page_title: Log canoe
section_title: Hull construction
hierarchical_section_title: Log canoe / Hull construction
caption_attribution_description: English: Interior of a Chesapeake Bay log canoe at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum small boat shed, Saint Michaels, Maryland Français&#160;: Intérieur d'un canot en rondins dans la baie de Chesapeake au hangar à bateaux du musée maritime de la baie de Chesapeake, Saint Michaels, Maryland, États-Unis
context_page_description: The log canoe is a type of sailboat developed in the Chesapeake Bay region. Based on the dugout, it was the principal traditional fishing boat of the bay until superseded by the bugeye and the skipjack. However, it is most famous as a racing sailboat, and races continue to be held.
context_section_description: The typical log canoe is constructed from three to nine logs joined lengthwise and carved to form the lower portion of the hull. Additional height is obtained with smaller pieces fitted together and joined to the outermost (or "wing") logs. The resulting hull is sharp-sterned and shallow, and a centerboard is added which pierces the center (keel) log.
  Details of construction, particularly at the stem and stern, varied over the region. Also, Virginia boat builders did not use models, whereas most Maryland builders would start from a half-model of the hull. Surviving log canoes range in length from 27 to 35 ft. on-deck. One example is the buyboat F.D. Crockett at the Deltaville Maritime Museum in Virginia.
caption: Log canoe hull showing construction, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
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