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in cold weather; washboards on each side aft of cuddy, inclosing 

 open space for standing room, and for stowage of barrels, etc., when 

 cod or mackerel fishing. 



Dimensions of boat. — Length 26 feet ; beam, 8 feet ; mast, . 25f 

 feet (above deck) ; bowsprit, 6 feet (outside) ; main boom, 25f feet; 

 gaff, 15 feet. Scale of model, 1 inch equals 1 foot. 

 JJeposited by the Bureau of Fisheries. Cat. No. 55,795 U.S.N.M. 



Model of Matinicus Island boat. 



This t^'pe of boat is used in the general fisheries along the coast 

 of Maine, but most universally at Matinicus Island, Me., where it 

 originated. Boats of this class are swift sailers and well adapted 

 to the work in which they are employed. 



The model represents a wooden, carvel-built, open, centerboard, 

 sloop-rigged boat; very sharp, yacht-like bow; straight stem above 

 water line, much curved below ; high bilge ; fine, clean run ; elliptical 

 stern, like clipper schooner; some overhang; washboards; one pair 

 rowlocks aft; two thwarts; seat around stern cockpit; ballast plat- 

 formed down; fish kid in center of boat; bulkheaded; sprit, main- 

 sail and jib; one pair of oars; little punt attached. 



Dimensions of boat. — Length over all, 21 feet; beam, 6^ feet; 

 depth, 3^ feet; draft, 3 feet. Spars: Bowsprit, outboard, 5^ feet; 

 mast, 20^ feet (total) ; sprit, 16 feet. Scale of model, 1 inch equals 

 1 foot. Many boats of this type are clinker built. 



Cat. No. 57.032 U.S.N.M. 



Model of sponge sloop. 



The sloop-rigged boat, of which this is a miniature, was built at 

 Ke}^ West, Fla., in 1880, for emploj-ment in the sponge fishery from 

 that port. She is typically representative of a class of boats that 

 are somewhat numerously engaged in fishing for sponges along the 

 reefs of Florida, especially in the vicinitj' of the Keys. 



Specifications call for a wooden, carvel-built, centerboard boat, 

 with sharp bow; rising floor; long run and skag; broad, square 

 stern; good sheer; partially decked, with large elliptical-shaped 

 cockpit ; sloop rigged, with a large area of sail. 



Dimensions of boat. — ^Length, over all, 24 feet; beam, 10 feet 3 

 inches ; molded depth, 2 feet 6 inches ; mainmast, above deck, 27 feet 

 6 inches; topmast, heel to truck, 11 feet 9 inches; bowsprit, outside, 

 12 feet; main boom, 26 feet 6 inches; main gaff, 12 feet 9 inches. 

 Scale of model, 1 inch equals 1 foot. 



This boat resembles in form and rig the small sloops used for 

 fishing or pleasure on the coast of New England and the Middle 

 Atlantic States. 

 Deposited by the Bureau of Fisheries. Cat. No. 76,251 U.S.N.M. 



