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The Indian Paddling Canoe.
[Illustration: Fig. 124. Center Form.]
[Illustration: Fig. 125. Intermediate Form.]
[Illustration: Fig. 126. The Stem Piece.]
[Illustration: Fig. 127. Skeleton Frame of Canoe.]
[Illustration: Fig. 128. Section at Center of Canoe.]
Our sailing canoe proved such a good one that we decided to build a
second. This was to be much lighter, for paddling only, and of the true
Indian shape, with wide, bulging sides and raised stem and stern. The
dimension of the forms used are given in Figs. 124 and 125. These forms,
it will be observed, were notched to receive the keelson and gunwales. The
keelson was formed of 1-inch spruce 3 inches wide and 10 feet long. The
stem and stern, which were both of the same shape, were cut from a 12-inch
board to the form shown in Fig. 126, and were firmly secured to the
keelson. This made the boat 12 feet long. The forms were then set in place
on the keelson, one at the center and the others three feet each side. The
gunwales were formed of 3/4-inch by 2-1/2-inch spruce, and the twelve rib
bands used were of the size used in our first boat. As none of these forms
was to remain in the boat, nails were driven very lightly into them, with
heads projecting so that they could easily be withdrawn when it was time
to remove the forms.
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