and convex entrance with some hollow at forefoot, 

 rather short body, and a moderately long and fine nm. 

 The midsection shows a slightly rising straight floor, 

 rather quick, low bilge, and tumble-home in the top- 

 side. 



Mounted with longhead, billet, trails, cutwater, keel, 

 post, and rudder. 



The model is for a vessel measuring 135 feet 1 inches 

 moulded length at rail, 120 feet on the keel, 30 feet 6 

 inches moulded beam, 18 feet moulded depth to deck 

 at side, 15 feet depth in hold, and 430.38 net tons 

 register. Scale is % inch to the foot. 



Her spars measured: foremast 76 feet, mainmast 77 

 feet, mizzenmast 78 feet, bowsprit 34 feet (22 feet 

 outboard of the rabbet) jib boom 30 feet outboard of 

 the cap, topmasts each 50 feet, fore and main booms 

 each 35 feet, spanker boom 53 feet. 



Given by C. P. Carter and Company, shipbuilders, 

 Belfast, Maine. 



THREE-MASTED COASTING SCHOONER, 1876 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 311457 



Daniel S. Williai/is Jr. 



The 3-masted, keel, coasting schooner Daniel S. 

 Williams Ji . was built on this model at Wilmington, 

 Delaware, in IKld-ll by Jackson and Sharpe Com- 

 pany. She was a large coaster for her date and was 

 designed for the general coastwise trade, particularly 

 for the transportation of lumber and coal. 



The half-model shows a coasting schooner hull 

 having strong sheer, a straight keel with slight drag, 

 raking and flaring stem rabbet with a slightly rounded 

 forefoot, upright post, short counter, raking elliptical 

 transom, sharp convex entrance with hollow at fore- 

 foot, a rather long body, and a short but easy run. 

 The midsection is formed with a slightly rising straight 

 floor, well rounded and rather easy bilge, and tumble- 

 home in the topside. The bow sections have much 

 flare. 



Mounted with longhead, billet, trails, cutwater, 

 keel, post, rudder, and a quarterdeck rail about one- 

 fourth the length of the hull, with a monkey rail and 

 turned-stanchion-and-cap rail above. 



The Williams measured 165 feet 4 inches between 

 perpendiculars, 34 feet extreme beam, 17 feet depth 

 of hold, and 628.65 net tons register. Scale of the 

 model is % inch to the foot. 



Gi\en by the American Car and Foundry Com- 

 pany, Wilmington, Delaware, successors to Jackson 

 and .Sharpe Company. 



THREE-MASTED COASTING SCHOONER, 1883 



Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76077 



Meyer and Midler 



The 3-inasted, centerboard, coasting schooner 

 Meyer and Midler was built on this model at Belfast, 

 Maine, in 1883 by C. P. Carter and Company, and 

 was intended for the lumber trade between the South 

 Atlantic coast ports and New England. The schooner 

 also traded to the Gulf ports, Mexico, and Central 

 America. Like many of her type she was a notable 

 sailer. 



A somewhat similar schooner, the William C. French, 

 was built at Newburyport, Massachusetts, in the same 

 year by Atkinson and Filmore (her half-model w-as 

 formerly in the Watercraft Collection, USNM 76048, 

 but is now missing); she made three consecutive 

 passages to Cape Breton from Boston, a distance of 

 675 nautical miles, in 72, 56, and 66 hours, respec- 

 tively, at the overall average speed of 10}^' knots. She 

 also made the run from Philadelphia to Boston, dock 

 to dock, in 56 hours, loaded with coal. This was a 

 record in the trade. The French was 142 feet long. 



The half-model shows a wide, shallow-bodied, 

 centerboard coasting-schooner hull having marked 

 sheer, a straight keel with little or no drag, a curved, 

 flaring, and raking stem rabbet with slightly small 

 rounded forefoot, nearly upright post, a short and 

 rather heavy counter with raking elliptical transom, 

 a rather sharp, convex entrance with some hollow 

 at forefoot, moderate length of body, and an excep- 

 tionally long and easy run for a vessel of her type. 

 The midsection shows a slight rise in the straight floor, 

 a rather hard, low bilge, and moderate tumble-home 

 in the topside. 



The Meyer and Midler was 163 feet moulded length 

 at the main rail, 140 feet on the keel, 34 feet moulded 

 beam, and 10 feet moulded depth. Her spars meas- 

 ured: foremast 88 feet, mainmast 89 feet, mizzenmast 

 90 feet, topmasts each 52 feet, bowsprit outboard of 

 rabbet 24 feet, jib boom outside the cap 26 feet, fore 

 and main booms each 41 feet, and the spanker boom 

 52 feet, with its outer end aijout 12 feet outside the 

 taffrail. Scale of the model is % inch to the foot. 



Given by C. P. Carter and Company, shipbuilders, 

 Belfast, Maine. 



CHESAPEAKE BAY THREE-MASTED SCHOONER, 



about 1890 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 315854 



An unidentified 3-masted schooner was built for the 

 lumber trade on this model in Wicomico County, 



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