The deck arrangement shows a short cuddy forward and a big cockpit, this is 11 feet 11 inches long. A seat extends across the after end. The cockpit floor is, of course, self-bailing. The motor is installed beneath a housing which extends two thirds the width across the cockpit, leaving a passage-way along its starboard side. The motor house Serves also as a seat for the helmsman, the steering wheel being mounted nearby on the cockpit coaming along with throttle controls, clutch lever and instrument panel nearby.

Hardtack is of flat bottom model and therefore a very simple form to plank with metal or, for that matter. wood. The lines are the latest development of this type of hull and I know that if the boat is built exactly to the form shown in the drawings of the lines the performance will be more than satisfactory. The length of this cabin utility boat is 25 feet 4 inches; the water line length is 24 feet; the breadth on deck, 7 feet 4 inches; and the draft 1 foot 4 inches. The freeboard at the bow is 3 feet 8 1/2 inches; the least freeboard is 2 feet 4 inches; and the freeboard at the stern 2 feet 7 1/2 inches.