at bow, and 3 feet 10 inches at stern, centerboard 

 about 6 feet 6 inches long, mast 22 feet 6 inches, 

 sprit 22 feet, sprit boom 26 feet long. 



The rigging shown in the model is that indicated 

 in contemporary photographs and drawings. 



Transferred from the Bureau of Fisheries. Restored 

 by Merritt Edson, 1958. 



SAN FRANCISCO ITALIAN FISHING BOAT, 1876 

 Rigged Model, usnm 22213 



This model represents a type of fishing boat em- 

 ployed at San Francisco by fishermen of Italian, 

 Portuguese, and Greek extraction; the local name of 

 the type was Dago boat but governmental reports on 

 the boats refer to them as Feluccas. The type is now 

 extinct. The boats were considered very fast and sea- 

 worthy and were employed for many years in the local 

 market fishery. In confined waters they usually 

 employed sweeps in place of sail. 



The model shows a double-ended half-decked, 

 caravel-planked sailing hull having a straight keel 



with slight drag, upright straight stem and sternpost, 

 strong sheer, and sharp, hollow entrance and run, 

 the latter the finer. The midsection shows a rising 

 floor, hard bilge, and slighdy flaring topside. 



The deck is well crowned; there is a small high 

 hatch abaft amidships and a small standing-room 

 hatch aft for the helmsman. The boat carries a single 

 lateen sail, and a jib rigged on a bowsprit. The mast 

 rakes forward sharply. 



Scale of model is % inch to the foot representing a 

 boat 26 feet 10 inches at gunwale, 9 feet 6 inches 

 beam, 2 feet 6 inches depth, bowsprit 3 feet 4 inches 

 outboard, mast 17 feet 8 inches above deck, and yard 

 32 feet 4 inches. 



Given by Livingston Stone. Restored by Merritt 

 Edson, 1958. 



SAN FRANCISCO ITALIAN FISHING BOAT, 1876 

 Rigged Model, usnm 22214 



This is another boat of the type represented by 

 rigged model usnm 22213. These boats ranged in size 

 from about 1 8 feet to nearlv 40 feet, the most common 



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San Fr.'\ncisco Fishing Boat of 

 1876, developed by local fishermen 

 of Italian descent. Rigged model 

 USNM 22214. (Smithsonian photu 

 45606— b ) 



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