Ice-Boating 1913 Herbert L. Stone ~ a guide to building and operating iceboats

Title: Ice-Boating: The Latest Opinions of the Foremost Authorities in America

Author: Edited by Herbert L. Stone / [with contributions by: Archibald Rogers, H. Percy Ashley, Dr. William M. Stanbrough, and Nathaniel G. Herreshoff]

Description: A guide to the building and operation of iceboats.

Contents:
I. History and Development of Ice-Boating in America.
II. Building an Ice-Yacht.
III. How to Build a 200-Square Footer.
IV. Specifications for a 350- and 400-Square Footer.
V. How to Build an Ice-Boat for $60.00.
VI. An Improved Heavy Weather Type of Ice-Boat.
VII. The Ice-Boat with a Movable Backbone.
VIII. Sailing and Racing an Ice-Yacht.
IX. The Speed of Ice-Boats.
X. The Scooter and How to Build It.

Boards in chartreuse cloth with navy blue design and title on front cover. Front cover is soiled; spine browned. Previous owner's labels on endpapers. Some soiling to title page and frontispieces; the rest of the volume being generally clean, showing only a few areas of light soiling. Clipped note on the definition of iceboating affixed to blank rear flyleaf. 34 page illustrations plus one plate illustration, showing boat diagrams and details). pp. 177, plus [11] ads.

The previous owner, David Faegre, was a Portland, Oregon-based boat enthusiast and boat builder. His obituary notes that he had built several iceboats.


Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good

Publisher: Outing Publishing Company
Place: New York
Year: 1913

Keywords: iceboat, iceboats, boat building, manual, boating,