Camp, Walter, 1859-1925, ed · New York, P. F. Collier & son · leaf 228
oat weighs something morethan the paper boat, and while a paper boat is stifferat the outset, it is claimed that the cedar boat holds itsstiffness longer. The length is about sixty feet, andthe depth some nine inches, and the breadth fromtwenty-two to twenty-five in the middle, and varyingdown to a… … Rowing from the button of the row lock to the tip of theblade. In launching a boat the crew take it from therack, carrying it usually keel up to the edge of thefloat, four men being on each side of the boat, andwhen the edge of the float is reached, one set of fourmen hold the boat, or rather they…
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