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inches; foretopmast, 37 feet; mainmast, above deck, 70 feet; main 

 topmast, 37 feet; foreboom, 30 feet; foregaff, 29 feet; main boom, 

 58 feet; main gaff, 33 feet. Scale of model, one-half inch equals 

 1 foot. 



This tj'pe of sharp, broad sterned, and rather shallow fishing 

 schooner predominated in New England until 1886. It was evolved 

 from the combined necessities of the oyster trade, which required 

 a vessel of moderate draft to enter the tributaries of the Chesapeake, 

 and of the mackerel fishery, which demanded large deck room and 

 much initial stability. The form was dangerous in gales and has 

 since been superseded by a safer type. 

 Giit of Charles O. Story. Cat. No. 76,254 U.S.N.M. 



FIG. 36. NEW ENGLAND SCHOONER " ETTA G. FOGG." 



Model of fishing schooner. 



This is a type of fishing schooner used in the New England fisher- 

 ies from 1850 to 1860. It had a moderately sharp, round bow ; broad 

 beam; deep bilge; square stern; rigged as a two-masted schooner 

 with single topmast and jib boom. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 66 feet 4 inches; beam, 

 21 feet 6 inches; bowsprit, outboard, 16 feet 8 inches; jib boom, 

 13 feet 4 inches; foremast, above deck, 62 feet; mainmast, above 

 deck, 63 feet; main topmast, 31 feet; main boom, 46 feet. Scale of 

 model, three-eighths inch equals 1 foot. Cat. No. 25,731 U.S.N.M. 



