/~Data frora_7 Table 3 Table of Longlinc Gear 



/""tnJ7 1 sun r 1.2 inches, 1 shaku r 0.994 foot, 1 momne r 0.1325 n^ ^c ■ 

 A Japanese fathom is approximately 5 feet long. The vjcight of liuo in i,,' ■ a 

 as so many piomme per fathom. Sekiyama is the type of lino used to connect 

 the main part of a branch line and the wire leader. It is made of a homp or 

 wire core wrapped with cotton. Hook length is the total length from cyo to 

 point around the curve of the hook. 



Shiratori Maru of Aich i Prefecture - 269.78 tons, 4-50 HP 



Trunk Lines - Cotton, 3x3 strands, loft-twist, 10 count weighing 10 

 momm e per l^ Japanese_y fathom, each 150 fathoms long. 



Branch Lines - 



Large - Cotton, 3x3 strands, left- twist, 10 count weighing 11 momme. 

 6 fathoms long, 3 lines per basket. Brass swivels-Large 3 



Small - Same material as large branches, 10 count weighing 7 momme . 

 U fathoms long, 8 lines per basket. Brass swivels-small 8 



Sekiyama - 3x3 strands on a v/ire core, same material for both latgo and 

 small branch lines. U fathoms long on large lines, 3 fathoms on small 

 lines. 



Wire - 3x3 strands, 1.8 fathoms long on the large branches, 1.5 on the 

 small. 



H ooks - Zinc-plated iron, 1^,5 sun size, and 3.0 sun size. 



Float Lines - Manila, 3x3 left twist, 7 momme . 12,5 fathoms long, 1 

 line per basket. 



Floats - glass balls, 10 inches in diameter. 



This vessel carried 200 baskets of line. 



Miyagi Maru of Miyagi Prefecture - 2^8.22 tons, ^00 HP 



Trunk Lines - Cotton, 3x3 tv7ist, 9 momme . 195 fathoms long. 



Large Branches - Cotton, 3x3 tv/ist, 9 momme, 7 fathoms long, 2 lines per 

 basket. Se kiyama is 3x3 twist on a core of Yashu hemp 3 fathoms long. 

 Wire is 3x3 No. 26 2.0 fathoms long. Hooka are tinned iron, A.O sun size. 



Small Branches - Same material, 8 momme . 3 fathoms long, ' 10 linos per 

 basket. Sekiyama is 3x3 twist on a core of Yashu hemp and is 2.5 

 fathoms long, ''■^ire is same size and kind as on largo bi^anches. Hooks are 

 same typo as on largo branches but are 3.2 sun long. 



Float Lines - 4-strand Manila, 7 momm o weight, 15 fathoms long, 2 per 



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