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Browse 12 years of Small Boats: Our digital publication provides in-depth articles that inform, educate, and entertain everyone interested in exploring small boats and the adventures that come with them.

Current Issue: June 2026

In this issue we two sailboats of very different pedigrees, one from the U.S., one from France; explore the islands of Priest Lake, Idaho, in an 11′ 8″ flatiron skiff; learn how to make parrel beads without a lathe; review a multi-tool and a hat; and hear how a young man built a boat for a future friend for just the cost of the materials.

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Featured on our front cover is a Grand Silmaril designed by Emmanuel Conrath and François Vivier, photograph by Nic Compton.

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