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Show More Families Afloat 7 What is it Americans love about boating? Speed, the carefree spray of water, the open waterway on a summer day. Boating, the biggest boom in family recreation today, is luring over 35 million persons a year for fulling, cruises, picnicking, vacations, water-skiing water-skiing and sailing. New developments in both boatbuilding and outboard motors have hi'ljHxl boost this sport to its present popularity rating. Not many years ago the outboard motor was considered a means of travel for the fishermen only. Now the price of a boat is within the range of the average family. And these boats feature the latest design, de-sign, comfort and safety. Safety is one of the features built into the boat In many pleasure craft the family is actually sitting on safety. Fitted beneath the seat is a flotation material expanded polystyrene plastic. Each cubic foot of this rigid plastic foam can support 55 pounds in water The boot shown alxive is unsinkable with lour persons aboard and outboard motor attached. This same rigid plastic foam is being used as a buoyancy material for rafts and docks. The combination of better equipment, more leisure time b'- standards of living and convenient waterways has meant that each year thousands more discover the joys of boating. T;sre u plenty of evidence that the boom will continue. |