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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [50] 
  

  

  sail 
  is 
  attached 
  only 
  at 
  the 
  clew 
  and 
  tack, 
  and 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  the 
  prej- 
  

   udice 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  loose-footed 
  sails 
  is 
  as 
  great 
  here 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  among 
  the 
  

   fishermen 
  of 
  Great 
  Britain. 
  The 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  mainsail 
  is 
  sewed 
  to 
  a 
  

   piece 
  of 
  board 
  about 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  half 
  of 
  a 
  barrel 
  head 
  and 
  approxi- 
  

   mately 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  size, 
  though 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  clubs 
  are 
  larger. 
  The 
  

   bowsprit 
  is 
  fixed 
  and 
  is 
  always 
  short. 
  The 
  rigging 
  is 
  very 
  simple. 
  A 
  

   single 
  shroud, 
  at 
  the 
  most, 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  supports 
  the 
  mast, 
  if 
  necessary, 
  

   though 
  these 
  are 
  generally 
  slack, 
  while 
  the 
  jib-stay 
  from 
  the 
  mast 
  -head 
  

   passes 
  through 
  the 
  bowsprit 
  end 
  and 
  sets 
  up 
  at 
  the 
  stem. 
  The 
  manner 
  

   of 
  reefing 
  the 
  jib, 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  used 
  in 
  strong 
  winds, 
  is 
  called 
  the 
  u 
  Mudian 
  

   tie,'' 
  and 
  consists 
  in 
  tying 
  up 
  the 
  head 
  with 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  small 
  rope 
  so 
  as 
  

   to 
  materially 
  reduce 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  sail. 
  

  

  The 
  mainsail 
  is 
  large, 
  but 
  is 
  generally 
  baggy, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  respect 
  

   would 
  suffer 
  by 
  comparison 
  with 
  the 
  flat-setting 
  sails 
  generally 
  seen 
  on 
  

   Northern 
  fishing 
  boats. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  boats 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  class 
  that 
  only 
  

   one 
  man 
  goes 
  in, 
  the 
  smackees 
  have 
  crews 
  of 
  two 
  men 
  each. 
  The 
  boats 
  

   are 
  provided 
  with 
  oars 
  (13 
  to 
  15 
  feet 
  in 
  length) 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  when- 
  

   ever 
  required, 
  though 
  with 
  such 
  a 
  large 
  sail 
  area 
  as 
  they 
  have 
  a 
  very 
  

   light 
  air 
  of 
  wind 
  pushes 
  them 
  along 
  at 
  a 
  rate 
  which 
  makes 
  it 
  unneces- 
  

   sary 
  to 
  row. 
  

  

  The 
  average 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  class 
  of 
  smackees 
  is 
  IS 
  feet 
  on 
  the 
  keel, 
  

   21 
  to 
  28 
  feet 
  over 
  all, 
  GA 
  to 
  8 
  feet 
  beam, 
  and 
  1 
  to 
  4i 
  feet 
  deep, 
  with 
  a 
  

   draught 
  equal 
  to 
  their 
  depth. 
  The 
  mast 
  would 
  average 
  in 
  length 
  28 
  feet 
  

   above 
  deck, 
  the 
  boom 
  is 
  usually 
  2 
  or 
  3 
  feet 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  boat, 
  while 
  

   the 
  bowsprit 
  is 
  about 
  3 
  to 
  4 
  feet 
  outside. 
  The 
  " 
  one-day 
  boats 
  " 
  aver- 
  

   age 
  14 
  to 
  1G 
  feet 
  over 
  all, 
  4 
  to 
  G 
  feet' 
  beam, 
  and 
  3 
  to 
  3A 
  feet 
  deep. 
  The 
  

   boat 
  Jimmy, 
  of 
  this 
  class, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  cat-rigged 
  type, 
  is 
  12 
  feet 
  G 
  inches 
  

   long 
  on 
  the 
  keel, 
  16 
  feet 
  overall, 
  and 
  carries 
  a 
  mast 
  23 
  feet 
  long, 
  ami 
  a 
  

   boom 
  of 
  18 
  feet. 
  The 
  smackee 
  Jeff 
  Brown, 
  built 
  by 
  William 
  II. 
  Pierce,* 
  

   is 
  a 
  fair 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  boats 
  of 
  this 
  class 
  now 
  

   made 
  at 
  Key 
  West. 
  She 
  was 
  launched 
  in 
  18S3, 
  and 
  has 
  the 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  dimensions 
  : 
  Length, 
  over 
  all, 
  24 
  feet; 
  keel, 
  21 
  feet? 
  beam, 
  extreme, 
  

   9 
  feet 
  G 
  inches 
  ; 
  width 
  of 
  stern, 
  5 
  feet 
  5 
  inches 
  ; 
  depth, 
  molded, 
  3 
  feet 
  ; 
  

   draught, 
  aft, 
  3 
  feet; 
  keel, 
  8 
  inches 
  deep 
  amidships, 
  4 
  inchesdeep 
  forward 
  

   and 
  G 
  inches 
  aft. 
  Mast, 
  31 
  feet 
  long 
  ; 
  boom, 
  23 
  feet; 
  bowsprit, 
  G 
  feet 
  

   outside. 
  

  

  Dinghies 
  are 
  used 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  smackees, 
  someof 
  which 
  differ 
  

   only 
  in 
  size 
  from 
  those 
  carried 
  by 
  the 
  sponge 
  vessels, 
  while 
  others 
  are 
  

   small 
  skiffs 
  of 
  the 
  sharpy 
  pattern 
  that 
  seldom 
  exceed 
  10 
  feet 
  in 
  length. 
  

   Ordinarily 
  these 
  are 
  not 
  required, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  sometimes 
  useful 
  for 
  

   going 
  to 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  land 
  when 
  the 
  larger 
  boat 
  is 
  anchored 
  off 
  at 
  a 
  

   distance 
  from 
  shore. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  details 
  of 
  construction, 
  &c, 
  of 
  a 
  sharpy-skiff: 
  

  

  She 
  has 
  a 
  sharp, 
  wedge-shaped 
  bow, 
  straight 
  vertical 
  stem, 
  flat 
  bottom, 
  

  

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  Pierce 
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