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Introduction NATURE made it inevitable that Americans and Canadians should be water-loving peoples. To say nothing of the descent of the earlier newcomers from maritime nations, the vast stretches of American coast-line with the many sheltered harbors, and the innumerable lakes and rivers of the continent, made it natural that the canoes of the Indians should be followed by a multiplication of improving boat-types down to the incredibly swift racing motor-boat of to-day. The story is illustrated in the waters about New York, both in the variety of craft in the neighborhood of the Hudson's mouth, and in the change which this great Indian water-route has witnessed from paddle to gasolene, from stately processions of birch-bark canoes to tip-tilted hydro-planes rushing over racing courses at the rate of thirty-five miles or more an hour. Now, since this is a book of the present and future, not of the past, the modern motor-boat naturally has a prominent place. But the motor-boat does not represent the first stage of boating. The first step is to learn to be at home in the water as well as on it. Learn to swim. In accordance with the plan of Harper's Practical Books, which is to explain how to do things one's self, the subject of boating is introduced by instructions how to make model boats and other craft, an amusement which will also convey very valuable knowledge. Next comes the making of boats for actual use. All this will lead to an understanding of types and actual construction, which will always prove of value. From boat-building the reader advances to boat-sailing, an art which involves manifold practical considerations: the choice of a boat, its outfit and care, the management of helm, sheet, and sails, and a study of different types and models. These helpful and comprehensive chapters on sailing and sail-boats will afford useful hints even to Corinthians who pride themselves on their experience. In the important part of the book devoted to motorboats and their outfit and management the aim has been to afford a working A B C of motor-boating. It is a subject which has, suffered in much of its literature from the two extremes of mere superficial description on the one hand, and purely technical treatment on the other. The aim of the writer, an expert of the widest experience, has been to make clear every step and every difficulty which will be met with in actual practice. The engine, its installation, and the many matters in connection with mechanism, carbureters, batteries, wiring, gasolene, ignition, and the unexpected questions which arise in running are taken up carefully and thoroughly, and the result is a vade mecum for owners of motor-boats which will be invaluable, even though these owners have attained man's estate, and motorboating has become a matter of actual usefulness, not of amusement. Canoeing obviously requires less written explanation, and, therefore, the part devoted to this subject is limited to a little practical advice, in addition to instructions in building a simple canoe. In the part devoted to rowing a former Varsity oarsman explains how to row and how to organize a boat club and build a house. The closing chapters have a peculiar interest. They afford a complete history of our oldest college race that between Harvard and Yale which shows the evolution of rowing methods; and there is also an account of the Poughkeepsie race, and a glance at amateur rowing elsewhere. A dictionary of technical terms has been added with particular reference to motor-boating. The keynote of Harper's Practical Books is usefulness. It would have been possible to fill many chapters with descriptions of boating oddities and toys; but the remarkable appreciation which the public has shown of a series of books which aim straight at the mark indicates that Harper's Boating Book will afford a measure of usefulness which has not been provided in other books on the subject. It seems proper to call attention to the thorough illustration of the subjects treated, with diagrams, plans, and pictures, and particularly to the careful drawings which Mr. Davis himself has made to accompany his explanations of the equipment and management of the motor-boat. Table of Contents INTRODUCTION Part I FIRST AID TO BOATING CHAPTER I. SWIMMING COMES FIRST THE FRIENDLY WATER THE BREAST STROKE CONFIDENCE FLOATING - DIVING UNDER WATER THE SIDE STROKE ON THE SURFACE FANCY SWIMMING Part II HOW TO MAKE PLAY BOATS CHAPTER II. MODEL YACHTS, By Charles Ledyard Norton THE PLAN BALLAST AND KEEL SIZE OF THE BOAT SPARS AND RIGGING ACCURATE DRAWING SAILS THE HULL DECK FITTINGS CUTTING AWAY THE WOOD SEAMANSHIP FINISHING THE HULL A SELF-ACTING HELM SOME RULES