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Dimensions of vessel. — Length between perpendiculars, 45 feet; 

 beam, 14 feet; depth, 6 feet 6 inches; extreme draft, 8 feet 6 inches; 

 bowsprit, outboard, 14 feet; foremast, above deck, 34 feet; foreboom, 

 19 feet ; mainmast, above deck, 38 feet ; main topmast, heel to truck, 

 13 feet 6 inches; main boom, 30 feet. Scale, one-half inch equals 

 1 foot. 



The class of vessels represented by this model succeeded the Che- 

 bacco boats, from which they differed only in being, as a rule, larger, 

 and carrying a bowsprit and jib. " Pinkies " were extensively used 



FIG. 30. XEW ENGLAND FISHING " PINKY." 



in the general sea fisheries, being employed on the distant banks and 

 in the waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, as well as off the coast 

 of the United States. Few have been built since 1840, and vessels of 

 this class are now rarely seen in the fishing fleet. A few large ones 

 were built in the " forties," some of which carried flying jibs in 

 summer, when engaged in mackerel fishing. Probably no more 

 seaworthy vessels were ever designed; a few of them sailed well for 

 the period in which they were built, and in rough water sometimes 

 outsailed the clipper " sharpshooters '' of the early " fifties." They 

 were substantially built of white oak, and some had long terms' of 

 service. 

 Deposited by the Bureau of Fisheries. Cat. Xo. 57,586 U.S.N.M. 



