272 THE COMPLETE WILDFOWLER 
Thickness of knees (elm) and floor timbers (oak) . 1} in., 16 in. apart. 
Thickness of bottom planks . : : # in. yellow pine. 
Thickness of side planks ; 4 s % in. yellow pine. 
Thickness of deck planks : : ‘ + in. yellow pine. 
Thickness of coaming . 7; in. yellow pine. 
Deck rafters, 2 in. by 1} in. fat, 16 in. Canare 
Gun-beam, 4 in. by 2 in. (oak). 
Stem and stern chocks (oak). 
SPECIFICATION OF SINGLE-HANDED GUNNING-PUNT. 
Length : : : 4 . Sit 
Length of bottom. ‘ : .) 16 ft 9. 
Beam over decks. 5 : 3 ft. 
Width across both (widest oath ; : 2 ft. 218: 
Depth of sides (vertical at widest part) : 6 in. 
Height at stem : . : 6} in. 
Height at stern ; : : 7 in. 
Width of cockpit (widest nace : : 1 ft. 8 in. 
Length of cockpit . : : : 8 ft. 3 10. 
Length of afterdeck . : ; 2 ft. g in. 
Round on foredeck at ennbeain : : 5 in. 
Height from floor to top of gun-beam_ . 4, 1S an. 
Height from floor to main deck rafter aft ; 9g in. 
Kammel on bottom . : 3 : ti in. 
Spring on bottom . : 21 in. 
Thickness of knees (elm) and fete timbers (oak), rin., 15 in. apart. 
Thickness of bottom planks. : i 2 in. yellow pine. 
Thickness of side planks : : : + in. yellow pine. 
Thickness of deck planks : : : zs in. yellow pine. 
Thickness of coaming planks : : 4 in. yellow pine. 
Deck rafters 13 in. by 1 in. (oak), 15 in. ‘apart. 
Gun-beam 33 in. by 14 in. (oak). 
Stem and stern chocks (oak). 
Gunning-Punt: decks removed to show position of side knees, floor timbers, gun-beam, 
and stem and stern chocks 
Other details may be gleaned from the drawings. To 
construct a punt properly the services of a skilled woodworker 
and his tools are indispensable. 
