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BULLETIi:^ 127, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



that thej had little or no righting power when knocked down b}' 

 a breaking wave. 



Deposited by the Bureau of Fisheries. Cat. No. 76,246 U.S.N.M. 



Model of fishing schooner. 



The schooner William M. Gaffaey was built at Gloucester, Mass., 

 in 1877 for employment in the ^urse seine mackerel fishery. She has 

 also been employed to some extent in the frozen-herring trade in 

 winter, going to Xew Brunswick harbors for cargoes. 



The vessel was of the extreme type of beamy, shallow clipper 

 fishing schooner of the period ; long, sharp bow ; raking stem ; long 



FIG. 38. NEW ENGLAND CLIPPER SCHOONER " WM. JI. GAFFNEX." 



head; considerable rise to floor; long and verj- hollow run, with 

 heavy flat quarters and counters; broad and heavy elliptical stern; 

 graceful sheer; long low quarter; all sails set; mackerel pocket 

 rigged out to illustrate its use. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length between perpendiculars, 80 feet; 

 beam, 22 feet; depth, 7 feet; gross tonnage, 74.65; boAvsprit, out- 

 board, 18 feet; jib boom, cap to end, 12 feet; foremast and fore- 

 topmast, above deck, 84 feet; mainmast and main topmast, above 

 deck, 85 feet; main boom, 56 feet. Scale of model, one-half inch 

 equals 1 foot. 



The model represents a clipper schooner of about 75 tons, with all 

 sails (mainsail, foresail, jib, flying jib, jib topsail, or ballon jib, 



