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Model, full: 2-masted Schooner ANNIE & REUBEN
Full model of the schooner ANNIE & REUBEN made by Willis Snow (1854-1926) at Rockland, Maine. The ANNIE & REUBEN was a two-masted granite schooner built in 1891 in the backyard of lumberman Reuben S. Hunt's house in Bath, and named for his two children. She was bought by John I. Goss & Co., Deer Isle from their Crotch Island quarry to carry to carry stone primarily to Boston. When she was in the stone trade her main mast was moved aft for more room for the load. Without decreasing the size of the mainsail, a larger foresail was made, and she proved very fast. She sailed until sold for the Cuban sugar trade and went ashore on a New Jersey beach when sailing south in 1943. Model, full: 2-masted Schooner ANNIE & REUBEN Model of the two-masted granite schooner ANNIE & REUBEN. Model made by Willis Snow (1854-1926) of Rockland, Maine; repaired by Richard Noble. Annie & Reuben was built in 1891 in the backyard of lumberman Reuben S. Hunt's house in Bath, and named for his two children. She was bought by John I. Goss & Co., Deer Isle from their Crotch Island quarry to carry to carry stone primarily to Boston. When she was in the stone trade her main mast was moved aft for more room for the load. Without decreasing the size of the mainsail, a larger foresail was made, and she proved very fast. She sailed until sold for the Cuban sugar trade and went ashore on a New Jersey beach when sailing south in 1943. Old number 68.17 See Leavitt Wake of Coasters p 151-152 Also Baker, Maritime History of Bath, 686-687
