THE YOUNG SCIENTIST. 
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were decided upon to carry two or three 
persons, though when built, this boat car- 
ried with safety nearly eight hundred 
weight. 
the sides while the boat is in course of con- 
struction. Fig. 7 (see next number), longi- 
tudinal section through stem post or cut- 
water; Fig. 8, cross section through same. 
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Fig. 3.— MIDDLE CROSS SECTION. 
Fig. 6. 
With the aid of the accompanying 
sketches and diagrams, we will proceed to 
describe this boat, and then give the method 
of its construction. Fig. 1 is a side view; 
Fig. 2 is the ground plan, and (upon a 
larger scale) Fig. 4, stern view, rudder re- 
moved; Fig. 3, middle cross section, look- 
ing forward. Fig. 5 shows method of 
marking out one of the bottom boards by 
the use of the other. Fig. 6 is a diagram 
showing shape and dimensions of cross- 
tooard used for a temporary brace between 
Length over all (stem and stern) 14 feet 
Breadth of bottom at middle of length . . 33 inches 
Rake of sides (each) at middle of length. 4 " 
Breadth of bottom at stern 12 " 
Rake of sides (each) at stern IJ " 
Depth of sideboards in main 14 " 
" " at stern 10 " 
Rise of stem and stern above gunwale at 
point of greatest flare 6 " 
The bottom and sides are of half-inch 
clear and well seasoned white pine, planed 
smooth on both sides. To insure symmetry 
and a better balance, both sideboards might 
