Subject Type: Working

About the Vessel This model is of a lighter belonging to the New York Central Railroad. Generally speaking, “lighters” are vessels used to load and offload freight to and from larger ships, when the larger ships cannot access a pier. Before there were tunnels, the Hudson River was a barrier […]

Virginia pilot boat renamed in honor of the modeler’s wife

Traditional Chesapeake Bay oyster boat

Traditional fishing boat of the Northeast United States. Both carvel and lapstrake versions exist. This one is carvel planked.

Virginia pilot boat renamed in honor of the modeler’s wife

Tug for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad

The Muscongus Bay lobster smack is closely related to the Friendship sloop.

Traditional fishing boat (and later recreational craft) originating in Friendship, Maine.

A fishing and utility boat from Norway. Fær = four, the number of oars for which it is fitted.

One of the oldest surviving commercial vessels in America, the Emma C. Berry is a fishing smack of 1866