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[Illustration: Fig 110. Side View of the Canoe Frame.]
[Illustration: Fig. 111. Lacing the Canvas on the Frame.]
Stretching on the Canvas.
[Illustration: Fig. 112. Tacking the Canvas to the Keel.]
The frame was laid in the center of the canvas and the latter drawn around
it. Then with a large needle and strong twine we sewed both edges of the
cloth together with long stitches, lacing the canvas over the frame as a
shoe is laced over a foot. This done, the boat was turned deck downward
and the canvas was tacked to the keelson. In each case, before driving in
a tack a daub of white lead was applied, to water-proof the spot. At the
stem and stern a gore (narrow triangular piece) was cut out of the canvas
so as to make it lie smooth on the frame, and white lead was painted in
between the overlapping edges. The canoe was then turned deck upward and
the lacing tightened, while we carefully worked out all wrinkles in the
cloth. After tacking the canvas along the gunwales on the outside, it was
trimmed off, leaving sufficient margin to be brought over the gunwales and
tacked inside. Two triangular pieces were cut out for the decks, and these
were lapped over the outer canvas and tacked to the gunwales.
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