by Edson I. Schock
LOA 71/2', BEAM 31/2'
Two week-ends’ work and about 40 bucks* and this pram is yours. High freeboard and a true bow make her able for her size.
This little boat makes a good tender for a small yacht, or a boy’s or girl’s skiff, or an auto-top-carried fishing boat for inland waters. She is light. The weight, including oarlocks and painter but no oars, is 54 pounds. She tows easily. The tow-rope pull at 8 mph is 14 pounds, and at 12 mph it’s 22 pounds. If you do not like to tow a dinghy, she is light enough for one man to lift her on to a deck. In order to take photographs of this boat in various stages of construction, the author decided to build one. Working at a leisurely rate, an hour or two at a time, it took about 36 hours. Of this, 22 were charged to the boatbuilder, and the other 14 to helpers who held things, put soap on screws, spread seam compound and were generally helpful.
That's 1959 dollars!--DNG
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