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The model represents a carvel-built, keel boat, with sharp bow ; 

 stem straight above water and curved below; sharp floor; rockered 

 keel ; fine run ; long tapering overhang and small V-shaped stern ; 

 good sheer ; flush deck ; cuddy forward ; steersman cockpit aft ; " box 

 well " amidships. Sloop rigged, with housing topmast, and jib set 

 flying. 



Dimensio7is of vessel. — Length over all, 3-t feet 3 inches; load 

 water line, 28 feet 2^ inches; beam, 10 feet 9f inches; depth, 6 feet; 

 draft, extreme, 5 feet ^ inch; length of well, extreme, 8 feet; length 

 of well at deck, 3 feet ; width of well, extreme, 5 feet ; width of well 

 at deck, 2 feet; mast, deck to hounds, 22 feet 9 inches; masthead, 

 4 feet 6 inches ; topmost, heel to truck, 22 feet; boom, 30 feet 6 inches; 

 gaft', 20 feet ; bowsprit, outside stem, 11 feet 6 inches. Scale of model, 

 1 inch equals 1 foot. 



In 1891 a sloop was built from this design hj Lawrence Jensen at 

 Gloucester, Mass., but without the well. This little vessel was named 

 the Sparrow Haiok. She had inside ballast only, being intended for 

 fishing and, incidentally, for carrying pleasure parties. At the close 

 of the season, during which she had shown considerable speed, she 

 was purchased by a yachtsman, fitted with a metal keel and loftier 

 rig, and transformed into a yacht. 

 Deposited by the Bureau of Fisheries. Cat. No. 76,268 U.S.N.M. 



Model of fishing cutter. 



Boats of the class represented by this model were used quite exten- 

 sively by the Irish fishermen sailing from Boston, Mass. This 

 particular type was first introduced into the United States about 

 1857. It is essentially the same as the boats used on the coast of 

 Ireland at Galway, and known as the " Galway hooker.'' The model 

 has been much improved by the Boston builders, and some of these 

 boats have become very celebrated for speed, so much so that they 

 have been purchased by wealthy gentlemen and converted into 

 yachts. They are reputed to be very seaworthy, and almost any 

 time, even in midAvinter, they may be seen in Massachusetts Bay 

 shooting or hauling their lines and nets. 



This model has a sharp bow; high floor; clean run; moderate 

 sheer; deep keel; stem straight above water line, curved below; 

 much drag line ; deep, square, heart-shaped stern ; raking sternpost ; 

 rudder hung outside; decked forward a little less than half the 

 length, rest open; cockpit aft; middle portion bulkheaded oil for 

 fish, and generally provided with temporary covering of boards; 

 four thwarts; cutter-rigged, with running bowsprit; three sails, 

 mainsail, stay foresail, and jib. 



Dimensions of hoat. — Length over all, 36 feet; keel, 29 feet; beam, 

 9 feet 3 inches; draft, forward 2 feet 9 inches, aft 5 feet 8 inches; 



