Boat Profile
A stitch-and-glue pulling boat from Pygmy
<span class="excerpt_part">...flow. I also find myself craving cookies, and want to dig out one of those dry bags while underway, to get to the Mint Milanos stuffed in beneath my polar fleece. Avid paddlers, please do not take offe<strong>nse</strong> at this admission; it’s my shortcoming, not yours or your sport’s. You who are more sophisticated kayak folk than I might chafe...</span>
Designs, Powerboats,
Deep-V bottomed, open runabout built of plywood over sawn frames.
<span class="excerpt_part">...74 & 75 PLANS DATA No. of sheets: 5 Level of detail: Above average Cost per set: $90.00 WB Plan No. 71 <strong>Com</strong>pleted 18′ Downeaster Images George D. Jepson The Manitou 18, a contemporary rendition of the Downeaster 18, is built by Copper Harbor Boat Works. George D. Jepson The runabout handles Lake Superior nicely, providing a dry, <strong>com</strong>fortable ride....</span>
Boat Profile
An easily built skiff for sail and oar
<span class="excerpt_part">...kit. The primary considerations in Sandpiper’s design were the ease and speed of construction. The Sandpiper is intended for sheltered, shallow water, and inland sailing or rowing. The weight was kept to a minimum to make trailering and launching quick and easy. My 17-year-old son, Kyle, built the Sandpiper as his senior project that he needed to <strong>com</strong>plete for graduation...</span>
Product Reviews
Shelter on board and ashore
<span class="excerpt_part">...thoughtfully designed, light, and made of tough <strong>com</strong>posite parts. I purchased a Swing Liteflex, a 7.4-oz medium-sized non-telescoping umbrella that is 25″ tall and 39″ across. This one I originally intended for hiking, but it has seen use on my boats as well. I also purchased the extendable Swing Handsfree, which is 30″ tall in the retracted position, 43″ tall...</span>
From The Editor
<span class="excerpt_part">I never saw Frank Prothero smile. He was a gruff, imposing figure with enormous beat-up hands who looked like he had strayed here from the 19th century. He was revered in Seattle’s wooden boat <strong>com</strong>munity for his lifelong career as a shipwright and, even beyond the respect due for his inestimable accomplishments, he had an air about him that <strong>com</strong>manded...</span>
Designs, Daysailer,
An Oughtred faering designed for sheet-plywood construction.
<span class="excerpt_part">...$204 (Elf), $225 (Elfyn) Related Publications: Clinker Plywood Boatbuilding Manual How to Build Glued-Lapstrake Wooden Boats <strong>Com</strong>pleted Elfyn Images Rami Salle Under oars, the Elfyn slides effortlessly with proper longitudinal trim. Rowing alone, some ballast, about 20 to 30 lbs, put where it’s needed, whether in the bow or stern, will keep the keel level. Rami Salle The centerboard case...</span>
Boat Profile
The 1928 “Flattie” is all about speed and simplicity
<span class="excerpt_part">...the first diesel-powered tugboat in the United States, actor John Barrymore’s 120′ fantail cruiser, and PIRATE (WoodenBoat No. 192), the R-boat, now based at the Center, that became the first West Coast designed and -built boat to <strong>com</strong>pete in an East Coast yacht race. The race just happened to be the national championship, and it won. Geary turned out the...</span>
Designs, House & Canal,
A house/canal boat designed for slow, enjoyable journeys in protected waters.
<span class="excerpt_part">...stove and a sink on top and a cooler or two tucked underneath. At lights-out a couple can retreat to a 4′-wide double berth aft, and a second couple, guests perhaps, can lower the dinette table for another double berth. Forward, there is a pair of single berths. The head is in a <strong>com</strong>partment on the port side of the...</span>
Designs, Cruising,
A heavily built smart sailer with accommodations for two.
<span class="excerpt_part">...trunk which <strong>com</strong>bines with a high coaming carried well aft. But for all the traditional detailing, the sail plan is a modern marconi rig of manageable size, in both the yawl and sloop versions. Here, too, it is a credit to Crocker’s skill that he could set those sails on this hull and still keep it all in character. You...</span>
Designs, Canoes & Kayaks,
A general use wood-and-canvas canoe.
<span class="excerpt_part">...height permits more powerful strokes. And their far forward and aft locations provide better steering. Body plans This historic Morris canoe will carry a larger load than any <strong>com</strong>parable decked <strong>com</strong>petitor, and it will do so while giving sharp control in shallow and tight streams. Most necessary repairs can be made with materials at hand. Used in its native inland...</span>
Boat Profile
A Sparkman & Stephens classic
<span class="excerpt_part">...The Blue Jay is a classic little sloop designed by Sparkman & Stephens (S&S) in 1947. It’s a hard-chined daysailer, 13 1⁄ 2′ long, 5′ 2″ at the beam, and weighs a minimum of 275 lbs. It carries 90 sq ft of sail in a main, jib, and spinnaker. While its sheer is relatively flat, its bottom is slightly veed...</span>
<span class="excerpt_part">...just a few image samples. Should we decide to pursue your idea, we’ll ask for a partial manuscript, especially for narratives. If, however, your manuscript is already <strong>com</strong>plete, send it along. We’re friendly people, and will be happy to bend the rules for a good story prospect. Please send all queries, by e-mail only, to Jenny Bennett, Editor, at jenny@woodenboat<strong>.com</strong>....</span>