Samuel Champion Cooper's Cottage - The Larches - Joseph Walter Cooper Sailing His Maine Sloop Boat

Identifier:
10477  
Title:
Samuel Champion Cooper's Cottage - The Larches - Joseph Walter Cooper Sailing His Maine Sloop Boat
Description:
The wooden comb below the tiller of Joseph Walter Cooper's Maine Sloop Boat was a device made so that the tiller could be dropped in between the teeth of the comb so that a set course would not alter. A comb was particularly useful for single handed sailors.
Place:
Southwest Harbor
State:
ME
Country:
USA

Citation

“Samuel Champion Cooper's Cottage - The Larches - Joseph Walter Cooper Sailing His Maine Sloop Boat,” Southwest Harbor Public Library, accessed April 23, 2024, https://swhpl.digitalarchive.us/items/show/6912.Item 10477

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