Boat-Building and Boating
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Boat-Building and Boating by Daniel Carter Beard comes with many illustrations by the author. The preface says the book is not for yacht-builders but 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. The preface says the book begins with the most primitive crafts composed of slabs.
A narrator recounts that he and a companion, inexpert swimmers at the time, had at first intended to build a raft but gradually evolved a sort of catamaran. The text says that the general principles of sailing are as simple as the national game of one ole cat. The text says that an equally good house-boat should not cost over twelve dollars a week per passenger for a party of ten.
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- Author
- Daniel Carter Beard
- Pages
- 137
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Engineering
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