Show 5 BUILDING SECRETS FOR RACING CRAP CRAFT Men Who Can Construct Shell Shells Are Scarce Over in England j Builders of first class racing craft i in England EnI are arc comparatively few et Old j o I keen koen Is the competition among them the that as a i rule the they nr are somewhat or a to 10 speaking about their thell methods I or working As 9 n a matter batter of fact there certain Are tire Ire certain secrets of successful bor ho ont building which arc are never revealed re d b bI beIng be- be Ing lug simply handed down own front from father t 1 to toton ton son thus maintaining the tIle prestige e t or orthe the tile firm ga says s London Tit Bits George Sims o of Sims Sons and J. J I H. H Clasper Clusper both hoth of Putney PUlney who have liate cot con con con- man many boa boats Is for both hoth ant and Cambridge l aro arc probably the b st known builders of or racing craft In En land latHI While chatting a short hort lime 1010 a ag o with Mr Sims Shills who Wilo has ha built tho the boat boats for fOI both varsities again og this hits year th tui writer was teas Informed that lint no nu machine whatever er are used In the tile of the tile craft Everything Is done one b by hand Iho rho lie wor work occupying ln about three weeks althou h hIt It might hl be ie mentioned that the boat boa i li In which Cambridge e hat beat I Harvard arvard las Ins year yeah enl was built in five Che eln lays days LI s sand and of ot course l stability arc nrc tho tw two chief points which have ha to be e borne borno li Ii n mind In Ill the building of or an un O Oxford fold o c 01 Cambridge boat Tho rho usual I Is about 2 O pounds anti and the tile cost Cn CO m anil antl CO GO pounds Method II of Con Construction t Briefly the method of construction Las ii L Is as follows The side lines lIlIes UFO are firs placed parallel on Oil tho lIch bench fire are narrow strips of or pine and they tho maj ma bo bl said to form one half o of the has of oC tho hue framework the tile keel lino lIlle Hn or as asit asit it Is sometimes called c. the backbone backbone- a similar long piece of pine pIne being being the tin r r half haiL rue rile ribs of sycamore arc nrc cut out of the solid and ond two ts-o of then placed end to end to 10 form COlln a tt semi circle I the shape of the tile boat hoat One cn end of each eneli rib Is fastened to th till the side chic line and the other to the hack back honi and after r several eral pairs have ha been fixed in III various vC parts palts SI so as to keet the lie framework ill in position the uhe workmen work vork- men o of whom there arc are generally four foUl proceed to fill nil In iii the tho J remaining ribs These nr are arranged cd about aboul a II foot Coot apart the hue total number h bring used being six fifty on Oil each side This Tills Is one nile ofHie of or orthe the Hie most important operations In ill con COIl lection with the tho lie work worl of construction for fOI 01 great care cafe care has to be bo taken to keep keen hc the keel leeel line perfectly straight as os the 81 slightest ii test det- det la in thou would tend to lessen the lit he speed Outer Surface of Cedar C After ACter the foun foundation on which the seals eats rest have been fixed the tile skin sl of if f tho hue boat hoat is It put on This is compo com com- po cd of or cedar ce about n out one sixteenth of ofIl m n Il inch in iii thickness which hips has pre- pre been pinned In order to bend tile the skin to take the lie 10 form Corm of or tIle the curved ribs hot water i use used Tho The boat is carefully scraped id III made smooth and then turned turne over overn on n Its keel 1 so 0 that It mn may be coven covered d 01 ire re and aft oft with canvas as which chuich Is varnished d to resist the lie wa- wa vaI r. r Then the lie sliding seats fire carefully tJ and fixed tIce l. l pl n amI the tile need hi po position i and nn when such Huch logs Ings as nM the tite stretchers und and straps for fui fuits ts 9 feet have ri bM-ri the bout tI and anil th r rudder attached the I Irhe lift Id i Is 18 ready for tho race I The File oars h by the way are tire often modo by S a a. different firm to that which makes le LC bouts boats I. rs Ayling Sons on 01 oi itney are often asked to supply the oars which are usually 12 l feet 4 I Inches IndIes over oyer all with a 5 Inch lade blade The Tile oars use used d In the tile race are nrc elected selected froit about two thousand which hItch are got gee out during the previous autumn and winter The wood is ai aimed al- al 10 med 1 eel ed to 10 season eason for Cor three years before eln dug ing used |