Generally speaking, the building of a motor boat is a bigger proposition than an amateur should tackle single handed unless he has plenty of time and patience to give it, and unless he happens to be a good mechanic, he is liable to make a poor showing for his pains, for the building of the launch requires skill and knowledge that can not be gained even from the reading of the best articles on” How to Build.” And so it would seem wise to select the least difficult type of boat and make a creditable job and this, too, with less expenditure of labor and material. This not only applies to the amateur builder but also to those building boats for a living, for it is evident that if an equally good, boat can be built for a smaller expenditure of labor and material, it can be sold for less, and other things being equal, price talks. The type of boat described herein is a type too well known to need many comments, as it has been used for years along the coast for the roughest kind of work being an ideal sea boat, but it is only of late that it has come to its own in the motor boat field as a pleasure or racing proposition; and a good part of the credit for this is due to Mr. Hand, who has been experimenting with it for a good many years; and has turned out boats along these lines, that could show their sterns to their round bottom brothers of equal size and horse power without any undue exertion. The general dimensions of the boat are length over all, 22 feet, beam 4 feet 7 inches.
Note: What a great little boat this is and what a fine showing she would make at antique boat rallies. Note the large steering wheel, the searchlight, and best of all--the whistle! With a little tank of compressed air for the whistle, some brass polish on the searchlight and some mahogany, she would be the talk of the marina!
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