shipbuilder, Biloxi, 

 Mississippi. 



BILOXI FISHING SCHOONER, 1910-11 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 311232 



A fishing schooner was built from this model at 

 Biloxi, Mississippi, in 1910-1911 by Henry Brasher 

 for the local shrimp fishery. It represents the last type 

 of sailing schooner built at Biloxi before auxiliary 

 gasoline engines came into use. 



The half-model shows a centerboard schooner hav- 

 ing a small skeg aft, a straight rabbet to the keel for- 

 ward but sweeping up aft to the bottom of the tran- 



som, a curved and overhanging stem rabbet, a rather 

 long counter ending in a wide and raking flat transom; 

 moderate sheer; and a sharp convex entrance and a 

 long, rather flat run. The midsection has a rising, 

 straight floor; a rather hard bilge, and an almost up- 

 right topside. 



Scale of half-model is % inch to the foot, the schooner 

 built to the model measured 65 feet 6 inches moulded 

 length at rail, 19 feet 6 inches moulded beam, and 

 about 4 feet 3 inches depth of hold. These schooners 

 had large centerboards, most often on the hull center- 

 line between the fore and main masts, and almost 

 reached from mast to mast. 



Given by Henry Brasher, shipbuilder. Biloxi, 

 Mississippi. 



BILOXI FISHING SCHOONERS, 1917-21 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 311226 



H. E. G/nnhel, I. Heidenheh/ij H. Golman^ 



Anna Eve 



This small half-model was used to build at least four 

 centerboard schooners for the shrimp fishery at 

 Biloxi, Mississippi, between 1917 and 1921: the H. E. 

 Giimhel, the /. Heidenheim, H. Golman, and the Anna Eve. 

 The hull-form of the Biloxi schooner resembles that of 

 some centerboard schooner yachts of the early 20ih 

 century. The schooner was a swift sailer, and the four 

 built from this model won many races. 



The model appears to be to a scale of ]i inch to the 

 foot, and represents a hull 53 feet 6 inches moulded 

 length on deck, 17 feet 6 inches moulded beam, and 

 4 feet 6 inches moulded depth. 



The schooners had centerboard, shoal-draft hulls 

 having moderate sheer, a rockered rabbet on the keel, 

 with a skeg aft, the bottom of keel outside the rabbet 

 straight and with moderate drag, and the stem rabbet 

 ciu-ved from keel to deck in a long sweep, the post of 

 the skeg being rather upright and the stern ending in 

 a rather long counter finished with a flat, raking tran- 

 som. The midsection is formed with a straight, 

 slighth' rising floor carried well out and the bilges well 

 rounded, with the rounding carried almost to the deck. 

 The dead rise is nearly constant in the rim. The en- 

 trance is rather full and the run rather flat. 



The half-model does not show the bulwarks and is 

 to deck only, the keel, skeg, post and head are not 

 shown. 



Gi\'en by Jack Covacovich, shipijuilder, Back Bay, 

 Biloxi, Mississippi. 



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