Ken's Journal Halifax, Peggy's Cove and Lunenburg, Nova Scotia |
The Cape Sable, a retired cod fisher trawler restored for display in the Fisheries Museum. |
The winches that operated the nets - both sides of the boat - were operated from a room below the wheel-house. The cables came out through the two large square windows on the bottom. |
The Galley. The dividers kept your slop out of your mates plate. |
Crew's quarters - the bunks are only 6' long and 24" wide. |
Theresa E Connor - an even earlier Cod fisher - another trawler, but under sail power. |
Aft deck of the Theresa E Conner. |
More deck of the Theresa E Conner. |
This is the first fiberglass commercial fishing boat in Atlantic Canada. This actual boat was the first and was built in 1962 under contract to the Canadian Government as a demonstration to convince commercial fisherman of the feasibility of using fiberglass. It was based on the hull design of the traditional wooden hull Cape Islander and was apparently a success as every boat in the inshore fishing fleet is now fiberglass - and they are also all based on the Cape Islander hull design. |
| Interestingly, sometime after this visit to the museum, I was talking to a real lobsterman about his boat. One of the comments he made was, "Thank God for fiberglass. We'd all go out of business for the maintenance were it not for fiberglass." He also told me that you can have a new lobster-boat made for you today for anywhere from $300K to $1M - depending on size and how you outfit it. The typical is 38' long with a 12' beam. What's really interesting is the original fiberglass Cape Islander above, cost only $14K to build - and that was under government contract! | |
Lunch at the Old Fish Factory Restaurant. Fish and Chips again. Keith's finest ale again. Life is good! |
"Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey." -- Fitzhugh Mullan
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