Jan. 7, 1886.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



47B 



This form is used as the fractions are much more easily remembered 

 than if halves, quarters and eighths were used together. 



Length over all 

 Leneth waterlir 



DIMENSIONS OP SNEAKB0XE8. 



12ft. 



12ft. 



14ft. 

 14fc. 











9ft. 6in. 



lift. lln. 



Beam 













Sft. 7in. 



4ft. 2in. 



Deoth amidshins . . 











lOin. 





ll*in. 















68in. 





Sin. 



Sheer, stern 













lin. 





1 in. 



Draft 















Sin. 





6in. 



Fore side of stem to— 

 Mast 









2ft. 3*in. 



Sft. Sin. 



TriinTr 











set. llin. 



4ft. 7in. 











5ft. 2in. 



lift. Bin. 



WpII. aftAr find 









9ft. 10* in. 



!»ft. 



Well, width, extreme 







. 1ft. 9in. 



Sft. lin. 



Rowlon.ks 













9ft. 











7-16in. 





\iVCL. 



7-16in. 



Thickness of deck- 









7-1 6in. 





Timbers 



5 











. , IxJ^in. 



Ix9-16ia. 



SDacinir of timbers ... . 









lOin. 





10m. 







TABLES OF 



OFFSETS. 











TWELVE FOOT SNEAKBOX. 











Heights. 







Half-Breadths. 





Station 























Keel. 



Deck. 



Deck 



No. 1. 



LWL 



No. 8. 



No. 4. 



Keel. 



Diag. 





rt. In. 



Ft. In. 



Ft. In 



Ft. In 



Ft. In 



Ft Id 



Ft la 



Ft, In 



Ft. In. 







1 32 



1 88 













1* 







1 



81 



1 2 



8 











16 



7« 



2 



44 



1 06 



1 18 



86 



53 







18 



1 0« 



8 



13 



114 



1 5= 



1 16 



112 



76 



18 



1" 



1 33 



4 



03 



105 



1 7' 



1 43 



1 2 



11 



68 



2 



1 4' 



5 







101 



1 9 



1 58 



1 8* 



1 06 



8* 



22 



1 5* 









10 



1 9* 



1 63 



1 4 



1 12 



91 



2* 



1 56 









10 



1 91 



1 83 



1 4 



1 11 



8^ 



22 



1 5* 



8 



03 



10 



1 8" 



1 '56 



1 83 



1 03 



76 



21 



1 53 



9' 



12 



101 



1 78 



1 43 



1 18 



103 



3' 



2 



1 4* 



10 





102 



1 6* 



1 23 



108 



51 





2 



1 3 



11 



4* 



lO'i 



1 48 



103 



3' 





2 



1 11 



12 





11 



1 2« 



06 









2 



106 















FOURTEEN FOOT SNEAKBOX. 







1 6 



1 64 















1* 







1 



108 



1 4' 



82 











16 



78 



2 



6 



1 33 



1 33 



7* 









18 



1 11 



3 



2' 



1 2 



1 6' 



1 1* 



10» 



5* 





1' 



1 4* 



4 



1 



1 1 



110 



1 5* 



1 38 



11 



53 



2 



1 6^ 



5 



02 



1 OS 



1 116 



1 78 



1 51 



1 16 



86 



21 



1 81 



6 







118 



2 08 



I 9 



1 63 



1 S' 



101 



23 



1 86 









11* 



2 1 



1 9* 



1 68 



1 8* 



106 



2* 



1 8' 



8 







11* 



2 08 



1 9* 



1 68 



1 33 



10* 



2* 



1 8^ 



9 



02 



11* 



2 0= 



1 91 



1 62 



1 28 



96 



2* 



1 8* 



10 



0» 



11* 



1 116 



1 8 



1 51 



1 13 



7 



23 



1 V 



11 



2 



118 



1 10* 



1 63 



1 2^ 



101 





22 



1 68 



12 



86 



1 



1 92 



1 37 



11 



82 





22 



1 51 



13 



58 



1 0* 



1 73 



113 



28 







21 



1 3 



14 



8 



1 1 



1 5* 



06 









2 



1 0* 













iV^o/e.— The fractions in this table are all eighths of an inch. 



