. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. "double-bottom," also i ailed .1 "sluiceboat" or "cylinder," was later lengthened al the stei make hi 1 10 feet o1 erall. rhe King did not support Petty, to the latter's greal disappointmi nl d Pett) next buill .1 largi 1 double- botton - i II. This 1 atamaran was lapstrake construction. Not much is known of this l»>.ii excepl that she beat the regulai Irish packet boat, running between I lolyhead and 1 lublin, in .1 race each way, winning a E20 wager. sIh- was launched in July 1663; what became ol hei was no
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. "double-bottom," also i ailed .1 "sluiceboat" or "cylinder," was later lengthened al the stei make hi 1 10 feet o1 erall. rhe King did not support Petty, to the latter's greal disappointmi nl d Pett) next buill .1 largi 1 double- botton - i II. This 1 atamaran was lapstrake construction. Not much is known of this l»>.ii excepl that she beat the regulai Irish packet boat, running between I lolyhead and 1 lublin, in .1 race each way, winning a E20 wager. sIh- was launched in July 1663; what became ol hei was not recorded. A third and still largei boat, the £ tperiment, launched Deo tnbei 22, 1664, appears to have I" sloop. Tins vessel sailed l>\ wa) ol the Thames in April 1665 and went to Oporto, Portugal. She left Portugal < Ictober 20, 1665, foi home, but apparently went down with .ill hands in a seven storm. For 18 years IVtn did no more with the type, but finally, in Jul) 1684, he laid down .1 still largei sloop. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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