Editing Coracle (section)

====Design====
Indian coracles are either saucer or bowl shaped and circular, with the greatest diameter across the mouth. The circular coracles in Iraq are very similar, but they have convexly curved sides, and thus the mouth is not the widest part.<ref name=man/> Indian coracles are on average about 7.3 feet (2.24 metres) in diameter,<ref name=Sean>{{cite book |last1=McGrail |first1=Sean |last2=Blue |first2=Lucy |last3=Kentley |first3=Eric |last4=Palmer |first4=Colin |title=Boats of South Asia |date=2004 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-203-21689-7}}{{page needed|date=January 2021}}</ref> but can still hold eight people at a time.<ref name="row">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/05/12/stories/2007051251900500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070527173311/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/05/12/stories/2007051251900500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 May 2007 |title=Row, row, row your boat |date=12 May 2007 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=31 January 2013}}</ref> Other kinds of coracles usually can only hold one person.<ref name=oneperson/> Indian coracles, and coracles in general, are made of [[bamboo]] and take about a day to build, given all the necessary materials.<ref name=Sean/> The bottoms of the boats are covered in [[Hide (skin)|hides]], sometimes with sheets of plastic, or sometimes the bottom is tarred in order to make them waterproof.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Palmer |first1=Colin |last2=Blue |first2=Lucy |last3=McGrail |first3=Sean |title=Hide Boats at Hogenakal on the River Kaveri, Tamil Nadu |journal=South Asian Studies |date=January 2001 |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=199–207 |id={{INIST|13550447}} |doi=10.1080/02666030.2001.9628601 |s2cid=192182900 }}</ref> In modern times, a sheet of [[LDPE]] plastic is often embedded between two layers of bamboo. Coracles are steered and propelled using a single paddle from the front of the boat in the direction of travel, making them unique.<ref name=Sean/>