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Show 608 Evinrude motor was a " Sixteen foot boat about four feet beam; as I remember it, had about twenty- inch sides. They called it a modified Galloway type boat; just a cheap boat." It drew from eight to ten inches with the load they had on it and in it. R. 1475 " The motor was fastened on the back. The way the boat was decked over, the propeller wasn't very deep under water; when we started out we tried to tie th boats together tandem, but we couldn't tow them that way." R. 1475 There was in the neighborhood of a thousand pounds in the holds of the boat with the Evinrude motor; " there were two of us on the deck." The other two boats " were sixteen- foot boats, rounded sides; we called them lapped side boats; they were riveted; the bottom was rounded just a little bit; had about thirteen inches flare -- that is, rake, rather. " Q. I don't understand that. What does that mean? " A. From the amidships it comes up this way ( indicating); the bottom of the boat is not level." R. 1475- 1476. The particular advantage of the flare is that it makes it easy to handle the boat; sort of a pivot to turn on. The boat was of the Galloway type, decked over. The ribs were of oak, and the rest of it was cedar or space. The draft of the boats was about eight inches loaded, " I should say; they didn't draw as much water as the other boat." R 1476. Mr. Chenoweth was in charge of this party. The purpose of the expedition from Greenriver down |