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Making America's Best Idea Even Better
San Francisco Maritime National Historical ParkVolunteers learning the art of going aloft on the sailing ship Balclutha.
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A Monterey fishing boat painted white and green floating in the water and moored at Hyde Street Pier.
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This Monterey fishing boat is part of the park's small craft collection. Built in 1923, in San Francisco from oak and cedar, she is 23' long with a 9’ beam (width), and is powered by an 8 hp Hick’s engine. Fishermen made a living with this boat trawling for shrimp in SF Bay. A large sack-like trawling net was dragged in the water for about an hour and then hauled into the boat. The catch was kept in wicker baskets on deck. This boat is on display at the end of Hyde Street Pier.
Portrait of Otto Fischer
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A white marking painted on the port side of Balclutha with letters and lines.  

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This "Plimsoll Mark" is painted on the port side of Balclutha and named for Samuel Plimsoll, an Englishman who fought to pass the Merchant Shipping Act of 1876. Before this law, many ships were dangerously overloaded and many sank. These “coffin ships” claimed the lives of many sailors.
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