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Show ( dies dles ) . The boat drew about 30.9 eighteen inches of ( wa- wa ) ter light ; when loaded it would probably draw ( twenty-one twentyone tNventy-one tNventyone ) inches . The paddles on the wheel were constructed of ( twelve-inch twelveinch ) boards and the boat was loaded toward the front so that the wheel would not extend more than eighteen inches beneath the ( water NN-ater NNater ) . ( R . 1159-1160 . ) The wheel beams , you might call them , extend over the back of the boat a distance of half ( way -way way ) of the wheel , or a little more , so as to have some ( clear clear- clear ) ( ance cance ) between the wheel and the boat ; consequently while the boat is empty the beam projected over the back ; it would be a little lower if the front end ( of of' of ) the boat is loaded ( heavily hea-vrily heavrily ) ; it brings the front end down and the back end up a little , that is , out . ( at it ) the centey of the wheel ; consequently you ( don't dont ) . change the position of the paddle wheels very much , ( inaybe i'naybe inaybe ) two or three inches or . three or four inches at the outside , probably , in depth . ( R . 1160 . ) The paddles on the wheel did not extend quite . as far down as the bottom of the boat . ( Until T-Tntil TTntil ) February , 1925 , he had never had any ( ex- ex ) perience in operating boats on the Colorado River except a trip or two with the Evinrude boat when lie went down the river on a pleasure trip or ( hunt hunt- hunt ) ing deer , but ( didn't didnt ) have much pleasure ( R . 1161 ) , because of the difficulty in getting any place while on the boat . ( "Would Would Would ) get stuck on a bar . If the ( pro- pro ) peller would happen to hit a rock or anything , it would shear a little pin ( off-fixed offfixed ) to shear off , so it ( wouldn't wouldnt ) tear up the motor . This Evinrude motor |