When the lines are laid down the stern piece or transom is marked 

 ofiE and three moulds are made— one at the midship section. No. 6 or 

 7, and the others between it and the ends. The keel is flat, usually 

 4 to 5in. wide and Hto% thick, the half breadths in the design being 

 given in the ninth column of the tables. The stocks must be built 

 up at each end to represent the curve or rocker of the keel, column 

 second of the tables; being straight amidshlp but rising at the ends. 

 The keel is screwed down on the stocks, being " wet with hot water, if 

 necessary, to aid it in bending, and the transom is nailed to it at the 

 aftei- end. The centerboard and slot are left until the boat is 

 planked. The three moulds are now fixed in place and firmly braced, 

 after which three ribbands of some straight-grained wood, each 

 about IxMiU'i are bent around on each side and screwed to the 

 moulds, transom and fore end of keel, which latter takes the place of 

 a stem. The oak timbers are next steamed, bent into their places 

 and held by nails through the ribbands. The method of planking 

 will be described next week in connection with the "Barnegat 

 Cruiser." 



The builders at Barnegat usually timber their boats with sawn 

 frames of cedar, each IJ^in. square, spaced 1 foot apart; but we give 

 the method with steamea timbers, as stronger and better. If sawn 

 frames are used, each is laid off from the lines on the floor and two 

 pieces are sawed— one for each side. These meet at the middle of the 

 keel and are joined by a short floor. In the regular sneakbox the 

 cockpit is narrow and rectangular, and may be completely closed by 

 two batches. The coammg has a small bead around the outside, at 

 the top, and the sides of the hatches have similar beads around the 

 inside, at the bottom. Each ha If-hatch is slipped on from the end, 

 and the beads engage each o ther so that the hatches cannot be 

 Ijf ted off, but must be slid back. A padlock and hasp holds them 

 together 



The centerboard is one of the most peculiar features of the craft. 

 It is of the form termed "dagger board," somewhat like a scimeter, 

 and is not pivoted but simply slides up and do^m in a narrow case, 

 being lifted out entirely and laid on the floor when not in use. Its 

 form is shown by the dotted lines in the drawing, it being there 

 represented, for economy of space, as lying on the floor in the cock- 

 pit. This board is simple, and throws the center of effort aft instead 

 of forward, as with the pivoted board, thus allowing the trunk to be 

 well in the bow and out of the way. Witti the stem so much cut 

 away and the board so far forward, the balance of the boat is badly 

 distributed, and must be partl.y remedied by the sail plan if the boat 

 is to handle fairly weU, both with and without board. The considera- 

 tion of sailing trim would place the board mu-h further aft, but it 

 would encroach too much on the space required for sleeping, etc., so 

 a compromise, as shown, is necessary. The boat is sometimes sculled 

 with one oar, and in sailing the oar is used for steering, but a rudder 

 is usually preferred for the latter purpose. The usual form of row- 

 lock is sbown in the desigo. Two cleats of oak are screwed to the 

 deck about 6iii. apart. Eacn has a %ixi. hole bored near the outer end 

 in which an oak crosspiece turns. To this crosspiece a block is 

 screwed m which is the socket for the rowlock. This block may be 

 folded down on deck or swung up and held in position by a wooden 

 brace. 



Partly to compensate for the low freeboard and partly as a con- 

 venient stowage place for oars, guns, decoys, etc., a washboard 4 or 

 SiH. high is built entirely around the gunwale and stern, as will be 

 shown in the Barnegat Cruiser. This washboard is sometimes fixed 

 and sometimes movable at will, and some boats it only incloses the 

 stera and after half, from the rowlocks aft. The outline of the apron 

 is shown iK the drawing. It is of canvas, tacked to the deck, and 

 may be propped up with a small stick. The usual rig of the gunning 

 boK is a small sprit sail, that on M.r. Bishop's boat being 7ft. 8in on 

 foot, 6ft. 6in. on luff, 4tfc. on head, and 9ft. Sin. on leach. Of late the 

 balance lug has been used with success on sneakboxes. and we shall 

 give plans in connection with the other boats, as this sail is a very 

 eonvenieat one. In 1879 a 16ft. box was built by J. Kilpatrick, of 

 Barnegat, for sailing only. This boat, the Snark, and her successor, 

 me Bojum, have been usei on Long Island Sound ever since for 



