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A divan makes an extra bunk for a guest 
Proceed to finish the decks. Run 1% x 3-inch yellow 
pine stringers across the end studs 414 inches below where 
the top of the deck will come. Use 2 x 3-inch yellow pine 
deck beams, seven to a deck, including sides, and securely 
nail to the stringer and end board of the hull. A deck of 
1%-inch white pine may then be laid in about 10-inch 
widths or less, and after being well painted, covered with 
No. 10 canvas. As the run boards on either side of the 
hull will serve conveniently as a staging for building, it may 
be well to put them on. The boards themselves are of 
14-inch spruce planks fastened to 1™% x 2-inch yellow pine 
cleats spaced seven to a side, as shown in the plans. They 
are supported by 134 x 2'%-inch yellow pine braces, securely 
fastened to the hull and jogged into the cleats. 
The roof beams should next be put up. These are of 
1%4-inch spruce, 6 inches deep at center and 3 inches over 
sills. This gives a crown of 3 inches, just enough to shed 
waters lhe beams ane spaced 2 feet (om centers) except 
where it may be necessary to vary them slightly so that they 
may serve as a backing for the partitions. 
It is now in order to board up the sides. Use 7% x 6-inch 
rabbeted boards of the type shown in the section. Start 
from the bottom and lay out the widths, as shown in the 
plan, so that they will come right for the finishing bands. 
Nail each board to every stud with two nails, and counter- 
sink and putty the heads. The sides are now ready for the 
finishing bands and window trim. Commencing at the 
corners, put on the vertical trim of 7-inch white pine 6 
inches wide, and also the door trim. Then the horizontal 
band under the windows and the strake at the upper edge of 
cabin, which should be 8 inches deep, and finally the second 
band at cabin top and the window trim, both 4 inches wide. 
All the foregoing should be of 7-inch white pine. The trim 
at the window openings should be set back so that a shoulder 
is created by the studs and sills to form a rabbet for the 
window. The cross section plan will show this. The win- 
dows are hinged from the top and swung outward, as indi- 
cated. 
Proceed to finish up the cabin roof by planking it over 
with 7-inch white pine boards laid in 4-inch widths and 
having a tongue and groove with a beaded edge underneath 
for a finish in the cabin. Paint the top well and cover with 
No. 10 canvas laid in a single piece. It can be obtained 
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in widths as high as 12 feet, and it is much better to use the 
single piece and get rid of seams which are liable to leak. 
Draw the canvas over the edge of the house, and after 
securely fastening with copper tacks cover them up with a 
half-round molding, as shown in the plan. The doors and 
windows should be 1% inches thick, and these plans will be 
sufficient to enable any one to get them out. The doors are 
of the Dutch type, that is, they open in two sections. They 
are more handy and convenient when thus made. 
The first step is to lay the cabin flooring after painting 
the inside of the bottom. The floor may be of 7%-inch yellow 
pine, laid either in 6-inch widths or in narrower widths, with 
tongue and groove. The former width is perhaps prefera- 
ble in this case. Begin at one end and plank athwartship 
on the stringers and corner logs. Sweep out all shavings 
and sawdust as you proceed. After the floor is laid and 
smoothed up, the partitions and cabin fittings are ready to 
go in. 
The interior is arranged to provide sleeping accommoda- 
tion for a mixed company of four. Entering the house- 
boat from the after end the first compartment comprises the 
living-room, which is turned into a sleeping-room for the 
men at night. The doorstep has a removable tread, and is 
used as a locker. On the right a 6% x 3-foot couch is in- 
stalled, fitted with a spring and mattress. Next to this is 
a desk with bookshelves above. Upon the opposite side, 
near the door, is a folding berth, shown standing on end. 
This is built simply like a hollow box, containing an ordi- 
nary spring and mattress. It is lowered down for use and 
afterward up-ended and held by a couple of hooks. In the 
opposite corner is a sideboard with glass rack above and 
drawers beneath to hold table linen. A folding table and 
two or three easy chairs complete the furniture in this com- 
partment. Of course chairs and couch should be bought, but 
it would be more satisfactory to make the desk, sideboard 
and table, and this would not be very difficult if it was done 
simply of oak, in the mission style, and stained. The next 
compartment is for the ladies. Here a double bed is shown 
which may be taken from the house and installed, or built 
in like a regular bunk with drawers underneath or left open 
for the reception of trunks. There are two lockers at the 
foot, one for linen and the other opening, into the 
sitting-rooms for the men’s clothes, and a built-in bureau. 
A writing-table is a necessary adjunct to life on the water 
