The canoe stern was a real asset, as she could run home, away from the weather, without any tendency to broach.
The design seems to be an adaptation of a standard Mediterranean type, with the addition of the distinctive clipper bow. The type was extremely common in the San Francisco to Monterey region starting in about 1915. The earliest one I was aware of was built in 1918 (JoAnna). I think the last was made in the Forties.
Construction was yellow cedar planks over steam-bent oak frames. She was very beamy (8 feet), with round bilges, and rolled like a pig -- but not too far. The decks ran very wet, and the gray splash rail above the rub rail helped keep the amount of green water on the decks within reasonable limits. Sometimes we thought that the design was an early form of Italian submarine. She was very sea-worth, though it sometimes became pretty uncomfortable for the crew.
The hull framing and planking was very well done, but the house and decks were low-quality plywood construction from about the early fifties. I personally put more than five gallons of bondo into those parts. This is a typical image of salmon trollers at work.
We spent a fair amount of time (typically in July) fishing near the Farallon Islands, about 20 miles off the Golden Gate. It is a chronically foggy area, and the anchorage is awful, but the fishing for good size King salmon could be pretty exciting. We would base our operations in Half Moon bay when working the Farallons.