U.S. Life-Saving Service and U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Craft History
Tim Dring, Commander, U.S. Naval Reserve-Retired
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Monomoy Type Pulling/Sailing Surfboat

Neither self-righting nor self-bailing; 26’0”-26’8” LOA x 6’8”-6’9.5” maximum beam x 2’7” depth amidships; sheer of gunwale 1’6”-1’7”; most built with 4 thwarts for a total of 8 oars rowed double-banked; sprit sailing rig of jib and mainsail with centerboard (some had lug rig); weight ~2100lbs.; 14-person capacity; clinker built of cedar planking over oak frames with galvanized fasteners; pine thwarts, spruce spars; most with end air cases; two versions of the wooden Monomoy pulling surfboat were designed and built, one for use by coastal rescue stations all of which were clinker built, and one for use as a cutter boat most of which were carvel built
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