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THE SAFETY FISHING-BOAT OF THE ROYAL NATIONAL 

 LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. 



The accompanying figures show the general form, the 



nature of the fittings, air-compartments, shifting-coamings, 



and hatches of one of the safety boats, 40 feet in length and 

 14 feet in breadth. 



FIG. 86. Sheer Plan. 



FIG. 87. Deck Plan. 



In figs. 86 and 87 the elevation and deck-plans, and the general exterior 

 form of the boat are shown, with the sheer of gunwale, length of keel, and rake 

 of stem and stern-post. 



The dotted lines of fig. 86 show the position of the compartments, hulk- 

 heads, masts, pumps, thwarts, and shifting flat or deck, a, Scuttle in boat's 

 side above the side-decks, b. Scupper in the boat's side above the stern deck. 

 c, Screw plug, to drain the stern compartment. 



.In fig. 87, A represents the open hatchways of the main -hold, to be covered 

 with portable hatches and a water-tight tarpaulin cover in gales of wind ; B, 

 shifting-coamings for the hatches ; c, the si le-deck ; D, the forecastle-deck ; 

 and E, the stern-deck. 



