HARDWOOD RECORD 



FERIOR SEMI-KXOCKDOWX, CRATED FOR SHIPMENT. 



of the best selected oak, which is haud-fin- 

 ished and receives three separate coats of 

 spar varnish before being sent out. 



It is now time to install the engine. The 

 flooring around the engine bed has not been 

 nailed down, so that the engine is soon in 

 its fixed position, and the entire installa- 

 tion process complete. 



By this time the boat has almost reached 

 the far end of the factory, and it is here 

 that it receives the finishing touches. Four 



In glancing over the entire construction 

 of the boat, one cannot help noting another 

 I)hase of the systematic methods previous- 

 ly referred to. With very few exceptions 

 the men work in pairs, and each pair has 

 its own separate work to do. Thus two 

 men fit the keel and ribs on the form, two 

 others lay and fasten the planking, and 

 still another planes down the hull after 

 the nails have been counter-sunk. One man 

 is kept busy puttying, while his partner is 



mately ten days elapse from the time the 

 first board is planed down to the time when 

 the boat is crated for shipment. 



Besides sending out ' completed boats 

 most concerns sell a knocked-down boat, 

 only partially completed. In other words, 

 the first part of the work, which is the 

 most diificult, is done at the factory, but 

 the later stages in its development, such 

 as the laying of the floors and deck, fas- 

 tening of the coamings, and all similar 



coats of marine paint are applied to the 

 outside hull, and as has been stated before, 

 three coats of varnish add to the appear- 

 ance of the interior. 



The last step before shipment is the 

 thorough testing of the completed boat. 

 Of course it looks all right, but appear- 

 ances count for little unless supplemented 

 by results, and these can only be deter- 

 mined by placing the boat in a tank and 

 actually operating it. 



MPLETED BOAT. 

 engaged in calking. As can be 

 readily seen the men soon become adept in 

 their particular line of work, and so ef- 

 ficiency as well as speed is obtained. 



The ordinary motor boat ranges from 

 sixteen to twenty-four feet in length, the 

 most popular being the "twenty-footer." 

 In the average boat of this size 1-17 feet 

 of cypress are employed and 165 feet of 

 oak. In the ordinary factory one boat is 

 turned out per day, although approxi- 



eft to the purchaser. Of course 

 i are less in price and many of 



work, 



these boats are 



them are sold. 



The several cuts with which this article 

 is illustrated were furnished the Eecord 

 by the Outing Boat Company of Kankakee, 

 111., and they illustrate admirably several 

 of the boats described. Incidentally, still 

 another type is shown in the advertisement 

 of this concern which appears on another 

 paae. Cl.iiREXce Boyle. Jr. 



IX THE TEST TANK— LAST OPEUATIOX liEEORE SIIirMEXT. 



