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    The Migrations of an American Boat Type
    The Migrations of an American Boat Type
    The Migrations of an American Boat Type
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    The Migrations of an American Boat Type

    By Howard I. (Howard Irving) Chapelle

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    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      The Migrations of an American Boat Type - Howard I. (Howard Irving) Chapelle

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      Title: The Migrations of an American Boat Type

      Author: Howard I. Chapelle

      Release Date: July 1, 2009 [EBook #29285]

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      The Migrations Of

      An American Boat Type

      Howard I. Chapelle

      THE MIGRATIONS OF

      AN AMERICAN

      BOAT TYPE

      by Howard I. Chapelle

      FIGURE 1.--Scale model of a New Haven sharpie of 1885, complete with tongs. (_USNM 318023; Smithsonian photo 47033-C._)

      The New Haven sharpie, a flat-bottomed sailing skiff, was

      originally developed for oyster fishing, about the middle of the

      last century.

      Very economical to build, easy to handle, maneuverable, fast and

      seaworthy, the type was soon adapted for fishing along the eastern

      and southeastern coasts of the United States and in other areas.

      Later, because of its speed, the sharpie became popular for racing

      and yachting.

      This study of the sharpie type—its origin, development and

      spread—and the plans and descriptions of various regional types

      here presented, grew out of research to provide models for the hall

      of marine transportation in the Smithsonian's new Museum of History

      and Technology.

      THE AUTHOR: Howard I. Chapelle is curator of transportation in the

      U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

      For a commercial boat to gain widespread popularity and use, it must be suited to a variety of weather and water conditions and must have some very marked economic advantages over any other boats that might be used in the same occupation. Although there were more than 200 distinct types of small sailing craft employed in North American fisheries and in along-shore occupations during the last 60 years of the 19th century, only rarely was one of these boat types found to be so well suited to a particular occupation that its use spread to areas at any great distance from the original locale.

      Those craft that were production-built, generally rowing boats, were sold along the coast or inland for a variety of uses, of course. The New England dory, the seine boat, the Connecticut drag boat, and the yawl were such production-built boats.

      In general, flat-bottomed rowing and sailing craft were the most widely used of the North American boat types. The flat-bottomed hull appeared in two basic forms: the scow, or punt, and the flatiron, or sharp-bowed skiff. Most scows were box-shaped with raking or curved ends in profile; punts had their sides curved

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