Boat-Building and Boating

by Daniel Carter Beard

Centrepiece

In [Fig. 219] you will notice that there are two sides and a centrepiece, but this centrepiece is not necessary for the ordinary open boat, shown by [Fig. 218]. Here you have one of the simple forms of house-boat, and you can make it of dimensions to suit your convenience. I will not occupy space with the details of this boat, because they may be seen by a glance at the diagrams, and my purpose is to tell you how to build the American boy's house-boat, which is a more elegant craft than the rude open scow, with a canvas-covered cabin, shown by [Fig. 218].

Fig. 219.—Unfinished.