cape boat

cape n The larger boats being used [about 1870] were from fifteen tons to about thirty tons. A thirty ton boat woudl be classed as a three dory boat with a crew of seven men. All those boats would use four six line tubs of trawls. They would fish up the Southern Shore of Placentia Bay to Cape St. Ma...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1978
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/13143
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Summary:cape n The larger boats being used [about 1870] were from fifteen tons to about thirty tons. A thirty ton boat woudl be classed as a three dory boat with a crew of seven men. All those boats would use four six line tubs of trawls. They would fish up the Southern Shore of Placentia Bay to Cape St. Mary's and sometimes beyond. The largest of these boats were called Cape boats. PRINTED ITEM GMS Jan 78 Used I Used I 2 Used I cape ann, cape boat, cape race, cape shore Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Fri 20 Mar 2015; Found in DNE but no stamp