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The Frank W. Howe, 159 feet long and displacing 573 tons, was one of the last unpowered lumber schooners, a fact that may also have saved the lives of most of its crew. That’s because unlike steam engines, sails still work when the hull is full of water — a condition the Frank W. Howe found herself in just a few days after leaving Ballard (now part of Seattle) with a heavy cargo of railroad ties, headed for San Pedro. (Offshore near Yaquina Bay, Lincoln County; 1904) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1804d.frank-w-howe-lumber-schooner-shipwreck-492.html)