Boat-Building and Boating. Daniel Carter Beard

       Spreader

       The Stem-piece

       Don't

       The Seats

       The Keel-Board

       The Skeg

       To Fasten on the Skeg

       A Guard Rail

       To Transform an Ordinary Skiff or Scow Into a Sailing-Boat

       CHAPTER XIII A "ROUGH-AND-READY" BOAT

       The Stern-piece

       Use Rope for Binding

       Planing the Bottom

       The Deck

       Ready for the Water

       How to Make the Sail

       How to Reef Her

       CHAPTER XIV HOW TO BUILD CHEAP AND SUBSTANTIAL HOUSE-BOATS

       A Unique Navy

       Some of These House-Boats

       Big Square Sails

       House-Boat as a Fashionable Fad

       A Flat-Bottomed Scow

       Building Material

       Centrepiece

       The Sides of the House-Boat

       Make Four End-Pieces

       Now for the Bottom

       The Bumpers

       The Hull May Now Be Painted

       Twenty-Odd Ribs

       The Cabin of this House-Boat

       Deck-Ribs

       The Boat May Now Be Launched

       The Keel

       Side-Supports for the Cabin May Be Erected

       Use Ordinary Flooring

       The Hatch

       Upper Deck

       The Rafters

       Box In Your Cabin

       This Roof

       To Contrive a Movable Front

       The Rudder

       A Pair of Rowlocks

       Two or More Ash Poles

       The Locker

       A More Simple Set of Plans

       Canvas-Cabined House-Boat

       Information for Old Boys

       The Cost of House-Boats

       For People of Limited Means

       Street-Car Cabins

       CHAPTER XV A CHEAP AND SPEEDY MOTOR-BOAT

       The Stern-Board

PREFACE

       Table of Contents

      This is not a book for yacht-builders, but it is intended for beginners in the art of boat-building, for boys and men who wish to make something with which they may navigate the waters of ponds, lakes, or streams. It begins with the most primitive crafts composed of slabs or logs and works up to scows, house-boats, skiffs, canoes and simple forms of sailing