What to do and how to do it; the American boys handy book (1920)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 133
ar notch. When these strips are nailed on I04 summer. the sides (Fig. 77) the notches cut in them form the rowlocks.Put in more nails near the rowlocks than elsewhere, to help towithstand the greater strain that that part has to bear. Theend of the boat nearest the rowlocks is the stern. Of oak… … Fig. 77. set 6 inches below the top of the side boards (Fig. J]^; the aftedge of the seat should be about i foot forward of the row-locks. A bow and stern seat should be made for passengers ; theseseats need not set so low as the one occupied by the oarsman,and may be made of boards nailed across…
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