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By the BROOKS SYSTEM 



There is no reason why you cannot own as good a boat as the best! 



boat factories can produce if you will use your leisure time to advantage 



and build it yourself. The fact that anyone using the Brooks System, no matter 



how inexperienced he is in the use of tools, can build his own boat at the cost of a 



little lumber and a few nails, has brought boats within the reach of all. 



All the boats built last year, by all the boat factories in the United States, com- 

 bined in one fleet, would not equal the number of boats built during the same time 

 by novices using the Brooks System. Our catalogue gives pages of testimonials with 

 photographs of the boats built by amateurs using the Brooks System. 



The Brooks System consists of exact size printed paper patterns of 

 every piece that goes into the boat, a complete set of half-tone illustra- 

 tions showing an actual picture of each step of the work properly done, 

 detailed instructions to build, covering the entire construction of the 

 boat, and an itemized bill of all material required and how to secure it. 



We tell you how to lay the pattern of each particular part on the proper piece 

 of material and exactly how to cut — you cut. We then tell you how to fasten each 

 part in its right place — what kind of a nail to use — how to drive it — you drive it. 



You need no mechanical ability, the Brooks System supplies this — how is shown in the catalogue. 

 Many professional men are taking up the Brooks System lor mental relaxation — for the pleasure of 

 working with their. hands and for exercise. 



We have started hundreds in the boatbuilding business. One man built sixteen boats from one 

 set of patterns last season; another built ten; the material costs very little; we furnish the design; 

 they did the work and sold the boats at a big profit. 



You need buy nothing from us but the patterns. We have them of all kinds and sizes, from small 

 rowboats and and canoes to sea-going jachts. We have over 50 styles and sizes of boats and boat 

 patterns, each one perfect in design for its purpose. Our catalogue illustrates the product of the 

 best staff of designers in the world 



Over ten thousand amateurs throughout the world successfully built boats by the 

 Brooks System in 1905. When so ordered, patterns are expressed, charges prepaid, 

 C. O. D, , allowing examination. 



KNOCK DOWN BOATS 



complete from keel to cushions and fittings. We send you a complete Knock Down 

 Boat, even to the paint, at a cost of very little more than the cost of the raw material. 



Illustrated Catalogue of All Our Boats Free. 

 BOOKS WE PUBLISH. 



Useful Information for the Amateur Yachtman and Boatbuilder. Price, 25 cents. 

 The Princ ; ple and Operation of Marine Gasolene Motors. Price, 25 cents. 

 Book of Designs for Practical Boat Builders. Price, 25 Cents. 



BROOKS BOAT MANUFACTURING CO. 



Originators of the Pattern System of Boat Building 



503 Ship Street Bay City, Mich., U. S. A. 



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