= “ BOAT BUILDER'S HANDBOOK ‘The youngsters will have the time of thelr a iver end always remember the fun they ‘had in this Ile boat sealed down to just the right size for them. BEBOP 8ft. Outboard Runabout for Youngsters By WILLIAM D, JACKSON Naval Architect ‘build this midget version of a classy runabout for your youngsters. The hull sides flare for- ward and curve aft with a wide safe beam. Single cockpit design with steering-wheel engine control and plastic windshield give it a racy ap- . Powered with a 1%4-3% hp outboard motor the little boat has a top speed of 10 mph. ‘The speed, of course, could be limited by restrict- ing the movement of the engine throttle beyond a certain point. Since odd-size, difficult to obtain boat lumber is not used, all materials can be purchased at your local lumber yard (see materials list). No Steam bending of frame parts is required and difficult joinery work has been eliminated. Hull consists of sturdy framework covered with ex- terior plywood. The first item needed to build Bebop is a 15 ft. length of building paper or ask your local lumber dealer for seyeral pieces of the heavy paper that re i nr malkey full-sig Pig. (2).) mee eee Fes as little as $35 for materials, you can Craft Print Project No. 276 ‘STATEMENT OF USES TYPE: Flat bottomed plywood runabout, 94% hp cutboard-moter powered, for exclusive use by. youngsters on protected waters. LENG BEAM: 48 in. WEIGHT: 100 Ib, includes steering whi jear, Plexiglas windshield, and sec! id stern fiings, fiber glass bottom. SEATING CAPACITY: Three children. ‘COST: Hull $17. Fittings $18. Total $25. ‘MATERIAL: 1%" fr exterior plywood over « sawn to shape wooden frame, SPEED: 10 mph maximum, steering so bow wooden strip or batten bent against Ux% i nails driven through the paper at the corners of the drawings. Transfer the outlines of the frame pieces to % in, thick stock with a pointed wheel similar £4 dkessmaker’s tracing wheel aang erie jarks with @ Seratch awl. Be st 5 i Rents i enephy Rootogulsets 7A f #1After sawing the pieces to shape, assemble them us- ‘ing the paper pat- ters as an align- ment guide. Fasten the gussets with glue (Weld- wood or Elmer's Fwar-nowno MONG STRIP peqe—» FF 8 ft. sheet of % in, plywood. Measure a and mark the sta- tion lines (Fig. 3) at right angles to the center- line, Now, measure and mark the distances from the centerline outward on each station line and TRANSOM, TRIM MATERIALS LIST—BEBOP No, Rea. ize and description Use PLYWOOD REQUIRED lee 34x 4x 8 AC grade fir exterior bottom 2h Yar KAKE fr ex, AC skin and 2 94 x16 x 48" fr ex AC transom fot bottom and sides wil make all gussets LUMBER REQUIRED hemlock, spruce oF fr) te 8 Note: waste ixlox1y sheer plates 1x 10x8" thine plates, Txex i framing pieces ixdxiy framing pieees 1x8 a7 framing pieces 2x4%20" stem 2xlox2a" tansom and stem nee 1x81 Seat boards Beye" xe ‘outside eel sell stringers Sheer molaing 144 x21" half round 10 ft. tena OTHER PARTS SO” wide fiber glass oth, with resin 0x2 in, Stronghold nails (the above two. items available at Herter’ Ine., Waseca, Minnesota) SSx1" Mh scrws Berl a sew Bex 169" tm serews Bio 3? eh screws BD x dy" th screws jc single swivel eye block bail on ea eeeC BOAT BUILDER'S HANDBOOK bens Age ser roche GF CLE WHOSHELD AND BRACKETS —_/_ BOW HANDLE ate al KEEL Waterproof) and SHEER-PLATE ENGINE-WELL, Gy mm PL #8 x 1 in fh QencenseZ ei Te screws or #0 x 1 ~ 7) oA FRAME in, Stronghold nails and the deck ~ SEAT RISER beams with glue ‘oun : e-PLATE and two #8x1% ENGINE WELL G SPLICE ft screws at each ‘OPENING joint. 