Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date	Place	Address	Description
10725	Yawl, Venturer - Coming Out of the Shed	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Vessels, Boat, Sailboat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1956-05-14	Southwest Harbor, Manset	130 Shore Road	The automobile to the right of the vessel is a circa 1948 Jeep CJ (Civilian Jeep) Note the peavey stuck into the ground (above the “O” on the “DETOUR” sign). A peavey is a logging tool with a wooden shaft and metal hook invented in 1857 by blacksmith Joseph Daniel Peavey (1799-1873) of Stillwater, Maine, as a refinement to the cant hook to manhandle logs on logging runs. The Peavey Manufacturing Co. is still located in Maine (Eddington, Maine) and manufactures several variations.	Yawl, Venturer - Coming Out of the Shed Item: 10725    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1956-05-14 Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Address: 130 Shore Road Source: W.H. Ballard Collection Tags: zoomable Description: The automobile to the right of the vessel is a circa 1948 Jeep CJ (Civilian Jeep) Note the peavey stuck into the ground (above the “O” on the “DETOUR” sign). A peavey is a logging tool with a wooden shaft and metal hook invented in 1857 by blacksmith Joseph Daniel Peavey (1799-1873) of Stillwater, Maine, as a refinement to the cant hook to manhandle logs on logging runs. The Peavey Manufacturing Co. is still located in Maine (Eddington, Maine) and manufactures several variations. [show more]
8088	Lennox L. Bink Sargent and Chester Warren Stanley with Framework for a Mine Yawl at Southwest Boat Corporation	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Vessels, Boat, Sailboat			1944 c.	Southwest Harbor	168 Clark Point Road	Mine Yawls were built for the army during World War II for laying and tending mines. This one could have been either a tow yawl or a mine yawl.	Lennox L. Bink Sargent and Chester Warren Stanley with Framework for a Mine Yawl at Southwest Boat Corporation Item: 8088    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Date: 1944 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 168 Clark Point Road Source: Collection of the Beal Family Description: Mine Yawls were built for the army during World War II for laying and tending mines. This one could have been either a tow yawl or a mine yawl.

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