100 NICHOLLS'S SEAMANSHIP ANT) NAUTICAL KNOWLEDGE

piece. In boats of 29 or 30 feet in length the size would be almost
6x3 inches.

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Bilge Stringer
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The hog piece.—Of elm or oak, about 5x1 inch in large boats.
The keelson,—Of elm, oak, or pine, about 5x3 inches in large boats,
The bilge stringer.—Of elm, larch, or pitch-pine f inch thick and 3 to
4 inches wide.
The through bolt passing through keelson, hog piece, and keel,
The filling pieces underneath the landing edges of the planking.