Boat-Building and Boating

by Daniel Carter Beard

Building Material

Select lumber that is free from large knots and other blemishes. Keep the two best boards for the sides of your boat. With your saw cut the side boards into the form of [Fig. 219]; see that they are exact duplicates. Set the two pieces parallel to each other upon their straight or top edges, as the first two pieces shown in [Fig. 220]. Nail on an end-piece at the bow and stern, as the bumper is nailed in [Figs. 221] and [222]; put the bottom on as shown in [Figs. 196] and [210], and you have a simple scow.