Under sail in 1926
An Icon of the
American Fisheries
The Schooner Adventure was built in 1926 and launched on September 16 at the John F. James and Son Yard in Essex, MA. She was designed by Thomas McManus as a “knockabout”—having no bowsprit which were known as “widow makers” due to the dangerousness of working on the jib. She spent 27 years fishing cod, haddock and halibut off Georges Bank. As a dory trawler, she carried 14 dories and a crew of 27.
Hull
- length: 121 feet, 6 inches
- draft: 13 feet, 9 inches (depth of hull underwater)
- beam: 23 feet, 6 inches (width of hull mid-section)
- capacity of hold: 160,000 lbs
Masts
(maximum height above deck)
- Foremast: 77 feet
- Mainmast: 85 feet
Sails
- Main Sail: 2670 sf
- Fore Sail: 1100 sf
- Jumbo: 418 sf
- Jib: 524 sf
- Total Sail Area: 4712 sf
