104 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1884. 



truck, 164; inches; maingaff, 16^ inches; mizzen mast (deck to eyes of rigging), 29 

 inches; rigging to topmast head, 8-J inches; sprit, 22 inches; outrigger, outside, 104; 

 iuches. 



Bohuslan, Sweden, 1883. 76,008. 



Obtained by exchange with Swedish Commission to International Fishery Exhibition, London, 1883.] 



Vessels of the class represented by this model fish for cod chiefly on the Storregen 

 Bank. They make one voyage yearly, starting in April and returning in September. 

 They hail from the island of Tjorn, on the Bohuslan coast. The peculiar flaring bow 

 is thought to be necessary, by Swedish fishermen, to enable the vessel to ride safely 

 at anchor. 



GOTTLAND (SWEDEN) HERRING-FISHING BOAT. 



[Model.] 



Wood; unpainted; clinker built, 7 strakes a side; 15 sets of timber; open; sharp 

 ends; deep keel; curved stem and stern-post; round bilge; 5 thwarts, 2 with mast- 

 holes; schooner rigged; 2 small, boomless, sprit sails, 2 square-headed sprit top-sails, 

 and 2 jibs; stone killick in wood frame; j)eculiar wide-loomed oars, with cleats to 

 ship over single round wooden tholes. 



Dimensions. — Length over all, 5 feet 5^ inches; keel, 3 feet 6£ inches; beam, 1 foot 

 5 inches; depth, inside, 64; inches; keel, \\ inches; height, amidships, 8^ inches; stem, 

 12 inches; stern, llf inches; mainmast, 27f inches; sprit, 27 inches; topsail pole, 224; 

 inches (1 foot of this below masthead) ; topsail sprit, 12| inches; foremast, 30| inches; 

 sprit, 284, inches; topsail pole, 25 inches (13£ inches below masthead) ; topsail sprit, 

 15 inches; bowsprit, 28£ inches; oars, 29 inches. 



Island of Gottland, Sweden, 1876. 28,149. 



[Gift of Swedish Centennial Commission.] 



Boats of this class are used in the herring fisheries from the island of Gottland in 

 the Baltic Sea, off the east coast of Sweden. In 1869, the number of boats so employed 

 from that island was officially given at 606, manned by 1,911 persons. The Gottland 

 boats have an excellent reputation for seaworthiness. It is said they are often caught 

 out in heavy gales. The largest of these craft are 25 feet long. 



NETHERLANDS LIFE-BOAT. 



[Model.] 



Oak, with cork bead or half-round band along sides; open iron railing; unpainted. 

 Model divided into two sections, from stem to stern, to show the interior arrangement. 

 This boat has a round bilge; low, flat floor; a wide, very shallow keel; both ends 

 .alike, full and round; curved stem and stern-post, both of which are high. Running 

 around both sides, from stem to stern-post, is an open iron railing, four standards of 

 which have row-locks at their upper ends. These rails are about 3 feet high on a 

 full-sized boat, and are for the purpose of preventing the occupants of the boat from 

 being washed overboard. Boat has two decks, between which are snugly packed a 

 large number of air-tight galvanized iron boxes that fill the space between decks. 

 Along the sides of the boat are a number of holes provided with valves through which 

 water enters to fill the section below the lower deck. The boat, when afloat, is sup- 

 ported entirely by the air-tight boxes. Two strong cleats across the upper deck hold 

 the oars. 



Dimensions. — Length over all, 19 inches ; beam, 64; inches ; height of hull, amidships, 

 2 inches; ends, 3 inches; stem and stern-post, above gunwales, 14; inches: iron railing, 

 If inches; boxes, £ inch square; oars, llf inches long. 



Holland, 1880. 76,001. 



[Gift of A. E. Maas, Scheveningen.] 



This form of life-boat was designed by Mr. Maas, w r ho says it has been used with 

 great success in saving shipwrecked crews in the shallow waters off the Netherlands 

 coast. It is claimed that the boat is uot capsizable, though this may be questioned. 

 The men stand on the upper deck to row. 



