barques
barques At the beginning "barques" were used (the barque is about twelve or fourteen feet in the keel and carried a two man crew). Around 1890 however the fishery underwent a slump and it became in- creasingly difficult to obtain fish close to home. This caused a change in the boat type an...
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| Language: | English |
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1972
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/8071 |
| Summary: | barques At the beginning "barques" were used (the barque is about twelve or fourteen feet in the keel and carried a two man crew). Around 1890 however the fishery underwent a slump and it became in- creasingly difficult to obtain fish close to home. This caused a change in the boat type and the barque gave way to the "big skiff" (about twenty feet in the keel and carried a four man crew). JH 7/72 Not used Not used Withdrawn row v, skiff n |
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