bilge, and an upright side with heavy guard at gun- 

 wale. The mast is stepped right forward. A hatch is 

 shown on port side to the Ibrehoid. a hatchway to 

 tanks amidship, pumps, and a cockpit for the helms- 

 man. There arc heavy mooring cavels along the deck 

 at rail for tying the boat to vessels when supplying 

 them. 



Scale of the model is 1 inch to the foot; the vessel 

 represented was 37 feet on deck, 12 feet Ijcam, length 

 of mast above deck 39 feet, boom 37 feet, and gaff 

 16 feet. 



Given by U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 



PURSE-SEINE BOAT, about 1875 

 Rigged Model, usnm 25826 



This model is of a purse-seine boat of the form em- 

 ployed in the New England mackerel fishery about 



The model is painted in the style of 1875, bright 

 green bottom, white topsides, sheer strake set of!" with 

 beading, red and yellow. 



Scale of model is 1 inch to the foot, for a boat 36 

 feet long, 8 feet beam, depth amidships 2 feet 6 inches 

 and at ends 4 feet 6 inches, length of oars 12 feet and 

 of steering sweep 18 feet. 



These boats rowed easily, turned quickly, and could 

 be towed at speeds of 10 to 12 miles per hour with 

 safety. Later boats were fuller forward at gunwale 

 and more straight-sided in plan. 



Gi\en liy U. S. Fish Commission. 



NEW ENGLAND SAILING DORY, 1882 

 Rigged Model, usnm 160179 



This is a model of the sailing dories once employed 

 in the shore fisheries in the vicinity of Rockport. Massa- 



New England Sailing-Rowing Dory, 1880-83, Employed in the Shore Fisheries. Rigged model USISTM 

 160179, with centerboard case abaft the second thwart. These boats were rigged with one mast and a spritsail 

 and jib or with two masts and leg-of-mutton sails. (Smithsonian photo ^^SgS-c.) 



1875-80. It is said that the boats were developed 

 from whaleboats and were at first 28 feet long. The 

 length was increased to 35 to 38 feet in 1875 and to 40 

 feet in 1882. The lioats were lightly but strongly 

 built and in general, resembled burdensome whale- 

 boats except that the seine boat was usually wider aft, 

 to carry the seine near the stern. 



The model shows a double-ended, caravel-planked. 

 keel, open boat having slightly rockered keel, curved 

 stem and sternpost, strong sheer, the hull wide and 

 full at gunwale aft and sharper forward, and an easy 

 and sharp entrance and run, the latter the fuller. The 

 midsection shows a slightly rising floor, easy turn of 

 bilge, and a slightly flaring topside. Fitted with row- 

 locks, purse seine, pursing gear, oars, oar holders, pump, 

 towing link, six thwarts, roller, and the usual gear of a 

 mackerel seine boat about to leave the schooner. 



chusctts. They were rigged with a sprit-mainsail 



and 



a jib tacked to the stemhead, but some of the Cape 

 Ann dories in the 1890's used a leg-of-mutton main- 

 sail instead of the spritsail. These boats, considered 

 fast and seaworthy for their size, were worked by one 

 or two fishermen for short periods, but in exposed 

 waters. 



The boat represented was of the dory type having a 

 narrow fliat bottom with some fore-and-aft camlier, a 

 raking and very slightly curved stem that is straighter 

 than usual in this type of vessel, a raking "tomb- 

 stone" transom with rudder hung outboard, strong 

 sheer, and a sharp entrance and run. The lapstrake- 

 planked topsides are heavily flaring and nearly 

 straight. The model shows a centerboard amidships, 

 washboards along the sides, a short bow deck with 

 coamings, three thwarts with pen boards, and oars. 



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