. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Scale of model is % inch to the foot, representing a large boat of the type, about 37 feet 10 inches overall, 11 feet 6 inches beam, and 3 feet depth. Given by Livingston Stone. Restored by Merritt Edson, 1958. SAN FRANCISCO CHINESE SHRIMP BOAT, 1876 Rigged Model, usnm 22217 This model of a boat in use in 1876, shows a type once used by Chinese fishermen on San Francisco Bay and vicinity, in California. Roughly and cheaply built, these boats were designed for easy beaching and were buoyant; they sailed well with the wind free but usually use
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Scale of model is % inch to the foot, representing a large boat of the type, about 37 feet 10 inches overall, 11 feet 6 inches beam, and 3 feet depth. Given by Livingston Stone. Restored by Merritt Edson, 1958. SAN FRANCISCO CHINESE SHRIMP BOAT, 1876 Rigged Model, usnm 22217 This model of a boat in use in 1876, shows a type once used by Chinese fishermen on San Francisco Bay and vicinity, in California. Roughly and cheaply built, these boats were designed for easy beaching and were buoyant; they sailed well with the wind free but usually used oars to work to windward. The range in length was from 15 to 40 feet. The boat represented by the model was a flat-bottom double-ended open sharpie with wedgelike ends, moderate flare amidships, strong fore-and-aft camber in the bottom near the ends but nearly straight amid- ships, and moderate sheer. There were platforms on the gunwale at each end and two thwarts. The craft was rigged with a lateen sail and one mast stepped about one-third the length from the bow. It was steered with a sweep and was fitted to be rowed, sailed, or sculled. Some of these boats had a small keel nailed to the bottom amidships. Scale of the model is \% inch to the foot; to meas- ure about 39 feet overall, 7 feet beam, 3 feet depth, the model may be too narrow for the length. Given by U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. CHINESE DUGOUT CANOE, 1876 Rigged Model, usnm 72744 This type of dugout canoe, once used by Chinese fishermen on the California and Oregon coasts in the alongshore fisheries, was intended to be poled and sculled not far from shore. The canoes represented by this model were roughly made from a log dug out from end to end, the end transoms being nailed on. They had strong sheer and some rocker in the bottom, the latter flat athwartships for a short distance, and were round-bilged, with slightly flaring topsides. The sides, along which washboards were fitted, were straight in plan, and the bow
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