ROUGHTREE RAIL.—To be of good
clean, straight grained Oak 4-1/2
inches broad,
and 2-1/4 deep, to be fitted with a sufficient
number of Iron
Stantions 2-6/8 inches long, with Oak Rail 2
inches square
for Weather Cloths. The Roughtree Rail to be 2
feet high from
Deck.
DECK.—The Upper Deck to be
of the best Baltic Red Pine, full 2
inches thick when
worked, clear of Sap, strakes, &c., and not
more than 5 inches
broad each plank. The plank under, and
between the Bitts
Knees, to be English Oak 2-1/2 inches thick,
the whole to be
fastened with Copper Nails of sufficient
length.
BITTS.—The Bowsprit Bitts to
run down to the Ceiling, with a Bolt
in the Keel of
each, and so placed that the Bowsprit may be run
aft clear of the
Mast Larboard Side. Size of the Bitts at the
head fore and
aft 7 inches, thwartships 6 inches, and to be the
same size at lower
part of Deck, with a regular taper to heel.
The Windlass Bitts
to be sided 7 inches, and left broad and
high enough above
the Deck to admit of a Patent Pinion Cog, and
Multiplying Wheels
to be fitted to Windlass, with Crank,
Handles, &c.
To have good and sufficient Knees to all the
Bitts. The
Bowsprit Bitt Knees sided 6 inches, Windlass Bitt
Knees sided 5
inches.
WINDLASS.—The Barrel of the
Windlass to be of good sound English
Oak, clear of
all defects, diameter in the middle 10 inches,
and fitted with
Patent Iron Palls, with two hoops on each end,
and seasoned Elm
Whelps 2-1/2 inches thick, hollowed in the
middle for Chain
Cable 14 inches long, taking care that it
leads far from
the Hawse Holes, to have 6 Iron Plates let into
the Angles of
the Whelps. The Iron Spindle to be 2 inches
Diameter, and
to let into the Barrel of the Windlass 12 inches,
and to be fitted
with Pinion, Cog, and Multiplying Wheels and
Crank Handles,
to have two Windlass ends not more than a foot
long each; care
must be taken not to cut the Handspike holes
where the Chain
Cable works.
SCUPPERS.—To have 2 oval Lead
Scuppers, each side, 3 by 1-3/4 inch
in the clear.
EYE PLATES.—To have two stout
Iron Eye Plates, both sides forward
for Bowsprit,
Shrouds, &c. with two Bolts in each, and three
Plates both sides
for Runners and Tackles aft, the Eyes to
reach up to the
top of Roughtree Rail, and to have a good
strong Iron Hanging
Knee each side to the Beams abreast the
Runners.
HATCHWAYS.—The Main Hatchway
to be 4 feet broad and 3 feet fore
and aft in the
clear. The Combins 3 inches thick and 11 inches
broad, let down
on Carlings 3 inches thick and 4-1/2 inches
broad.