Word: freeboard
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...launch, the "Frank Thomson," arrived in Cambridge yesterday afternoon. It is 50 ft. 5 in. long, 1. ft. 5 in. longer than the "John Harvard," but appears much larger owing to its greater breadth and higher freeboard. It draws less water than the "John Harvard" and is not so high, two very important attributes on a river like the Charles, where there are so many mud flats and where so many of the bridges are too low to pass under at high tide. It was used yesterday afternoon and proved much faster than the "John Harvard." It has a maximum...
...feet long, about the same length as the old "Yale," which was built by Mr. Ayers, and which has been used for eight years. The boat will have a feet, 6 inches beam, 4 feet depth of hold, with about 3 feet draught. She will have four inches more freeboard than the old launch, will be slightly fuller forward, not so full amidships, and will have two feet more water-line, which is expected to increase the speed of the boat. Her frames will be of oak and she will be planked with cedar. A cockpit will run nearly...