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main staysail, fore and main gaff-topsails) set ; the rig is that of a 

 two-topmast schooner. The type was superseded in the mackerel 

 fishery by deeper, safer, and swifter schooners. 

 Lent by John Bishop. Cat. No. 39,487 U.S.N.M. 



Model of fishing schooner. 



The two-masted schooner, Spencer F. Balrd was built at Essex, 

 Mass.. in 1882, for the general deep-sea fisheries, but more par- 

 ticularly for the Grand Bank codfishery. She was named in honor 

 of the distinguished head and founder of the United States Fisii 

 Commission and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



FIG. 39. NEW ENGLAND CLIPPER SCHOONER " SPENCER F. BAUiD." 



This was a wooden, carvel-built, keel, clipper schooner, with sharp 

 bow; raking stem, long head; rising floor; long and very hollow 

 run ; heavy flat counters ; large elliptical stern ; graceful sheer ; long, 

 low quarter-deck ; model completely rigged, with all sails set ; cabin 

 trunk, forecastle, companionway, etc. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 86 feet; for tonnage, TG 

 feet 7 inches; beam, 22 feet 2^ inches; depth, 8 feet; net tonnage, 

 74.14; bowsprit, outboard, 19 feet; jib boom, cap to end, 12 feet 8 

 inches; foremast, above deck, 64 feet; mainmast, above deck, 65 

 feet; main topmast, 36 feet; main boom, 62 feet; foreboom, 25 feet. 

 Scale, one-half inch equals 1 foot. 



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

 mainsail, foresail, jib, flying jib, staysail, and gaff-topsail set; riding 



