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Davis raft

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— West Coast

an ocean-going raft constructed of layers of logs, used mostly for short tows.

Quotations

1942

. . . raft (Davis raft) --invented by Davis at Port Renfrew, B.C.; a boom of logs capable of being towed in heavy seas bound up with cables.

1944

. . . you are the donkey man, / The sky line and the Davis raft; the high rigger and the tug-towed boom of logs. . . .

1965

Then the Davis raft was designed in 1913. Logs were wrapped in bundles by wires and chains. This proved for many years the best raft to withstand rough seas, and served for forty years. The Davis was 475 feet long and 30 feet deep, 16 feet above sea level, and carried 3,600,000 board feet.