The wooden comb below the tiller of Joseph Walter Cooper's Maine Sloop Boat was a device made so that the tiller could be dropped in between the teeth of the comb so that a set course would not alter. A comb was particularly useful for single handed sailors.
Description: The wooden comb below the tiller of Joseph Walter Cooper's Maine Sloop Boat was a device made so that the tiller could be dropped in between the teeth of the comb so that a set course would not alter. A comb was particularly useful for single handed sailors.
Description: The coal wharf at Clark Point is visible in the background. Perry L. Lawson's dragger, "U and I" is just behind Black Ledge in the foreground.
Vessels – Left to Right – Background to Foreground: “Fairhaven Queen” Unknown vessel from St. Andrews Unknown vessel “Irma” from Lubec Unknown vessel Unknown vessel “Medric” from Lubec – now disintegrating at Eastport Boat Building School Unknown dragger from Southwest Boat
Description: Vessels – Left to Right – Background to Foreground: “Fairhaven Queen” Unknown vessel from St. Andrews Unknown vessel “Irma” from Lubec Unknown vessel Unknown vessel “Medric” from Lubec – now disintegrating at Eastport Boat Building School Unknown dragger from Southwest Boat