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Dimensions of boat. — Length over all, 24 feet; beam, 9 feet 4 

 inches; depth, 2 feet 8 inches. Scale of model, three-fourths inch 

 equals 1 foot. 

 Gift of LaT\-rence Higgs. Cat. No. 76,087 U.S.N.M. 



Block model of welled fishing sloop. 



The sloop-rigged smackee Je-ff Brown was built from this model 

 at Key West, Fla.. in 1883. She had a well amidships for keeping 

 fish alive, hence the typical name " smackee," which means a small 

 smack in the vernacular of the Key West fisherman. 



A wooden, carvel-built, welled boat, with sliarp bow and floor; 

 long run with skag; V-shaped raking stern; good sheer. 



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

 inches; molded depth, 3 feet. Scale of model, 1 inch equals 1 foot. 



Cat. No. 76,083 U.S.N.M. 



Model of seine boat. 



Used in the shad fisheries of the Potomac River for "laying out" 

 the drag seines. It carries 1.200 to 1.500 fathoms of seine, which is 

 30 feet deep on the channel end, 12 feet deep on the shore end. Mesh 

 24 to 3 inches. Rowed b}^ 24 oars double-banked and 2 single- 

 banked forward. 



An open, long, narrow rowboat; sharp bow; curved stem; keel; 

 wide and full square stern; round bilge; slight sheer. Braced lon- 

 gitudinally with " hogrod " to prevent the keelson springing up 

 amidships. 



Dimensions of hoat. — Length, 72 feet; beam, 12 feet; height, 

 amidships, 5 feet 9 inches. Scale of model, one-half inch equals 1 

 foot. 

 Deposited by the Bureau of Fisheries. Cat. No. 55,877 U.S.N.M. 



Model of yawl boat. 



A type of boat much used bv coasting vessels ; and also by fishing 

 vessels prior to 1870, since which time it has been superseded by the 

 " dory." It is carried at the stern, where it is hoisted to davits. As 

 a rule, it is propelled only by oars, but occasionally is fitted with 

 sails. 



A wooden, carvel-built, open, keel boat, with sharp flaring bow; 

 curved stem; moderate rise to floor; easy bilge, medium length of 

 run, partially formed by skag; wide heart-shaped square stern; rud- 

 der hung outside and worked by Avooden yoke ; five thwarts and stern 

 seats ; flat wooden tholes. Fitted with Lieutenant Wood's detaching 

 apparatus. 



Dimensions of hoat. — Length, 20 feet ; beam, 6 feet ; depth, 2 

 feet 6 inches. Scale of model, 2 inches equal 1 foot. 

 Gift of Cragin and Sheldon. Cat. No. 25,000 U.S.N.M. 



