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stores rest. It is a protection to the planking, and keeps crew and stores above any small amount of water that may be in the canoe’s bottom.

BRACE. A cross bar of wood placed in a rack (to adjust to any length of leg) on the bottom board of a canoe against which the feet rest or brace themselves while their owner is paddling.

BULKHEADS. Partitions dividing the hold into compartments. They may be permanent, in which case the planking of sides and deck are nailed to them and an attempt is made to render them water-tight; or they may be movable, and simply used as partitions.

CAMBRE. The arch of the deck. Sheer is the curve of the deck fore and aft; cambre, the curve of the deck athwartship.

CARLINES. Deck beams fastened to the planking at the gunwale on which the deck planking is fastened. Technically, they are pieces of timber fastened between beams in a fore and aft direction.

COAMING. A plank on edge fastened to side-frame of well and completely surrounding the well to prevent deck wash from coming inboard.

DEADRISE. The angle (if less than a right angle) made by the junction of planking with the keel. The section given on page 38 shows no deadrise. This canoe is said to have a flat floor i.e., flat bottom.

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