und to Brighton. Among these are the life-boats of Deal and the other
Channel ports, which have done and are still doing heroic work in saving
life from wrecks upon the Goodwins and the other dangerous shoals that
beset the narrowing sleeve of the English Channel.

Farther down, along the southern coast, and to the west, where harbours
are more frequent, a finer and deeper class of boats, chiefly of
carvel-build, is to be found. The Cornish ports are the home of a great
boat-building industry, and from them a large number of the finest
fishing boats in the world are turned out annually. Most of them are
built with stem and stern alike, with full and bold quarters, and ample
floor.

It is not possible here to enumerate, much less to describe in detail,
the variety of types in sea-going boats which have been elaborated in
England and in America. For this purpose reference should be made to the
list of works given at the end of the article.

The following is a list of the boats at present used in the royal navy.
They have all of them a deep fore foot, and with the exception of the
whalers and Berthon boats, upright stems and transom sterns. The whalers
have a raking stem and a sharp stern, and a certain amount of sheer in
the bows.

Length. Beam. Depth.
Feet. Ft. In. Ft. In.
1a. Dinghy. Freeboard about 9 in.
Weight 3 cwt. 2 qr. Between
thwarts 2 ft. 9 in. Elm. 13-1/2 4' 8" 2' 2"
1b. Skiff dinghy for torpedo boats.
Freeboard about 9 in. Carry about
ten men in moderate weather.
Between thwarts 2 ft. 7-1/2 in.
Weight 3 cwt. 4 lb. Yellow pine. 16 4' 6" 1' 10"
2a. Whaler for destroyers. 5 in. sheer.
Yellow pine. 25 5' 6" 2'
2b. Whaler. Between thwarts 2 ft. 10 in.
Freeboard about 12 in. Weight,
8 cwt. Strakes No. 13. Lap
3/4 in. Elm. 27 5' 6" 2' 2"
(All have bilge strakes with hand-holes.)
3. Gig. Between thwarts 2 ft. 9-1/2 in.
Weight 8 cwt. 2 qr. 15 lb. 13
Strakes. Elm. 30 5' 6" 2' 2"
4. Cutter. Between thwarts 3 ft. 1 in.
To carry 49 men. Carvel built. 30 8' 1" 2' 8-1/2"
5. Pinnace. Between thwarts 3 ft.
Carvel-built. Elm. 36 10'