The ''Evelina M. Goulart'' is an 83-foot (25.2-meter)
fishing schooner
A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoon ...
built by Arthur D. Story in the Story Shipyard (now the
Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum) in 1927. She is one of seven surviving Essex-built fishing schooners and the only one to be virtually unchanged from its original configuration. At some point in her life she was converted into a fishing dragger, being fitted with an engine for the purpose.
Throughout her life she was primarily used for
swordfish
Swordfish (''Xiphias gladius''), also known as broadbills in some countries, are large, highly migratory predatory fish characterized by a long, flat, pointed bill. They are a popular sport fish of the billfish category, though elusive. Swordfis ...
ing. In 1985
Hurricane Gloria
Hurricane Gloria was a powerful hurricane that caused significant damage along the east coast of the United States and in Atlantic Canada during the 1985 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the first significant tropical cyclone to strike the n ...
touched down in the
New England area and damaged the stern of the Goulart. Tied up to the wharf and retired, her engine was removed. At some point the bilge pumps failed and the vessel sank.
In 1990 Evelina M. Goulart was donated to the
Essex Shipbuilding Museum. Housed in an open-sided shed, the ship was intended as an example of ship construction, once the ship was stabilized. However the hull is badly deteriorated and the vessel may end its days at the breakers, with only the significant portions preserved for the future.
See also
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List of schooners
References
Essex Shipbuilding Museum
* ttp://www.essexshipbuildingmuseum.org/documents/MAIB_April_1991_Goulart.pdf Saving The Evelina M. Goulart
External links
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Schooners of the United States
Ships built in Essex, Massachusetts
Historic American Engineering Record in Massachusetts
Individual sailing vessels
Tall ships of the United States
Museum ships in Massachusetts
Ships preserved in museums
1927 ships
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