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Title: Harper's boating book for boys; a guide to motor boating, sailing, canoeing and rowing
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Davis, Charles G. (Charles Gerard), 1870-1959, ed
Subjects: Boats and boating
Publisher: New York, London, Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ext chapter, on training and the manner ofrowing, I will show you how this can be accomplished.A case occurs to me thatI will here speak of. Mr. Met-calfe was, some years ago, one of the foremost membersof the Columbia College crew. When he was in his fresh-man year, he was thin, lank, and weak, and the captainhesitated about letting him row. But by constant work atthe oars, and by careful observance of the rules of training,he was one of the best men on the university crew that Icoached, and most of his strength came from following therules I propose to give to you. Perhaps I had better confine myself in this chapter tothe boat-house and boat, and tell you what kind of boysyou should choose, and how they should be governed andtrained in another chapter. The Boat-house First you must have a boat-house. This is necessary.You cannot keep your boat in the water overnight, andyou cannot store away your oars and rudders and do yourtraining unless you have a boat-house. The plan that 326 Si
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BOATING BOOK FOR BOYS accompanies this chapter will show you what kind of aboat-house you should build, how it should be arranged,and what sort of a boat you should row in. The boat-house should be built close to the waters edge,and from the platform that extends from the front of thehouse there should be an incline leading to a float.Possibly you may be able to build the float yourselvesby making a raft of logs on the water, each log fastenedto the other, and the top covered with a flooring of planks.The boat-house shown in the plan (Fig. i) is exactly theright size to accommodate your boat or boats. You willsee that the artist has made in his picture a boat rack,with room on it for a number of boats, for all boat clubs asthey grow in size add to their number of boats. The rackshould be built at the beginning, as it costs little, and whenyou buy gigs and shells, as you probably will if your clubgrows, it will be a necessity. The barge also has two cradles, which are shown in thispict

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