200 BULLETIN 127, UNITED STATES XATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Dimensions of hoat. — Length over all, 28 feet; beam, 9 feet 6 

 inches; depth, 3 feet; foremast, above thwart, 27 feet 3 inches; main- 

 mast, above thwart. 25 feet 6 inches. Scale of model, 1 inch equals 

 1 foot. 

 Deposited by the Bureau of Fisheries. Cat. No. 76,265 U.S.N.M. 



Model of oyster boat. 



Used in the oyster fishery at Cedar Keys, Fla. Built broad and 

 flat to enable it to carry a load on the smallest draft, so that it can 

 sail in the shallow waters of the locality. 



A wooden, flat-bottom, carvel-built, centerboard boat; strongly 

 convex, projecting forward at bottom; straight stem raking back- 

 wards at top; moderately flaring sides; bottom strongly cambered 

 aft ; skag ; wide, square stern ; wide rudder hung outside ; slight sheer ; 

 decked for short space forward and aft, wide washboards along 

 sides, with high coamings around open space ; one thwart amidships ; 

 cat rigged, with one boom and gaff sail. 



Dimensions of hoat. — Length, 20 feet; beam, extreme, 11 feet: 

 depth, 21 inches; mast, above gunwale, 17 feet 4 inches; boom, 19 

 feet 6 inches; gaff. 10 feet; oars, 12 feet 3 inches. Scale of model. 

 1 inch equals 1 foot. 

 Deposited by the Bureau of Fisheries. Cat. Xo. 76,272 U.S.N.M. 



Model of fishing boat. 



Used in the general fisheries on the west coast of Florida, notably 

 at St. Andrews. 



An open, carvel-built, wooden, centerboard boat of the " sharpie " 

 pattern, with long, wedge-shaped, sharp bow; straight, nearly ver- 

 tical stem; sides flaring slightly aft; bottom cambered; skag for- 

 ward and aft; wide, square stern: rudder outside; seat at bow and 

 stern; wide throat for mast step: one thwart aft of centerboard 

 case; sloop-rigged with loose-footed sprit mainsail and jib, the latter 

 tacking to stem head ; equipped with three oars. 



Dimensions of hoat. — Length, 20 feet 9 inches; beam, 5 feet 7 

 inches; depth, 22^ inches; mast, above gunwale, 14 feet 8 inches: 

 sprit, 18 feet 6 inches ; oars, 12 feet 2 inches. Scale of model, 1 inch 

 equals 1 foot. 

 Deposited by the Bureau of Fisheries. Cat. No. 76.273 U.S.N.M. 



Model of shrimp boat. 



Used by the Chinese fishermen on San Francisco Bay, Calif., but 

 chiefly in the shrimp fishery. 



A wooden, flat-bottom, keelless, double-ended boat ; entirely open ; 

 sharp, wedge-shaped ends; little sheer; platform fore and aft; two 

 thwarts; bottom straight in center, cambers at ends; propelled by 

 oars and sails ; has single large lateen sail ; mast stepped about one- 

 third boat's length from bow. 



