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Those on the port has 'em on their right, just where you will put them when you boat your oars after you have done using them. THOSE ON THE PORT HAS THEM ON THEIR RIGHT JUST WHERE YOU WILL PUT THEM WHEN YOU BOAT YOUR OARS AFTER YOU HAVE DONE USING THEM
round part between the blade and the handle. Can you remember that if you haven't writ it down?" "We know all that like a book," replied Fred Harper. "This is a carvel-built boat; that is, her planking runs fore and aft," Uncle Ben explained, using gestures to indicate the direction. "Planking may mean boards or thinner stuff. The planks are jointed at the edges so as to fit close, and the spaces between are stuffed with oakum, which is called calking. A clinker-built boat is put together in the same way, but one plank laps over another; and we generally call this kind of boat a lap-streak. Now, youngsters, we are going to take the oars--not yet, till you know how to do it. The first command of the coxswain will be 'Up oars!' They lay now across the thwarts." "Across what?" asked one of them. "The thwarts: lubbers call them the seats," replied the old seaman, laughing. "You set backwards when you row, all facing the coxswain. Them as is on the starboard side has the oars on their left.  IS THE PART YOU TAKE HOLD OF THE LOOM IS THE ROUND PART BETWEEN THE BLADE AND THE HANDLE CAN YOU REMEMBER THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT DOWN WE KNOW ALL THAT LIKE A BOOK REPLIED FRED HARPER THIS IS A CARVAL BUILT BOAT THAT IS HER PLANKING RUNS FORE AND AFT UNCLE BEN EXPLAINED USING GESTURES TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION PLANKING MAY MEAN BOARDS OR THINNER STUFF THE PLANKS ARE JOINTED AT THE EDGES SO AS TO FIT CLOSE AND THE SPACES BETWEEN ARE STUFFED WITH OAKUM WHICH IS CALLED CALKING A CLINKER BUILT BOAT IS PUT TOGETHER IN THE SAME WAY BUT ONE PLANK LAPS OVER ANOTHER AND WE GENERALLY CALL THIS KIND OF BOAT A LAP STREET NOW YOUNGSTERS WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THE OARS NOT YET TILL YOU KNOW HOW TO DO IT THE FIRST COMMAND OF THE COXSWAIN WILL BE UP OARS THEY LAY NOW ACROSS THE THWARTS ACROSS WHAT ASKED ONE OF THEM THE THWARTS LUBBERS CALL THEM THE SEATS REPLIED THE OLD SEAMAN LAUGHING YOU SET BACKWARDS WHEN YOU ROW ALL FACING THE COXSWAIN THEM AS IS ON THE STARBOARD SIDE HAS THE OARS ON THEIR LEFT
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