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well for fish, with perforated bottom, each side of centerboard case. 

 Carries jib and mainsail. 



Dimensioti® of hoat. — Length over all, 24 feet 6 inches; beam, 10 

 feet 6 inches ; width of stern, 7 feet 6 inches ; depth, top of gunwale 

 amidships to top of keel, 4 feet 9 inches ; bowsprit, outside of stem, 

 9 feet; mast, above deck, 26 feet 6 inches. Scale of model, 1 inch 

 equals 1 foot. 



Boats of this class are swift and able under sail. They are easily 

 managed by one man, and seem well adapted to the fishery in which 

 they are chiefly employed. 

 Gift of Capt. H. C. Chester. Cat. No. 26,809 U.S.N.M. 



FIG. 50. NOANK CEXTEKBOARD SLOOP. 



Model of lobster boat. 



This model represents a class of sloop-rigged boats in general 

 use at Muscongus Bay, Me. They are employed in the general fish- 

 eries of the coast, but have been found exceedingly well adapted for 

 the lobster fishery, for which they are specially designed. They are 

 remarkably good sailers, fine sea boats, and perfectly manageable 

 without jib. 



This is a wooden, carvel-built, centerboard, open, sloop-rigged 

 boat; long, sharp bow; broad beam; moderately sharp floor; fine 

 run; overhanging, square stern; short deck forward, under it a 

 cuddy for crew's sleeping quarters and also for storage of lobsters 



