This batch of National Fisherman photos is mostly of boats—and some pretty interesting ones at that. This collection alone is endlessly fascinating, but it’s only one of many that are within the Penobscot Marine Museum’s walls. We’ve scanned and have posted around 100,000 images already and are steadily scanning, cataloging, and adding more.
—————–Kevin Johnson, Photo Archivist, Penobscot Marine Museum.
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Robert Dana says:
Since this post mentions the Ralph E. Winslow Four-Sum design I’d like to take the opportunity to mention a beautiful example of a Winslow design (the Tusitala ketch Parthinia) looking for a restorer in Vermont. Here’s what I posted about her in the Woodenboat Forum: http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?253070-Winslow-ketch-restoration-project
Just to be clear, I am not the owner and have no financial interest in Parthinia, I just don’t want to see her cut up. She sits on the hard about an hour from my home, so I would be happy to take photos for any interested party who is unable to visit her in person. Perhaps Maynard might consider Parthinia for “Save a Classic”?
Russell Smith says:
Enjoy looking at this collection from the National Fisherman. In high school was a deck hand on party fishing boats in Point Pleasant, NJ in the early 60’s. I was always interested in all the old eastern rigged draggers and clammers. Live in the pacific nw the past 40 years but still have a love of all boats wood. Subscribed to the National Fisherman for many years in the 70’s and always enjoyed reading the stories about commercial fishing and boat building.
Thank you to all who have added the wonderful captions to the photos on the site.
Ben Fuller says:
Talking with Maynard, I was reminded about a deadrise I saw building in Golden Eye about 1977, Three men working, one on the bandsaw, the others standing inside the boat either side of the keel. The bandsaw operator cut planks to over length and tossed them to the other two who fastened them in place. It was quick.
Joseph Greeley says:
There is a great book originally published during WWI about the wooden freighters. It’s basically a treatise on how to build them. I think it’s called “Wooden Shipbuilding” and it’s been reprinted sometime in the last 15 years or so. Well worth a look.
Maynard Bray says:
Wooden Ship-Building by Charles Desmond has been reprinted and is available through Amazon. There are two others of the same type resulting from the WWI shipbuilding boom: The Building of a Wooden Ship by Charles G. Davis and How Wooden Ships Are built by H. Cole Estep. I believe those are also on Amazon. All three show lots and lots of good wood going for questionable use.
David Tew says:
Thanks Kevin. Great, wide-ranging selection!
Chris Noto says:
I became aware of National Fisherman and WoodenBoat magazines at around the same time, the mid-1970s, when the best bookstore in my community, The Little Professor Bookstore, in Gainesville, Florida, carried both of them. What a pleasure it was then, and is now. Thanks, again, OCH.