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Block model of two-masted schooner. 



The two-masted schooner J . ^Y . Hale was built from this model 

 at Brooklin, Me., in 1855. She was designed for the general coast- 

 ing trade, but more particularly for carrying lumber. 



She was a wooden, carvel-built, keel vessel; wide and shallow, 

 with bow moderately sharp at and below water line and flaring and 

 full above ; raking curved stem ; long head ; long low floor ; round 

 easy bilge; long straight of breadth; short but well-formed run; 

 heavy, broad, square stern ; good sheer. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 87 feet; beam, 23 feet; 

 depth, 7 feet 6 inches. Scale of model, one-half inch equals 1 foot. 



The /. W . Hale was employed chiefly in carrying lumber from 

 Florida to North Atlantic ports, but made two trips to the West 

 Indies, and was finally lost in a gale off Cape Hatteras about 1859. 

 Gift of Moses B. Day. Cat. No. 76,136 U.S.N.M. 



Block model of lumber schooner. 



The lumber-coasting schooner North Star was built from this 

 model at Sullivan, Me., in 1856. She was designed by Richard 

 ■Simpson and intended for carrying lumber from ports of eastern 

 Maine to Boston, Mass., and other western points. She is typically 

 representative of a class of small, full-bowed vessels constructed for 

 the New England lumber trade between 1840 and 1860. 



The North Star was a wooden, carvel-built, keel vessel, with a 

 full convex bow; rather low long floor; long straight side; short 

 but well-formed run ; heavy square stem ; good sheer. 



Dimiensions of vessel. — Length, 60 feet 6 inches; beam. 18 feet 

 7 inches ; depth, 6 feet 6 inches. Scale of model, one-half inch equals 

 1 foot. 



Vessels of this class were among the smallest of lumber coasters. 

 They usually had short high quarter-decks, and a large part of the 

 cargo was stowed on deck, lumber being piled several feet above the 

 main rail. 

 Gift of D. A. Simpson. Cat. No. 76,128 U.S.N.M. 



Block model of two-masted schooner. 



The two-masted schooner R. B. Sumner of Newburyport. Mass., 

 was built from this model in 1858, and represented the most advanced 

 ideas in the design of coasting vessel. She was employed in. the 

 general carrying trade, chiefly along the Atlantic coast of the United 

 States, and had the reputation of being a swift vessel for that class. 



The Sumner had a moderately sharp bow; long, low floor; long, 

 finely shaped run; full, square stern; good sheer; moderate rake 

 to stem and sternpost. 