FOR NAVIGATION CHAPTER III. SUGGESTIONS FOR SLOOP MODELING, By Percy Ashton THE FIN-KEEL PAINT AND VARNISH DECK AND SPARS FLAGS CHAPTER IV. HOW TO MAKE A TOY STEAMBOAT, By Victor Smedley THE MOTOR-POWER THE HULL THE CABIN CHAPTER V. A BOAT WITH A SCREW PROPELLER, By F. Chasemore MAKING THE MACHINERY THE PROPELLER POWER CHAPTER VI. PADDLE-WHEELS FOR A SMALL BOAT, By C. F. Post APPLICABLE TO ANY BOAT ASSEMBLING THE PARTS HUBS AND SPOKES COST PADDLES HAND-POWER ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE WHEELS Part III HOW TO MAKE REAL BOATS, By Joseph H. Adams CHAPTER VII BOATS WHICH BOYS CAN BUILD PUNT AND SCOW A CENTER-BOARD SHARPY A SHARPY A PROA A ROWING DORY OF THE OLD TYPE A SWALLOW A SAILING SHARPY A POWER-BOAT CHAPTER VIII CATAMARANS A ROWING CATAMARAN A SAILING CATAMARAN A SIDE-WHEEL CATAMARAN CHAPTER IX. HOUSE-BOATS AND RAFTS A HOUSE-PUNT A HOUSE-RAFT A FLOAT Part IV SAIL-BOATS AND SAILING CHAPTER X BUYING A SAIL-BOAT SOME GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS A THOROUGH TRIAL IS THE BOAT SOUND? DIFFERING MODELS OVERHAULING THE BOTTOM THE CAT-BOAT RIG MAST, SAILS, AND RIGGING KEEL AND CENTERBOARD RACING TYPES CHAPTER XI. FIRST LESSONS WITH TILLER AND SHEET, By Dudley D. F. Parker SOME BASIC PRINCIPLES HANDLING TILLER AND SHEET THE TILLER TOGETHER TENDING SHEET LUFFING ABOUT JIBING GENERAL HINTS MAKING DOCK CHAPTER XII SECOND LESSONS, WITH DIAGRAMS, By Lieut. Worth G. Ross, U. S. R. M. THE HELM CARE OF THE SHEETS CLOSE-HAULED BEFORE THE WIND TACKING WEARING REEFING GETTING UNDER WAY ANCHORING SOME PRACTICAL ADVICE CHAPTER XIII. FITTING OUT A BOAT, By W. J. Henderson THE SPRING HOUSECLEANING SETTING UP THE RIGGING WORK ON THE MAST BENDING ON THE MAINSAIL DECK AND HULL CHAPTER XIV. SAILS FOR OPEN BOATS, By Lieut. Worth G. Ross, U. S. R. M. SPRIT-SAIL RIG SCHOONER RIG CAT RIG SHARPIES BALANCE LUG LEG-OF-MUTTON RIG SLOOP RIG THE SLIDING-GUNTER MIZZEN RIG LATEEN-SAILS CHAPTER XV. RIGS AND MAKESHIFTS OF THE SMALL BOAT, By Dudley D. F. Parker TO MAKE THE SAIL SET FLAT THE FORE-AND-AFT SAIL A SHORTER MAST RIGGING A JIB A YARD BLOCKS CENTERBOARD AND KEEL CHAPTER XVI. A RACING CAT-BOAT AND ITS CARE OVERHAULING THE BOAT JIBING AROUND THE MARK CLEANSING THE BOTTOM RUNNING TO IT TRAINING THE CREW AT THE START RIGHTING A CAPSIZED BOAT DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT WINTER QUARTERS CHAPTER XVII MARLIN-SPIKE SEAMANSHIP SPLICES BENDS KNOTS HITCHES Part V MOTOR-BOATS AND MOTOR-BOATING, By Charles G. Davis CHAPTER XVIII SIMPLE TYPES OF BOATS FOR MOTORS PUNT DORY SKIFF ROUND-BOTTOMED BOATS SKIPJACK RESISTANCE OF THE WATER CHAPTER XIX. GASOLENE ENGINES GENERAL DESCRIPTION THE JUMP-SPARK ENGINE THE MAKE-AND-BREAK SYSTEM THE COIL CARBURETER AND OTHER PARTS CHAPTER XX. HOW THE ENGINE WORKS TRANSMISSION OF POWER ACCESSORIES THREE VITAL POINTS TWO-CYCLE AND FOUR-CYCLE ENGINES IGNITION CHAPTER XXL INSTALLING THE ENGINE ENGINE-BED SHAFT COUPLINGS STUFFING-BOX AND SHAFT-LOG PROPELLER SHAFT-HANGER EXHAUST-PIPING LINING UP THE SHAFT WATER-INTAKE CHAPTER XXII.GASOLENE-TANKS AND CARBURETERS FITTING IN THE TANK THE CARBURETER FEED-PIPES HOW TO START THE MOTOR CHAPTER XXIII. IGNITION AND OILING JUMP-SPARK MOTORS LUBRICATION OR OILING CELLS AND WIRES GREASE-CUPS REVERSE GEAR CHAPTER XXIV. RUNNING THE ENGINE FILLING THE GASOLENE-TANK IN CASE OF DIFFICULTY HOW TO TELL GASOLENE TESTS OF THE IGNITION SYSTEM FILLING THE GREASE-CUPS PRACTICAL HINTS TO START THE ENGINE HOW TO WIRE UP DRY BATTERIES CHAPTER XXV. THE HYDROPLANE THE SIMPLEST MODEL THE FASTEST PLACING THE ENGINE BUILDING A HYDROPLANE THE RUDDER CHAPTER XXVI. SIGN-BOARDS AND LAMP-POSTS OF THE WATER THE ARRANGEMENT OF BUOYS NUN, CAN, SPAR, AND OTHER BUOYS LIGHT-SHIPS AND BEACONS CHAPTER XXVII. RULES OF THE ROAD TWO BOATS MEETING END ON TWO BOATS CROSSING TWO BOATS PASSING A GOOD LOOKOUT Part VI CANOES AND CANOEING CHAPTER XXVIII. HOW TO BUILD A CANVAS CANOE, By Percy Ashley KEEL AND MID-SECTION DECK-BEAMS, ETC. SHEER-PLANKS THE CANVAS MASTS AND SAILS CHAPTER XXIX. HOW TO USE A CANOE, By Eugene L. Swan, M.D. CANOES AND THEIR CARE EQUIPMENT REPAIRING A CANOE LOADING HOW TO PADDLE ROUGH WATER Part VII ROWING By Walter B. Peel (with the exception of CHAPTER xxxin) CHAPTER XXX. A BOY'S BOAT CLUB THE BOAT-HOUSE THE BOAT CHAPTER XXXI. HOW TO TRAIN A BOY'S BOAT CLUB ORGANIZATION TRAINING CHAPTER XXXII. HOW TO ROW THE STROKE THE STROKE SLIDING SEATS CHAPTER XXXIII. THE HARVARD-YALE RACE, 1852-1885, By James Wellman CHAPTER XXXIV. THE HARVARD-YALE RACE, 1885-1912 CHAPTER XXXV. INTERCOLLEGIATE ROWING AT POUGHKEEPSIE CHAPTER XXXVI AMERICAN AMATEUR ROWING APPENDIX. DICTIONARY OF MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL TERMS End of Preview.
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