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Old 03-24-2010, 11:51 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by Acres per Second View Post

Earlier NH Boating Guides (available free at marinas and registrars) show a full-sized kerosene lantern displayed by a non-paddling paddler. How do you paddle while holding a lantern?
It's a row-canoe that uses two oars similar to a Piantedosi (www.rowingrigs.com) setup, and by making a lantern holder from bent bamboo that looks somewhat like a '?' so's to hold the lantern suspended correct. This is all very olde designs from "How to Oar Your Boat" from 1947.
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