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A "wooden, carvel-built, centerboard schooner, with rather full, 

 flaring bow ; low, flat floor ; short turn to bilge ; long, lean run ; heavj'-, 

 square stern ; strong sheer. 



Dimensions of vessel. — ^Length over all, 163 feet; keel, 140 feet; 

 beam, 34 feet ; depth of hold, 10 feet ; spars : masts, 88, 89, and 90 feet 

 long; topmasts, each 52 feet; bowsprit, outside, 24 feet; jib boom, 

 outside cap, 26 feet; fore and main booms, each 41 feet; spanker 

 boom, 52 feet; 10 to 12 feet outside taffrail. Scale of model, three- 

 eighths inch equals 1 foot. 

 Gift of C. P. Carter & Co. Cat. No. 76,077 U.S.N.M. 



Block model of three-masted schooner. 



The three-casted centerboard schooner, William C. French^ was 

 built from this model at Newburyport, Mass., in 1883, by Atkinson 

 & Filmore. She has been employed chiefly in the coal trade, and 

 besides having a good carrying capacity, she is swift. The model 

 illustrates about the highest attainment in modern naval archi- 

 tecture for combining speed with large capacity on a moderate 

 draught. The strong sheer on top is desirable to keep the ends well 

 above water when the vessel is deeply laden with coal or other heavy 

 freight. 



The French was a wooden, carvel-built, centerboard schooner, 

 with moderately sharp bow; low flat floor; quick turn to bilge; 

 nearly perpendicular side; rather long, lean run; overhanging 

 counter; broad, square stern. She had a strong sheer on top, con- 

 siderable rake to the stem ; curved forefoot, and nearly vertical stern- 

 post. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 149 feet 4 inches ; between 

 perpendiculars, 142 feet 4 inches; beam, 33 feet 8^ inches; depth, 

 11 feet 11 inches; net tonnage, 387.75. Scale of model, three-eighths 

 inch equals 1 foot. 



This vessel made three consecutive passages, immediately after 

 she was built, between New England and Cape Breton, a distance of 

 675 miles, in 72, 56, and 66 hours respectively, her average speed 

 being nearly 10^ knots an hour; also a passage from Philadelphia 

 to Boston, dock to dock, in 56 hours, fully loaded. 

 Deposited by Atkinson & Filmore. Cat. No. 76,048 U.S.N.M. 



Block model of two-masted schooner. 



The two-masted coasting schooner Watchman was built from this 

 model at Tinker's Island, Me., in 1847, for the general coasting trade, 

 but more especially for carrying lumber from Maine to other States 

 along the Atlantic coast. 



She was a wooden, carvel-built, keel vessel, with full, round flaring 

 bow; raking curved stem; short full head; long low floor; round 

 bilge; short full run; heavy, square stern; good sheer. 



