. Forest and stream . with painted canton flannelbetween, and the sides of the trunk will be of lin pine, well stern is of oak, lin. thick, and the planking is 9-16in., carvelbuilt, with copper nails riveted, if for salt water. The frames are ofsteamed oak, lJ4in. sided and lin. moulded, spaced 13in. No gun-wale is needed, the deck plank, %in. ihick, being screwed to theupper streak, along the adjoining edges. The deck beams are ij^x%in., spaced 12iu. The deck may be covered with canvas, laid inpaint, and thoroughly painted outside. For rowing, oarlocks are fittedto the gunwale o
. Forest and stream . with painted canton flannelbetween, and the sides of the trunk will be of lin pine, well stern is of oak, lin. thick, and the planking is 9-16in., carvelbuilt, with copper nails riveted, if for salt water. The frames are ofsteamed oak, lJ4in. sided and lin. moulded, spaced 13in. No gun-wale is needed, the deck plank, %in. ihick, being screwed to theupper streak, along the adjoining edges. The deck beams are ij^x%in., spaced 12iu. The deck may be covered with canvas, laid inpaint, and thoroughly painted outside. For rowing, oarlocks are fittedto the gunwale outside of the coaming. They are of either wood orbrass, and are fitted so as to fold flat on deck, when not in dimensions of sail and spars are as follows: Mast, deck to hounds 15ft. Mast, diameter at deck 3in Boom 16ft. Boom, diameter 2in Yard . ..?..lOft. 2in. Yard, diameter lUin Foot of sail 15ft. 6in. Luff, 9ft. 7in. Head 9ft. sin. Leech aoft. Tack to peak 19ft Clew 10 throat 16ft. 10m --^ea 160 sq. is fastened to the fore end of the boom, leading down to an eyeboltin the deck just abaft the mast, thus preventing the tack of the sailfrom falling forward. The sheet may be made fast to one quarter,leading through a block on the boom, and one on the other quarter,to hand, thus being out of the way of the tiller. The Barnegat Bay boats usually have a canvas apron or screenforward, Castened to the deck, so as to keep off all spray. Beingvery stiff, the sneakbox is an excellent boat for youne sailors, andalso for pleasure sailing on the shoal bays that abound along ourcoasts. The prices given iu another column are for the best boats built toorder, but for ordinary hunting purposes a cheaper boat may befound at Barnegat, for about half the price there given. A VISIT TO A SNEAKBOX BUILDER. THE builder of the best sneakboxes found in Ocean county, N, Jis Capt. George Bogart, who has turned out, during the pasttwenty years, many successful specimens of this class of ducl
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