Harper's boating book for boys; a guide to motor boating, sailing, canoeing and rowing (1912)
Davis, Charles G. (Charles Gerard), 1870-1959, ed · New York, London, Harper & Brothers · leaf 208
ing, constructways and haul out, scraping and painting as in the be-ginning of the season. If the bottom should need only aslight cleaning and polishing, slacken one of the guy-ropes BOATING BOOK FOR BOYS so that the boat will rest on its side, and scrub clean withwater and a stiff brush, polishing… … METHOD OF SCRAPING BOTTOM STEPPING MAST WITH SHEARS If you are so fortunate as to possess a racing sail and spars,unship the old ones and ship the racing sails and spar.If you have not, your boat is about ready. Remove allextra weights (except ballast), and if movable ballast is per-mitted take it…
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