Vessel Name - Medric
Class – Sardine carrier
Hull - wood
Masts - 2
Designed by –
Build date - 1919
Built by – Hodgedon Brothers Boatyard
Built at – East Boothbay, Maine
Built for – Boothbay Carriers, Inc.
Named for –
Power - 45-horsepower gasoline engine
Gross tons - 31
Net tons – 11
Capacity - 52 hogsheads herring
Length – 61’
Beam – 14'
Draught -
Crew –
Number –
Disposition - at Eastport Boat School in 2012 – falling apart
The “Medric” was powered with a 45-horsepower gasoline engine and was 61 feet long by 14 feet wide, carrying a load of 52 hogsheads of herring. [1 hogshead (hhd) = 17 ½ bushels or 63 U.S. gallons.] She was one of the first ‘double-ender” style of boats built on the Maine coast…
After 68 years, numerous repair jobs and new engines, the “Medric” [was] still carrying herring to the Peacock plant in Lubec [Maine in 1993.] - “Masts and Masters: A Brief History of Sardine Carriers and Boatmen” by John D. Gilman, published by John D. Gilman, 1993, p. 74-75. The book lists her masters and tells more about the vessel.
By 2012 Ralph Stanley reported seeing "Medric" at the Eastport boat school, falling apart.
