Figure 243.—Stern seat and hand hold:

1, stern seat; 2, stern cover; 3, fishing rod post; 4, gunwales; 5, aft boom; 6, hand hold: a, stern seat to aft boom, from above, the stern seat (1) in position, 2.25 inches from stern cover (2) fits over both gunwales (4) with which it is flush on outer edges. The hand hold (6) consists of a bent ironwood branch 0.75 inches in diameter. A hole bored through inner projecting part of left gunwale 7.5 inches from aft boom; sennit braid fastened to slightly flattened aft end of branch with slip noose, passed through hole in gunwale and turns taken around branch to fix aft end; a couple of circumferential turns around lashing between branch and upper surface of gunwale; braid run spirally around branch to reach other end which is lashed to aft boom with oblique turns (7) around boom and branch and circumferential turns (8) finished off with couple of half hitches (9), around oblique turns. b, Under surface of stern seat, length 18.25 inches, width 6.5 inches, made of plank 2 inches thick, under surface out away at ends (1) to 3.5 inches wide and 1 inch thick to fit over gunwale; intermediate part (2) hollowed out to 1 inch thickness, leaving a raised flange (3) along edges including allowance for groove (4) cut in middle line of aft edge; c, stern seat, back view showing thinner ends (1) to fit over gunwales, the raised flange (3) with mesial groove (4) and two pairs of holes (5) bored transversely through flange.