33053. Darling, Warren S. Quahoging Out of Rock Harbor 1890-1930. Darling. 1984.
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33053. Darling, Warren S. Quahoging Out of Rock Harbor 1890-1930. Darling. 1984.
- Darling, Warren S. Quahoging Out of Rock Harbor 1890-1930. Darling. 1984. 60p. Soft wraps. Captain Tom Smith grew up in Orleans and remembers going down to Rock Harbor to see the fishing boats when he was a kid. “There has always been a little quahog fleet in there,” Smith recalls. The quahog industry has been as constant as the tides. “That’s what helped shape the harbor,” said Captain Chris Viprino, a newcomer to the stalwart group. “We are right around the 100-year anniversary.”And that’s a century with powered boats. Clammers heading out of the “crick,” as they called it, date back to at least 1890. Author Warren S. Darling, the son of Nathan who owned the Ella B, writes today about the early days of the commercial industry. The early captains used catboats, almost as wide as they are long, 28 feet and sturdy. There were no dredges in the early days, so hand raking brought the harvest. Back then, according to Darling, the quahoggers made their own raking poles, often several because of the differing depths of the water. “Successful raking depended almost as much on the pole as the man using it. However, a pole that helped the rake to fish just right depended on how it was made,” he wrote. Experience some of the joy of the author when quahoging out of Rock Harbor. (M). $6.