238 BULLETIN 127, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



The model represents a wooden, carvel-built, keel vessel, with full, 

 convex bow; very high stem; moderate rise to floor; round bilge; 

 short run ;. heavy, square stern ; rudder hung outside ; boat at stern 

 davits; steers with tiller; cabin aft; forecastle; old style windlass; 

 movable deck that can be raised to the middle of the mast to cover 

 dry codfish that are piled high. Single mast little forward of amid- 

 ships, tapered at top to form topmast; large, square mainsail with 

 four bonnets; square topsail and jib; jib-stay sets up to stem, top- 

 masts stay to stem head. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 60 feet; beam, extreme, 

 21 feet ; depth, 7 feet ; bulwarks, 27 inches high ; length of movable 

 deck, 32 feet 3 inches; mast, deck to hounds, 46 feet 6 inches; above 

 hounds, 16 feet 6 inches; main yard, 37 feet 6 inches; topsail yard, 

 27 feet. Boat (square stern, clinker-built, six thwarts) length, 17 

 feet 7 inches; beam, 4 feet 1^ inches; depth, 18 inches. Scale of 

 model, two-thirds inch equals 1 foot. 

 Gift of Owie & Stone. Cat. No. 55,785 U.S.X.M. 



Model of Norwegian fishing boat. 



This is one of the types of boats most extensively employed in the 

 cod fisheries of the Loffoden Islands, Norway, which are situated 

 north of the Arctic Circle, and where the industry is carried on 

 chiefly from January to April. 



This is an open, clinker-built (five strakes on a side) keel boat; 

 long, sharp ends, with concave water lines; hollow floor; flaring 

 sides; curved and high stem and sternpost; rudder hung outside; 

 long tiller; steering chock from side to side aft; strong sheer; verti- 

 cal washboards or false gunwales amidships for one-third boat's 

 length; five thwarts; three bulkheads beneath thwarts; six one- 

 pronged rowlocks with leather thongs attached for holding oars in 

 place; six oars; two five-pronged grapnels; one boat hook. Singh- 

 mast stepped a little forward of amidships, supported by four 

 shrouds on a side and stay to stem head. On this is set a single 

 square-headed lugsail with two reefs at top and one reef at bottom. 



Dimensions of boat. — Length over all, 38 feet 7^ inches; beam, 

 10 feet 8 inches; depth amidships (exclusive of washboards), 2 feet 

 7^ inches; height of washboards, 9 inches; depth of keel, 9 inches; 

 mast, 27 feet 9 inches; main yard, 14 feet. Sail: Head, 13 feet 

 6 inches ; foot, 20 feet 3 inches ; luff and leach, each 18 feet 7 inches. 

 Scale of model, 1^ inches equal 1 foot. 



Boats of this type vary in size from 35 to upward of 40 feet in 

 length. They row easily and sail well, but, with a load of fish, they 

 set very low in the water. They are frequently caught in storms 

 that arise suddenly. They set so low in the water amidships that it 



