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ERE'S
ju s t w h a t p ro s p e c tiv e
b u ild e rs
o f

s m a l l s a ilb o a ts h a v e b e e n lo o k in g f o r , a s y o u w ill see from a glance at th e facsim iles o n th e le ft, w h ic h re p ro d u c ee x - cerpts from

le tte rs w ritte n b y e n -

th u s ia s tic o w n e rs . A n d , th e B ilo x i D in g h y i s n o t o n ly s e a w o rth y , a s th e y

say, but it's
e a s y
t o
b u ild .

L o o k o v e r F ig s .1a n d2 , w h ic h d e - ta il th e fra m e s a n d s te rn b o a rd ,o r transom. There are severalpoints

to keep in m ind before you begin
c u ttin g t h e p a rts : T h e lo w e r c ro s s
m em berso fall fram es are cut to
th e
sam e radius;
th e
to p
c r o s s -
p ie c e s are a given distm ce above
the low est point
o f
th e
c u r v e d

m em ber, and the fram e uprights are joined to th e curved m em bers w ith a n a n g le jo in t h o u s e d in g u s - s e t p la te s , a s in

F ig .2 .
W ith th e
fram es, stern board
a n d b u ild in g
b o a rd m a d e , th e w o rk o n th e h u ll
is w e ll a lo n g .
Y ou
start assem bling
th e
b o a t
b yp Ia c in g th e b u iId in g b o a rd
o n
tw o saw horses as in
F ig .3 .
T he
lin e s
m arked
o n
th e
b u ild in g
g .4 , in d ic a te w h e re to p la c e th e
T hese
a re
p la c e d
u p s id e
dow n
c e n te r lin e of th e b u ild in g
b o a rd
tc h
u p
w ith
th a t o n
th e
fram es.
t h
8 -d
com m on
n a ils
o r 1 % -in .
ls oab ra c e to e a c h fra m e .
A fter

fra m e s h a v e b e e n a tta c h e d to th e e next step is to fasten the sides m , F ig .6 .

T h is c a n b e d o n e b e -
n tin g
th e
s te m
o n
th e
b u ild in g
hough it is show n m ounted
w tih
si nF ig .3 .I f th e s id e s a r e b u ilt
eral pieces, you sim ply screw
th e
r p la n k s to th e s te m , b u t s h o u ld
b e
m ade
u p
o f
n a rro w
p la n k s ,
la n k o n th e lo w e r s id e s h o u ld b e
in .w id e .
W h e n b u ild in g u p th e
u
c a n
u se
s h ip la p
c o n s tru c tio n
ll e lim in a te b a tte n s .
T he stem
i s
to th e sides a t th e zero
(0 )lin e ,
s e
1 % -in .
No.
8
fla t-h c a d
b r a s s
p a c e d
a b o u t
1%
in .
a p a rt,i n
a
row .
I n F ig .3 is a d e ta il sh o w -
x a c t d is ta n c e fro m
th e lo w e r e d g e
t to th e b u ild in g b o a rd .B y m a k -
2 0 7
his allow ance on the stem
t h e b u ild -
o a rd w ill re m a in s tra ig h t, h o ld in g th e
es so that the low er edges w ill bei n
w ith
th e
s id e p la n k s .
N ow
th a t th e
is in
place w ith
th e
s id e s a tta c h e d ,
m ay
c o n tin u e
b y
b e n d in g
th e
s id e s
draw n
a t rig h t a n g le st oth e b a s e lin e a n d
d
th e
fram es
a n d
h o ld in g
th e m
i n
serve as a guidet oplacem ent of th e fram es
w ith
a
p ie c e
o f
ro p e .
F a s te n
th e
i n a n u p r i g h t p o s itio n .
M ove th e tem po-
to th e fram es w ith 1% -in. N o.8fla t-
r a r y
b r a c e s
if
n e c e s s a r y
t o
b rin g
th e
b r a s s
screw s.
T he
tr a n s o m
i s
a ls o
fram es into the proper position.
N ow
th e
n e d
w ith
1 % -in .
fla t-h e a d
b r a s s
second and third planks are placed o n each
s
d riv e n
in to
th e
c h e c k
p la te
a n d
s id e .
T he s h ip la p jo in ts
are fastened w ith
s c re w s
d r iv e n
in to
the end grain
o f
% -in .
copper tacks
s p a c e d
2 %
in .
a p a r t
ansom .
F ig .1 6show s the offsetsa n d
a n d
c lin c h e d a c r o s s th eg r a in .
U st: m a r in e
h e e x a c t p o s itio n s of f r a m e s N o s.1 ,2
g lu e t o m a k e th e jo in t w a te rp ro o f.
W hen
.B e s u r e to m a r k th e s e p o s itio n s o n
th e
s id e s a r e fa s te n e d , th e n e x t s te p is to
id e s b e fo re b e n d in g th e la tte r in p o si-
insert th e
chines as in Fig.7 .
C h in e s a r e
a r o u n d
th e
fram es.
T he
lin e s
a re
fastened to the fram es w ith
2 % -in .N o.8
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