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 237
boats see Chapter vii. 220 SIMPLE TYPES OP BOATS Skiff For more exposed bays and rivers where waves are aptto be encountered the skiff model is better. This boat isa little more difficult to build, but any bright boy canmake one. The only difference is that the front end, or bow,is drawn in to a… … Fig. 2 cross-pieces to nail the boards to. A skiff looks much morelike a real boat than a punt does. Among yachtsmen thishandy and serviceable skiff used to be looked down upon as1 cheap, but that is all the more of a recommendation. It isa boat any boy can save up money enough to build. The…
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