Scale of model is % inch to the foot, representing a 

 large boat of the type, about 37 feet 10 inches overall, 

 1 1 feet 6 inches beam, and 3 feet depth. 



Given by Livingston Stone. Restored by Merritt 

 Edson, 1958. 



SAN FRANCISCO CHINESE SHRIMP BOAT, 1876 

 Rigged Model, usnm 22217 



This model of a boat in use in 1876, shows a type 

 once used by Chinese fishermen on San Francisco Bay 

 and vicinity, in California. Roughly and cheaply 

 built, these boats were designed for easy beaching 

 and were buoyant; they sailed well with the wind free 

 but usually used oars to work to windward. The 

 range in length was from 15 to 40 feet. 



The boat represented by the model was a flat-bottom 

 double-ended open sharpie with wedgelike ends, 

 moderate flare amidships, strong fore-and-aft camber 

 in the bottom near the ends but nearly straight amid- 

 ships, and moderate sheer. There were platforms on 

 the gunwale at each end and two thwarts. The craft 

 was rigged with a lateen sail and one mast stepped 

 about one-third the length from the bow. It was 



steered with a sweep and was fitted to be rowed, 

 sailed, or sculled. Some of these boats had a small 

 keel nailed to the bottom amidships. 



Scale of the model is \% inch to the foot; to meas- 

 ure about 39 feet overall, 7 feet beam, 3 feet depth, 

 the model may be too narrow for the length. 



Given by U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 



CHINESE DUGOUT CANOE, 1876 

 Rigged Model, usnm 72744 



This type of dugout canoe, once used by Chinese 

 fishermen on the California and Oregon coasts in the 

 alongshore fisheries, was intended to be poled and 

 sculled not far from shore. 



The canoes represented by this model were roughly 

 made from a log dug out from end to end, the end 

 transoms being nailed on. They had strong sheer and 

 some rocker in the bottom, the latter flat athwartships 

 for a short distance, and were round-bilged, with 

 slightly flaring topsides. The sides, along which 

 washboards were fitted, were straight in plan, and the 

 bow and stern square and raking. 



Scale of model is 1 inch to the foot, for a canoe 20 



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