“No,” I replied. “What do you want it for?”
“I want to rig up a skate sail. If you have an old sheet, that will do just as well.”
“Well, I guess I can find you an old sheet. Do you think you can make one?”
“Sure thing,” answered Bill, and off we went to the house, where I received my first lesson on the practical genius of my chum.
“Bill’s” Skate Sail.
Fig. 3. Laying Out the Sail.
The old sheet which Mother furnished us was laid out on the floor and two corners were folded over to the center, as shown in the drawing, making a triangle with base 7 feet long and sides each about 4 feet 6 inches long. The surplus end piece was then cut off, and a broad hem turned and basted all around the edges of the triangle. Bill wanted to work the sewing machine himself, but Mother was afraid he would break something, so she sewed down the hem for us. Then, under Bill’s supervision,
