Figure 123.—Outrigger canoes: 1, hull or underbody; 2, gunwale rail; 3, bow cover; 4, stern cover; 5, float; 6, fore boom; 7, after boom; 8, thwart; 9, carrying stringer; 10, bow projection (tara kokiri); 11, stern post. a, Atiu: length, 14 feet 2 inches; note slope of bow and tara kokiri projection (10), blunter stern with short upward projection of stern cover (4); carrying stringer (9) passes above after boom (7) and thwart (8) and below fore boom (6). b, Mitiaro: length, 13 feet 10 inches; inside width between gunwale rails at fore boom, 9.5 inches; at after boom, 10.25 inches; fore cover (3) with marked upward curve; length of gunwale rail (2), 10 feet 4.5 inches; stern cover (4) width in front, 9.75 inches and after width at junction with stern post, 3.75 inches; fore limbs of stern cover, 1.25 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 1.75 inches deep; stern post (11), 15.25 inches high, triangular in section with front surface 3.75 inches wide at base and 3.5 inches on each side; at top each stern post surface 1.5 inches wide; float (5), round in section, fore end sharp, after end blunt, and total length, 12 feet 3 inches; fore boom (6) curved, 3 feet 9 inches long with outboard projection on starboard side of 5 inches, crosses gunwale rails 1.5 inches behind their fore ends; after boom (7) also curved, 4 feet long; both booms with short branches and two stays to float; thwart (8); carrying stringer (9), 11 feet long, 1.5 inches thick, passes above both booms and thwart projection, c, Mangaia: length, 15 feet 10 inches; inside width between gunwales at middle, 9.5 inches and at square stern, 6 inches; canoe depth, 16 inches in middle, 15.5 inches at bow, and 11.5 inches at stern; gunwale rail (2), 5 inches deep in middle and 2.25 inches at stern; fore cover (3) depth ranges from 3.25 inches at after end to 2.5 inches at bow; no after cover; float (5), 13 feet 10 inches long; fore boom (6), 3 feet 5 inches long, projects outboard on starboard side for 2 inches; 1.4 inches thick, boom branch 1.1 inches thick, height of boom above float 13.75 inches, and distance between hull and float 29 inches; after boom (7), 3 feet 6 inches long, projects outboard on starboard side for 0.75 inch, same thickness as foreboom, height above float 12.5 inches, distance between hull and float 30 inches; carrying stringer (9), 1.5 inches thick, passes above thwart and below both booms, and 1.75 inches from hull.