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inches ; foremast, 10 feet 1 inch ; f oresprit, 9 feet 6 inches ;. fore-top- 

 sail pole, 8 feet 4 inches (4 feet 6 inches below masthead) ; topsail 

 sprit, 5 feet; mainmast, 9 feet 3 inches; mainsprit, 9 feet; main top- 

 sail pole, T feet 5 inches (4 feet below masthead) ; topsail sprit, 

 4 feet 2 inches. Scale of model, 3 inches equal 1 foot. 

 Gift of Swedish Centennial Commission. Cat. No. 28,149 U.S.X.M. 



Model of Swedish fishing boat. 



This type of boat has the specific name of '* brakeka." It is used 

 in the herring fisheries from Blekinge. The single sail (" raasagel ") 

 has in recent years been superseded to a large extent by a spritsail 

 rig, and some boats are rigged as yawls, carrying two spritsails, 

 two jibs, and two sprit-topsails. 



An open, clinker-built (eight strakes on a side) keel boat, with 

 sharp convex bow ; curved, strongly raking stem ; round bilge ; flaring 

 side; well-formed run; thin and narrow square stern; good sheer; 

 single mast stepped amidships; large square-headed lugsail (with 

 four reefs) ; larger part of sail forward of mast. 



Dimensions of hoat. — Length over all, 19 feet; on keel, 13 feet; 

 beam, 6 feet 3 inches; depth, 27 inches; width of stern, 2 feet 1^ 

 inches ; mast, 16 feet 3 inches ; yard, 12 feet 9 inches ; oars, 8 feet ; 

 sail: luff, 12 feet; leach, 14 feet; head, 12 feet; foot. 10 feet 6 inches. 

 Scale of model, 2 inches eqvial 1 foot. 

 Gift of Swedish Centennial Commission. Cat. No. 28,148 U.S.N.M. 



Model of Swedish fishing- boat. 



Boats of this class are employed in the herring fisheries of Skane. 

 in the extreme south of Sweden. Thej^ carry crews of three or four 

 men, sometimes as many as six or seven, and 60 to 70 herring gill 

 nets. They average 17 to 18 feet in length. 



An open, clinker-built (eight strakes on a side), sharp-ended keel 

 boat, with slightly hollow floor and raking stem and sternpost. yawl- 

 rigged, five sails — jib, forestay sail, sprit main, and mizzen sails, 

 square-headed gaff-topsail, four broad-handled oars. 



Dimensions of hoat. — Length over all. 18 feet 9 inches: beam, 

 7 feet 6 inches; depth, 2 feet 10 inches; l30wsprit, outboard, 4 feet 

 4 inches; mainmast, 14 feet 3 inches; main topmast, 13 feet 6 inches 

 (6 feet 6 inches above masthead) ; main sprit, 13 feet 6 inches; gaff- 

 topsail yard, 3 feet; jigger mast, 7 feet 1 inch ; oars. 12 feet 4^ inches. 

 Scale of model, 1^ inches equal 1 foot. 

 Gift of Swedish Centennial Commission. Cat. No. 28,152 U.S.N.M. 



Model of Swedish herring boat. 



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

 of Pitea, Gulf of Bothnia. The model represents an open, clinker- 



