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Identifier: ForeststreamXXIIA (find matches)
Title: Forest and stream
Year: 1873 (1870s)
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Subjects: Periodicals Hunting Fishing Outdoor life Sports
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : (Forest and Stream Publishing Co.)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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canoes, many details which were once considered as essential, bemgnow condemned and new ones takmg their places The canoe heredescribed was designed by Mr. W P. Stephens, of the New York C C.,for general crui.sing about New York, and also to sail with boats ofsimilar dimensions in the club and Association races. The design differs in some details from the type heretofore commonin America, the stem being plumb to gain the length on waterime,with as little over all length as possible; and for the same reason aswell as to hang the rudder properly, the stern is .vertical above tliewateriine, while below it is rounded bo dly away into a rocker of 2inin the keel, by which ease in turning is secured; there is no sharpkeel to dig in the mud when launching stern on, and there is no largedeadwood or scag outside to warp, as they, always do. J^e mi; f™Psection has a little deadrise, as the boat is intended to carry l^allast,for which room is provided under the floor, the bilge has an easy turn
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