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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  of 
  such 
  an 
  adjunct 
  has 
  been 
  considered 
  a 
  very 
  important 
  matter 
  to 
  the 
  

   Commission. 
  

  

  The 
  appropriation 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  Congress, 
  and 
  shortly 
  afterwards, 
  on 
  

   his 
  return 
  from 
  a 
  cruise 
  on 
  the 
  Albatross 
  to 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico, 
  Capt. 
  

   J. 
  W. 
  Collins 
  began 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  model 
  and 
  plans 
  for 
  a 
  vessel. 
  It 
  had 
  

   been 
  previously 
  determined 
  that 
  a 
  schooner-rigged 
  sailing 
  vessel 
  of 
  

   about 
  80 
  tons 
  net 
  register 
  would 
  be 
  best 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  require- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  the 
  Commission. 
  The 
  whole 
  matter 
  of 
  designing 
  her 
  in 
  all 
  its 
  

   details 
  of 
  model, 
  interior 
  arrangement, 
  rig, 
  &c, 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  

   hands 
  of 
  Captain 
  Collins, 
  who 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  past 
  has 
  made 
  a 
  spe- 
  

   cial 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  fishing 
  vessels 
  of 
  Europe 
  and 
  America. 
  His 
  studies 
  

   and 
  experiences 
  have 
  led 
  him 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  the 
  fishing 
  boats 
  in 
  use 
  on 
  

   our 
  New 
  England 
  coast 
  have 
  heretofore 
  been 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  faulty 
  in 
  

   model 
  and 
  rig 
  for 
  the 
  special 
  work 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  to 
  perform, 
  particu- 
  

   larly 
  in 
  the 
  winter 
  season. 
  Therefore, 
  in 
  designing 
  this 
  vessel 
  for 
  the 
  

   Commission, 
  an 
  attempt 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  produce 
  anew 
  and 
  improved 
  

   type 
  of 
  fishing 
  schooner, 
  one 
  which 
  would 
  not 
  only 
  possess 
  the 
  best 
  

   qualities 
  of 
  the 
  clipper 
  craft 
  now 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  fish- 
  

   eries* 
  but 
  would 
  also 
  be 
  much 
  more 
  seaworthy. 
  It 
  is 
  believed 
  by 
  

   those 
  who 
  have 
  had 
  the 
  best 
  opportunities 
  for 
  studying 
  the 
  question 
  

   in 
  all 
  its 
  bearings 
  that 
  the 
  fishing 
  schooners 
  built 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  quar- 
  

   ter 
  of 
  a 
  century 
  or 
  more 
  have 
  generally 
  been 
  too 
  shallow 
  to 
  insure 
  re- 
  

   quisite 
  safety 
  when 
  exposed 
  to 
  gales, 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  liable 
  to 
  be 
  

   capsized 
  by 
  heavy 
  seas. 
  Sin 
  ce 
  their 
  center 
  of 
  gravity 
  is 
  not 
  sufficiently 
  

   low 
  to 
  enable 
  them 
  to 
  right 
  again, 
  the 
  consequence 
  is 
  that 
  they 
  have 
  

   frequently 
  filled 
  and 
  sunk 
  with 
  all 
  on 
  board. 
  

  

  The 
  loss 
  of 
  life 
  and 
  property 
  from 
  this 
  cause 
  has 
  on 
  many 
  occasions 
  

   been 
  enormous, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  apparent 
  that 
  any 
  improvement 
  in 
  the 
  model 
  

   of 
  our 
  fishing 
  schooners 
  which 
  can 
  obviate 
  these 
  distressing 
  circum- 
  

   stances 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  great 
  blessing 
  to 
  the 
  fishing 
  interests. 
  The 
  vessel 
  de- 
  

   signed 
  by 
  Captain 
  Collins, 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Grampus 
  has 
  been 
  

   selected, 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  2 
  feet 
  deeper 
  than 
  the 
  fishing 
  schooners 
  of 
  

   the 
  same 
  length 
  are 
  usually 
  built, 
  and 
  therefore 
  should 
  be 
  very 
  much 
  

   safer, 
  since 
  her 
  ballast 
  can 
  be 
  placed 
  lower 
  and 
  her 
  stability 
  corre- 
  

   spondingly 
  increased. 
  In 
  several 
  other 
  respects 
  besides 
  that 
  of 
  depth, 
  

   the 
  Grampus 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  typical 
  fishing 
  schooner: 
  First, 
  instead 
  

   of 
  having 
  a 
  raking 
  stem 
  and 
  a 
  long 
  projecting 
  cut-water, 
  her 
  stem 
  is 
  

   nearly 
  straight 
  and 
  perpendicular 
  above 
  water 
  and 
  curves 
  away 
  at 
  an 
  

   easy 
  slope 
  to 
  join 
  the 
  keel 
  below 
  load-line. 
  This 
  is 
  believed 
  to 
  be 
  quite 
  

   an 
  important 
  improvement, 
  since 
  the 
  long 
  cutwater, 
  which 
  is 
  liable 
  to 
  

   be 
  broken 
  oft 
  by 
  a 
  heavy 
  sea 
  or 
  otherwise 
  damaged 
  and 
  thus 
  become 
  a 
  

   source 
  of 
  constant 
  expense, 
  is 
  dispensed 
  with. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  time, 
  with 
  a 
  

   given 
  length 
  over 
  all, 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  load- 
  water 
  line 
  is 
  increased 
  4 
  

   or 
  5 
  feet 
  at 
  the 
  bow 
  ; 
  consequently 
  the 
  entrance 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  much 
  

   easier 
  and 
  the 
  buoyancy 
  on 
  the 
  water-line 
  forward 
  increased. 
  This 
  

   change, 
  everything 
  else 
  being 
  equal, 
  should 
  produce 
  a 
  vessel 
  that 
  would 
  

  

  