FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 109 



BOATS. 



Dories, sharpies, and dingeys — Continued. 



29. Under-running stick, 15 inches long. 



30. Gob- stick, 2* feet long. 



39369. Dory. Fourteen feet long. 



Length, 14 feet on bottom, 18 feet on top. 



AVidth, 32 inches on bottom, 4 feet 10 inches on top. 



Depth, 20 inches amidships, 28 inches forward and aft. 



Pine wood for planking and bottom. 



Oak timbers for gunwales, stem and stern. 



Three thwarts, no parting boards. 



This size is not used to any great extent, i^rincipally by mackerel seiners, 

 and are designed to row fast in order to keep company with the seine- 

 boat when rowing after schools of mackerel. 



Rigged for use in mackerel seining, the ecxuij)meut is as follows : 



1. Painter, 5 fathoms of 2-inch manila to])e, leathered in stem, thim- 



ble seized in. 



2. Sternbecket 3 feet long of 2-iuch rope, knotted on ends, served 



for. 2 feet in the middle with manila spun yarn. 



3. Two pairs 9-foot ash oars. 



4. Wooden scoop for bailing. 



5. Knife, 5i-iuch pointed blade. 



6. Eight thole pins, in leather beckets on inside of dory. 



7. Four lines, each 2^ feet long, through holes in ribbon on star- 



board side of dory, used to fasten to the seine. 



8. One buoy line forward and one aft, each four feet long, to fasten 



to the seine. 



39370. Dory. Fourteen and one-half feet long. 



Length, 14 feet 6 inches on bottom, 18 feet 10 inches on top. 



Width, 36 inches on bottom, 5 feet 6 inches on top. 



Depth, 2i inches amidships, 31 inches forward and aft. 



Pine wood for planking and bottom. 



Oak timbers, gunwales, stem and stern. 



Three thwarts, three parting or ' ' kid " boards. 



Are used to a great extent by Gloucester and Boston haddock catchers. 

 The style called haddock dory is btiilt strong, and more adapted to carry- 

 large loads than for speed. They are bitilt wider and deeper than the 

 fifteen feet bank- dory. They are used almost exclusively for winter fish- 

 ing, catching haddock, and after picking fish from trawls and loading 

 dory, the vessel goes to the dory, consequently speed and rowing give 

 place to carrying and sea-going qualities. 



Rigged for haddock tishing, the equipment is as follows : 



1. Painter, 5 fathoms of 2-inch manila rope, leathered in stem, 



thimble seized in. 



2. Steru-becket, 3 feet of 2-iuch rope, leathered in holes, served for 2 



feet in middle with white spun yam, knots on ends. 



3. Rubber boot-heel bumper on stem. 



4. Three-score lignum vitie patent trawl roller. 



5. Two pairs woolen nippers, with lines. 



6. Dory knife, 5|-inch, pointed blade. 



7. Gob-stick, 2 feet long. 



8. Gaft' on wooden handle, 2i feet long. 



9. Wooden scoop for bailing. 



10. Two dozen thole pins on strings. 



