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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: May 2026
In this issue we profile a traditionally built Norwegian pram and a kit-built stitch-and-glue sail-and-oar dinghy; go down the Columbia River from Portland to Astoria in a skin-on-frame pedal and oar boat; learn how to make a stable but mobile boatstand; review some hand tools for the boatshop; and hear how a Canadian vet built his first sailboat so he could have fun with his grandchildren.
Read the Current IssueFeatured on our front cover is a Cape Falcon Kayak skin-on-frame St. Lawrence River Skiff beached for the night on the shores of the Columbia River.
