. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. CATALOGUE OF THE WATERCEAFT COLLECTION. 199 Di7nensions of hoat.—Length over all, 24 feet 9 inches; beam, 9 feet 6 inches; width of stern, 7 feet; depth, amidships, 3 feet; fore- mast, 23 feet 3 inches; mainmast, 21 feet 6 inches. Scale of model, 1 inch equals 1 foot. Cat. No. 26,790 -XORTH CAROLINA SHARPIE. Modef of pound net boat. In operating pound nets in the waters of North Carolina a flat- bottomed boat of the "sharpie" pattern, similar to the pound-net boat of the Great Lakes region, has been adopted. This model is
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. CATALOGUE OF THE WATERCEAFT COLLECTION. 199 Di7nensions of hoat.—Length over all, 24 feet 9 inches; beam, 9 feet 6 inches; width of stern, 7 feet; depth, amidships, 3 feet; fore- mast, 23 feet 3 inches; mainmast, 21 feet 6 inches. Scale of model, 1 inch equals 1 foot. Cat. No. 26,790 -XORTH CAROLINA SHARPIE. Modef of pound net boat. In operating pound nets in the waters of North Carolina a flat- bottomed boat of the "sharpie" pattern, similar to the pound-net boat of the Great Lakes region, has been adopted. This model is a miniature of one of the boats used on Albemarle Sound. This is a wooden, carvel-built, open, centerboard boat, with sharp bow; flat bottom, curving up at after end : wide square stern ; no skag; two-masted cat rig; sails jib-headed, witli 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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