Boy’s Life – 1943-07 – Solomon Islands Canoe – W Ben Hunt
Excellent article on the design of an outrigger Canoe, interesting to study and see how it goes together
I really have no intention of building a canoe anytime soon, but I still enjoy reading the plans for canoes, and these are good plans from am excellent artist
These articles led to a monthly column in Boy’s Life – The Slide of the Month by Whittlin Jim Column
W Ben Hunt created the Whittlin Jim and Lone Eagle names, and published articles under all three name – Ben Hunt wrote 2-4 articles per month for Boy’s Life, and I think he created the Whittlin Jim and Lone Eagle to make is seem like there were multiple authors writing the articles
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Boy’s Life – 1943-07 – Solomon Islands Canoe – W Ben Hunt
