The Deep Keel.
[Illustration: Fig. 115. Bottom of Canoe, Showing Deep Keel.]
[Illustration: Fig. 116. End View, Showing Deep Keel.]
We planned to use our canoe as a sailboat, and had to provide a deep keel,
which, for convenience, was made detachable. This keel was 6 inches wide,
1/2 inch thick and 6 feet long, and was fastened at the center of the
canoe. Screw eyes about twelve inches apart were threaded alternately into
opposite sides of the keel plate. Corresponding hooks were attached to the
keel in position to hook into the screw eyes, and thus hold the keel
firmly in place.
Canoe Sails.
[Illustration: Fig. 117. The Mast Step.]
[Illustration: Fig 118. The Mainsail.]
[Illustration: Fig. 119 The Mizzen Sail.]
[Illustration: Fig. 120. The Double Paddle.]
Our boat was fitted with two masts, a mainmast and a mizzen or dandy mast.
The former was 6 feet long and the latter 4 feet long, and each measured
1-1/2 inches in diameter at the base, tapering to about 1 inch diameter at
the upper end. They were held in brass bands, or clamps, bent around them
and secured to the bulkheads, as shown in Fig. 117. The sails were of the
lanteen type. The mainsail measured 8-1/2 feet along the boom, 9-1/2 feet
along the yard and 10 feet at the leach.
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