![]() Strangely enough, many of the most primitive forms Thousands of years ago varied as greatly in construction,įorm, materials and other details as boats of today. Was any history and we know that the boats used ![]() We know, however, that nearly every race possessedīoats of one kind or another as long ago as there In the impenetrable mists of the dim and distant past. The path to the shipyard for such matters are shrouded That led our primitive and savage ancestors along However, it is useless to speculate upon the incidents Of the American Indians, while a stiff piece of driedģhide may have given the first hint of a kyak to the Pointed the way toward the graceful birchbark canoes A piece of floatingīark bearing some wild animal or bird may have These may have been evolvedįrom dugouts but it is more likely that accident orĬhance led to their discovery. Quite a different type of savage craft were theĬanoes of bark or skins. Weight and are very speedy and seaworthy.ġ-Dugout made from a log. Some of these are very crude, heavyĬraft, while others are beautifully made, are light in Progressed beyond the hollowed-log state of boat-buildingĪnd dugouts, forty or fifty feet in length andĬapable of carrying great weights, are in daily use More buoyant and stable than an ordinary tree trunkĪnd from this crude beginning rude dugout canoesĢwere developed. Later on some man found that a hollowed log was Invention and was probably looked upon as a prehistoric Log, he no doubt felt as if he had made a marvelous Were more comfortable and less likely to roll overĪnd dump their passengers into the water than a single Of the tribe discovered that two logs lashed together Savage to straddle a floating log and, thus supported,Ĭross some pond or stream, and when some member To improve and develop boats to their present state of Today, for it has taken untold centuries for mankind Learned to chip stones into simple tools and weapons.īut those early boats were not boats as we know them They were used by primitive man long before he discovered ![]() What rig to use.įirst steps in learning to sail. Lateen, lug, gunter, sprit, leg-o’-mutton and other sails. Ships, barks, barkentines, brigs, brigantines, topsail-schooners, schooners. Whale-boats, surf-boats, life-boats, fishing boats, oyster-boats, pilot-boats, spongers, skiffs, dories, skip-jacks, etc. ![]() Schooners, sloops, ketches, catboats, round- and flat-bottomed boats. ![]()
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