Editing Well smack (section)

==History==
Between roughly 1775 and 1875, "well smack" referred to a 50-foot [[gaff rig|gaff]] [[cutter (boat)|cutter]] used in long-lining for [[cod]], [[common ling|ling]], [[turbot]], and other bottom-living sea fish.<ref name="BrianCoadDictionary">{{cite web|url=http://www.briancoad.com/dictionary/W.htm|title=Briancoad.com|last=Coad|first=Brian W.|author2=Don E. McAllister |date=13 August 2009|work=Dictionary of Ichthyology|access-date=7 February 2010}}</ref>  These vessels were also known as [[cod fisheries|cod boats]]. From roughly 1875 to 1920, they were extended to make 80-foot gaff [[ketch]]es, sometimes by the cut-and-shut procedure.  Some were built as new 80-foot welled smacks; some were turned into dry ships for use with ice.<ref name="EdgarJMarchTrawlers">{{cite book|last=March|first=Edgar J.|title=Sailing Trawlers|year=1950}}</ref>