“Woiee” ran for Machiasport Canning Company – “built in 1918 in Eastport, Maine. She had a registered length of 54 feet, was 15 feet wide and carried 49 hogsheads.” - “Masts and Masters: A Brief History of Sardine Carriers and Boatmen” by John D. Gilman, published by John D. Gilman, 1993, p. 179. 1 hogshead = 17½ bushels. “Sardine carrier “Woiee” was rerigged as a live aboard motor sailer with a fiberglassed hull. She is homeported at Vero Beach in Florida.” - “Sardine Carriers and Seiners of the Maine Coast” compiled and written by Paul E. Bennett, The St. Pierre Doriman, p. Ja, 1992.
Description: “Woiee” ran for Machiasport Canning Company – “built in 1918 in Eastport, Maine. She had a registered length of 54 feet, was 15 feet wide and carried 49 hogsheads.” - “Masts and Masters: A Brief History of Sardine Carriers and Boatmen” by John D. Gilman, published by John D. Gilman, 1993, p. 179. 1 hogshead = 17½ bushels. “Sardine carrier “Woiee” was rerigged as a live aboard motor sailer with a fiberglassed hull. She is homeported at Vero Beach in Florida.” - “Sardine Carriers and Seiners of the Maine Coast” compiled and written by Paul E. Bennett, The St. Pierre Doriman, p. Ja, 1992. [show more]
There is a bucket covering a pipe on "Gary Alan" and a wooden lobster pot on her deck. She hailed from Millbridge, Maine and was a sardine carrier built by Grandville W. Davis. The "Lady Lurene," a Nova Scotia boat, is rigged for dragging.
Description: There is a bucket covering a pipe on "Gary Alan" and a wooden lobster pot on her deck. She hailed from Millbridge, Maine and was a sardine carrier built by Grandville W. Davis. The "Lady Lurene," a Nova Scotia boat, is rigged for dragging.
"Helen McColl" - 65'7" sardine carrier built in 1911 "Eva Grace" - 60' sardine carrier built in 1930 "America" - 47' sardine carrier built in 1908 "Arthur S. Woodward" - lobster smack - later sardine carrier built in 1949 "Henry O. Underwood" - third left on dock at foreground - 70' sardine carrier built in 1949 Several of the fishing boats in the photograph sport "scalers" - long box-shaped chutes on top of their shelters.
Description: "Helen McColl" - 65'7" sardine carrier built in 1911 "Eva Grace" - 60' sardine carrier built in 1930 "America" - 47' sardine carrier built in 1908 "Arthur S. Woodward" - lobster smack - later sardine carrier built in 1949 "Henry O. Underwood" - third left on dock at foreground - 70' sardine carrier built in 1949 Several of the fishing boats in the photograph sport "scalers" - long box-shaped chutes on top of their shelters. [show more]
Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
Place:
Winter Harbor ME
State:
ME
Source:
Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
Description: The boat at the right: Three Sisters - Passenger Launch – Fishing Boat She is a fishing/lobster boat rigged for dragging in this photograph.