Mystic Seaport: 2005.8

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Accession Number: 2005.8
Category: WATERCRAFT
Type: flat bottom skiff
Maker: Cape Cod Shipbuilding Co.
Place: USA, MA, Wareham
Date: 1937
Materials:
Description: Flat bottom skiff designed and built by Cape Cod Shipbuilding Co., Wareham, MA, 1937; 2 planks per side, cross planked bottom, with bottom side board shaped so that a "chine log" is incorporated into the plank itself (most unusual construction) to give "meat" into which fastened the bottom planks; 2 rowing positions with galvanized Davis Pattern oarlocks; remnants remain of cotton rub guard at gunnell; white topsides, green bottom, cream insides, green seats; Equipment: 2 oars; oarlocks.