Italian Fishing Boats at '1'heir Pihr i.\ San Francisco, California, in the Lath ibbos 

 {Smithsonian photo 331 42-b.) 



size being in the range of 26 to 32 feet. The large 

 boats went as far afield as Monterey, Drake's Ba\-, or 

 the Farralone Islands. The boats were stiff and 

 carried a press of sail; the fishermen were skilled 

 handlers of the rig and sailed in an apparently reckless 

 but actually safe manner. 



The model represents a half-decked, double-ended, 

 caravel-planked sailing hull having a straight keel 

 with slight drag, upright straight post and stem, 

 strong sheer, low bulwarks, high-crowned deck, sharp 

 entrance with hollow at forefoot, sharp and very 

 hollow run, and the midsection with rising straight 

 floor, hard bilge, and rather upright topside. 



The boat has a bowsprit, a long hatch amidships, 

 and a steersman's standing-room hatch right aft. It 

 is rigged with a single lateen sail and a small jib. 



Scale of the model is fi inch to the foot, giving a 

 boat 26 feet overall, 9 feet 3 inches beam, 2 feet 6 

 inches depth. This appears to have been an average 

 size boat of the type. 



Given by Livingston Stone. Restored by Merritt 

 Edson, 1958. 



San Francisco Italian fishing 

 boat sailing on the wind in the late 

 i88o"s. {Smithsonian photo 23142-c.) 



SAN FRANCISCO ITALIAN FISHING BOAT, 1876 

 Rigged Model, usnm 22215 



This model is of a large double-ended, flush-deck 

 boat of the same type as usnm 22213 and 22214, 

 once employed at San Francisco. 



The model shows a boat having easy sheer, straight 

 keel, upright curved stem, upright post, sharp en- 

 trance hollow near forefoot, a fine, hollow run, and 

 the midsection formed with a rising straight floor, 

 high easy bilge, and slightly flaring topside. 



The deck is heavily crowned, with low, flush bul- 

 warks. Forward is a wooden horse for the fore tack 

 of the lateen mainsail; this horse also secures the heel 

 of the bowsprit, which is to starboard of the stem head. 

 There is a very large hatch amidships and a small 

 steering-room hatch right aft. The single mast is 

 fitted with a large lateen sail. A jib is set to the bow- 

 sprit. 



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