CHAPTER III 

 BOATS AND GEAR 



I. The three-masted Newfoundlanders; the Iceland schooners; 

 herring and tunny boats Small sailing vessels : etadiers, 

 feluccas, Biscayans, tartanes Foreign sailing vessels Various 

 rigs. II. Steam trawlers Line-fishing vessels Drifters 

 Motor-boats ; pinnaces ; Scotch herring boats, &c. III. Classi- 

 fication of fishing tackle The otter-trawl The beam-trawl, 

 the ox-net, bag-trawl, or gangui ; the seine or scan; the 

 herring fishery in Norway. IV. Drift-nets ; herring-nets 

 Fixed tackle : traps, eel-pots ; tunny-nets (madragucs) Baited 

 devices; the sardine-net of the Atlantic coast Lines; cod 

 fishing. V. Conclusion. 



IN France the dispersion of harbours inevitably means 

 the dispersion of boats. The 25,000 sailing vessels of 

 the French coast belong to many widely differing types, 

 which correspond with local traditions and requirements. 

 I will pass in review the principal types of sailing vessels, 

 steamboats, and motor-boats. 



I 



The largest sailing vessels employed in the French 

 fishing industry are the three-masted vessels of Fecamp. 

 One of the finest of these, the Massena, is of 459 gross 

 tonnage, and is 140 feet in length, the beam being 30 

 feet; the sail-area is 1,490 square yards. The majority 

 of these vessels carry yards only on the foremast; they 

 are therefore of the three-masted schooner type. Those 



