
From The Editor
Launched
From backpack to bicycle to boat
Our Boat Profiles hit the beach with the famed Hobie 16, fast sailing cat and the Fine, a sliding-seat strip-built wherry. Editor Christopher Cunningham recounts rowing the Lower Mississippi River, the second leg of his 2,400-mile winter adventure, and looks back at his unlikely path to Small Boats, which began with a bicycle accident. A DIY boat hoist with tracks and trollies works in garages with overhead sliding doors. A flexible epoxy and a pair of spruce spoon-blade oars get put to the test and a Scottish ferry worker makes a one-sheet outboard runabout for a race against his shipmates.
From The Editor
From backpack to bicycle to boat
Boat Profile
More than fifty years old and as popular as ever
Boat Profile
A sliding-seat pulling boat with excellent stability
Adventures
850 miles from Cairo, Illinois, to New Orleans, Louisiana
Technique
Lifting a boat up and sideways for storage
Product Reviews
An epoxy with flexibility
Product Reviews
Beautiful oars that inspire good rowing
Reader Built Boats
A race boat built for a holiday challenge