July 2022 Archives - Small Boats Magazine

The Norwalk Islands Sharpie 23 and the Excelsior, a strip-built recreational kayak, get a close look in this month’s Boat Profiles. A crew of four in a small lapstrake motor launch cross the North Sea in honor of those who fled from occupied Norway during World War II to fight to free their homeland. Dehydrating food is easy and produces compact, long-lasting ingredients for tasty camp-cruising meals. A folding, portable camp sink and a Sailrite sail kit are the subjects of our Reviews. A retired Alabamian shares the stories of the six boats that span from his childhood to being a grandfather and our editor and his son explore the narrow waters of a local slough.