Several of the original schooners still exist,
the «Adventure» in Gloucester may be the largest on left, she is 130 tons,
the «Ernestina» is older and is 98 tons,
the reproduction «Spirit of Massachusetts» is 90 tons.
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Re: Cod fishing the Grand Banks / Schooners, Dories and such
The Eastern Seaboard of North America was fished by schooners both Canadian and US.The prevailing winds made schooners a very successful type for fishing in these waters.The schooner in the film is the «Henrietta», here is a pic of her from 1933 that the Boston Public Library put up on Flickr.>>
>>Several of the original schooners still exist, the «Adventure» in Gloucester may be the largest on left, she is 130 tons, the «Ernestina» is older and is 98 tons, the reproduction «Spirit of Massachusetts» is 90 tons.I have forgotten the number of dories they usually sailed with, but I think it was 8 or more though one or two were spares.
Speed was money, so they were fast, I’ve gone 12 knots on Spirit of Mass, and I think you could get «Adventure» to 14 knots if you could drive her. Speed was money, fresh fish sells for more and being first back gets a premium price.
Sterling Hayden was not just crew on the schooners in the 30s, he was the main topmast man on the «Gertrude L. Thebaud» for the international schooner races.
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