Hi Joey,
The 16′ white skiff sailing among her big ocean-going schooner sisters in the Parade of Sails on Sunday was the latest addition to the Gloucester’s fleet of wooden watercraft. The boat is named the TRIBUTE II Rocky Neck (pun on II – 2 completely intended). She is a Montgomery Fish Boat from the chine down, my own lapstraked lines above. The rig is a pre-1960s Fish Boat rig. She is made of various eucalyptus (mahogany, red grandis, cumuru) and white oak, all solid, scarf jointed boards, no plywood.
I know she is just a drop in the bucket compared to the other grand vessels cutting through the harbor yesterday however, though it’s a big name for a little boat, the gesture of building this classic boat in the spirit and celebration of Gloucester boatbuilding heritage is one that all of us in Gloucester can appreciate.
Thanks to Joey for spreading the word.
She is at the dock behind my parent’s gallery on Rocky Neck, if anyone wants to see her up close, or just watch over Gloucester waters when the wind is up, you’ll surely see her chasing her big sisters out on the horizon…
Good Morning Gloucester 
Truly a thing of beauty, a work of art. It’s hard to conceive of the talent and skill that went into this creation. Congratulations, and thanks for sharing it with us.
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Absolutely Beautiful!
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Beautiful rebuild/restoration. I cared for a sailed one of Herb Montgomery’s Fish Class boats during the late 40’s early 50’s. Thanks for showinit
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Gorgeous boat!
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My father sailed & raced a Fish Boat out of the Annisquam Y.C. back in the 1930’s.
He said it was called the Goldfish, Sail #4.
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The first boat I owned was a Montgomery Fish Boat, but it was nowhere near as pretty as what you have built. Nice work, and thanks for preserving a Gloucester treasure.
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What a pretty boat – truly a work of art.
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She’s beautiful! An all wood boat – a marvel!
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I Google Image searched “Montgomery Fish Boat” to compare. Of a couple hundred images the only other real representation was from……GoodMorningGloucester! The vessel was with Motif #1.
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Just supposing that beautiful small boats such as this could be displayed for the enjoyment of visitors at the Schooner Festival next year. But where?
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