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BULLETIX 127, UXITED STATES XATIOXAL MUSEUM. 



It had a full, bluff bow; curved stem, with projecting billethead; 

 low, full bilge; short, full run; full rounding stern, having a projec- 

 tion above deck, extending aft of rudder head like the " pink " of the 

 pinky ; curved sternpost ; slight sheer. The rig consists of two masts 

 and an adjustable bowsprit. The mainmast is placed in the center 

 of the vessel and the mizzen half way between the mainmast and 

 stern sail, topgallant sail, and spencer on mainmast, and topsail and 

 spanker on mizzenmast. 



-AMERICAN FISHING KETCH. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 55 feet ; beam, 15 feet ; ex- 

 treme draft, 8 feet; bowsprit, outboard, 20 feet; mainmast, above 

 deck, 30 feet ; main topmast, 19 feet G inches ; main topgallant mast, 

 14 feet; mizzenmast, above deck, 24 feet; mizzen topmast, 18 feet; 

 spanker boom, 16 feet; gaff, 12 feet. Scale of model, one-half inch 

 equals 1 foot. 



This type of vessel was first invented and used for a bomb ketch, 

 and the mainmast was stepped far aft to leave room on deck for 

 operating one or more mortars. Subsequently the rig came into 

 favor for yachts and fishing vessels as well as for the merchant ma- 

 rine. Even at a recent date it has been used in Holland, 



