Harper's boating book for boys; a guide to motor boating, sailing, canoeing and rowing . /=-/G //. the boards are brought together, and the fastenings are ofgalvanized nails clinched at the inside. The battens, ofcourse, are on the inside, but the nail-heads are on the out-side or bottom of the boat. A stem and stern-piece (Fig. 13 A and B) are cut from 74 BOATS WHICH BOYS CAN BUILD hard-wood, and to these the wooden sides are made fastat both ends. The bow and stern of a dory have more ofa rake than those of a sharpy as may be seen in Fig. top of the bow extends out beyond the bottom at
Harper's boating book for boys; a guide to motor boating, sailing, canoeing and rowing . /=-/G //. the boards are brought together, and the fastenings are ofgalvanized nails clinched at the inside. The battens, ofcourse, are on the inside, but the nail-heads are on the out-side or bottom of the boat. A stem and stern-piece (Fig. 13 A and B) are cut from 74 BOATS WHICH BOYS CAN BUILD hard-wood, and to these the wooden sides are made fastat both ends. The bow and stern of a dory have more ofa rake than those of a sharpy as may be seen in Fig. top of the bow extends out beyond the bottom at leastfrom fifteen to twenty inches, while the stern overhangs thekeel about twelve inches. The sides flare out nine inches atboth sides amidships, so that the total width of beam isforty-two inches for a dory fourteen feet long. Planks sixteen feet long are necessary with which tomake this dory, for when they are sprung out at the sidesthey take up on the length. They can be six inches wide,and are made fast to ribs along the inside^ of the boat andattached with galvanized boat nails. In Fig.
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