2 FRAME The bottom is the next item on pelts the agenda, Be- iE gin by marking an TRANSOM 8 ft Tong center ye sie Ld mvt009 ae Spansow knees [ Zrenroncine |i] 39% ine act center of a 4x tiie ExrtNsion LIFTING HANDLE, ONE EACH SIDE drive a 1% in, finishing nail partially into the plywood at each mark, Bend a 2x % in. batten 8%4 ft. long against these nails, and secure with additional nails at each end of the batten. Then, holding a pencil against the batten, draw the curved line on the plywood, Repeat the proce- dure to draw the curved line on the other side of the centerline. Remove the batten and nails, mark the engine well opening with a compass and saw the plywood bottom to shape. ‘To lay out the curved chine plates, which must be made in two sections, place a 4 ft. length of % x 9% in. board under the forward curved edge of the bottom plywood and draw the first curve as in Fig. 3. Then move the board out a little, measure the 3 and 2%4 in. distance for the chine width and draw the second curved line again using the plywood bottom piece. Lay out the #2 chine piece in the same way. Be sure to mark the end of the splice of the #1 chine piece on the plywood so that you can continue from that mark when laying out the #2 chine. Since two chines are required, repeat the process using the other side of the plywood bot- tom and saw the chines to shape. Coat the con- tacting surfaces of the chines and bottom with glue and clamp the chines to the plywood bot- tom, ‘Then turn the bottom over on the floor and nail the plywood to the chines with #0x1 in. Stronghold nails placed in a double row and staggered 2i,in. apart. Block up the back of the pebit lan beforenthenglue, oa (tur ttom 0 in thé (al aol | pee PACH: Werth Vigtee Adele Ba nail the 4 in. plywood gusset over the diagonal BOTTOM PLANKING:splice of the chines. ‘While waiting for the glue to dry, set up the #1 and #2 frames in their respective posi- tions on the bottom and mark the frames for cutting the chine notches. After cutting notches, coat bottom contact- ing edges of frames with glue and clamp them to the bottom. ‘Then turn the entire assembly over and fasten the chines and the bottom frame member with two #8 x 1% in, fh screws through each chine and the bottom with #0 x1 in. Strong- hold nails spaced 3 in. apart. Before securing the transom in position cut a 15° bevel on the bottom edge of the transom so it will tilt outward, and make up the transom knee (Fig. 5). Fasten the knee to the inside center of the tran- som with glue and three #12 2% in. fh screws counter- sunk into plywood of transom. Then fit and fasten this tran- som assembly to the plywood bottom with glue and #0x1 i "purwooo ¥ ston, ‘isser, —- eR nb GuINe PLATES AFTER SSsenauing Prawe’ * evrwooo cusser in. Stronghold nails or #8 x 1 in. fh screws. Now make the outside transom knees (Fig. 5) and fasten to the bottom and transom on each side of the motor well (Fig. 1) with glue and six #8x1% in. fh screws in each knee. Rip a 3- corner strip (Fig. 5) and fasten to the lower outside bottom ‘edge of the transom and ply- ‘wood bottom of the boat. ‘Your next step is to make a full-size layout on building paper of the sheer plate (Fig. 3), First draw a centerline 74 ft. long lengthwise of the paper about % in. from the left edge. At right angles to this ine measure and draw in the frame and datum lines, and mark off the dis- tances from centerline to sheer line. Place the paper on a sheet of plywood and partially drive in finishing nails at sheer line marks. Then bend a 2x4 in. batten against the nails and secure at each end with additional nails. Hold a pencil against the batten and draw the curved sheer Tine on the paper. For the inside sheer-plate line, measure and mark 3 in. toward the centerline and draw in the curved line as you did the sheer le ep are the Aaa eal SHEER PLATE norcHED TROUGH FRAME AND PorwooD Glie PLATE