House and Garden 
“the conch shell” at its anchorage in boston harbor 
about the entire boat to keep out the water 
and to raise the doors for one’s head. This sill, 
with a strong header, formed two parallel lines 
around the entire boat, to which we nailed the 
doors, butting them together and covering the 
joints with a batten, making them sufficiently 
tight from rain and air. The two top panels 
of the doors that occupied the spaces for my 
windows were removed and an old sash that 
just fitted the opening was made to slide to 
either side. The bow and stern have a square 
projection made of heavy planks strongly 
bolted to the deck, giving a more symmet¬ 
rical effect, and destroying any similarity to 
a sailing boat, as in this design I have wished 
to convey the 
idea of a float¬ 
ing bungalow 
rather than 
anything of a 
sailing craft. 
The rooms 
are all ample 
in size, with a 
generous liv¬ 
ing-room and plenty of space in the state¬ 
rooms for single iron beds. In the galley 
there is an iron bed for the man, with cotton 
draperies drawn across to shut this off from 
the rest of the room. A hatch in the mid¬ 
dle of the floor gives access to a roomy 
storage below. Shelves are placed all about 
above the sink, with racks and hooks for the 
dishes; white cotton curtains run around on 
a string, giving a most tidy appearance to this 
painted white service portion. On a blue- 
tiled counter is a yachting stove for cooking 
purposes. The water is kept in two big Sicilian 
water jars standing outside at either side of 
the door. The passage is direct to a hall 
run ningacross 
the boat and 
the saloon. In 
this hall we 
have our 
breakfast, 
when it is too 
windy to use 
the roof gar¬ 
den, and we 
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