type of sloop then popular in Great South Bay and 

 elsewhere on Long Island for oyster tonging and other 

 purposes. 



The half-model represents a shallow, wide, center- 

 board sloop having graceful sheer, a straight keel with 

 moderate drag, raking curved stem rabijet with the 

 forefoot rounded in a hard curve, skeg aft having a 

 raking post and the stern formed with a raking V- 

 shaped transom, with only a short overhang beyond 

 the sternpost. The entrance is rather short, but sharp 

 with some hollow in the forefoot; the run is long and 

 rather flat; the greatest beam is a little forward of 

 midlength; the midsection is formed with a rising 

 straight floor, a high firm bilge, and a slightly flaring 

 topside. 



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

 with a moulded length at deck 26 feet 6 inches, 

 moulded beam 10 feet, and moulded depth 2 feet 5 

 inches. Model is made to deck. The sloop had low 

 log rails, the centcrboard was on the centerline of the 

 hull, and was about 6 feet long, with the pivot about 

 10 feet from the forward end cf the deck. 



Sloops of this model usually had a plain, straight 

 stem, but some had billet heads. They had an oval 

 cockpit with a trunk forward; the mast was stepped 

 well forward; and they carried a large, single jib, a 

 gaff-mainsail and sometimes a gaff-topsail and jib 

 topsail, both hoisted on a long pole head on the mast. 



Gift of Mrs. Otis A. Palmer, East Moriches, Long 

 Island, New York. 



LONG ISLAND FISHING SLOOP, about 1890 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 315705 



A centerboard fishing sloop, name unknown, was 

 built on this model about 1890 near East Moriches, 

 Long Island, New York. 



The half-model is of a shoal, rather wide, center- 

 board sloop having moderate sheer, a straight keel 

 with some drag and a skeg aft, stem raijbet curved 

 and somewhat raking, with a well rounded forefoot, 

 and a round fantail counter stern overhanging the 

 slightly raked sternpost on the skeg. The hull is 

 formed with a raking midsection, giving a long, sharp 

 entrance with marked hollow in the forefoot, and a 

 rather long and straight run. The midsection shows 

 a rising straight floor, a rather firm round bilge, and 

 a slight tumble-home in the topside. 



Scale of the model is % inch to the foot, for a moulded 

 length at rail of 30 feet 2 inches, moulded beam 10 

 feet 3 inches, and a movdded depth to rail 3 feet 3 

 inches; the rail height is Gji inches amidships, 5% 



inches at stern, and 7}^ inches at bow. The center- 

 Ijoard was on the center line of the hull and was about 

 7 feet 6 inches long, with the fore end of the slot about 

 10 feet 6 inches from the stem rabbet at rail. The 

 sloop had a clipper bow with trails. It had a cockpit 

 and was jib-and-mainsail rigged with a single, large 

 jib and a gaff-mainsail. This type of sloop was very 

 popular on the shores of Long Island and in New- 

 York Bay in the 1880's and 1890's. 



Gift of Mrs. Otis A. Palmer, East Moriches, Long 

 Island, New York. 



FISHING LAUNCH, 1915 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 315701 



A small fishing and general service launch was built 

 on this model at East Moriches, Long Island, New 

 York, by Otis A. Palmer, in 1915. In general, this 

 model is similar in form to usnm 315702 by the 

 same builder. 



The model shows a straight-sheered low-sided launch 

 hull having a long, straight and flat run, the rabbet 

 of the keel straight from the stern to a point about a 

 third of the overall length from the stem, where the 

 keel rabbet cambers moderately and fairs into a well 

 rounded stem rabbet. The transom is flat, with a 

 sharp tumble-home. The entrance is rather short and 

 convex; the greatest beam is slightly forward cf 

 midlength. Midsection shows a slightly rising straight 

 floor, a full round bilge, and a flaring topside. 



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

 length overall of 21 feet 8 inches, moulded beam 5 

 feet 8 inches, and moulded depth 2 feet. The boat 

 probably had a skeg; the rudder post was inboard of 

 the top of the transom. 



Gift of Mrs. Otis A. Palmer, East Moriches, Long 

 Island, New York. 



FISHING LAUNCH, 1915-16 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 315702 



A launch for fishing and general service was built 

 on this model at the LI..S. Coast Guard station, .Smith's 

 Point, Long Island, New York, by Otis .■\. Palmer, in 

 1915-16. The launch was powered with a 4-cylinder 

 Mora automobile engine and a 16-inch propeller. 

 It was fast, and a number of similar design were built 

 by Palmer. 



The model shows a long, low and rather narrow 

 launch, much like some early racing launches, having 

 straight sheer, a straight keel rabbet from the stern 

 to a point about a third the length of the hull from 

 the stem, where there is a gentle rocker to the heel of 



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