BOYS' BOOK
OF
MODEL BOATS
A TWO-FOOT STEAMBOATA TWO-FOOT STEAMBOAT
Making her way across the park pond. Ten miles an hour is a common speed for a boat of this type
BOYS' BOOK
OF
MODEL BOATS
BY
RAYMOND FRANCIS YATES
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM DRAWINGS AND
PHOTOGRAPHS



Emblem



NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
Copyright, 1920, by
The Century Co.



Printed in U. S. A.
TO
LAVERNE YATES
A BUILDER OF MODEL BOATS
PREFACE
Every boy likes to build boats. The interestin boats seems to be born in the race. Thelittle three-year-old chap is instinctively attractedby a puddle of water in which to sailhis "boat," which may take the form of apiece of shingle or common board. Fewmen have passed through their boyhooddays without having built boats at some time.
The author was an ardent boat-builder,and he well remembers how he combed theChildren's Department of the local libraryin search of a book that would tell him somethingabout boats, and especially for informationregarding the construction ofmodels. He found books on model airplanes,toys, electricity, radio, and chemistry,but alas! nothing about model boats. Hevowed then that when he became a man hewould write a book on model boats—a bookthat would contain all the treasured informationhe had accumulated during his boat-buildingyears.
This book is the result of that vow, andthe author earnestly hopes that it will gladdenthe heart of every boy who builds andsails a boat. There are probably few happiermoments in a boy's life than when hesees his little model steamer proudly makeher way across the park pond, or his littlesail-boat respond to the summer breeze.
The author takes this opportunity to thankhis wife, who acted as his amanuensis in thepreparation of this manuscript.
Raymond Francis Yates.
CHAPTERPAGE
I Why a Boat Floats3
II The Hull12
III How to Make Simple Boats, with and without Power Drive26
IV S                        
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