Model of an Armed Longboat

Rigged frame model on a stand. Smooth-sided double-banked barkas, round frame with nearly flat sheer and flat transom; a forecastle, nine thwarts and eight thwart-braces, and an open cabin with side thwarts. Amidships a cooking spit under which a tapering square wooden case with a hole through the hull: heavy anchors were lifted with this. The stem is coppered and fitted with a disc. Three-part frames. Simple rudder with a tiller that fits over the rudder head. The rig consists of a large logger sail and a sprit sail with a papegaai mast as a druil. The lower sledge of the carronade consists of two pieces and runs the entire length of the boat. The carronade is also moved with the cooking spit, which is also used together with the kip support for lifting anchors. As loose parts further a gangway, a pump, two boat hooks, twenty oars, and loading gear for the guns. Scale 1:20 (scale on model).