Boat Builders

Mickey, Donald, and Goofy study the Ready-Cut Folding Boat blueprints, joking about how simple the instructions seem. They decide to name the vessel Queen Minnie. The moment sets the tone for a goofy, overconfident build.

They open the box containing the boat keel and prepare to assemble it. Mickey urges them to pull a rope to unfold the keel, but the gag arises as the rope entangles them while they recite lines from the blueprint. The scene shows that the plan is as clumsy as it is optimistic.

Mickey places the mast box on a slot and opens it. He climbs the mast to pull it up, ignoring the blueprint warning not to stand on the mast. The mast stretches toward the sky as Mickey stands atop it.

Goofy hammers boards at the bow, but each nail springs back. The misfires knock him about until he tumbles off the dock onto a barrel of nails. He reads the word on the barrel and realizes it contains nails, yelps, then grabs the boat's stem.

Donald sits on a board suspended from the stern to paint the rudder red. Mickey attaches the ship's wheel to the helm and tries to turn the wheel while Donald clings to the rudder to keep it still. The seat tangles around the rudder and the wheel spins, giving Donald a comic moustache from the paint.

Goofy places the mermaid figurehead box on the bow and sees what he thinks is a real woman. He flirts with it, kisses it, and becomes lovesick, dancing on a crate. When Mickey moves the figurehead toward the bow, Goofy notices it is missing, foreshadowing trouble.

As Mickey carries the figurehead toward the bow, its tailfin catches the whistle cord and sounds the whistle. Goofy mistakes the whistle for the lady calling and rushes to hug the caller. He ends up embracing the funnel, rattling the boat and landing on the anchor.

A ceremony is held to celebrate the Queen Minnie s maiden voyage, with sailors gathered around the ship. A brass band plays Anchors Aweigh as Minnie prepares to christen the boat with a champagne bottle.

Minnie hammers the champagne bottle against the hull a little too vigorously during the christening. The boat buckles and begins to fall apart, sending the trio rolling across the broken hull pieces.

The three end up floating on the scattered parts of the Queen Minnie. Mickey repeats the line that started the project, while Donald groans Ah phooey at their situation. They drift in the water, clinging to wood scraps as the joke lingers.

The cartoon ends with the trio stranded on fragments, still trying to piece together anything resembling a boat. The running gag underscores the intention behind the simple blueprint and the inevitable slapstick that accompanies it.