In this month’s Small Boats, we profile two boats designed for amateur builders: Dulcibella, a traditionally built Norwegian lapstrake pram reviewed by Jay Haavik, and the Western Skiff, a 30-year-old stitch-and-glue sail-and-oar design reviewed by Nic Compton. In Oregon, Don Golden makes the most of an unexpected mild spell in February to row and pedal down the Columbia River from Portland to Astoria. Looking for ways to optimize his shop space, Sebastian Schröder devises a boat stand that can be moved around even when in use. Audrey and Kent Lewis review a set of stainless-steel pry-and-scraper bars, while Christopher Cunningham tries out a new rasp that works effectively in more than one direction. And a Canadian veteran finds time in retirement to build a small sailboat from scratch.

Featured above is Nigel Irens’s Western Skiff, photograph by Nic Compton; and on our front cover is a Cape Falcon Kayak skin-on-frame St. Lawrence River Skiff beached for the night during Don Golden’s trip from Portland to Astoria.