Evelina M. Goulart

For other people named Goulart, see Goulart (disambiguation).

History
United States
Name:	Evelina M. Goulart
Owner:	Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum
Launched:	1927
Status:	Museum ship
General characteristics
Class & type:	schooner

The Evelina M. Goulart is an 83-foot (25.2-meter) fishing schooner built by Arthur D. Story in the Story Shipyard (now the Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum) in 1927. She is one of seven surviving Essex-built fishing schooners and the only one to be virtually unchanged from its original configuration. At some point in her life she was converted into a fishing dragger, being fitted with an engine for the purpose.

Throughout her life she was primarily used for swordfishing. In 1985 Hurricane Gloria touched down in the New England area and damaged the stern of the Goulart. Tied up to the wharf and retired, her engine was removed. At some point the bilge pumps failed and the vessel sank.

In 1990 Evelina M. Goulart was donated to the Essex Shipbuilding Museum. Housed in an open-sided shed, the ship was intended as an example of ship construction, once the ship was stabilized. However the hull is badly deteriorated and the vessel may end its days at the breakers, with only the significant portions preserved for the future.

See also

• List of schooners

References

• Essex Shipbuilding Museum
• Related NYT article
• Saving The Evelina M. Goulart