Vince Dalrymple wrote: > No, that's the boat's gunale (some PWer correct my spelling, please, and > I sincerely promise to enter it correctly into spell-check). Dave Seng wrote: > Correct spelling is gunwale, pronounced gunnel. This area is alternately called the sheer. (I've sometimes seen it spelled shear, but I'm not sure that is correct). On boats with an angled sheer, it could be called a gunwale. With a deck that smoothly curves into the hull, there really is no gunwale, so sheer would probably be most appropriate. On canoes, the upper edge of the hull (usually banded with wood or bent or extruded metal) is always a gunwale. Shawn *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun May 14 2000 - 11:46:29 PDT
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