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George's Bank cod-fishing schooner "Jas. A. Garfield" — Cont'd, 

 many of this class carry all the year, though in winter some 

 vessels have no main-topmast. All sails (mainsail, foresail, 

 jib, main-staysail, and gaff-topsail) are set, and the riding- 

 sail lashed to davit-plank, as is usually the case when these 

 vessels are making a passage to or from the banks. Glou- 

 cester, Mass., 1883. 56,938. U. S. Fish Commission. This 

 class of vessels employed in George's Bank cod-fishing, fitted 

 with gurry pens on deck, fishing-rails, stern dory, &c. Di- 

 mensions of original. — Hull: Length over all, 84 feet; beam, 

 2LJ feet; depth of hold, 8 feet. Spars: Bowsprit (outside 

 knight-heads), 19 feet; foremast (above deck), GO feet; main- 

 mast, 60 J feet; main-topmast, 33 feet; foreboom, 23 J feet; 

 mainboom, 60 feet. 



Grand bank fishing schooner "Spencer F. Baird." 



Model, scale \ inch to foot. Model represents a clipper schooner 

 of 80 to 85 tons, with mainsail, foresail, jib, flying-jib, staysail, 

 and gaff- topsail set; riding-sail lashed on davit-plank, and do- 

 ries inverted and lashed on checker-planks, as they usually are 

 when the vessel is making a passage to or from the banks. 

 Gloucester, Mass., 1883. 56,939. U. S. Fish Commission. The 

 equipment, as well as the style of schooners commonly employed 

 in the Grand Bank cod and halibut trawl-fisheries, represented 

 by this model. Dimensions of original. — Hull: Length over all, 

 86 feet; beam, 22J feet; depth of hold, 8| feet. Spars: Bow- 

 sprit (outside knight-heads), 19 feet; jibboom (outside cap), 12| 

 feet; foremast (above deck), 64 feet; mainmast (above deck), 

 65 feet; main-topmast, 36 feet; mainboom, 62 feet; foreboom, 

 25 feet. 



Market schooner " Mary Odell." 



Model, scale ^ inch to foot. Long, sharp bow ; broad beam ; slightly 

 hollow floor ; long, sharp run ; elliptical stern; rigged complete 

 with all sails (mainsail, foresail, jib, flying-jib, staysail, and gaff- 

 topsail) set. Gloucester, Mass., 1880. 39,337. U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission. This model represents a class of vessels employed in 

 the mackerel fishery in summer, and in the cod and haddock 

 fisheries in winter, carrying their fish, as a rule, to market in a 

 fresh condition. These schooners vary from 35 to 75 tons, and 

 are specially designed for speed and ability to carry a large 

 amount of canvas. Dimensions of original. — Hull : Length over 

 all, 61 feet; beam, 18 feet; draught, 9 feet. Spars: Bowsprit 

 (outside), 15 feet ; jibboom (outside cap), 10 feet; foremast, 52 

 feet; mainmast, 52Jfeet; main-topmast, 25^ feet; foreboom, 19 J 

 feet; mainboom, 47 feet. 



