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BULLETIN 127, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



l)i7iiensions of vessel. — Length over all, 38 feet 6 inches; on keel, 

 35 feet 9 inches; beam, 11 feet 11 inches; depth of hold, 4 feet 3 

 inches ; bowsprit, 38 feet ; mainmast, deck to truck, 41 feet 6 inches ; 

 main gaff, 12 feet 9 inches; gaff-topsail yard, 7 feet 3 inches; jigger 

 mast, 15 feet 7 inches; boom, 6 feet; gaff, 2 feet 9 inches. Scale of 

 model, 1 inch equals 1 foot. Cat. No. 55,782 U.S.N.M, 



FIG. 70. GERMAN FISHING VESSEL " CATIIARINA VON NORDEUNEI." 



Model of German smack. 



A welled vessel used in the market fisheries of the Baltic Sea, the 

 fish being carried alive to the market towns on the coast of Germany. 



This is a wooden, carvel-built, flat bottom vessel, with convexly 

 sharp bow; curved, strongly raking stem; bottom sharp at each 

 end, with nearly vertical sides; holes along the sides in the center 

 to admit water to the well; bilge keels; topside of vessel with con- 

 vex lines like ordinary vessel; narrow square stern; strongly raking 

 sternpost ; rudder hung outside ; decked ; cockpit for steersman aft : 



