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Block model of beam trawler. 

 • The ketch or " dandy-rigged " beam trawler Resolute^ of Glouces- 

 ter, Mass., was built from this model at Essex, Mass., in 1891. She 

 was designed by Arthur D. Story, who built her for the special pur- 

 pose of engaging in the beam-trawl fishery off the coast of New Eng- 

 land. She was the first vessel of this type built in America, and 

 resembled in form, equipment, and rig, the first-class sailing beam- 

 trawlers of the east coast of England. After making a number of 

 trips, she abandoned beam trawling. 



The Resolute was a wooden, carvel-built, keel vessel; with sharp 

 bow; plumb stern; sharp floor; easy run; overhanging, square stern; 

 good sheer ; flush deck. 



Dimenmons of vessel. — Length, 85.4 feet; beam, 22 feet; depth of 

 hold, 9.6 feet; net tonnage, 95.52. Scale of model, one-half inch 

 equals 1 foot. 



This vessel caught large quantities of flat fish in her beam trawl, 

 but the low price for such species, together with the misfortune of 

 losing or injuring the trawl on several occasions, caused the abandon- 

 ment of the experiment of beam trawling in the Western Atlantic. 

 Gift of A. D. Story. Cat. No. 76,288 U.S.N.M. 



Block model of schooner. 



The centerboard schooner Breeze was built from this model at 

 Baltimore in 1855 for the oyster trade in the Chesapeake and its 

 tributaries. Her large beam and shallowness are noticeable features, 

 which were characteristic of many of the oyster schooners of that 

 date, large deck room and a light draught being requisite. 



The Breeze had a moderately sharp, convex bow; long, rather 

 fiat floor; round, easy bilge: long, lean run: light, square stern; 

 very little drag ; straight on top. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length, 60 feet; beam, 19 feet 6 inches; 

 depth of hold, 5 feet. Scale of model, one-half inch equals 1 foot. 

 Gift of William Skinner & Sons. Cat. No. 76,097 U.S.N.M. 



Block model of bugeye. 



The schooner-rigged " bugeye," Lillie Sterling., of Cristfield, Md., 

 was built from this model in 1885. She is typically representative 

 of the canoe-shaped craft known as bugeyes, which are extensively 

 employed in the oyster fishery of the Chesapeake Bay region. The 

 model represents a wooden, carvel-built, centerboard vessel; sharp 

 forward and aft; rather flat floor; round bilge; raking stem and 

 sternpost; long head; rudder hung outside; good sheer; flush deck. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 45 feet; beam, 13 feet 6 

 inches; molded depth, 3 feet 9 inches. Scale of model, one-half 

 inch equals 1 foot. 

 Gift of E. James Tull. Cat. No. 76,290 U.S.N.M. 



