190 BULLETIX 127, UXITED STATES XATIOISTAL MUSEUM. 



Model of fishing boat. 



A peculiar type of sharp-ended boat used in the fisheries from 

 Block Island, K. I. 



A Avooden, clinker-built, open, keel boat, with sharp bow and 

 stern; very sharp floor (the boat being- nearly V-shaped in cross 

 section); flaring side; raking stem and sternpost; upright wash- 

 boards on sides for about two-thirds of boat's length; two-masted 

 cat rig, with loose-footed gaff foresail and boom and gaff mainsail; 

 sails remarkable for narrow heads and much hoist. 



Dimensions of hoat. — Length over all, 33 feet ; beam, extreme, 13 

 feet; depth (exclusive of washboards, which are 1 foot high), 4 feet 

 G inches ; foremast, above gunwale, 34 feet 3 inches ; fore gaff, 5 feet ; 

 mainmast, above gunwale, 22 feet 6 inches ; main gaff, 4 feet 3 inches ; 

 main boom. 19 feet 8 inches. Scale of model, one-half inch equals 

 1 foot. 



There are no harbors at Block Island, and these boats are launched 

 through the surf and landed on the open beach on their return. 

 They are swift and exceedingly seaworthy. In only a single instance 

 is it known that one of these boats has been lost. 

 Made and presented by H. C. Chester. Cat. No. 25,825 U.S.X.M. 



Model of fishing boat. 



Used in tlie general shore fisheries from No Mans Land, Mass., 

 and vicinity. The principal fisheries of No Mans Land are those 

 pursued for the capture of cod and lobsters. 



A wooden, clinker-built, open, keel boat; sharp forward and aft: 

 rising floor; raking curved stem; raking straight sternpost; good 

 sheer; two-masted cat rig, and carries sprit foresail and mainsail; 

 sails comparatively small. 



Dimensions of boat. — Length over all. 22 feet 8 inches; beam, 8 feet 

 10 inches ; height amidships, bottom of keel to top of gunwale, 4 feet 

 C inches: foremast, above thwart, 15 feet; mainmast, above thwart, 

 13 feet 4 inches. Scale of model, H inches equal 1 foot. 



The " No Man's Land " boat is almost identical in form with the 

 " quoddy " boat of the eastern coast of Maine, but is differently 

 rigged. It is very seaworthy, and sails well in strong winds. The 

 sails are too small for much speed in moderate weather. There is 

 no harbor at No Man's Land, and these boats are hauled out on the 

 beach at night and launched through the surf in the morning, unless 

 the weather is fine enough to permit of their remainir^ at their 

 moorings. 

 Gift of Capt. William H. Cleveland. Cat. No. 25,898 U.S.N.M. 



Block model of fishing boat. 



The boats built from this model are employed in the shore fisheries 

 off No Mans Land and to a less extent about Vineyard Sound, Mass. 