GuTTS AcAINST Wisibe Thansom FRAME at the splice edges with glue and #01 in. nails. Be sure to make one right anc one left hand with the gussets on the underside of each. Place the sheer plates in position on top of the frames and mark the frames for notching. After cutting the notches, replace the sheer plates and temporarily clamp in place. Make the sheer-plate gusset from _ '% in. plywood with the grain of the top and | bottom plies running with the 7% in. dimension ‘as in Fig. 5 so it will bend readily. Temporarily clamp the gusset in place and make up the stem, 2x4-in, stock, beveling the long syORE=CGj BOAT BUILDER'S HANDBOOK ENGINE weLL | BoTToN~ ‘OPENING x00 GorTOM o BASE OR sueea pares 92 gucen PLATE wesue sero Fasten GUSSETS AND ~~" Fruvhooo ausser oo So SS ron cusses ‘eg GRADE, WITH C= SIDE FACING INDE and temporarily fit it in place against the bottom and stern, When you are satisfied that all the parts fit properly, mark their location with a pencil and disassemble them including the sheer plates. Then, starting with the sheer plates, reassemble them to the frames fastening with glue and two #8x1% in, fh screws to each joint. Fasten the sheer-plate gusset with glue and #0x1 in, nails to the underside of the plates. Before installing ‘the stem, fasten the,stem knee to the stem with iyo 12 PUNNh! scFEWs 48m WIENS, install the)stem, assembly Getic the top with one #10x2 ins fh screw driven through the plate gusset, and at the bottom with four #8 FEM GUEST pofrom Fon one soe = ‘aTuM Lines pedi 70 Prevent ruat FoaceS IN SHEER GuRve. 1 sheer pute 20 pune extznon pernc00 ———s a7 x14 in, fh screws driven through the plywood bot- tom into the stem knee. Follow by notching the fore deck batten flush with the top of the #1 deck beam and trim the fore end of the batten to fit between the sheer plates at the bow. Fasten the batten to the deck beam with glue and two #8x1% in, fh screws and glue and #01 in. nails to the sheer- plate gusset. Next, cut two %4x1% in, strips 21 in, long for the motor-well string- ers (Fig. 4). Cut partial notches in the transom for these stringers and butt the fore ends against the #2 deck beam. Fasten with glue and one #8x1% in. fh screw at transom and two #8x1% in, fh screws to #2 deck beam. Make up the seat risers and notch them into the #1 and #2 U frame sides as in parce Gain sures Snte P08 et eee" SPLICE. yet sneer LY) 163 iver Foe’ rea, Fig. 4. Fasten with one #8x1% in. ist | fh screw at each joint. ‘The exact height of the seat support (Fig. 5) can best be de- termined by placing a board across the seat risers and measuring the distance from bottom of boat to underside of board. Lay out the % in. plywood piece of the seat support, cut to shape and then glue and nail the %x1% in. pieces on each side. Fasten the support to the bottom of the boat at the centerline with glue and six #8 x1 in, fh screws driven up through bottom. Cut the seat boards to size and fit in place. Drill lead holes for screws but do not fasten in place now as it will be tin: to paint the inside of the mrmline «2 Coiled out Sep Ts, share maxen Frow Puan Hr 40 Ses OF orion heheh 7) ‘tte Mankibe, Fos fair the outside edges of the sheer and chine esry plates with a block plane, beveling the edges flush with the frame sides. For the side planking, rip a 4 x8 ft. sheet of % ies in. plywood 7 lengthwise and, = with the % x % : batten, lay out the ‘Srancens sides as in Fig. 3. When sawing to shape, cut about 1 in, oversize along the bottom edge to allow for trim- ming. Coat con- tacting edges of framework with glue and clamp ‘one side in place starting at the bow. Fasten with #0x1 in, Strong- hold nails spaced about 144 in. apart and slightly stag- gered to prevent splitting of frame