Flat-bottomed, shallow, cheap and able to take the ground at low tide — more than 250 of them worked the Bay and Delta by 1880. They were the reason boatyards existed here at all.
- Fleet size
- More than 250 working the Bay and Delta by 1880
- Yards
- The India Basin row on Innes Avenue: Dirks, then Anderson, then Anderson & Cristofani
- Survivor
- Alma (1891), built at Hunters Point — the last scow schooner; National Historic Landmark 1988; preserved at Hyde Street Pier
Wooden Boat Atlas v3.0 · built 30 July 2026 · a project of the Golden Gate Wooden Boat Foundation · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · open data · corrections