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Show 448 water. The Evinrude motor and hinged on the boat so that it could be set at an angle with the boat or straight down. If the propeller struck an obstacle the pin would break, the motor being rigidly set. The passenger boat had a gear shift but only high and reverse were used. R. 1133- 1137. " Q. Could you use that gear shift to plow through the send? " A. No, just left it in high gear all the time because we got better results." R. 1156. The big boat was about seventy- five feet long, fourteen or fifteen feet wide, constructed of heavy material, the sides being three inch plank and the bottom double planked and calked with oakum. It was built very heavy so as to withstand the racket. At first it had a square- end front, afterward a pointed how was put on, this being necessary in order to part the water better. It was first equipped with an automobile engine and than with a Nalkushaw motor and a new paddle wheel. The Evinrude boat was a keel boat but the others were all flat- bottomed. The large flat- bottomed boat was built in February 1925. R 1158- 1159 He helped build the addle wheel and installed the motor on the big boat. The wheel was eight feet high, twelve feet across, and had |