MiCMAC Rough-Water Canoe, Bay Chaleur. 

 Bathurst, N.B.) 



{Photo H. V. Hendei 



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within reach of the steersman by a half hitch to a 

 crossbar fixed well aft across the gunwales. The 

 sail, nearly rectangular and with little or no peak, 

 was laced to the mast, and the sprit was supported by 

 a "snotter" lanyard tied low on the mast. A sprit 

 boom was also carried by some canoes; this was 

 secured to the clew of the sail and to the mast, a 

 snotter lanyard being used at the latter position. 



The mast was secured by a thwart pegged, or 

 nailed, across the gunwale caps. Sometimes, the 



thwart was also notched over the caps, so that the 

 side-thrust caused by the leverage of the mast would 

 not shear the fastenings. The crossbar for the sheet 

 was sometimes similarly fastened and fitted, with its 

 ends projecting outboard of the gunwales. The heel 

 of the mast was sometimes stepped into a block, 

 which was usually about 5 inches square and IK inches 

 thick, nailed or pegged to the center bottom board, 

 or sometimes it was merely stepped into a hole in the 

 center bottom board. The bottom boards, usually 



Micmac Rough-Water Sailing Canoe, Bay Chaleur. 

 (Canadian Geological Survey photo.) 



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