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The Manhattan was a wooden, carvel-built, keel vessel, with mod- 

 erately sharp bow ; raking stem ; sharp floor ; long, lean run ; hea\^' 

 square stern; very slight after overhang; good sheer. As a rule 

 vessels of this class had rather high quarter-decks, with open quar- 

 ter rails. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 47 feet; beam, 16 feet 6 

 inches; molded depth, 6 feet. Scale of model, one-half inch equals 

 1 foot. 



For many years sloops were in special favor among the fishermen 

 of Connecticut, and nearly all the smaller vessels had this rig. The 



FIG. 48.- — LONG ISLAND CARRY-AWAY SLOOP. 



sloop sailed much better than the schooner and generally only the 

 larger vessels engaging in the mackerel and halibut fisheries were 

 schooner rigged. Before the use of ice for refrigeration of fish 

 on vessels became common, the wells made it possible to carry fish 

 alive to the New York market, where good prices were realized. 

 By the latter part of the nineteenth century these sloop smacks had 

 been nearly superseded by tight-bottomed schooners, but some are 

 still in use. 

 Gift of L. D. Ashby. Cat. No. 160,118 U.S.N.M. 



