Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 361
FIG. 19. SHOE, TILLER, AND RUDDER OF AN ICE-BOAT. Shanks with bolt-tops and collars pass throughthe holes made in the shoe-blocks FF, and aresecurely held with nuts screwed down on wash-ers so as not to cut the wood. The rudder >(B in Fig. 19) is a chisel-edgedpiece of steel, 12 inches long,… … FIG. 20. A WIND-RUNNER. that a nut will hold the tiller in place. Theshoes can be made only of steel or iron, aswooden ones are useless. The mast is 12 feet high and 3^ or 4 inchesin diameter, slightly tapered near the top. Thegaff is 6 feet long, and the boom 12 feet. The mainsail measures 8 feet…
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