Harper's boating book for boys; a guide to motor boating, sailing, canoeing and rowing . dle at the end 52 A BOAT WITH A SCREW PROPELLER of the tube, holding the screw firmly with the other soon as wound up enough set the rudder and put the boatinto the water; release the screw, and the boat will go untilthe elastic is quite unwound. The distance it will travelwill be regulated by the extent to which the elastic is woundup. Chapter VI PADDLE-WHEELS FOR A SMALL BOAT SEVERAL years ago, while staying with friends who livedin New Jersey, on the banks of one of the prettiest riversin the St
Harper's boating book for boys; a guide to motor boating, sailing, canoeing and rowing . dle at the end 52 A BOAT WITH A SCREW PROPELLER of the tube, holding the screw firmly with the other soon as wound up enough set the rudder and put the boatinto the water; release the screw, and the boat will go untilthe elastic is quite unwound. The distance it will travelwill be regulated by the extent to which the elastic is woundup. Chapter VI PADDLE-WHEELS FOR A SMALL BOAT SEVERAL years ago, while staying with friends who livedin New Jersey, on the banks of one of the prettiest riversin the State, I conceived the idea of making for myself aside-wheel paddle-boat; and going to work with what I hadon hand, succeeded so well in my undertaking that I wishto let my young friends enjoy the same privilege. I givea working sketch for a boat of three-feet beam and under,so that my readers may follow measurements and have onefor themselves. (Fig. i). Applicable to Any Boat A particularly good feature of this contrivance is thatthe whole machinery may be applied to any boat, and may. Fig. I 54 PADDLE-WHEELS FOR A SMALL BOAT be taken off and put on at will, and without doing eitherboat or wheel any damage. Any boy with some mechani-cal ability, and at very little expense, can make and runhis own paddle-boat, and if he derives as much pleasurefrom the making and working of it as I did, he will beamply repaid for all his trouble. Hubs and Spokes The first thing to do is to go to the carpenter and getsix strips of pine one inch thick by two inches wide, and
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