Albermarle Sound Shad Boats Being Built at Roanoke Island, North Carolina, at the yard of the noted 

 local builder, Washington Creef, in the 1890's. These boats, fitted with planked stern deadwoods, are large for 

 their class. A good example of the simple boat shops in which these small fishing boats were built. {Smith- 

 sonian photo 44793— f-) 



CROATAN FISHING BOAT, 1890 

 Rigged Model, usnm 76255 



Boats of this type were once employed in the shad 

 fishery on the North Carolina Sounds in the vicinity 

 of Roanoke Island. They were noted for sailing 

 qualities and seaworthiness. Hulls of some of these 

 boats, with gasoline engines installed, were to be seen 

 at Roanoke Island in 1953. 



The model is of an open, caravel-planked, center- 

 board boat, like a yawl boat in form and having 



strong sheer, a straight plank keel with some drag, a 

 straight raking stem, a raking heart-shaped transom 

 with rudder hung outlxiard, the greatest beam a 

 little forward of midlength, a sharp entrance, and a 

 long and fine run. There is some reverse curve in 

 the afterbody sections, and the midsection is formed 

 with a rising straight floor, easy bilge, and flaring 

 topside. 



Model shows narrow washboards and low coamings 

 along the sides, a very short stern deck, six thwarts. 



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