2/873
[ stop the slideshow ]

An American Coasting Schooner

An American Coasting Schooner.jpg The SavannahThumbnailsA Gloucester FishermanThe SavannahThumbnailsA Gloucester FishermanThe SavannahThumbnailsA Gloucester FishermanThe SavannahThumbnailsA Gloucester FishermanThe SavannahThumbnailsA Gloucester FishermanThe SavannahThumbnailsA Gloucester Fisherman

Square-rigged ships have largely disappeared because, among other things, their crews were large.
These schooners, which sometimes have four or five masts, can be handled by small crews and consequently are able to continue to vie with steam.