tobacco to Europe from Richmond. Virginia, and 

 returning to New England with sah or coal or manu- 

 factures from Liverpool, or with marine stores and 

 cordage from the Baltic, or with sugar and molasses 

 from the West Indies. One of these brigs carried 700 

 tons of coal from Cardiff to Jamaica, though her 

 register tonnage was a little under 300, and it was 

 very common for this class of brig to carry twice her 

 register tonnage in dead weight. 



The half-model shows a very i)urdensome hull 

 having a nearly straight sheer, straight keel with 

 little or no drag, straight and nearly vertical stem 

 rabbet, a small rounded forefoot, slightly raked post, 

 round tuck, upper-and-lower-transom square stern 

 with very little overhang, short and bluff entrance 

 slightly hollow at the forefoot and almost square at 

 the rail, a very long parallel-sided body, and a short 

 and very full run. The midsection has a slightly rising 

 straight floor, rather hard bilge, and a concave 

 tumble-home in the topside. 



The model is for a vessel 109 feet moulded length 

 at rail, 24 feet moulded beam, 20 feet moulded depth, 

 and about 277 tons register, old measiu-ement. Some 

 of the brigs built on this half-model measured 290 

 register tons. In these it is probaiole that length was 

 added amidships by inserting two or more extra 

 frames at the same spacing as the others. Scale of 

 the model is % inch to the foot. 



The spar dimensions of the Palos were as follows: 



Spars 



Mainmast 



Foremast 



Bowsprit 

 Main topmast 

 Fore topmast 

 Main topgallant mast 

 Fore topgallant mast 

 Main royal mast 

 Fore royal mast 

 Jil) boom 



Tards 

 Main 

 Fore 



Main topsail 

 Fore topsail 

 Main topgallant 

 Fore topgallant 

 Main royal 

 Fore royal 



Lenglh 

 62' 



58' 



28' 



33'6" 



33' 



19'6" 



19'6" 



12' 



12' 



28' 



Leng 

 46' 

 46' 

 36'6" 

 36'6" 

 24'6" 

 24' 

 17' 

 16' 



Diamfter 

 20" at deck 



201 i" at deck 



20^2" at Gammon 

 12;,^" at cap 

 12" at cap 



7U" at cap 



7" at cap 



5J4" at cap 



5" at cap 

 I2J2" at cap 



Dinmeter 

 at slings 

 13" 



xiy-," 



1054" 

 6%" 



4" 

 3/2" 



Length of 

 arm outside 



lifts 

 24" 

 24" 

 26" 

 26" 

 15" 

 15" 



9" 



9" 



950 sheets of copper were required to copper the jjot- 

 tom of the Palos. In addition to the sails indicated by 

 the spars given above, the brigs often carried a 

 spencer (boomless gaff-foresail) on the foremast and, 

 of course, the usual boomed gaff-spanker and head- 

 sails. The brigs did not carry light sails, other than a 

 few stunsails, for these would not help such dull- 

 sailing vessels to any appreciable degree. 



Given by John N. Gushing, Newbtuyport, Mas- 

 sachusetts. 



MERCHANT BRIGANTINE, 1838 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76127 



Amet/jyst 



The brigantine-rigged merchant vessel Antelhyst was 

 built on this half-model at Stdlivan, Maine, in 1838 

 for the coastwise and West Indian trades. Intended 

 to carry a large cargo on a moderate draft, in order to 

 enter some of the rather shallow harbors to which she 

 would trade, the Amelhvst was a vessel of average size 

 for her type and trade at the time slie was built. 

 When Maine-built these vessels usually were low 

 decked and had short and heavy heads, usually fitted 

 with a fiddlehead billet. Such vessels as the Amethysl 

 were not designed to sail fast, thotigh handiness in 

 working in narrow waters was highly prized, and some 

 full-bodied vessels were very capable in this respect. 

 The half-model is of a hull having moderate sheer, a 

 straight keel of very little drag, curved and raking 

 stem rabbet, slightly raking post, 

 round tuck, upper - and - lower- 

 transom square stern, short and 

 bluff entrance, long body, and a 

 short and very full run. The 

 midsection shows a slightly rising 

 straight floor and a heavi!\- 

 rounded bilge, and is rather wall 

 sided above. 



The model scales 82 feet 7 

 inches between perpendiculars, 22 

 feet 9}^ inches beam and 8 feet 6 

 inches depth. Scale is % inch to 

 the foot. 



Given by D. A. Simpson. 



Length of 

 Head 



8'6' 



5' 

 5' 

 5' 

 3' 

 3' 

 6' 

 5' 

 2' 



Rake 



to I'O" 

 34" 

 to I'O" 



pole 

 pole 

 pole 



MERCHANT BRIG, 1841 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76057 



Chenamus 



The brig-rigged merchant vessel Chenamus of New - 

 buryport was built on this model at the neighboring 

 village of Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1841 for John 



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