154 ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. 



Apparatuiii ac€es§ory to rigg^iii^ fiKhiiig'-ve»^8el8. 



Boiit-builders' muterials. 



25170. Riug-bolts. Wilcox, Critteuden &■ Co., Middletowii, Conn. 



25201. Series of screw eye-bolts. " " 



25202. Series of screw ring-bolts. " " 

 2520:?. Series of ring-bolts. " '* 



25211. Common oval head clinch boat-nail. Wilcox, Crittenden »fc Co., 



[Middletown, Conn. 



25212. Chisel-point clinch boat-nails. " 



25213. Countersunk clinch boat-nails. " 

 25220. Series of boat-rivets. " 

 25223. Washers or clinch-rings for rivets. " 

 25178. Stem cap for Cape Ann seine-boat. " 

 25173. Davit-guax'd and step-plate for Cape Ann seine-boat. " 



25175. Eye-plate or oar-holder swivels for Cape Ann seine-boat. " 



25176. Gunwale supporter for Capo Ann seine-boat. " 



25173. Davit-giiai'd and step-plate for Cape Ann seine-boat. " 



25174. Breast-brace for Cape Ann seine-boat. " 



25166. Davit-iron for Cape Ann seine-boats. " 



25167. Tow-iron for Cape Ann seine-boats. " 



25168. Tow-link and hook for Cape Ann seine-boat. " 



29482. Boom-rest or crotch-socket. Used on the taffrail of Cape fishing- 

 vessels when they are "laying to" on George's Banks. Theo. 

 Brown, Wellfleet, Mass. 



25204. Water-deck iron. Wilcox, Crittenden &. Co., Middletown, Conru 



Eudder-fixtures. 



29496. "W. N. Clark's rudder-hanger." (Patented September 3, 1867.) 

 James B. Clark, Chester, Conn. 



"Advantages claimed for this hanger: To ship the rudder one has only 

 to enter the tongue (which has the rudder already attached) in the 

 grooved plate from the top just far enough to get it steady, and then let 

 it down, when it Avill go to its place without further care. Hence arises 

 the first great advantage which this hanger possesses over the old way, 

 viz, the ease and dispatch with which the rudder can be shipped under 

 all circumstances. 



Every boatman knows the trouble he has been to, at times, in trying 

 to ship his rudder, while in a seaway, in the dark, or in muddy waier, 

 when the eyes in the boat could not be seen; often being obliged to 

 reach down with his hand to get the lower pintle entered. 



From the quickness with which the rudder can be shipped, in any posi- 

 tion of the boat, and under any circumstances, and its security when 

 shipped, it must recommend itself for all life-boat purposes, where, in 

 case of an emergency, time is of vital importance. 



Another advantage is that with this hanger the rudder cannot of itself 

 unship as has often been the case with the common hanger, when the 

 boat has been left for a short time and the tiller worked out, thereby 

 leaving the rudder free, by striking the bottom or anything sufficient to 

 raise it three or four inches, to unhinge and lloat away. As will readily 

 be seen, this cannot get away until the rudder has risen the whole k'ngth 

 of the tongue, which, of itself, wou^d never happen. 



Again, with this hanger the rudder can be shipped and unshipped 

 while under full sail, thus making it very convenient for fishermen or 



