MS2005-Elsie-Instruction_Manual-Complete.pdf

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

M ODELING T HE E LSIE

F A MERICAN F ISHING S CHOONER , 1910 F

M ODELING T HE E LSIE

F A MERICAN F ISHING S CHOONER , 1910 F

Technical Characteristics

Scale: 1/8" = 1' (1:96)

Overall Length: 21-1/2" (546.1 mm)

Height: 16" (406.4 mm)

Model by Frank Mastini

Original instructions by Erik A.R. Ronnberg, Jr.

Updated instructions by Ben Lankford

Manufactured by Model Shipways, Inc. • Hollywood, Florida • Sold by Model Expo, a division of Model Shipways, Inc.

http://www.modelexpo-online.com

Model Shipways Kit No. MS2005

History

ELSIE was designed by Thomas F. McManus of Boston and built in 1910 at the Authur D.

Story Shipyard in Essex, Massachusetts for the Atlantic Maritime Co. of Boston. She was

registered there until 1916. She was later sold to the Frank C. Pearce Co. of Gloucester, and

in 1933 to Gorton Pew & Co. In 1934, the schooner was sold to Captain Levi Kearnly of

Newfoundland. On January 19, 1935, returning from Gloucester after delivering a load of salt

fish, her seams opened at the stem rabbet and she foundered in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

The ELSIE is a classic, and probably most well known Gloucester schooner, so-named for the

region's principal port. She was fitted with small dories for hand-line fishing the Atlantic

coast. She was designed with a semi-knockabout schooner rig (forestay inboard on the

bowsprit), reflecting the influence of the safer, but costlier, knockabout schooners (no

bowsprit). She was outfitted with power after her 1921 race with the Canadian fishing

schooner BLUENOSE , but it was removed in 1931. An early Howard Chapelle drawing shows

a propeller fitted in the skeg forward of the rudder.

The more you read about the New England fisheries, the more fascinating their history

becomes. Unfortunately, the few substantial reference works available are mostly out of print,

and one must either spend large sums at rare book shops, or ransack libraries to get at them.

The easier volumes to find are those by Church, Chapelle, and Story—all excellent reading.

Goode's The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States is the great work on

fishing methods as practiced in the 19th century. It is now quite rare, but well worth the

trouble to locate. Chapelle's book. The American Fishing Schooner, has become a standard

reference on fishing schooners, their design, and construction.

The 1937 movie, Captain Courageous, with Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, and other great

stars, is an excellent film if you wish to see the fishing schooners in action; very realistic for

a Hollywood production. It was made during a time when these boats were still around.

Elsie Instruction Manual

By Erik A. R. Ronnberg, Jr.

1978 Instruction Manual Update By Ben Lankford

1995 Model built by Frank Mastini

The Model Shipways kit is based on surveys by the late naval architect and historian, Howard

I. Chapelle, plus photographs and contemporary descriptions of the original schooner. The

plans were prepared in 1978 by master model builder and historian, Erik Ronnberg, Jr. after

an extensive research project. The plans contain a wealth of detail suitable for building a

model to any scale. For additional historical reference, refer to Mr. Ronnberg's Nautical

Research Guild articles (see bibliography).

This new instruction manual expands on the original instructions, and retains the excellent

sketches and descriptions prepared by Mr. Ronnberg. The manual takes you through a

step-by-step procedure for building a fine ship model. Beginners and advanced modelers alike

should find this a very rewarding project.

Hollywood, FL 33020

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BEFORE YOU BEGIN

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO START CONSTRUCTION

HOW TO WORK WITH PLANS AND PARTS

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