. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. and sternsheets. The centerboard is slightly forward of midlength. The model does not have the usual skeg, the run being formed with a planked deadwood not commonly found in this type. The mast is stepped in the third thwart, at the fore end of the center- board case, and rigged with a loose-footed sprit- mainsail; the jib is tacked to the stemhead; there is a pole topmast, with much of it overlapping the mainmast, and a jib-headed boom topsail is sheeted independently of the mainsail. Scale of the model is 1 inch to the foot, for a boat 24
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. and sternsheets. The centerboard is slightly forward of midlength. The model does not have the usual skeg, the run being formed with a planked deadwood not commonly found in this type. The mast is stepped in the third thwart, at the fore end of the center- board case, and rigged with a loose-footed sprit- mainsail; the jib is tacked to the stemhead; there is a pole topmast, with much of it overlapping the mainmast, and a jib-headed boom topsail is sheeted independently of the mainsail. Scale of the model is 1 inch to the foot, for a boat 24 feet long, 7 feet 3 inches beam, and about 2 feet 3 inches depth, mainmast 14 feet 6 inches above thwart, sprit 20 feet 6 inches long, and topmast 21 feet 9 inches total length and standing 13 feet 11 inches above masthead. The boat is fitted to row two oars to a side; six sandbags are shown as ballast. Made and given by Fish Commission, 1893. Restored by Merritt Edson, Jr., 1958. SHARPIE, about 1890 Rigged Model, usnm 76249 The sharpie, a flat-bottom sailing boat with the bottom planked athwartships, was employed widely in the American coastal fisheries during the last half of the 19th century. The boat type, developed some- time before 1849, first rose to prominence at New Haven, Connecticut, and by 1876 the "New Haven sharpie" had become a standardized model and rig built in two basic sizes. One, between 24 and 28 feet overall, carried about 75 to 100 bushels of oysters, and was rigged with one or two masts and leg-of- mutton sails; the other, between 34 and 36 feet, carried 150 to 175 bushels. The New Haven sharpie was low sided and rather narrow; the beam on the bottom was one-sixth to one-fifth the length; the beam of a 35-foot boat was about 6 feet at chines, 7 feet 2 inches at rail; that of a 28-foot boat was 4 feet 6 inches to 4 feet 9 inches at chine and about 6 feet beam at rail. The stem was straight and upright, the stern was either round (with a ver
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