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A score-hole was cut in the counter. This hole was cut in the port side of the back of the boat to accommodate the sculling oar. This long oar could be used for steering if the sails were up or when others were rowing. It was also used alone to propel the boat. Maneuvering the boat in this way was referred to as sculling.

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Thole pin and whiff
2003
Winterton Boat Building and Community Museum, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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Using oars to row required that hardwood pieces, the width of the covering board and about a foot or so long, be attached at the appropriate gunwale location on either side of the boat. Holes were then drilled straight through them into the covering boards and wooden pegs, called thole pins, were driven into them. A looped piece of rope, called a whiff, was attached over the thole pins. When rowing, each oar was hooked through the whiff. An extra supply of thole pins and whiffs were kept on board as these would experience a great deal of wear.

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A roller is attached
2003
Winterton Boat Building and Community Museum, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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A roller would be attached to the bow of a boat to help haul in the trawl line or to haul up the boats grapnel mooring (anchor and line used to hold a boat at a general location).

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Gangboards
2003
Winterton Boat Building and Community Museum, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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Gangboards (boards cut so they would snugly fit across the mid-ship room) protected the fish when stored in this area. Gangboards also created a platform in the centre of the boat for working, cooking, and eating.

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Dell hole
2003
Winterton Boat Building and Community Museum, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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Usually in the one or two foot wide space between the engine house and the mid-ship room, a section of the floor boards were designed to be removable. This created a dell (a sunken cavity) for bailing out the bilge water (excess water, bait and other waste from hauling trawls and nets).

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Piggin
2003
Winterton Boat Building and Community Museum, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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A piggin (a pail often made of wood) was required to bail the bilge water from the dell.

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Rowing oars
2003
Winterton Boat Building and Community Museum, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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Before engines became available, oars and sails were used exclusively to power boats. As they were still used occasionally after this, mainly for emergency use, they were still kept on board.

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Hand gaff
2003
Winterton Boat Building and Community Museum, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada