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Di7nensions of hoat. — Length over all, 24 feet 9 inches; beam, 9 

 feet 6 inches ; width of stern, 7 feet ; depth, amidships, 3 feet ; fore- 

 mast, 23 feet 3 inches; mainmast, 21 feet 6 inches. Scale of model, 

 1 inch equals 1 foot. Cat. No. 26,790 U.S.N.M. 



-XORTH CAROLINA SHARPIE. 



Modef of pound net boat. 



In operating pound nets in the waters of North Carolina a flat- 

 bottomed boat of the "sharpie" pattern, similar to the pound-net 

 boat of the Great Lakes region, has been adopted. This model is a 

 miniature of one of the boats used on Albemarle Sound. 



This is a wooden, carvel-built, open, centerboard boat, with sharp 

 bow ; flat bottom, curving up at after end : wide square stern ; no skag; 

 two-masted cat rig; sails jib-headed, witli gaff. 



