A DOUBLE-COCKPIT LAUNCH OF 1927

17'4" x e'O"

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It would be interesting to know the background of and edge-fastened to restrain it from shrinking
this launch, under whose deck lies a giant inboard and leaking through the seams. Forward the hull
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engine. Notations on the drawings imply that the is round-bilged, while aft of amidships the bilge
customer may have been the United States Coast becomes decidedly sharp-cornered along the
Guard. A rum-chaser, perhaps? No matter her rabbeted chine log. If the size of the engine is any
service, the lifting rings fore and aft allow her to be indication of its horsepower and if the venturi-
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hoisted on davits, maybe those of a larger vessel. type windscreen is indicative of the boat's speed ,

And because she'd be spending most of the time this craft was more speedboat than launch.
out of the water, the cedar planking is ship-lapped Catalog No. 11.34

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