Harper's boating book for boys; a guide to motor boating, sailing, canoeing and rowing . At the bow just ahead ofthe forward long cross-piece or spreader step the mast, andat the stern make the rudder-post trunk, taking care to useplenty of white-lead and lamp-wick so as to render thejoints water-tight. Put a line of braces through the middleof the frame, then begin at the bow and plank the bottomwith boards not more than three or four inches wide. With the planking on and the braces, spreaders, and trunkin position the frame will appear as shown in Fig. 28. Thedeck planking is of strips seven
Harper's boating book for boys; a guide to motor boating, sailing, canoeing and rowing . At the bow just ahead ofthe forward long cross-piece or spreader step the mast, andat the stern make the rudder-post trunk, taking care to useplenty of white-lead and lamp-wick so as to render thejoints water-tight. Put a line of braces through the middleof the frame, then begin at the bow and plank the bottomwith boards not more than three or four inches wide. With the planking on and the braces, spreaders, and trunkin position the frame will appear as shown in Fig. 28. Thedeck planking is of strips seven-eighths of an inch thick andthree inches wide. Begin at the middle of the boat by lay-ing down a strip six inches wide by one inch and a quarterin thickness. Drive the deck planking close to this andsmear the points with white-lead in which the lamp-wickingis embedded. Make all the fastenings with galvanized boatnails and drive the heads well into the wood with a nail-punch so they can be puttied and covered from the actionof the water. An outer flat keel is laid along the bottom 86. /=/G2S
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