Editing Wherry (section)

==North American usage==
In North America, particularly in the [[Penobscot Bay]] region of the [[Gulf of Maine]], wherries became the preferred boat for the longshore [[Atlantic salmon]] fishery.  The Lincolnville Salmon Wherry, the Rhodes Wherry, the Duck Trap Wherry, and the Christmas Wherry are still being built for recreational use.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wherries by Walter J. Simmons |url=http://www.duck-trap.com/wherries.html |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=www.duck-trap.com}}</ref> They are generally long and narrow, with a straight stem, a wineglass stern and usually carvel planked (smooth sides). [[John Gardner (boat builder)|John Gardner]] writes that the single characteristic that distinguishes a wherry is its flat bottom that allows the boat to ground out in an upright position and serves as a shoe for dragging the boat up and down the beach.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gardner|first1=John|title=Building Classic Small Craft|date=2004|publisher=International Marine/McGraw-Hill|location=Camden, Maine|isbn=0-07-142797-X|page=178|ref=flat}}</ref> The boat usually has two seats, one for the rower, and one in the stern sheets for the passenger, although longer ones can have a third seat forward. The term "shell wherry" was recognised in 19th-century America.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1860-06-23 |title=Boating Matters Down East.; Correspondence of the New-York Times. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1860/06/23/archives/boating-matters-down-east-correspondence-of-the-newyork-times.html |access-date=2022-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>