FISHING VESSELS AND BOATS OF THE PACIFIC COAST. 
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There are two rowlocks on a side, each fitted with two thole-pins, and one on each side 
near the stern, each having a single pin. A stout wooden “hawse piece” crosses the 
bow from side to side and fastens to the rail about 3£ feet abaft the fore side of the 
stem. There are three cleats on each side of the deck near the waist, for belaying 
sheets, tacks, etc., one just abaft the hawse piece, another a little forward of amid- 
ships, and one abreast of the cockpit. The deck has a strong upward curve, and the 
d crown” of the hatches is made to correspond with it. The mast is stepped nearly 
amidships, and has a strong rake forward. It is supported by shrouds, or tackles, 
on each side. Upon it is hoisted a long slender yard, to which is bent a large triangu- 
lar lateen sail. The halyard passes over a sheave in the masthead, and is bent to 
the yard about two-fifths of its length from its forward end, a little forward of the 
point where it will balance. As ordinarily set, when sailing by the wind or reaching, 
the forward end of the yard comes down near the stem head, where it is held by a 
tack-rope, while the foot of the sail is nearly parallel with the deck ; but when run- 
ning before the wind it is common to let the forward end go up‘, so that the yard is 
nearly horizontal, the sail being held below simply by the sheet. A jib is carried; it 
is set flying from a long bowsprit that runs through the bulwarks on the starboard 
side of the stem, extending outboard about 15 feet, and supported by a bobstay and a 
shroud on each side. The following are the dimensions of the boat referred to : 
Feet. Inches. 
Length over all, from outside of stem to outside of stern post 32 0< 
Beam, extreme 10 5, 
Depth, top of keel to deck, amidships 5 0 
Length of hatch 14 9 
Width of hatch 5 9 
Cockpit square.. 2 3 
Height of stem above rail 9 
Width of stem and stern posts 6 
Depth of keel from rabbet 10 
Fore side of stem to fore side of mast at deck 14 0 
Length of mast above rail 24 0 
Length of yard 42 6 
Length of bowsprit outside of stem 14 2 
Length of tiller 4 0 
Width of rudder, extreme 2 0 
The dimensions of the sails are as follows: 
Mainsail : 
Luff 41 o 
Foot 31 6 
Leach 36 9 
Jib: 
Luff 25 6 
Foot 18 0 
Leach 16 0 
A boat like that described above will carry from 4 to 6 men in a crew, and will 
cost from $1,000 to $1,200 when ready for sea, including sails, rigging, etc. The ordi- 
nary dimensions of these boats, according to Wilcox, are : Length, 23 to 24 feet; beam, 
8 to 9 feet; depth of hold, 24 to 28 inches; cost, before rigging, from $240 to $350. 
