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wooden binnacle f onvarcl of mizzenmast ; large hatchway amid- 

 ships; leeboards; winch aft of mainmast; hatch leading to fore- 

 castle forward of mainmast; large wooden funnel on port side of 

 bow ; metal rests on each side for pikes, trawl beams, etc. ; old- 

 fashioned windlass; fixed bowsprit; small boat on deck; ketch 

 rigged, with tall mainmast and short mizzenmast ; spars, standing 

 and running rigging, complete; no sails bent. Beam trawl net 

 triced up forward of mainmast; trawl head irons and bridles on 

 deck aft of windlass. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 44 feet 5 inches ; beam, 13 

 feet 2 inches; depth, 5 feet 2 inches; bowsprit, outboard, 13 feet 

 2 inches; mainmast, deck to hounds, 28 feet 9| inches; deck to 

 truck, 40 feet; main boom, 14 feet 9| inches; main gaff, 14 feet; 

 mizzenmast, deck to hounds, 19 feet 2 inches ; deck to truck, 27 feet 

 7 inches; spanker boom, 12 feet; gaff, 7 feet 2 inches; length of 

 trawl net, 32 feet; of beam, 22 feet 7 inches. Scale of model, five- 

 eighths inch equals 1 foot. Cat. No. 55,784 U.S.N.M. 



Model of German fishing boat. 



This type of fishing boat, locally called " lairran kahn," a generic 

 name derived from the net it operates, is quite extensively used in 

 the fisheries of the " Haffa," or shallow sounds, which border the 

 coast of Lithuania. 



The model represents a wooden, carvel-built, flat bottomed, keel- 

 less, open boat, with high convex boAv; wide bottom; little flare to 

 side; moderately sharp stern (stem and sternpost inside wood ends) ; 

 wide rudder, tiller chock across stern; strong sheer; platform over 

 bottom ; small decked cuddy forward ; covered locker aft ; one thwari; 

 to which mainmast is attached by metal bank ; heavy, large leeboard 

 attached by chain to after part of .thwart; foremast goes through 

 band at after part of cuddy; tall mainmast; sprit mainsail that 

 reefs at the top (reef points at head of sail), laced to mast; small 

 sprit foresail; small jib; iron-stocked anchor. Marked in mainsail 

 "A. Gubbis.— Nedden No. 33." 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 26 feet 6 inches; beam, 8 

 feet 3 inches; extreme width of bottom, G feet 6 inches; depth, 2 

 feet; mainmast, above thwart, 21 feet 6 inches; total 25 feet 6 inches; 

 sprit, 21 feet 3 inches; foremast, 12 feet 6 inches; sprit, 9 feet; 

 mainsail, 17^ by 8 feet; foresail, 8 by 3-J feet. Scale of model, 1 

 inch equals 1 foot. 



The principal requirement of these boats is that they should 

 draw little water, since the fishing ports and landing places along 

 the entire coast , of Lithuania are exceedingly shallow, the water 

 often being only 1 foot deep ; and in the northern part of the " Haff " 

 there are many shoals that can not well be avoided. The main 



