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Thank you, I will be grateful. It is possible that you are right.
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Thanks, I'll try
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That's about what I thought. This is exactly what is confirmed by the materials that I found on the web. Maybe the availability of protection also depends on other factors. I read that the winters in 1970 were very cold and the bay froze. It is possible that there were such cold winters in other years. Now most of the skipjacks are not equipped with protection. Of course, many are used for other purposes and are pleasure craft. But for example Catherine (built in 1901) is an oyster boat. And there is no protection on it. Is the reason for this an increase in water temperature? Or is it the economic situation in the region or the country? In difficult periods (the Great Depression, World War 2) is not up to oysters, oyster fishing is not conducted, therefore protection is not needed? What was the price of steel sheets in those years? If business is not going on, then there is no money for the maintenance of the vessel? I made a list after studying the photos. Some of the photos of skipjacks with ice protection date back to after 1945 (for example, Fulton T. Mister, E.C. Collier). But some (Silver Spray, Mythle) have protection in 1910-1945. There are such as Geneva May (1939 there is no protection, 1950 - sheets). The presence or absence of protection from ice is unstable. Both options are equally true. I didn't find any photos of Willie L. Bennett.
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thanks to everyone who answered.
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Hello! I'm sorry for my English, I'm from Russia. I'm building a skipjack model from a kit Model Shipways Willie L. Bennett. Plans and instructions says that skipjacks have metal sheet to protect the hull from light ice damage. However, I have not found confirmation that protection from ice is typical for all skipjacks throughout the first half of the 20th century or were only some covered. Most of the photos available on the web from 1910 to 1960 are usually of poor quality and it is very difficult to consider ice protection on them. The photos I found do not give an unambiguous answer to the question. Tell me, if you can, how typical is the presence of the hull protection from ice and how often skipjacks did without it. Thanks.
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