Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 76
hesides of the trunk at the middle of the boat,as shown at D in Fig. 3, where it is nailedto the keel at the middle and to tlie loweredge of the sides at the outer ends. Aninner keel 6 inches wide is laid over thebottom planking through the center of theboat from stem to stern. The centerboard is… … ^^^ ■ ■-J ^^^^^ A KUWl.NGCAI A.MARAN. (SEE PAGE 642.) the centerboard projecting below the bottom ofthe boat, for if the boat should suddenly comeinto shallow water or upon a bar or rock, theslanting front edge of the board will gently andgradually raise it out of danger. An eye and 642 THE…
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