26-foot Merryman Type Pulling/Sailing Lifeboat
Self-righting/self-bailing, 26ft. 7.5in. LOA, 7ft. 4.75in. beam, 3ft. 3.5in. depth, 2ft. sheer of gunwale, four thwarts for a total of eight oars rowed in double-banked configuration, raised air cases built into bow and stern plus side air cases, two-mast sprit sailing rig, carvel built hull of mahogany planks over oak frames, iron keel, 3343lbs. displacement, six copper through-bottom relieving tubes