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dugout boat made from aspen or poplar.

A log 40 m long is cut from a tree with a diameter of 50-4 cm. They clean it from the bark and trim both ends, giving the future boat a spindle shape. Then, along the entire log, every 10 cm, longitudinal and transverse lines are marked and at the intersection they are checked with a 5 mm gimlet or holes are burned with a nail on the sides to a depth of 2,5-3 cm, and at the bottom by 4-3 cm. a corresponding length peg made of pine bark or wooden, painted with bright paint.

After that, two notches 20 cm wide each and a groove 10 cm wide between them are cut through in the upper part of the log. The core is cut through them with an ax and an oval adze and a chisel. You need to hammer until crumbs of pine bark or painted pegs appear in the chips. Thanks to this, the sides and bottom of the shuttle are obtained with the desired thickness.

When the entire middle of the log is selected, the future boat is turned upside down, installed on a goat or on chocks, and a smoldering fire is built under it for the entire length, trying to steam the wood well. An hour later, when it becomes pliable, it is slightly bred 10-15 cm to the sides and burst with chopsticks. The boat is poured with boiling water and after half an hour - an hour it is still bred by 10-15 cm and bursting with longer sticks. So, pouring boiling water and heating with a smoldering fire from below, the steamed shuttle is bred to a width of 80-100 cm and then fixed with frames, transverse struts made of curved birch branches in accordance with the size of the divorced shuttle.

The finished boat is dried in the sun, while outside it is tarred. They do not make oarlocks in it, but float with the help of a one- (two-bladed) oar or pole.

The sides can be built up with boards, then the displacement and carrying capacity of the boat will rise.

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