Popular Science Monthly 



117 



For short trips and pleasure rides in protected waters the day cruiser is the most desirable of 

 all boats, as it can be handled readily and will travel at a fair speed under favorable conditions 



hour is the safest and most satisfactory. 



There are three ways of obtaining a 

 motor-boat; the first is to have a boat 

 designed to order by an experienced naval 

 architect in which all of the whims and 

 fancies of the owner may be incorporated. 

 The second is to purchase what is termed a 

 "stock model"; the third is to pick up a 

 second-hand boat for a small sum and put 

 it into condition. For 

 the man who can afford 

 the service of a naval 

 architect, this article 

 will be of little interest, 

 but for the man who 

 must select a stock 

 model craft, or who is 

 willing to experiment 

 for two or three seasons 

 with second-hand boats 

 until he is sure of the 

 exact kind of boat he 

 desires, it will be help 

 fid. 



As quantity pro- 

 duction greatly re- 

 duces the cost of 

 any class of goods, 

 the cost of the stock 

 model motor-boat is 

 relatively low. This 

 is due to the fact that 

 a certain plan is used 

 for a large number of 

 boats which are all made 

 up at the same time; so 

 the cost of designing, 

 patterns, labor and inci- 

 dentals is not charged up 



Deck plan of the neat glass cabin 

 cruiser shown in the photograph below 



against one particular boat but against a 

 large number. A few years ago the num- 

 ber of stock models which it was possible to 

 obtain was limited, but on account of the 

 great popularity of motor-boating recently 

 there is now scarcely any model which can- 

 not be termed "stock." 



The "second-hand boat" method is the 

 one which is undoubtedly the most satis- 

 factory in the end. 

 Some of these boats 

 only need new hulls; 

 the power plant is 

 usually in good con- 

 dition. At the pres- 

 ent time boats rang- 

 ing from twenty to 

 twenty-six feet are 

 the most popular. 

 Real bargains in boats 

 of this size are compar- 

 atively scarce, but 

 as we go into the 

 class of the thirty- 

 five and forty- 

 footers, the bar- 

 gains are more 

 frequent. 



The most vital 

 point of a motor- 

 boat is always the 

 hull, below the 

 water line and 

 near the keel. 

 The condition 

 of the timber 

 may. be readily 

 determined by 

 jabbing the 



A glass cabin cruiser affords plenty of 

 head room and is adapted for rivers 



