Schooner ship Harriet 1900s Postcard

S D Skillett The Ship Harriet Signalling for a Pilot off Dover 1900 The Harriet was a schooner built in 1900 in Ballard, Washington. The vessel was 91.3 feet long, 26.5 feet wide, and 8.5 feet deep, with a tonnage of 92. It was traveling from Mechaitani Bay to Nome. A schooner is a type of sailboat that has at least two masts, with the foremast usually being shorter than the main mast. Schooners are rigged with fore-and-aft sails on their masts. The foremast may also have square topsails. They are able to glide across water at fast speeds and with grace due to their construction. While some schooners may have more than two masts, most have only two. Schooners are different from other types of sailboats because they have the shortest mast in the front, while other sailboats have larger masts in the front and smaller ones in the rear.