Down to the Sea: The Fishing
Schooners of Gloucester by Joseph
E. Garland
Cathy Hawkins (And Helen !) Say...
No vessel in American history paid off more handsomely or at a more
terrible cost than the Gloucester fishing schooner. These were the fastest,
leanest, and most challenging working boats ever built. They carried
enormous canvas, were designed with the fine lines and long overhangs of
racing yachts, but were expected to race off to the Grand Banks and back,
their holds crammed with fish. The schooners were built for speed, not
safety, and if their payout was large, so was the loss of life: a staggering
668 schooners and 3,755 Gloucestermen went to the cruel depths in the
68 years between 1830 and 1897 alone.
Down to the Sea is an illustrated chronicle of these everlastingly romantic
vessels and of the intrepid captains and crews who worked them from the

early eighteenth until well into the first quarter of this century. It is the tale
of men, a town, and an industry that swiftly became the stuff of American
legend.
Here, too, are previously unpublished masterpieces of marine
photography, many from the Cape Ann Historical Association s important
collection, which provide a visual record of both shocking hardship and
sheer physical beauty. Gloucester, her boats and her crews are much in
the news these days. In this glorious book we see that the legacy, legends,
and tragedies that have always been integral to this brave harbor are
nothing new; only the names have changed.
Personal Review: Down to the Sea: The Fishing Schooners of
Gloucester by Joseph E. Garland
....poignant,funny,suspenseful,loving story of Capt. Sharps' 'oneness' with
the sea,a downeaster with a wry smile and a sixth sense for getting out of
some darn close calls , tenacious with a huge heart....but then again I love
sailing !!!!
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