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  THE 
  GULF 
  FISHING 
  GROUNDS 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  2G1 
  

  

  has 
  less 
  drag 
  than 
  the 
  average 
  fishing 
  schooner 
  of 
  New 
  England. 
  The 
  

   center 
  of 
  buoyancy 
  is 
  about 
  midships, 
  and 
  the 
  lines 
  are 
  well 
  calculated 
  to 
  

   produce 
  a 
  fair 
  sailing 
  vessel, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  one 
  that 
  would 
  be 
  eminently 
  sea- 
  

   worthy 
  in 
  heavy 
  weather; 
  qualities 
  that 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  highest 
  degree 
  desira- 
  

   ble 
  in 
  a 
  fishing 
  schooner, 
  and 
  which 
  this 
  smack 
  is 
  reputed 
  to 
  possess 
  in 
  

   a 
  high 
  degree. 
  She 
  has 
  a 
  flush 
  deck, 
  a 
  roughly-finished 
  underdeck 
  fore- 
  

   castle, 
  where 
  the 
  cooking 
  is 
  done 
  and 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  crew 
  sleep; 
  a 
  trunk- 
  

   cabin 
  aft, 
  the 
  latter 
  being 
  large 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  vessel, 
  

   while 
  the 
  finish 
  is 
  precisely 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  prevailing 
  style 
  on 
  the 
  New 
  

   Loudon 
  smacks, 
  or, 
  what 
  is 
  practically 
  the 
  same 
  thing, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Glou- 
  

   cester 
  schooners. 
  The 
  well, 
  for 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  live 
  fish, 
  occupies 
  

   the 
  midship 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  vessel; 
  it 
  has 
  heavy 
  strong 
  bulkheads 
  at 
  

   either 
  end, 
  and 
  another 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  former 
  rising 
  to 
  within 
  about 
  

   a 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  load-water 
  line. 
  On 
  top 
  of 
  these 
  bulkheads 
  is 
  laid 
  the 
  well 
  

   deck, 
  made 
  of 
  thick 
  plank, 
  the 
  outside, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  generally 
  goes 
  

   through, 
  flush 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  planking, 
  this 
  style 
  of 
  construction 
  being 
  

   technically 
  known 
  as 
  building 
  the 
  wells 
  with 
  "primings 
  out." 
  The 
  en- 
  

   trance 
  to 
  the 
  well 
  is 
  through 
  the 
  " 
  curb 
  " 
  or 
  " 
  funnel," 
  an 
  aperture 
  3 
  or 
  

   4 
  feet 
  long 
  by 
  2 
  or 
  3 
  feet 
  wide 
  at 
  the 
  deck, 
  but 
  much 
  longer 
  below, 
  and 
  

   which 
  is 
  inclosed 
  in 
  strong 
  planks 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  well 
  deck 
  to 
  the 
  

   main 
  deck, 
  aud 
  securely 
  fastened. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  ceiling 
  in 
  the 
  well, 
  and, 
  

   as 
  a 
  rule, 
  only 
  half 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  frames 
  that 
  are 
  put 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  length 
  

   in 
  other 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  vessel, 
  the 
  bulkheads 
  supplying 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  

   timbers 
  for 
  obtaining 
  the 
  necessary 
  strength 
  and 
  rigidity. 
  The 
  outside 
  

   planking 
  are 
  perforated 
  with 
  the 
  requisite 
  number 
  of 
  holes 
  to 
  secure 
  a 
  

   proper 
  circulation 
  of 
  water 
  for 
  keeping 
  alive 
  the 
  fish 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  put 
  

   in 
  the 
  well. 
  The 
  foregoing 
  description 
  of 
  a 
  smack's 
  well 
  applies 
  gen- 
  

   erally 
  to 
  all 
  vessels 
  of 
  this 
  class 
  and 
  not 
  to 
  any 
  one 
  in 
  particular. 
  

  

  The 
  Lowe 
  is 
  rigged 
  as 
  a 
  two-masted 
  schooner, 
  with 
  a 
  long 
  fixed 
  bow- 
  

   sprit 
  and 
  a 
  single 
  topmast. 
  She 
  carries 
  no 
  flying-jibboon. 
  Her 
  masts 
  

   are 
  each 
  supported 
  by 
  two 
  shrouds 
  on 
  a 
  side. 
  She 
  sets 
  five 
  sails, 
  namely, 
  

   jib, 
  foresail, 
  mainsail, 
  main-staysail, 
  and 
  gaff-topsail. 
  The 
  arrangement 
  

   of 
  the 
  sails, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  their 
  cut, 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  

   fishing 
  schooners 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  class, 
  and 
  is 
  so 
  generally 
  understood 
  that 
  

   a 
  detailed 
  description 
  seems 
  unnecessary. 
  The 
  ballast 
  is 
  chiefly 
  iron. 
  

   The 
  following 
  material 
  was 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  construction 
  : 
  Timbers 
  of 
  ma- 
  

   deria 
  ; 
  beams, 
  outside 
  planking, 
  ceiling, 
  and 
  spars 
  of 
  yellow 
  or 
  hard 
  pine 
  ; 
  

   deck 
  of 
  white 
  pine; 
  fastenings, 
  chiefly 
  copper. 
  She 
  is 
  46.46 
  tons 
  register, 
  

   and 
  cost 
  to 
  build 
  and 
  fit 
  for 
  sea 
  $10,000. 
  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  princi- 
  

   pal 
  dimensions: 
  Length, 
  over 
  all, 
  66 
  feet; 
  on 
  keel, 
  58 
  feet; 
  extreme 
  

   beam, 
  20 
  feet; 
  width 
  of 
  stern, 
  15 
  feet; 
  depth 
  of 
  hold, 
  8 
  feet; 
  depth 
  

   of 
  keel, 
  15 
  inches; 
  draught, 
  aft, 
  8 
  feet, 
  forward, 
  6 
  feet; 
  height 
  of 
  bul- 
  

   warks, 
  20 
  inches; 
  length 
  of 
  trunk-cabin, 
  12 
  feet; 
  width 
  of 
  same, 
  forward 
  

   end, 
  10 
  feet, 
  after 
  end, 
  9 
  feet. 
  Spars: 
  Bowsprit, 
  outside, 
  19 
  feet; 
  fore- 
  

   mast, 
  60 
  feet; 
  mainmast, 
  61 
  feet; 
  main 
  topmast, 
  25 
  feet; 
  main 
  boom, 
  42 
  

   feet. 
  

  

  