Sherman Zwicker [SEP] manufacturer
Sherman Zwicker
Sherman Zwicker is a wooden auxiliary fishing schooner built in 1942 at the Smith and Rhuland shipyard, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Influenced by the design of the famous "Bluenose", "Sherman Zwicker" was built to fish the Grand Banks. The schooner was built for F. Homer Zwicker of Zwicker and Co. Officially christened in 1942, the F/V Sherman Zwicker is the last operable saltbank fishing vessel in existence.
Description.
"Sherman Zwicker" is a wooden auxiliary fishing schooner. She was designed
Less than five of her fleet remain in the world today, and the Sherman Zwicker is the only that is fully operational and fully restored.
History.
Owned by Zwicker and Co., "Sherman Zwicker" was built to fish the Grand Banks of Newfoundland from dories from the ports of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. When it became too difficult to fill all 11 dories with crew, she fished from the port of Glovertown, Newfoundland (1959–1968). In 1959 she fished eight dories with a crew of 18, all