“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]
Vessels Left to Right: "Eva Grace" El Placita - Schooner Steam Yacht as a sardine carrier "Lawrence Wayne" The Mayo / Hinckley house is just visible in the background to the right of the "Eva Grace" rigging.
Description: Vessels Left to Right: "Eva Grace" El Placita - Schooner Steam Yacht as a sardine carrier "Lawrence Wayne" The Mayo / Hinckley house is just visible in the background to the right of the "Eva Grace" rigging.
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.
The photograph was taken in the vicinity of the Lewis Kennison Robinson house at 465 Maine Street, Southwest Harbor. Addison Packing Company, at the head of Southwest Harbor, can be seen in the background of this picture. - Interview with Ralph Stanley, October 2008.
Description: The photograph was taken in the vicinity of the Lewis Kennison Robinson house at 465 Maine Street, Southwest Harbor. Addison Packing Company, at the head of Southwest Harbor, can be seen in the background of this picture. - Interview with Ralph Stanley, October 2008.
"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]
The photograph was taken in the vicinity of the Lewis Kennison Robinson house at 465 Maine Street, Southwest Harbor. Addison Packing Company, at the head of Southwest Harbor, can be seen in the background of this picture. - Interview with Ralph Stanley, October 2008.
Description: The photograph was taken in the vicinity of the Lewis Kennison Robinson house at 465 Maine Street, Southwest Harbor. Addison Packing Company, at the head of Southwest Harbor, can be seen in the background of this picture. - Interview with Ralph Stanley, October 2008.