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5. This vessel has the reputation of being one out of three of the smartest small sailing-vessels 

 on the Pacific Coast of the United States, her greatest record being 308 miles in 24 hours with full 

 cargo. It will be observed that the length of her masts is practically her water-line length. Owing 

 to the great proportionate beam, 1 to about 4, and large, very flat floors, she is unusually stiff; her 

 lines are not particularly easy, her speed and capacity to carry on sail being greatly due to the large 

 dead rise, 1 to about 3, combined with great stability and comparatively Hght draft. The hull and 

 spars are constructed of Douglas fir. The Galilee is a composition-fastened vessel, i.e., the outside 

 planks are fastened with composition (a grade of brass) spikes. The frames are "sawed out," are 



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FiQ. 4. — Section of the Galilee, showing Iron Fastenings. 



double, being about 12 inches by 12 inches and spaced, from center to center, 28 inches; the deck 

 beams are about 10 inches by 12 inches and spaced about 4 feet. The broken lines in Figure 4 show the 

 distribution of iron fastenings in frames, hanging knees, and deck beams; the bosom and lodging 

 knees together contain about the same quantity of round iron fastenings as the hanging knees. 

 The double broken hnes include round iron fastenings, while the single ones indicate iron spikes. 

 The round iron fastenings vary in size from J-inch in the bulwark caps to IJ-inches in the keelsons 

 and sister keelsons, those in the thick strakes of the ceiHng and hanging knees being about 1 inch; 

 the spikes are 1-inch and ^-inch square in cross-section, varying in length from 7 to 10 inches. 



6. The Galilee's standing rigging was composed of the customary galvanized-iron wire rope, 

 which had to be removed and hemp substituted; as hemp standing rigging has become obsolete, 

 except for vessels used in Arctic regions, sufficient hemp of the various sizes required could not be 



