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Schooner Curlew and Isma sailed Tuesday morning for Yarmouth for bait for a halibut trip in the bay.

Schooners Nina Blanche; Utah and Eunica; Will'o-the Wisp; Restless; Mabel B.; A.B. Porter;
Trilby; Violet N.; F.Colgate; Swan and Curlew are all waiting for a change of wind.

Items in scrapbooks held by Islands Historical Society c. 1910

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Sailor's Palm, used to sew or repair canvas sails
1910
Islands Museum, Tiverton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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These illustrations of a "sailor's palm" show the most common, and necessary tool used by the ordinary sailor aboard a sailing ship. It was used to repair and manufacture sails. Its' special design allowed sailors to push the long needle, especially designed for canvas work, into the stiff fabric whose function was to propel them around the globe. The "hot spots" on the photographs give some additional information about the palm.

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Robert MacDormand shows the manner in which a sailor's palm was worn
15 March 2003
Westport, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Deadeyes
1930
Islands Museum, Tiverton, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Herring fishing using dories c. 1900
1900
Westport, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Ira Hersey in a fishing boat in Freeport Harbour c. 1912
1912
Freeport, Nova Scotia, Canada

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A 'spoke shave '
1920
Islands Museum, Tiverton, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Used on small sailing boats, or row boats with a sail, the term for this is a "spoke shave". The tiller or rudder was inserted through the cut out section and attached to the stern of the boat. The fisherman was able to sit in the midsection of the boat and use the ropes as guides to turn the boat in the direction he wanted to go.

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Westport Harbour c. 1920
1920
Westport, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Returning from a day's fishing
1920
Freeport, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Fishing from a 'double ender' in Tiverton Harbour c. 1910
1910
Tiverton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Schooner 'Tyler' owned by Captain Hanford Outhouse c. 1900
1900
Tiverton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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The 'Freeman Colgate' fishing schooner, owned by Captain Stewart Hicks c. 1915
1915
Westport, Nova Scotia, Canada