Boys' Book of Model Boats

"Boys' Book of Model Boats" by Raymond F. Yates is an instructional manual from the early 1900s made for young people that love boats, and teaches them how to create model boats through step-by-step instructions accompanied by images. This book goes over different types of boats and ways to make them, going from easy wooden models to more complicated steam and electric ones. The author talks about what influenced him to write the book, which was his own love of making model boats as a kid. Yates makes sure to go over the main ideas of boat building, like buoyancy and center of gravity, before explaining how to build different boats. He gives helpful information and important terms, making sure that readers have the knowledge and skills to proudly build their own model boats.