. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 146 BULLETIN 127, UXITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. The Fredonia is a carvel-built, wooden keel vessel, with long sharp bow; raking stem, small gammon knee head; deep keel; sharp floor; long fine run; narrow, overhanging, V-shaped, strongly raking stern; raking sternpost; good sheer; low quarter-deck extending for- ward of mainmast; cabin trunk aft; forecastle companionway; hatches on deck, etc. Rigged as a two-topmast schooner, with (com- paratively small) round bowsprit; short foremast and foretopmast; long mainmast and main topmast; sails pe
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 146 BULLETIN 127, UXITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. The Fredonia is a carvel-built, wooden keel vessel, with long sharp bow; raking stem, small gammon knee head; deep keel; sharp floor; long fine run; narrow, overhanging, V-shaped, strongly raking stern; raking sternpost; good sheer; low quarter-deck extending for- ward of mainmast; cabin trunk aft; forecastle companionway; hatches on deck, etc. Rigged as a two-topmast schooner, with (com- paratively small) round bowsprit; short foremast and foretopmast; long mainmast and main topmast; sails peak more sharply than an old-style fishing vessel. Dimensions of vessel.—Length over all, 112 feet 9 inches; beam, feet; depth, feet; net tonnage, ; bowsprit, outside, 36. FIG. 41. NEW EXGLAXD SCHOONER " FREDONIA.' feet 9 inches; foremast, above deck, 60 feet 9 inches; foretopmast, heel to truck, 34 feet; foreboom, 29 feet; mainmast, above deck, 70 feet 3 inches; main topmast, 41 feet; main boom, 68 feet 6 inches; main gaff, 38 feet. Scale of model, one-half inch equals 1 foot. The Fredonia has embodied in her design the best results obtained by Mr. Burgess in yacht designing in previous years, during which he produced the famous and successful cup defenders Puritan, May- floioer, and Volunteer. For some months after she was built the Fredonia was temporarily fitted up and used as a yacht, in which capacity she made a cruise across the Atlantic and participated in several races at home. Al- though at a disadvantage in having inside ballast and being without racing sails, she made a good record. Some two vears later she won. 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 : Smithsonia
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