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Matinicus fishing boat — Continued. 



curved below; keel; high bilge; fine, clean run ; elliptical stern, 

 like clipper-schooner; some overhang; washboards; center- 

 board ; one pair rowlocks aft ; two thwarts ; seat around stern 

 cockpit ; ballast platformed dowu ; fish-kid in center of boat ; 

 bulkheaded ; sprit, mainsail, and jib ; one pair of oars ; little 

 punt attached. Friendship, Me., 1883. 57,032. U. S. Fish 

 Commission. Used in general fisheries on coast of Maine, espe- 

 cially at Matinicus Island, where they originated. They are 

 exceedingly swift sailers, and well adapted for the work in 

 which they are employed. Dimensions of original. — Hull: 

 Length (over all), 21 feet; beam, 6| feet; depth, 3£ feet; 

 draught, 3 feet. Spars: Bowsprit (outboard), 5| feet; mast, 

 20^ feet (total) ; sprit, 16 feet. 



Irish fishing cutter, of Boston. 



Model, scale 1 inch to foot. Sharp bow; high floor; clean run; 

 moderate sheer; deep keel; stem straight above water-line, 

 curved below; much drag-line; deep, square, heart-shaped 

 stern; raking stern-post; rudder hung outside; decked for- 

 ward a little less than half the length, rest open; cockpit aft; 

 middle portion bulkheaded off for fish, and generally pro- 

 vided with temporary covering of boards ; four thwarts ; cut- 

 ter-rigged, with running bowsprit; three sails, main-sail, stay- 

 foresail, and jib. Dimensions of original. — Length over all, 36 

 feet; keel, 29 feet; beam, 9% feet; (height of model: stem, 7f 

 inches; amidships, 7 inches; aft, 9 inches); draught of water, 

 bow 2 feet 9 inches, aft 5 feet 8 inches ; mast (above deck), 

 34 feet 9 inches; bowsprit (outside), 10 feet 6 inches ; main- 

 boom, 32 feet 6 inches ; gaff, 21 feet 3 inches. Boston, Mass., 

 1883. 76,013. Collected by J. W. Collins. Boats of the class 

 represented by this model are used quite extensively by the 

 Irish fishermen sailing from Boston, Mass. This particular 

 type was first introduced into the United States about 1846. 

 It is essentially the same as the boats used on the coast of 

 Ireland, at Galway, and known as the " Galway hooker." 

 The model has been much improved by the Boston builders, 

 and some of these boats have become very celebrated for speed, 

 so much so that they have been purchased by wealthy gentle- 

 men and converted into yachts. They are reputed to be ex- 

 cellent sea-boats, and almost any time, even in midwinter, they 

 may be seen in Massachusetts Bay shooting or hauling their 

 lines and nets. 



Martha's Vineyard cat-boat. 



Model, scale 1 inch to foot. Long, sharp bow ; broad beam ; wide, 

 heart-shaped stern; center -board ; decked forward, to form 



