. New games and amusements for young and old alike. of one-half bowsprit measures seven inches in length,with a diameter of five-eighths of an inch at itslarger end, and tapering slightly toward its the spars aside until they are thoroughlydry, which will take some time, and then plugthe ends of all of them, excepting the lower endof the mainmast, with sealing-wax. Cut twolong slits in the lower end of the mainmast, onopposite sides, each about three inches in length(see Fig. lo). The purpose of these slits I willexplain further on. While the spars are drying start to work on
. New games and amusements for young and old alike. of one-half bowsprit measures seven inches in length,with a diameter of five-eighths of an inch at itslarger end, and tapering slightly toward its the spars aside until they are thoroughlydry, which will take some time, and then plugthe ends of all of them, excepting the lower endof the mainmast, with sealing-wax. Cut twolong slits in the lower end of the mainmast, onopposite sides, each about three inches in length(see Fig. lo). The purpose of these slits I willexplain further on. While the spars are drying start to work on the hull, and as follows: Cut out a piece of stiff cardboard six inches in width and thirty inches in length. Then draw a pencil line down 152 A PAPER YACHT THAT WILL SAIL its long centre. With a foot-rule intersect thisline every three inches, and at each intersectionmeasure off to the right and left the distancesin inches as marked in diagram (Fig. ii). After « , u- 3 -V- •I- - Ml -h21*| ; ?2\ *2\-^;--- -/ r2irV2i^- -?-/ HsV Fig,12. Fig. 13 Fig. this take a lead pencil and draw a line connectingthese distance points with each other, whichwill give you the curved lines for your out on these curved lines with a pair ofsharp scissors, and also in exact centre of deck,153 NEW GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS and at a distance of ten inches from the bowcut a hole three-fourths of an inch in this hole your mainmast will pass lateron, Now take another piece of cardboard thesame length as the deck and three inches inwidth, and mark this off also into three-inch sections, as shown in n i1 ^ Fig. 12. This centrepiece, for such Ishall call it, isstraight on one side Fi( iiS and curved on theother. Now lay your deck fiat down on the tableand lay the straight edge of the centre pieceexactly on the marked pencil line and at rightangles to it (see Fig. 15). When perfectly uprightfasten it to the deck with plenty of ribs are made of cardboard one-half
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