CATALOGUE OF THE WATERCEAFT COLLECTION. 



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Model of cutter yacht, English type. 



This model, which has been named John Bull, was intended by 

 its maker, Capt. G. Melvin McLain, Kockport, Me., as a minia- 

 ture of one of the deep, narrow, lead-keeled racing cutters, of the 

 well-known British type in vogue about 1886 and earlier. The typi- 

 cal cutter had a straight and nearly plumb stem above water, though 

 some, notably the Minerva, had the " Buttercup bow," such as is on 

 this model, a designation due to the fact that a famous little English 



FIG. 22. AMERICAN SLOOP YACHT. 



cutter named the Buttercuj) had a bow of this shape. The Scotch 

 cutter Thistle, which raced for the "America's Cup " in 1887 had 

 a bow somewhat similar. 



A wooden, carvel-built, cutter-rigged keel vessel, with long sharp 

 bow; raking, recurved stem; small gammon-knee head; sharp floor; 

 wall side ; very deep lead keel ; long easy run ; strongly raking stern- 

 post; long, narrow, overhanging "fantail" stern; moderate sheer; 

 flush deck; very low bulwarks; fitted with companionways, sky- 

 lights, etc. All sails are set (excepting jib-headed gaff-topsail, which 