i SHEER MOLDING members. You will find that the 8 ft. length of ply- Swot & bing : { about 2 in. at the i DECK BEAM stern. To extend \\ 4 the length, add 1 two pieces of 4 in, YESS plywood glued — f\\ 74s" puywoon cusser.one EM and nailed togeth- er as in Fig. 1. Install the other side planking in the same way and plane the edges fiush at the top and bottom. Since the deck requires one 4x8 ft. sheet of % in, plywood and is to be laid in two pieces, ‘saw the 4 ft. width exactly down the center mak- ing two 24 in. widths. Place one piece on top of the deck beams lining up the inside edge on the centerline of the transom, frames and deck batten and clamp in place. Mark along both sides of the sheer plate and deck beams on the underside of the deck plywood and lay out the cockpit and motor-well openings as in Fig, 4. Remove the deck plywood and saw to shape. ‘Then replace the plywood deck on the frame- work and check to see that it fits well. You can Syitt axle to see if it fits it does, utilize as a tem- # ONLY BETWEEN FRAME. HALVES, WELDWOOD GLUE\NAILS OUTSIDE KEEL? DBRS Beh© [i Svar et ‘SEAT RISER a SEAT SUPPORT PLYWo0D 1 FC. gxax7" SECTION plate for marking the second piece of plywood decking. With both halves of the decking cut to shape, coat all contacting surfaces with glue and fasten. with #0x1 in. Stronghold nails spaced about 2 in. apart. Now, make the windshield brackets (Fig, 6), and saw the Pleziglas or Lucite wind- shield to shape. Fit and temporarily fasten the windshield to the decking, then remove and re- place after painting the hull. The spray rails (Fig. 6) are optional. If you do install them, fasten them permanently in place at this time with #8x1 in. fh screws driven through sides from [side the hull. titi laeks. ( ome beam. Fit but do not fasten the steering wiFi 1 38 F'eorfow OUTER TRANSOM KNEES, ¥"srook 2 neo BOAT BUILDER'S HANDBOOK APPLY FIBERGLASS HERE fAcRosS TRansOM. COVER ite 3 CORNERED STRIP fsa = sucks A ‘rem SECTION 2 2” squares SHEER PLATE GUSSET yr PLYWOOD. — 4 INSIDE TRANSOM KNEE REQ “one piece. Wrap it around the chines al- ,., aie ent Peetu ee or een ee d about > P ‘STEM KW ides and around he bottom edge at stern. Use strips ‘the cloth cut from Sastalaat trimmed at the to wrap around at widest part ‘the hull. PLYwooo FcoveLe Suivel| Eve BbcK i 1 foincue, 1d Swivel eve suck AWA y¢ SPRAY RAILS g [Hick OMTTONRT FASTEN Frow INSIDE HY #8 SCREW 8 WASHERS rie After the 3 coats of fiber-glass resin have hard- ened, install the keel and paint the boat inside and out with marine undercoater and enamel (ig. 6). If desired, pigmented colors may be added to the fiber-glass liquid for a permanently sealed-in color on the fiber-glassed bottom. en dry, replace the yindshield, steering : er ipa ier VE fore mn fastened in place with #8x1% in. fh screws | spaced 8 in. apart. Rig the steering wheel con- a J 10" —+] 3 rxxwooe~ “AT SUPPORT FIT IN POSITION AFTER. SRSA SEATRISERS ARE IN PLACE see O€Tatt "A eorrom NOTCH FOR CHINE PLATE a TeRIGHT I-LEFT ZZ To FIT DecK cunvaTuRe- s* Make cAROBOARD. TEMPLATE” AND BAND- SAW PLEXIGLAS TO FIT FLERIGLAS- LUGITE WINDS SXBX24 CUT AS SHOWN igo weve muocxs ron ergean “Suoo'’ | SabEt‘Zwta cor FRow Exe, trol as in’ Fig. 6 and install the bow and stern lifting handles to complete the little runabout. Be ee ilable $1.50. cbop. i avaiable at DisCouNTT Ht you ouder ine oF more rl ‘you may deduct 25¢ lence: for tee. prints, deduct SOF 13g, ete. Order by print number. To GQHniere sir See coupon’ on page 192. New available, our neve ius: itsted catalog of 186. Do Tt Youll Plans." 10%. Plewe alow three Yo four weeks for livery. 276 in enlarged sie for ulling | SPECIAL QUANTITY eats (this | The regular or any other pr Price of each print