Draggers "Helen McColl", "Woiee" and "Hornet"

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Draggers "Helen McColl", "Woiee" and "Hornet"

Paul Stubing indicated that this is a photograph of the vessels "Helen McColl", "Woiee" and "Hornet". He said that this was all in wartime. He went on to explain that draggers/offshore fishermen couldn't leave until full sunrise for the first few years of the war. Lobstermen and fishermen had the same rule but ignored it . The rule said that fishermen could go out a half hour after sunrise and return a half hour before sunset. After the first two years, enforcement was more lax.
This picture has many subjects. There are two rowboats turned over on the float in the foreground. Behind them are the "Hornet" and a lobster boat with # 1 D 867 on its port side. Behind these are the "A.T.Haynes", "Woiee" and the "Helen McColl". Beal's Wharf is visible in the background.
According to James Warren's "Maine Sardine Industry History 1875-2000", the "Helen McColl" was built in East Boothbay, Maine, in 1911 with a length of 65.7 ft., a depth of 6.6 ft., gross ton of 36 and net ton of 17. She was affiliated with Seacoast Canning Co., Seaboard Packing Co. and Bath Canning Co. and hailed from Lubec. The "Woiee" was built in Eastport, Maine, in 1918 and was 54.7 ft. long, drew 6.0 ft., had a gross ton of 26 and a net ton of 9. She was affiliated with E.W. Brown Co. in South Portland and Machiasport Canning Co. in Machiasport.

Ballard, W.H.

Paul Stubing Ballard Print Collection