Indoor games and recreations : a popular encyclopædia for boys (1888)
Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910, author · London : Religious Tract Society, 56 Paternoster Row, 65 St. Paul's Churchyard and 164 Piccadilly · leaf 321
HOW TO BUILD BOATS , PUNTS , CANOES , ETC. 275 stern post. Those edges of the strips which would press into the canvas must be planed off. The ends, especially near the keel, will require care in fitting (Fig. 6). It is better to drive no nails through the strips except at the ends. Those parts of… … direction of motion of the canoe, as such projections seriously retard its progress. All the edges of the strips which would be liable to work through the canvas should be shaved off as before mentioned. Next for the coamings round the well in which to sit. This should be made generally strong.…
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