LADDERS.—To have a Main Hatch,
Fore Hatch, and Cabin Ladder
complete.
CLEATS.—To be fitted complete,
with all Cleats, Cavels, Snatch
Cleats with Shieves,
Brass coated Belaying Cleats, and Racks
with Belaying
Pins, &c., and an Iron Crutch on Taffrail for the
Boom.
FASTENINGS.—The whole of the
Plank to be fastened with good well
seasoned Treenails,
and one 1/2 inch Copper Bolt in every Butt
from the Keel
up to the Wales, to go through and clench on a
Ring on the Ceiling,
and the Treenails drove through the
Ceiling, wedged
on the inside and caulked outside.
RING AND EYE BOLTS.—To be fitted
with all necessary Ring and Eye
Bolts, as customary
for a Revenue Cruiser.
LEGS.—To have 2 substantial Oak Legs properly fitted.
PAINT.—The whole of the Wood
Work inside and out to have three
coats of the best
Paint, well put on.
HULL.—The Hull to be completed
in every respect as a Revenue
Cruiser of the
3rd Class, and all Materials found by the
Contractor, except
Copper Sheathing for the Bottom and
Water-Closets,
with all Shipwrights’, Caulkers’, Joiners’,
Blacksmiths’,
Copper-smiths’, Braziers’, Glaziers’,
Plumbers’
and Painters’
work.
CATHEAD.—To have an Iron Cathead
with two Shieves strong enough to
cat the Anchor,
and fitted both sides.
COCK.—To have a Stop Cock fitted
forward under the Lower Deck, to
let in Water occasionally.
WATER-CLOSET.—To have a Patent
Water-Closet of Danton’s fitted
below, and a Round-house
on Deck, aft Starboard side complete,
with a Pantry
for meat, the Larboard side to correspond with
the Round-house,
and a Poop Deck between both, nailed with
Copper Nails;
also a seat of ease on the Larboard side forward
for the Crew,
with Lead Pipe to water edge; the whole of the
Locks throughout
to be Brass and Brass Works.
AIR OPENINGS.—An inch opening
to be left all fore and aft under
the Clamp both
sides, also in the Ceiling between the Lower
Deck Beams, and
another in the upper part of the Bins, and one
inch auger hole
bored between the Timbers in the run aft and
forward where
lists cannot be left out, also a hole of one inch
in all the Timbers,
fore and aft, to admit air, and those holes
seared with a
hot iron; all Chocks for securing the frame
Timbers together
are to be split out before the bottom Plank is
worked.
The Cutter to remain in frame for one
Month before closed in, then
when the outside
Plank is worked and all the Sap taken off the
Timbers, and before
the Ceiling is worked, to give the Timbers
a good coat of
Stockholm Tar.