160 BULLETI2T 127, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 68 feet; extreme beam, 

 18 feet; draft of water aft, 8 feet. Scale of model, one-half ilich 

 equals 1 foot. 



The noticeable characteristics of many of the vessels of this type, 

 built about 1850, were the following: They were widest on the rail 

 about abreast of the foremast; usually the stern was narrow and 

 deep ; they were shallow forward, with a " deep heel " aft ; the bot- 

 tom was often very sharp, or what, in the fisherman's vernacular, 

 was called a " file bottom " ; the head was generally much longer 

 and more pointed than on vessels built subsequently ; the masts raked 

 strongly, and the sails were comparatively square and narrow at 

 the head. Cat. No. 54,426 U.S.N.M. 



Block model of schooner. 



The schooner Ripple was built from this model at Essex, Mass., in 

 1853. She was designed for the market fishery in which she was 

 employed for many years. She differs from the ordinary " market 

 boat " of the period in having relatively greater beam and depth, and 

 somewhat fuller lines. She more nearly resembles the schooners built 

 for the Georges codfishery from the model of the Lookout. 



She had a moderately sharp convex bow ; raking stem ; long head ; 

 sharp floor; deep keel; long, easy run; large, elliptical stern; good 

 sheer. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 58 feet; beam, 17 feet; 

 draft of water aft, 8 feet. Scale of model, one-half inch equals 

 1 foot. 



The Ripple was the first fishing schooner built in Essex with an 

 elliptical stern, a feature which subsequently came into universal 

 use for many years. She was burned at sea in 1863 by the Confed- 

 erate cruiser Tacony. 

 Gift of Joseph Story. Cat. No. 54,435 U.S.N.M. 



Block model of schooner. 



Type of sharp, clipper fishing schooner built in New England in 

 1855 for the mackerel and cod fisheries. 



This vessel had a moderately sharp, round, flaring bow ; low bilge ; 

 rather short floor ; long, lean run ; square stern. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 69 feet; beam, 18 feet; 

 draft of water aft, 8 feet 6 inches. Scale of model, one-half inch 

 equals 1 foot. Cat. No. 54,422 U.S.N.M. 



Block model of schooner. 



The two-masted schooner J. GooUdge was built from this model at 

 Jordans Island, Gouldsboro, Me., in 1856. 



