The form of the hull is simple and therefore comparatively easy to build.
The nature of the bottom of the hull provides perfect protection to the
shaft, propeller and rudder. All athwartships sections are straight and
honest. Nothing protrudes below the bottom of the double-ended flat keel.
The bottom of the keel is perfectly straight. There are fewer pieces in the
construction than in any other boat of equal size and capacity. And added to
these straightforward features one can rest assured that because I have
perfected the design by slow development over many years and by the
production of many boats of this particular model Rescue Minor will astonish
people who may be under the impression that an extremely shallow draft boat
cannot be fast and at the same time seaworthy and able.

Our subject this month has an over all length of 19 feet 6 inches; water
line length is 19 feet; breadth, 5 feet 8 inches; and draft with two men
aboard, 6 inches. Under way at top speed the draft will remain at 6 inches.
The freeboard at the bow is 2 feet 2~ inches; at the stern 1 foot 7 inches.
The underbody is unique and not easily copied unless data is available in
connection with a large number of previous designs that have been built to
and found to perform satisfactorily. The entire after body of the hull forms
the tunnel for the propeller, and the forward body the means for supplying
the water to the tunnel....