. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. about 30 or 31 feet. The main boom would be about 22 to 24 feet long, the fore boom about 15 feet or a little less, the main gaff about 14 or 15 feet long, and the fore gafT 12 to 14 feet long; the gaflfs had only moderate peak. No forcstay or shrouds were employed. The rig- ging of the model appears approximately correct, though the fore boom topping lift, it is thought, is of too late a form for this model and may be a later addition. Many of the features of the Chebacco boat can still be seen in the boats used at the northern end of the G
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. about 30 or 31 feet. The main boom would be about 22 to 24 feet long, the fore boom about 15 feet or a little less, the main gaff about 14 or 15 feet long, and the fore gafT 12 to 14 feet long; the gaflfs had only moderate peak. No forcstay or shrouds were employed. The rig- ging of the model appears approximately correct, though the fore boom topping lift, it is thought, is of too late a form for this model and may be a later addition. Many of the features of the Chebacco boat can still be seen in the boats used at the northern end of the Gaspe Peninsula, where the old Chebacco was intro- duced by Loyalists after the American Revolution. In some New England references to the Chebacco they were called ''Ram's Head Boats," which suggest that the stem head of some fell inboard above deck, as in the old gundalow barges of the Piscataqua River, New Hampshire. The Chebaccos were usually painted green above the waterline with the prominent stemhead and any adjoining chocks painted bright red. The Chebaccos had a reputation for fast sailing and seaworthiness; the large Chebaccos and dogbodies made voyages to the West Indies and fishing trips to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, to Cape Breton Island, and to Anticosti Island and the Gaspe Peninsula. Model given by Stephen J. Martin. DOGBODY CHEBACCO BOAT, about 1800 Rigged Model, usnm 57387 This model is of a square-sterned Chebacco boat or "'dogbody" of about 1790-1806. Two examples of the type from Customhouse records are the Raven, built in 1795, 35 feet 9 inches between perpendic- ulars. 11 feet 9 inches l)eam. 5 feet 8 inches depth in hold, and 20'J^o tons; and the .\abby, built 1793, 36 feet 2 inches between perpendiculars, 11 feet 11 inches l^eam, 5 feet 10 inches depth in hold, and 21-'^5 tons. Since this model shows bulwarks rather than the low rail of the small Chebaccos. it may represent a larger boat than these, such as the Patriot, built 1795, 40 feet
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