80 BL'LLETIX 127, UNITED STATES XATTOIv^AL MUSEUM. 



The bow was rather full and flaring, with low, rounding, easy 

 bilge ; long floor : straight side ; a good length of run and easy after 

 lines; broad, square stern; very little sheer; curved stem; stem and 

 sternpost have only a moderate rake. Mounted, top painted black 

 with white strake and painted ports; white molding on the stern; 

 bottom bronzed to imitate copper; rudder, keel, head, etc., painted 

 like the vessel. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 131 feet 8 inches: beam, 

 26 feet 8 inches; depth, 15 feet. Scale of model, three-tenths inch 

 equals 1 foot. 

 Gift of Capt. Charles M. Bayley. Cat. No. 76,050 U.S.X.M. 



Block model of merchant bark. 



The bark Edward KoipiyiscK. of Xewburyport, was built from this 

 model at Newbury, Mass., in 1845. She was specially designed for 

 trading between New England and the West Indies, and was thus 

 employed for 12 years ; running chiefly to Porto Rico with lumber 

 and bringing back sugar, etc. She was then sold to Salem and en- 

 gaged in the African trade. 



The bow is full and flaring, with low, long floor ; round, easy bilge ; 

 long, straight sides; medium length of run; heavy, square stern. 

 She has very little sheer ; curved, raking stem ; a moderate rake to the 

 sternpost, and a "monkey rail" fore and aft. Mounted, painted 

 black on top with white strake and painted ports, bottom bronzed, 

 stub bowsprit, figurehead, stem, keel, etc., painted. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 125 feet; beam, 23 feet 4 

 inches; depth, 13 feet 4 inches; 250 tons. Scale of model, three- 

 tenths inch equals 1 foot. 

 Gift of Capt. Charles M. Bayley. Cat. No. 76,049 U.S.N.M. 



Block model of " kettle-bottom " merchant bark. 



The merchant bark Sao7ie, of Bath, Me., was built at that city 

 from this model in 1846. She was designed for the general ocean- 

 carrying trade, but more particularly for the European, "West In- 

 dian, and South American trades. 



The bow is swelling and full, with long, rather flat floor; round, 

 easy bilge ; tumble-in wall side ; short, full run ; heavy, square stern ; 

 comparatively little sheer. 



Diviensions of vessel. — Registered tonnage, 292; length on deck, 

 stem to taflfrail, 116 feet 10 inches; beam, molded at upper deck, 

 21 feet 9 inches; depth, molded, 16 feet 9 inches; swell of sides, 

 20 inches; coefficient of midship section to 11^ feet, or about two- 

 thirds depth from keel, 0.89 per cent ; coefficient of displacement, 0.69 

 per cent; angle of run at load line, 95°, diminishing below to 20"; 



