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Identifier: ForeststreamXXIIA (find matches)
Title: Forest and stream
Year: 1873 (1870s)
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Subjects: Periodicals Hunting Fishing Outdoor life Sports
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : (Forest and Stream Publishing Co.)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ut for ordinary hunting purposes a cheaper boat may befound at Barnegat, for about half the price there given. A VISIT TO A SNEAKBOX BUILDER. THE builder of the best sneakboxes found in Ocean county, N, Jis Capt. George Bogart, who has turned out, during the pasttwenty years, many successful specimens of this class of ducldngboats. Capt. Bogart has been employed for eleven years as captainof a life-saving crew, located on Long Beach, opposite Manahawken,Ocean county, N. J. This severe service results in rheumaism, andthe pay is very small when the great risk to healru and life is consid-ered. Capt. Bogart having left the life-saving service of the govern-ment, has built himself a shop one mile south of the village of Mana-hawk> n. and under the encouragement of the Single-Hand CriusingClub ot Ocean comity, proposes to give his whole time to perfecting The sail is hoisted by a halliard, with a parrel on the yard to holdt in to the mast. Instead of the tack, as used in canoes, a line
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JjLS, 8, 1883.) FOREST AND STREAM. 47B and aflapting- tlie sueakbox for the use of single-baad cruising. Boparts model of the feneakbos is considered to be the best we have.These boats have hitherto been built for ducking and flshins pur-poses. The stei-u has been made very broad to support the greatioad of wooden decuy ducks and seese whicli are carried on the afterdeck by the gtmner. The nose or bow of the sueakbox has fre-quently been couKtructed with great depression of deck lines fromth« cockpit forward, for the puipose of being easilyblinded andto give an unobstructed ranfre for the wildfowl shooter. Capt. Bo-sart has imijroved the sailing and rowing lines t^o as to adapt thecraft for belter sailirig, There is? snore rise orturn up to the bowof the best hoses than was fmuid in theiu ten years ago. In addi-tion to the apron, which voided tlie water from the forward deckwhile sailing in a head sea, ashelving or washboard six incheshigh is now placed along the edges or sides of th

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