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BULLETIX 121, UXITED STATES XATIOXAL MUSEUM, 



strongly raking stem and sternpost; hollow floor, straight on top; 

 cabin amidships; ya^yl rig; five sails — jib, forestaysail, mainsail, 

 gaff-topsail, and jigger sail. 



Dimensions of hoat. — Length over all, 36 feet; on keel, 23 feet; 

 beam, 13 feet 6 inches; bowsprit, outboard, 14 feet; mainmast, above 

 deck, 31 feet; main sprit, 31 feet 6 inches; gaff-topsail pole, 39 feet 

 6 inches; mizzenmast, above deck, 22 feet 6 inches; sprit, 18 feet; 

 outrigger, outboard, 5 feet. Sale of model, one-half inch equals 1 

 foot. 



(xift of Swedish Centennial Commission. Cat. No. 28,154 U.S.X.M. 



Model of Gottland (Sweden) fishing boat. 



Boats of this class are used in the herring fisheries from the island 

 of Gottland, in the Baltic Sea, off the east coast of Sweden. In 1869 



FIG. 78. — -SWEDISH HERRING BOAT. 



the number of boats so employed from that island was officially given 

 at 606, manned by 1,911 persons. The Gottland boats have an excel- 

 lent reputation for seaworthiness; it is said they are ofen caught 

 out in heavy gales. The largest of these craft are 25 feet long. 



An open, clinker-built, sharp-ended, keel boat, with curved stem 

 and sternpost; round bilge, 7 strakes on a side; 15 frames; 5 

 thwarts — 2 with mast holes — schooner rigged, carrying 2 small 

 loose-footed spritsails, 2 square-headed sprit topsails, and 2 jibs. 

 Provided with stone killick in wooden frame ; peculiar, wide-loomed 

 oars, with cleats to ship over single, round wooden tholes. 



Dimensions, of hoat. — Length over all, 21 feet 10 inches; beam, 

 5 feet 8 inches; depth inside, 2 feet 2 inches; bowsprit, 9 feet 6 



