Figure 69. Modern canoe, indirect connections between boom and float: a, aft view; b, view from outboard; c, top view. Outrigger boom (1) attached to float (2) by outer connecting stave (3) and inner connecting stave (4); stave width same as boom diamater, upper ends slightly concave to accommodate round boom, lower ends sharpened to longitudinal edge driven into boom in slanting position; hole (5) in middle line a little below upper edge of staves; slip noose (6) passed around boom, sennit (7) passed through stave hole to form loop (8) over boom; sennit passed back through hole to make second loop over boom on inner side of stave and then repeated on outer side; one or two circumferential turns (9) made transversely around vertical lashing turns between stave and boom, end tied to set of vertical lashing turns between stave and boom, end tied to set of vertical turns with overhand knot; sennit braid carried across to second stave and lashing of two inner and outer turns around boom with two circumferential turns repeated.