CATALOGUE OF THE WATEECEAFT COLLECTION. 



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Model of smackee. 



The welled fishing boat Jeff Brown, of Key West, Fla., of which 

 this is a miniature, was built for the market fishery at that port in 

 1883. Boats of this type are called " smackees "; a variation of the 

 term smack, as applied to welled vessels. They are employed in con- 

 siderable numbers at Key West, and are noticeable for having the 



FIG. 51. KEY WEST SMACKEK "JEFF BROWN.' 



" Mudian rig " — a leg-of-mutton mainsail and jib— and also a well 

 in which the fish are kept alive. 



A wooden, carvel-built, sloop-rigged keel boat, with good sheer; 

 sharp bow ; rising floor ; long run, and skag ; V-shaped, raking stern ; 

 cockpit aft ; well amidships ; cuddy hatch forward ; mast stepped well 

 forward ; short bowsprit. 



Dwiensio7is of hoat. — Length over all, 24 feet ; beam, 8 feet 3 

 inches; molded depth, 3 feet; mast, above deck, 32 feet; bowsprit, 

 outside, 6 feet; main boom, 23 feet. Scale of model, 1 inch equals 

 1 foot. 



