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have much game patrol work as well, and are directed by the chiefs of 

 patrol of the San Francisco and Sacramento districts. 



Patrol Boat "Quinnat." 



Tlie patrol boat "Quinnat" is a cruiser or raised deck type of boat, 

 forty-six feet in length with a beam of eight feet and nine inches, and 

 draws three feet two inches of water. She is a well equipped boat with 

 a cabin wliifh furnishes sleeping accommodation.s for four persons, a 

 fully equipped galley, wardrobe, lockers and lavatory. She is finished 

 in Philippine mahogany and is electric liglited throughout. When built 

 in 1910 at a cost of $6,500 she was equipped with a forty horsepower 

 gasoline engine which enabled her to attain a speed of about twelve miles 

 per hour. In 1919 it was found necessary to replace this old engine 

 and a ninety horsepower Wisconsin engine was installed in its place. 

 With this new engine she can make a speed of thirteen miles per hour. 

 The boat has a fuel capacity of 240 gallons which gives it a fairly large 

 cruising radius. A small house has been recently built at the forward 

 end of the cockpit to protect the operator from the weather. This boat's 

 regular crew consists of a captain and engineer but can accommodate 

 two extra men when the emergency requires. Although in constant 

 service since being built this boat has been given good care and is in an 

 excellent state of preservation. She was designed for use on San Fran- 

 cisco Bay and for trips to the crab, rock cod and trawl fishing grounds 

 outside, and to the fishing grounds in Monterey Bay. While she is an 

 excellent boat and is doing the work for which she was built she is not 

 as seaworthy in bad weather outside the heads as had been expected. 

 With the growing importance of the outside fishing, more especially that 

 at Monterey and Fort Bragg, it may be necessary at some time to 

 replace her with a larger and more seaworthy boat. 



Patrol Boat "Steelhead." 



In 1920 the boat "Steelhead" was built to assist in the patrol work 

 of San Francisco Bay. The "Barracuda" which had been doing this 

 work was transferred to the river work to take the place of a boat which 

 was being rented for the purpose.- 



Tlie "Steelhead" is the type of boat used in salmon trolling at Mon- 

 terey and Fort Bragg. She is thirty-one feet long, nine foot beam and 

 draws thirty-two inches of water. She has a twelve horsepower Hicks 

 two cylinder heavy duty engine and has a speed of nine miles per hour. 

 She is decked in and has a house shelter over the engine and cockpit. 

 The forward deck is slightly raised to give sleeping quarters for three 

 men. There are fuel tanks for 100 gallons and a 20 gallon water tank. 

 Her contract price was $2,545. She can be operated by one man but 

 can carry more when necessary. 



