And this–believe it or not–is Galilee. Galilee, Rhode Island.
Here’s a close up of Tradition.
Amelia Bucolo intrigues me because of what it’s towing to port. I’ve no context to tell how common this is. The builder, by the way, is Gladding-Hearn, 1966.
The rig is unlike any fishing rig I can recall seeing, too.
Is it a market boat?
True American is fiberglass. See the gloves atop the cabin?
I stopped in Point Judith only to catch the ferry to Block Island, but I’ll definitely be back.
Here’s a similar port post from six years ago.
All photos here by Will Van Dorp.
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November 17, 2015 at 12:28 pm
Fairlane
I saw a very similar vessel to Amelia Bucolo at Newport, RI. Named Janet, she was wood-hulled and built in 1951 at Deltaville, VA. She seems to have spent a large part of her life under the ownership of the Coast Canning & Processing Co, so some kind of market boat would sound just about right.
Kind Regards, Kyle
November 17, 2015 at 10:40 pm
nspec
Amelia Bucolo tends the fish traps located off of Narragansett. They are large ‘pens’ with an open gate. Fish swim in and can’t figure out how to escape. Amelia Bucolo tows it’s skiffs behind it, then they all work together to land the fish from the traps.
November 17, 2015 at 11:36 pm
tugster
nspec– thanks much.
November 18, 2015 at 7:32 am
Daniel Meeter
Yes, I worked on a somewhat similar boat on the Great South Bay, it was called a “pound boat,” pronounced “pond boat.” It had a similar hoist, only fore of the cabin, because the hold was fore of the cabin. Its cabin was way aft, like a South Bay clammer. It was built to work the fish traps (“pounds”) that used to be used in Great South Bay. We were using it simply to carry freight to Fire Island.
November 18, 2015 at 7:42 am
tugster
daniel- thx. i recall your once telling me about yr working on Great South Bay, but i never imagined a boat like this. it sounds like we should do another field trip to that area.
November 18, 2015 at 8:05 am
Daniel Meeter
Ja, Will, I miss you. It’s been way too long. My calendar is way too crowded. Despite the difference in fore-and-aft design I guessed at the purpose of the Amelia Buccolo as soon as I saw it. The hoist. I mourn that boat I worked on. The South Bay. Built between the wars, I think, 36 foot, a really good looking boat, with a tiller aft. When Joe closed his fish market on Fire Island forty years ago, nobody wanted that boat, and after the boatyard operator damaged it, Joe just let it get scrapped. I used to dream of owning that boat and putting a small cabin in the hold and running it up the Hudson and on the NYS Barge Canal! No wonder we’re friends.