Show SPORTS AFIELD By y TED RESTING KESTING I Although boat models for or 1963 will set a new high for trim rim beauty on or the water styling changes are arc now being emphasized less An occasional occasion occasion- al 1 manufacturer has a program program program pro pro- gram of or no yearly model changes while many others do o not stress annual changes There here arc are some changes easily easily easi- easi ly y appreciated on the showroom showroom showroom show show- room floor these are arc chiefly new ew utilities and arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- ments aboard such as the through walk front deck hatch desIgned by one manufacturer that hat offers a different way into inlo the le cabin or forward Convard cockpit and nd the sunken forward Con fishing fishing fish- fish ing ng deck of another TilE THE CHIEF changes for Cor 1963 are arc mostly where you OU cant can't see sec them structural ch changes hanges for greater strength design changes for Cor smoother operation a new metal alloy in n a motor an 10 altered curve curven in n the surface oCa of oC ofa a boat Just how vital are these out- out sight f-sight changes is the ques ques- lion ion that Willard Crandall Boats Editor Sports Afield Magazine asks If It nothing else he sa says the thc number of or them is impressive But some consideration of or modern boat manufacture will perhaps create create cre cre- ate a picture of oC the importance of or the hidden changes in hulls AT O ONE E TIME plastic c boats bORts were sometimes described described de scribed as having an oatmeal oatmeal- like surface The methods of oC fabricating glass fiberglass plastic I boats and the material in them as well as ns of or forming and curing the hulls are constantly constantly constantly con con- changing Aluminum hulls are lre of or course made of or aluminum alloyed alloyed al al- loyed with other metals and alloys for or marine use stronger strong strong- er and more resistant to corrosion corrosion cor cor- are arc constantly being offered to by the large metal producers AS FOR FOn wooden boats new ways to use fasten and protect protect pro plO teet that most workable substance substance sub sub- stance arc constantly being found Cound For 63 theres there's a wider use b by manufacturers of oC the type miracle of or wood preservatives preserve There are new coatings coat coal ings of or all sorts Canvas was once onre standard for Cor decks now Hares Hare's t rc's vinyl 1 Painting and outer coating coalIng of or all kinds whether sprayed on on on or molded in have undergone undergone under under- g gone ne more changes change in the past few Cew years ears than in the previous 30 The great variety in boats boots shows no slackening For 1963 I manufacturers arc are building cabin cruisers houseboats sed sedans se se- thins d dans ns runabouts utilities plat plat- pontoon form craft tops auto dinghies rowing sk skiffs Cs canoes canoes ca cn noes noes kayaks collapsible boats and aid duck boats ranging from s sc seven ven feet teet to 70 from simple flat bottoms to twin hull cata cata- catamaran catamaran catamaran maran styles And And that's not mentioning sailing craft either For all styles therell there'll be building plans and kits too The number of or letters on a particular subject r received e e e i v e d regularly by a camping editor should be it seems reasonable to to- assume a reliable Indication indication indication indica indica- tion of or what interests a major cross section of his readers SUCH SUCH letters are those received re re- cc by John Jobson Camping Camp Camp- iI ing g Editor Sports Afield Magazine Magazine Mag Mag- azine asking for tor his master list of or what he takes along on his long jaunts into Alaska the Yukon Territory t the h e Northwest Territories British Columbia and in fact tact t the ho Rocky Mountains Mountain in general from Mexico on north Some of or the letters ask why he doesn't break down and publish publish publish pub pub- lish the list once and for all Most 1 of ot these writers are really serious They want to know what to take when they go way back in and it is mildly mildly mildly mild mild- ly surprising that so far they have not once asked for Cor a master list for tor automobile camping Probably the reason for this is that with a car a family can conveniently borrow borrow bor bor- row what it needs from the kitchen and the family closets closets closets clos clos- I ets and that any Item overlooked overlooked overlooked over over- looked can cnn be bought along the way at the nearest shopping shopping shopping shop shop- ping center THESE FELLOWS realize that It is quite a different situation situation situation sit sit- when one is some odd miles in the wilderness far from rom a town of or any size and well over miles from the thc nearest settlement And no roads If IC a person miscues on an item hell he'll have to get along without it No one has the final word on what you should take lake along and no single master li list lift t is going to be completely satisfactory sails satis factory for everyone tastes and individual requirements differ dUfer so primarily any mas mas- ter list necessarily has to be a guide to work from rather than the last word ONE advantage to seeing someone else's master list is that you OU will note items on It which may remind you of other other other oth oth- er things perhaps overlooked overlooked overlooked over over- looked or deliberately ignored that that you feel you need As time passes you will change something here and there adding adding adding ad ad- ding and subtracting and eventually you'll have a foolproof foolproof fool Cool proof camping inventory This incidentally is the way all pet master lists are arrived arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived at by trial and error and by experience |