Harper's boating book for boys; a guide to motor boating, sailing, canoeing and rowing . at when she runs away or comes to is a fishing-line with a sinker attached. It is a goodplan to cover the sinker with cloth, so that it will notdamage hull or spars if it chances to hit them. The sinkermay weigh three ounces or so, and the line should be aslong as the owner can manage. The sinker is thrown sothat the line will fall across some part of the rigging or hull,and the weight of the sinker will enable the owner to pullthe boat ashore. The method described in this chapter of hollowing o
Harper's boating book for boys; a guide to motor boating, sailing, canoeing and rowing . at when she runs away or comes to is a fishing-line with a sinker attached. It is a goodplan to cover the sinker with cloth, so that it will notdamage hull or spars if it chances to hit them. The sinkermay weigh three ounces or so, and the line should be aslong as the owner can manage. The sinker is thrown sothat the line will fall across some part of the rigging or hull,and the weight of the sinker will enable the owner to pullthe boat ashore. The method described in this chapter of hollowing out asolid piece of wood is probably the best for boys. A secondmethod is to saw out some planks in the middle, gluethem together, and pare them down. Experts make theirmodels by timbering and planking as in the case of realboats. Chapter III SUGGESTIONS FOR SLOOP MODELING WITH the assistance of a few practical designs, drawnon a scale, the correct form of the newest sloop yachtsin America can be easily shown to you in a way that willhelp any boy if he wants to build a model. They are. HINTS ABOUT RIGGING, GROPES, BLOCKS, STAYS, AND SHROUDS 37 BOATING BOOK FOR BOYS divided into two classes, known as the regular and fin(keel). Look carefully at the plan of sail area and hull,and mark out your block, which should be of soft and well-seasoned pine free from knots. Take a fine rule and meas-ure each part of the design; for instance, if the deck istwo and one-half inches, multiplied by ten it would giveyour model twenty-five inches for deck, or ten times thesize of your draft. This is the way a yacht-builder con-structs the vessel from the designers plans. The Fin-keel The easiest model to make and the fastest is the your block of wood and shape it into a form resembling acigar; cut this in two lengthwise; be sure and have all yourwetting surface take a slight outward curve; bring the sterndown to a knife-edge (see side view of hull, Fig. i), and giveit a broad sweep on
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