An oyster schooner is a type of
traditional fishing boat
Traditionally, many different kinds of boats have been used as fishing boats
A fishing vessel is a boat or ship used to catch fish in the sea, or on a lake or river. Many different kinds of vessels are used in commercial, artisanal and recr ...
specifically designed for the harvesting of
oysters
Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats. In some species, the valves are highly calcified, and many are somewhat irregular in shape. Many, but not al ...
. Typically, an oyster schooner was a
gaff-rigged
Gaff rig is a sailing rig (configuration of sails, mast and stays) in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar (pole) called the ''gaff''. Because of the size and shape ...
two-masted
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 ...
akin to the Dorchester schooner. They were used in the past in
Delaware Bay until a blight killed most of the oysters in that area. A surviving example is the ''
A.J. Meerwald'' located in
Bivalve, New Jersey.
See also
* ''
A. J. Meerwald''
*
''Cashier''
*
''Katherine M. Lee''
*
''Maggie S. Myers''
References
External links
''A. J. Meerwald'' History & Specifications
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Types of fishing vessels
+Oyster
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 ...
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