| CHAPTER | PAGE |
| I. | How to Cross a Stream on a Log | [3] |
| II. | Home-Made Boats | [8] |
| III. | A Raft that Will Sail | [18] |
| IV. | Canoes | [25] |
| V. | Canoes and Boating Stunts | [33] |
| VI. | The Birch-Bark | [48] |
| VII. | How to Build a Paddling Dory | [69] |
| VIII. | The Landlubber's Chapter | [74] |
| IX. | How to Rig and Sail Small Boats | [96] |
| X. | More Rigs of All Kinds for Small Boats | [111] |
| XI. | Knots, Bends, and Hitches | [123] |
| XII. | How to Build a Cheap Boat | [139] |
| XIII. | A "Rough-and-Ready" Boat | [154] |
| XIV. | How to Build Cheap and Substantial House-Boats | [163] |
| XV. | A Cheap and Speedy Motor-Boat | [184] |