. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. CATALOGUE OF THE WATERCRAFT COLLECTIOX. 121 illustrates the method of hand-line codfishing pursued in early colo- nial days. The model represents a wooden, carvel-built, keel vessel, with full, long body; round bow; large figure head, and heavy windlass abaft die foremast; boat stowed amidships: square stern: steers \vith a tiller. Rigged as a snow of the seventeenth century. Dwiensions of vessel.—Length over all. T"2 feet; beam, 18 feet: depth, 10 feet; bowsprit, outside. 29 feet 0 inches; spritsail yard. 33. -SEVEXIEICXIH CENTURY feet
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. CATALOGUE OF THE WATERCRAFT COLLECTIOX. 121 illustrates the method of hand-line codfishing pursued in early colo- nial days. The model represents a wooden, carvel-built, keel vessel, with full, long body; round bow; large figure head, and heavy windlass abaft die foremast; boat stowed amidships: square stern: steers \vith a tiller. Rigged as a snow of the seventeenth century. Dwiensions of vessel.—Length over all. T"2 feet; beam, 18 feet: depth, 10 feet; bowsprit, outside. 29 feet 0 inches; spritsail yard. 33. -SEVEXIEICXIH CENTURY feet; foremast, above deck, 11 feet; fore-topmast, heel to head, 37 feet; fore flagpole,. 16 feet 6 inches; foreyard, 10 feet; fore-topsail yard, 33 feet; mainmast, above deck. 12 feet; main topmast, heel to truck, 38 feet; main flagpole, IT feet 3 inches; mainyard. 11 f^t: main topsail yard. 31 feet G inches; spanker gaff. 21 feet G inches. Scale of model, one-half inch equals 1 foot. The snow is represented as riding at anchor on a fishing bank with all sails furled. Along the starboard side are 10 men standing in barrels lashed to the deck, fishing for cod with hand lines over the side of the vessel. The latter is supposed to be swung by the current side to the wind: and along the weather side of the vessel, 2416G—23 9. 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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