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Description: | Scale: About 1:12. A full hull model of a Masula surf boat (circa 1890) made entirely in wood and other organic materials and varnished overall. The double-ended hull is made from wide sewn planks constructed carvel fashion and caulked on the inside with over-sewn coconut fibre rope. There is no keel and the stem and stern posts project below the flat bottom. Painted on the port and starboard bow and stern: ?2?. It is equipped with seven leaf-bladed composite paddles and a larger steering oar. The model is mounted on a pair of shaped wooden crutches and displayed on a rectangular wooden baseboard with rounded edges and four bun feet.
TRIM Reference GEN/36368
caption: Masula surf boat, port � bow
caption: Masula surf boat, port broadside
caption: Masula surf boat, starboard broadside
caption: Masula surf boat, starboard stern quarter | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | boats models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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