Thursday, April 9, 2009
Keelboat
May 14, 1804. The keelboat was the one of the boat that is going on up Missouri with the us. It was a durable craft that was fifty-five feet long and eight feet wide, and has a draft of about three feet. The cabin in the back had a canvas awning, a fore castle, and a thirty one foot hold. In the boat there is storage lockers on both side of the ship. The boatmen can use them as walkways. The boat had benches in the middle that can seat about twelve oarsman on each side. The boat has a thirty-two foot mast which can be lowered because it is hinged. On the mast was a mainsail and a foresail. You can sail, row, or pole the keelboat.
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6 comments:
I like the detailed description maybe next time you could scan in a pic or drawing of what you think it would look like.
Picture?
Great job, and great description of the keel boat
Thats a good subject to right on
Excellent description of the keelboat, Dan. I agree with some of your messmates, it would be interesting to see picture(s).
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