196 BULLETIX 127, UNITED STATES XATIOXAL MUSEUM. 



A sharp ended, carvel-built, keel boat, with rising floor; raking 

 stem and sternpost ; good sheer. 



Dimensions of hoat. — Length over all. 32 feet; beam, 11 feet; 

 depth, molded, 4 feet 8 inches. Scale of model, three-fourths inch 

 equals 1 foot. • 



Gift of J. Brown. Cat. Xo. 76,293 U.S.N.M. 



Block model of carry-away boat. 



This is a model of a menhaden carry-away boat, style of 1865. 

 Twelve such boats were made from this particular model. These 

 boats were sharp at both ends, like the Block Island fishing boat, 

 from which they originated, but were made much shallower to enable 

 them to carry a large load on light draft of water. They were rigged 

 with one mast and a single large sail, were generally open boats, and 

 were quite remarkable for their stiffness and speed. They have been 

 superseded by small, clipper, decked sloops, that are more suitable 

 for the business, since the crews can remain on board. 



Sharp at both ends: wide and rather shallow; high rising floor; 

 flaring side. 



Dimensions of hoat. — Length, 35 feet 6 inches: beam, 14 feet; 

 deiDth, 3 feet 9 inches. Scale of model, 1 inch equals 1 foot. 

 Gift of Charles A. Jackson. Cat. No. 54,341 U.S.N.M. 



Model of surfboat. 



This represents a class of boats somewhat extensively used in 1876 

 by the Lighthouse Board, and to a less extent by the Life Saving 

 Service of northern New England. Boats of this type (but generally 

 provided with sails) were very much in use in the coast fisheries in 

 the locality mentioned. They are excellent sea boats and easily pro- 

 pelled by oars or sails. 



Open rowboat; lapstreak: sharp forward and aft; curved stem, 

 straight sternpost. 



Dimensions of hoat. — Length over all, 22 feet; beam, 6 feet 3 

 inches: height amidships, 3 feet; oars, 14 feet 6 inches long. Scale 

 of model, 2 inches equals 1 foot. Cat. No. 24,999 U.S.N.M. 



Model of sharpie. 



This model represents the typical two-sail, cat-rigged " sharpie," 

 which had its origin in connection with the prosecution of the oyster 

 fishery of Connecticut, but is now extensively employed in various 

 fisheries along the Atlantic coast of the LTnited States, especially in 

 southern New England and North Carolina. Boats of this form 

 and rig sail swiftly and are particularly well adapted to the fish- 

 eries in regions where the water is shallow, in large inclosed sounds 

 or bays like those of North Carolina. 



