The mast step and clamp are not shown, and the 

 rig is omitted. 



The scale of the model is 1 inch to the foot, giving a 

 dory 23 feet on the gunwales, 5 feet 3 inches beam, 

 and 2 feet depth. 



Given by Captain J. \V. Collins. 



NEW ENGLAND SAILING EXDRY, 1880-83 

 Rigged Model, usnm 57573 



This large rigged model represents a class of rowing- 

 sailing dories once common in the New England shore 

 fisheries, particularly in the vicinity of Cape Ann, 

 Massachusetts. They had the reputation of being 

 seaworthy and swift. The range of length was from 

 about 17 feet to 24 feet at gunwale; the boats were 

 fitted with centerboards and were either rigged with 

 one mast and a loose-footed spritsail and a jib tacked 

 to the stemhead, or with two masts and leg-of-mutton 

 sails having high-cocked booms and moderate hoists. 



The model shows an open lapstrake dory having 

 rather narrow flat Ijottom slightly rockered fore-and- 

 aft, flaring and straight topsides, a sharp entrance 

 with a raking and slightly curved stem, a narrow 

 V-shaped transom sharply raked and with the rudder 

 hung on it outboard, and a strong, lively sheer. 



The boat is fitted to row with two pairs of oars. 

 There are washboards along the sides and short fore- 

 deck, three thwarts with pen boards under and mast 

 holes in the two forward thwarts; the after hole is for 

 a sloop rig and the forward hole to allow the mast to 

 be shifted forward and the jib omitted (the usual heavy 

 weather rig). There is a centerboard amidships. 

 The boat has three strakes to a side. 



Scale of the model is 4 inches to the foot (one-third 

 full size); the dory was 21 feet on the gunwale, 5 feet 

 beam, 2\% inches depth amidships, and length of 

 mast 14 feet. The side frames in some of these boats 

 were curved rather than straight, as in the model, 

 which appears to represent a "stock," or standard, 

 sailing dory from a once-noted boat builder, Higgins 

 & Gifl^ord, Gloucester, Massachusetts. 



Given by Captain J. \V. Collins. 



NANTUCKET DORY, 1876 

 Rigged Model, usnm 25657 



This model represents the type of dory once used 

 at Nantucket and nearby Cape Cod by clam diggers 

 and alongshore fishermen. It was a dory of small 

 size and light weight in order to allow the iioat to 

 be pulled over the flats by one man. 



The model shows an open dory having a strong 

 sheer, a narrow, flat ijottom with some fore-and-aft 



rocker, raking stem and V-shaped transom, and 

 flaring straight sides lapstrake planked. It was in- 

 tended for rowing only. 



Scale of model is 1 inch to the foot; the dory was 

 16 feet 6 inches overall, beam 4 feet at gunwales 

 and 2 feet 6 inches on the bottom, and about 18 

 inches deep. 



Given by W. H. Chase, 2nd. 



FISHING DORY, 1876 

 Rigged Model, usnm 55792 



This is a model of the standard or "stock" fishing 

 dory carried by fishing schooners in the period 1 860- 

 95, usually referred to as a "15-foot dory." 



The model shows a rowing boat of the dory form 

 having a rather narrow flat bottom with slight 

 fore-and-aft camber, straight flaring sides planked 

 lapstrake, strong sheer, raking and slightly curved 

 stem, raking V-shaped transom, very narrow at the 

 bottom, wider at the gunwale and "tombstone" 

 shaped, and fitted with movable thwarts to allow 

 the dory to be nested on the deck of a fishing schooner, 

 by stowing one inside another. 



These boats usually had three sets of tholes and 

 three thwarts, in the foremost of which was a mast 

 step. A small spritsail was sometimes rigged, and 

 when loaded and under sail in a fresh wind, the dory 

 skillfully handled could be worked to windward after 

 a fashion, even though without a keel or centerboard. 



Scale of model is 1 inch to the foot, providing a 

 boat 18 feet 6 inches on the gunwale, 15 feet on the 

 bottom, 5 feet beam, and 24 inches depth. 



Given by Starling & Stevens, boatlmilders, Ferry- 

 ville, Maine. 



SCHOONER'S YAWL BOAT, 1880 

 Rigged Model, usnm 25000 



The yawl i)oat was emjjloyed on coasting schooners 

 throughout their existence in the trade; yawls were 

 also carried by most fishing schooners until the period 

 1875-85, when they were almost entirely replaced 

 with the dory. In fishing schooners, until about 1866, 

 the stern davits were usually wood; by 1870 iron davits 

 were being fitted to all new schooners and also to 

 coasters. The yawls varied in model and size to fit 

 their work and the ideas of the individual builder. 

 In many localities along the coast these boats were a 

 standard production of the boat shops. 



The model represents a typical yawl of a New Eng- 

 land fishing schooner or coaster of about 1855-70. 

 It shows a caravel-planked open boat having a straight 



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