of-mutton sails with sprit booms, a long and sharp 

 bow with heel raised to clear the water, a straight 

 and upright stem, a bottom rockered fore-and-aft, 

 a flat and raking transom, strong sheer, and flaring 

 sides. The deck arrangement is for a half-decked 

 boat having a large oval cockpit, a long foredeck, 

 and a short afterdeck. The foremast is stepped in 

 the eyes of the boat, the main at the after end of the 

 center board case. 



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

 is for a sharpie 35 feet on the gunwale, 10 feet 9 inches 

 beam, 2 feet 2 inches depth, cockpit 15 feet 9 inches 

 long, and 7 feet 9 inches wide, foremast 33 feet 6 

 inches above deck, mainmast 29 feet 9 inches above 

 its thwart, fore sprit 20 feet, main sprit 14 feet 6 inches. 

 Rail chocks are fitted at bow and stern. The model 

 shows an unusually wide hull; 8 feet 10 inches beam 

 would probably be the normal width of a boat of 

 this length and date on the Carolina sounds. 



Given by U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 



NORTH CAROLINA FISHING LAUNCH, 1929 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 311?44 



Seabird 



The gasoline-engined fishing launch Seabird was 

 built from this half-model at Beaufort, North Carolina, 

 in 1929 by VVhitehurst & Rice. 



The Seabird had a raised deck forward, imder 

 which there was a cuddy. She was caravel-planked 

 and had a skeg, the keel rabbet cambering fore-and- 

 aft (more sharply aft). She had a straight shoe to 

 the keel and skeg, a raking square stern, a curved 

 and rather upright stem rabbet. The sheer was 

 rather straight. The midsection showed a rising floor, 

 rather slack round bilge, and nearly plumb topside. 

 The entrance was long and sharp, the run short and 

 rather full. 



Model is believed to be on a scale of '^i inch to 

 the foot, to produce a launch about 28 feet 8 inches 

 moulded length at gunwale, 9 feet 4 inches moulded 

 beam, and drawing about 2 feet 9 inches. The 

 engine was in box in cockpit well aft. 



Given by John Rice, shipbuilder, Beaufort, North 

 Carolina. 



MENHADEN STRIKER BOAT, about 1932 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 311245 



A rowing striker boat was built from this half-model 

 about 1932 by VVhitehurst & Rice at Beaufort. North 

 Carolina. 



The boat was a rowing dinghy in model, having a 

 square upright transom with a slight dcadrisc in the 

 bottom, rather straight upright stem rabbet, straight 

 keel shoe with skeg, the keel rabbet rising aft, and 

 moderate sheer. The midsection shows a rather 

 rounded, rising floor, a slack bilge, and nearly 

 upright topsides. Both in model and arrangement 

 it generally resembles a yacht tender. 



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

 13 feet 6 inches long, 4 feet moulded beam, and 

 about 1 foot 4 inches deep. 



Given by John Rice, shipbuilder, Beaufort, North 

 Carolina. 



MENHADEN FISHING BOAT, 1934 

 Builder's Half-Modbl, usnm 311243 



A menhaden fishing boat was built from this 

 model at Beaufort, North Carolina, in 1934 by 

 Whitehurst & Rice. 



The half-model is for a V-bottom launch, or 

 "Hatteras boat," having a moderate rise of floor 

 amidships, angular chine, and flaring straight topside. 

 The stem rabbet is straight and rather upright, the 

 stern is round, flaring and formed by \ertical staving. 

 In profile, the chine has little camber and is low 

 forward, the foremost section just abaft the stem 

 being almost a V-shape from gunwale to rabbet; 

 afloat, it is not visible forward. The sheer is moder- 

 ate; keel rabbet is straight forward and rises aft to 

 the bottom of the stern; keel-shoe is straight, with 

 some drag, and has a skeg; rudder post is inboard of 

 the stern; forward sections have a hollow flare; 

 entrance is sharp and has the appearance of being 

 slightly hollow near the stem at waterline; and the 

 run is short but easy. These boats have a reputation 

 for seaworthiness. 



Scale of model is )i inch to the foot, for a boat 50 

 feet 6 inches moulded length at gunwale, 10 feet 

 4 inches moulded beam, and drawing about 4 feet 

 at the skeg. 



Given by John Rice, shipbuilder, Beaufort, North 

 Carolina. 



KEY WEST SPONGE SLOOP, 1880 

 RiGGFD Model, usnm 76251 



The sloop represented by this model was built at 

 Key West, Florida, in 1 880 for the sponge fishery on 

 the Florida reefs and among the Keys, in shoal water. 

 She was caravel-planked and had a skeg and straight 

 keel with some drag, upright post, raking V-transom, 

 upright straight stem, strong sheer, long and sharp 



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