stock passing through the apex of the V, a long and 

 sharp entrance, and a rather short but well formed 

 run. The midsection is formed with a markedly 

 rising straight floor, high and firm bilge, and a 

 nearly upright topside. 



The scale of the model is believed to be 1 inch to 

 the foot, at which scale it represents a sloop about 

 28 feet 6 inches moulded length at deck, 9 feet beam, 

 and 2 feet 9 inches moulded depth. 



Given by "Bat" Fogarty, boatbuildcr, Bradcnton, 

 Florida. 



CENTERBOARD SLOOP, 1903 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 311240 



Pathfinder 



The centerboard sloop yacht Pathfinder was built on 

 this model at Oxford, Maryland, in 1903 by Charles 

 W. Langdon and was intended for cruising on Chesa- 

 peake Bay. The Pathfinder was typical of a large num- 

 ber of American centerboard sloop yachts of the 

 period 1895-1906, a class which had trunk cabins and 

 large centerboards. 



The half-model has moderate and graceful sheer, 

 a rockered keel rabbet fairing into the overhanging 

 and curved stem rabbet and into a rather long coun- 

 ter, which ends in a flat and strongly raking transom, 

 and a large skeg with the rudder hung on its after end. 

 The entrance is sharp and convex, and the run long, 

 flat, and easy. The midsection shows a short straight 

 floor with some rise, a round and easy bilge, and a 

 nearly upright topside. The dead rise is carried into 

 the run with slight change. 



The model is for a sloop 31 feet 9 inches moulded 

 length at deck, 9 feet 6 inches moulded beam, and 2 

 feet 9 inches moulded depth at side. Scale of the 

 model is 1 inch to the foot. 



The usual rig in these sloop yachts was jib and gaff 

 mainsail. Sometimes a topmast was fitted, or the 

 head of the mast made with a long pole and a gafl' 

 topsail and jib topsail could then be carried. 



Given by Charles W. Langdon, boatbuilder, Oxford, 

 Maryland. 



CENTERBOARD SAILBOAT, 1920 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 311256 



A shoal draft, centerboard sailboat was built on this 

 model at Apalachicola, Florida, by Samuel Johnson, 

 about 1920. The boat was probably sloop or cat 

 rigged and intended for pleasure sailing. 



The half-model represents a centerboard sailing hull 

 having a moderate sheer, a rockered keel rabbet, 



rounded forefoot, nearly straight and upright stem 

 rabbet, raking flat transom, short and sharp entrance, 

 and an easy run of moderate length and having a large 

 skeg with rudder hung on it and the tran.som. The 

 midsection shows a rising straight floor, a slack round 

 bilge, and a nearly upright topside. 



The model is believed to be on a scale of f inch to 

 the foot, at which scale it represents a boat measuring 

 about 21 feet 7 inches moulded length at deck, 8 feet 

 IK inches moulded beam, and 2 feet 6 inches moulded 

 depth. 



Given by Samuel Johnson, boatbuilder, Apalachi- 

 cola, Florida. 



CENTERBOARD SLOOP, 1919 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 307423 



This half-model shows the hull form of a class of 

 centerboard half-decked i-acing sloops built at Essex, 

 Connecticut, in 1919 by Dauntless Shipyard, Inc. 

 Known as the "Essex class," this popular form of 

 small racing sloop in various designs, is to be found in 

 most American yachting centers. 



The boats of this class were 15 feet 9 inches long 

 over the gunwales, 5 feet 7 inches beam, and about 18 

 inches depth. They had a jib and gafi'-headed main- 

 sail rig. The mast stood about 15 feet above deck. 



The half model shows a centerboard sloop hull of 

 marked sheer, the keel is rockered fore and aft and 

 fairing into a rather upright curved stem rabbet, and 

 the transom is flat and raking. The entrance is easy 

 and the run flat and rather short. The midsection is 

 formed with a rising straight floor, easy round bilge, 

 and a slightly flaring topside. The bow sections show 

 flare, but there is a slight tumble-home in the topsides 

 as the transom is approached. The dead rise is at a 

 constant angle in the run. Scale of the model is 1 inch 

 to the foot. 



Given by Dauntless Shipyard, Inc., Essex, Con- 

 necticut. 



CENTERBOARD SLOOP, 1922 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 315703 



This model is a design for a small centerboard sloop 

 for pleasure sailing made by Otis A. Palmer of East 

 Moriches, Long Island, New York, about 1922. It is 

 not known whether boats were built on this model. 



The half-model represents a jib-and-mainsail rigged 

 centerboard boat basing rather straight sheer, a 

 rockered keel rabbet, a curved, raking, and o\-er- 

 hanging stem rabbet, and a small and flat raking 

 V-shaped transom. The entrance is of moderate 



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