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Title: Boys' Book of Model Boats

Author: Raymond Francis Yates

Release Date: June 7, 2009 [EBook #29064]

Language: English

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BOYS' BOOK

OF

MODEL BOATS

[Illustration: (C)_Jack Sussman_

A TWO-FOOT STEAMBOAT

Making her way across the park pond. Ten miles an hour is a common speed
for a boat of this type]

BOYS' BOOK

OF

MODEL BOATS

BY RAYMOND FRANCIS YATES

WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM DRAWINGS AND
PHOTOGRAPHS

[Illustration]

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.

Copyright, 1920, by
THE CENTURY CO.

PRINTED IN U. S. A.

TO
LAVERNE YATES
A BUILDER OF MODEL BOATS

PREFACE

EVERY boy likes to build boats. The interest in boats seems to be born
in the race. The little three-year-old chap is instinctively attracted
by a puddle of water in which to sail his "boat," which may take the
form of a piece of shingle or common board. Few men have passed through
their boyhood days without having built boats at some time.

The author was an ardent boat-builder, and he well remembers how he
combed the Children's Department of the local library in search of a
book that would tell him something about boats, and especially for
information regarding the construction of models. He found books on
model airplanes, toys, electricity, radio, and chemistry, but alas!
nothing about model boats. He vowed then that when he became a man he
would write a book on model boats--a book that would contain all the
treasured information he had accumulated during his boat-building
years.

This book is the result of that vow, and the author earnestly hopes that
it will gladden the heart of every boy who builds and sails a boat.
There are probably few happier moments