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How to Row, Sail, and Build a Boat, Handsomely Illustrated, Giving Full Instruction in Rowing, Sailing, and Building A Boat. Also Advice in Swimming and Riding. The Most Complete and Cheapest Book Published.
Author
Tousey, Frank.
Date Added
9 January 2014
Format
Journal
Language
English
Publish Date
1900
Publisher
New York : Frank Tousey
Series
Ten cent handbooks > no. 26
Source
Dime Novel and Popular Literature
Alternate Title
Ten cent handbooks -- no. 26
Topic
Popular literature > Specimens. Boats and boating > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Sailing > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Riding > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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now To ROW, SAIL AND BUILD A BOAT. 13
a keel, rudder, rowlocks, &c. Perhaps before proceeding any
further, it would be as well to caulk your boat: to do this, you
must obtain some tow and also some tar or pitch, in which you
must well soak your tow, and with the blade of an old knife
rain it well into all the joints and crevices: it is all-important
that you do this well, for if at all hurried your boat may be liable
to leak.
Proceed now to make the keel: this must be of oak about an
inch deep and about the same width ; it must be securely
screwed along the bottom of your boat, having done which you
may pitch the bottom well all over as an additional security 01
its being water-tight.
The rudder, which is represented in fig. 5, now remains to he
made; this must be shaped as shown, and a piece of wood must
also be screwed at right aiiglns to the top of it (see fig. 5). This
is in order that the rudder maybe worked by the two small
ropes, as will be seen b fig. 1. Two small hooks, D D, must
now be fixed in your rm der, in order to hang it on to the stern;
these can be made out oi some st rong iron wire, one end being
firmly inserted into the rudder, and the other bent as shown.
As yet on have nothing on which you can hang your rudder;
you wi 1 have therefore to cut a strip of wood (AA, lig. 4), and
screw it on to the end of the stern, taking care to fix it exactly
in the middle; into this you must insert two pieces of iron wire
and bend them round so as to allow the rudder to be hooked
on (see fig. 4).
The rowlocks and seats next require to be made; for the for-
mer eight pieces of oak neatly I‘0und(:d, and about an inch in
diameter, will do eapitally; they must he llxed into either side
of your boat, as shown in (lg. 1. The seats can be best made
out of deal, some little care bein-,: taken to secure these firmly,
or else some (lay, perchance, whilst rowing, llwy might give
wag, which, to say the least, would be wry unpl:-lasmit. You
have now only to secure two strings to the top part of your rud-
der, in order that the same may be worked by any one sitting in
the stern of your boat.
In order to be quite sure your bout is water-tigzht, you had
better, if possible, anchor liq-I‘ in sorno water. and then place
seine heavystones in her; should no water leak in durin;:twelve
hours, you may be certain your boat is per foot, and only requires
to be painted.
The best colors to use will be-.for the outshlo, white relieved
by a thin strip of blue; and for the inside, a light blue. Your
seats might be made more C‘OlllfOl'till>l0 by tying: or nailinga small
cushion upon them-and your boat is ilni.<"‘sd.