raking stem rabbet, strongly raking post, round tuck, 

 and an upper-and-lower-transom square stern, the 

 upper transom sharply raked and both well-rounded 

 athwartships. The entrance is fairly sharp and con- 

 vex, the run long and fine. The midsection has a 

 rising straight floor, easy round bilge, and a moderate 

 tumble-home in the topside. 



Mounted with carved head and iiillet, cutwater, 

 keel, post, and rudder. 



The model is for a schooner 81 feet moulded length 

 at rail, 77 feet ji inch between perpendiculars, 61 feet 

 on the keel, 22 feet 6 inches moulded beam. 7 feet 8 

 inches moulded depth: 6 feet 9 inches depth in hold, 

 and 8 feet 9 inches draft. Scale of the model is }2 inch 

 to the foot. This vessel was 116 tons register, old 

 measurement. 



Given by Sumner, Swazey, and Clurrier, Newbury- 

 port, Massachusetts. 



TWO-MASTED COASTING SCHOONER, 1860 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76051 



A large 2-masted coasting schooner, name unknown, 

 was built on this model at Newburyport, Massachu- 

 setts, in 1860. She was of the class of big 2-masted 

 coasters, eventually replaced by 3-masters, many of 

 which were employed in the coal trade. 



The half-model is of a schooner hull having 

 moderate sheer, a straight keel with slight drag, curved 

 and raking stem rabbet, nearly upright post, short 

 counter, raking elliptical transom, rather full entrance 

 with flaring bow sections, moderate length of body, 

 and a rather long and well shaped run. The mid- 

 section is formed with a slightly rising straight floor, 

 well rounded and easy bilge, and tumble-home in the 

 topside. 



This class of schooner usually had a long quarter- 

 deck at rail height, with a quarterdeck monkey rail 

 and a turned-stanchion-and-cap rail above. The 

 quarterdeck sometimes reached to a little forward of 

 the foremast in such schooners, which usvially had 

 rather deep external keels in lieu of centerboards. 



The model scales 106 feet moulded length at rail, 

 24 feet moulded beam, and 10 feet moulded depth. 

 Scale is % inch to the foot. 



Given by E. P. Goodwin. 



TWO-MASTED COASTING SCHOONER, 1860 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76137 



E. Closson 



The large 2-masted coasting schooner E. Closson of 

 Bangor, Maine, was built on this model at Sedgwick, 



Maine, in 1 860 for the coastwise lumber trade. She 

 had a sunken poop deck, as in some ships of this date, 

 which is not indicated by the half-model. 



The half-model represents a coasting schooner hull 

 having moderate sheer, a straight keel with litde 

 drag, a flaring, curved and raking, stem rabbet, 

 nearly upright post, short counter with elliptical 

 ransom, a rather sharp entrance with flaring bow- 

 sections, moderate length of body, and a .short but 

 rather easy run. The midsection is formed with a 

 slightly rising straight floor, well rounded low bilge, 

 and a slight tumble-home in the topside. 



The model is for a vessel 95 feet 6 inches between 

 perpendiculars, 26 feet 3^ inch beam extreme, 8 feet 

 11 inches depth in hold, and 135.37 tons register. 

 Scale of the model is % inch to the foot. 



Given by Robert Dority, shipbuilder, Sedgwick, 

 Maine. 



TWO-MASTED COASTING SCHOONER, 1867 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76123 



Ada S. Allen 



The 2-masted coasting schooner Ada S. Allen was 

 built on this model in 1867 at Dennysville, Maine, for 

 the coastwise lumber trade. In Maine 2-masted 

 coasters were not developed much further, as the large 

 2-masters were soon replaced by 3-masters, those in 

 service being relegated, after about 1880, to the lime 

 and granite trades, to short-haul freighting, and to 

 the ice and firewood trades. The 2-masters built in 

 Maine after 1885 were commonly under 85 feet on 

 deck. Some centerboarders were built, mostly for 

 the Stonington, Deer Isle, granite business, but most 

 of the Maine coasters were keel vessels. To obtain 

 weatherliness they had a fairly deep external keel 

 rather than a strongly rising straight floor. 



The half-model represents a schooner hull having 

 moderate sheer, a straight keel with slight drag, raking 

 stem rabbet with well rounded forefoot, nearly upright 

 post, short counter with square transom, moderately 

 sharp convex entrance, moderate length of body, and 

 a rather long and shapely run. The midsection shows 

 a slightly rising straight floor, moderately easy bilge, 

 and a slight tumble-home in the topside. The bow- 

 sections have marked flare. This \essel had a short 

 quarterdeck with turned-stanchion-and-cap rail. 



The model is for a vessel 98 feet moulded length at 

 rail, 94 feet between perpendiculars, 27 feet extreme 

 beam, 9 feet 7 inches depth in hold, and 142.25 net 

 tons register. Scale of the model is '^ inch to the foot. 



Given by William Welch. 



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