How to Build and Sail a Small 



Boat— II. 



By Stillman Taylor 



{Concluded from May Issue) 



IN rigging the boat with a single sail, 

 known as "cat-rig," the mast should 

 be stepped well forward, say about 

 i8 ins. from the stem. If a sloop rig is 

 preferred, the mast is stepped farther 

 aft, to make more room for the head-sail 

 or jib. The cat-rig is the best for a 

 small boat. It is faster and is much 

 more easily and quickly handled. In 

 any case, where the hole is cut in the 

 deck, a mast-block must be screwed 

 firmly on the underside of the deck, and 

 a second block with a hole cut in the 

 center for the heel of the mast to set in, 

 is screwed to the floor directly under 

 the mast-hole in the deck. 



The boat should be painted with 

 three coats of good paint, and to avoid 

 the difficulty of reaching the extreme 

 parts of bow and stern after the decking 

 is on, paint these places as the work 

 progresses, not forgetting to paint the 

 bottom underneath the keel, and the 

 inside of the centerboard trunk. A 

 single coat of thick paint will suffice. 

 The outside, or the entire coaming may 

 be finished "bright" if desired, in which 

 case give it three or four coats of good 

 spar varnish. 



The mast may be rounded by planing 

 and tapering a spruce or white pine or 

 cedar stick, 3 ins. by 3 ins.; or a natural 

 pole of the required diameter may be 

 cut in the woods. Make it 3 ins. in 

 diameter from heel to deck, then a 

 uniform taper to the top which should 

 be 2 ins. Square the heel to fit the mast 

 step, making a loose fit, to allow for 

 swelling. A round spar is not at all 

 difficult to make. Simply plane off the 

 four corners, then take these corners off 

 to make it six-sided. Now plane these 

 six corners off and a nearly round spar 

 is secured. Scrape round with a steel 

 cabinet scraper, and finish with sand- 

 paper. 



The boom should be about 2j^ ins. 

 in the center, tapering to 2 ins. at the 



foot (mast end) and about i>^ ins. at 

 the other end. The gaff may be made 

 2 ins. in the center, tapering to 1% ins. 

 at either end. Both boom and gaff 

 should be made at least 6 ins. longer 

 than the width of sail, to allow for 

 stretching of the canvas. A goose-neck 

 attachment may be used to attach the 

 boom to the mast, or a patent sail hoist 

 may be used for both boom and gaff. 

 These are expensive, and the ordi- 

 nary boom and gafT-jaws will answer. 

 Jaws may be purchased with cleats and 



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Deck-Pulley 



Cleat 



Sister-Hook Pulley 



Bow-Chock 



These diagrams show the construction of 

 several small parts of the boat 



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