The Scooter Canoe.
[Illustration: Fig. 195. Runners of Scooter Canoe.]
[Illustration: Fig. 196. The Scooter Canoe.]
Naturally we were very much elated at our success, and straightway made
for the barn, where we began operations on the scooter canoe. The sleigh
was an old-fashioned affair, with rather broad wooden runners. First we
removed the body of the sleigh, and then the runners were cut down to a
height of about 15 inches. We spaced them apart about 28 inches, and
connected them with four crosspieces at the top. The runners were now
placed over our larger canoe, with forward ends about on a line with the
mast, and the crosspieces were fastened with screws to the gunwales. As an
additional security, a pair of crosspieces were now run under the canoe at
each end and fastened with screws to the keel. At the bow the keel was
shod with a strip of brass. The rudder was taken off the boat, and an oar
lock was fastened to the stern to hold the steering oar. In place of lee
boards we nailed a couple of thin boards over each runner, as shown in the
drawing. We were in a hurry to finish this, as our vacation was short, so
we used on the scooter canoe the sails that we had made for our ice boat.
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