"Boat-Building and Boating" by Daniel Carter Beard is an early 20th-century manual designed for budding boat builders. It presents clear, easy-to-follow instructions for creating various boats, from basic log rafts to canoes and skiffs, with the goal to make boat building doable for beginners. The book underscores the importance of being able to do things on your own and use what you have, especially for those wanting to explore water. It opens by explaining why the book focuses on newcomers, not experts, and clears up common misunderstandings about wood and floating. It then introduces how to construct the 'logomaran' and how to cross streams. Beard's guide lists what you will need and how to put it all together, gives advice on selecting your logs and points out the physics of boat design. Readers learn the importance of hands-on experience and enjoying constructing their own boats and getting out on the water.
Boat-Building and Boating
By Daniel Carter Beard
Discover how to build your own watercraft from scratch and unlock the adventure of navigating rivers, lakes, and streams.
Summary
About the AuthorDaniel Carter "Uncle Dan" Beard was an American illustrator, author, youth leader, Georgist and social reformer who founded the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905, which Beard later merged with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).
Daniel Carter "Uncle Dan" Beard was an American illustrator, author, youth leader, Georgist and social reformer who founded the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905, which Beard later merged with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).
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