From The Editor
Lost in Thought
...how I’d put it back in wor
Technique
A Small-Boat Chart Holder
Taming Paper in an Open Boat
...should also work well, particularly if three cords are used. A 1/4” shock cord would probably be satisfactory, but I wouldn’t use a larger diameter. The holes
Boat Profile
Ebb
Easy, efficient rowing
...appropriate to have a hull that is
From The Editor
Bishop’s Wake
Following a 19th-century adventurer
...boats being made of paper by Waters & Sons, the only
Boat Profile
Freestone Classic Drift Boat
Wooden boats for whitewater
...
Boat Profile
The Ladybug Pram
It’s a wheelbarrow, and it’s a boat
...reliable dinghy system. Some use outhaul anchors, leaving their dinghies afloat and hauling them in to shore when needed. Some use dollies. Some use pickup trucks. And some use brute
Technique
Making a Boat a Home, Part 1
Boatbuilding never ends with launching day
...be hazardous. At times, getting into a sheltered cove can be a necessity, but you can’t always count on finding a legal or
Boat Profile
LUCIE
A Gil Smith catboat, in miniature
Gil Smith designed and built around 400 boats
Designs, Daysailer,
16′ 6″ Elfyn
An Oughtred faering designed for sheet-plywood construction.
The best of Norway’s small craft approach aesthetic and functional
Designs, Canoes & Kayaks,
13′ 7″ MacGregor Canoe
An able double-paddle canoe.
...a
From The Editor
Breaking the Ice
...than anything I’d seen reflected by snow. During the night ice crystals had grown up from the surface of the snow, each like a hexagonal golf tee of crystal, some over 2” tall, and their cupped tops reflected the light back to me. The crystalline pillars would fall over with the sligh
Technique
Sail Care
Offseason maintenance for small-boat sails
...and any metal fittings sewn to the sail, need to be rinsed with fresh water after the outing and then dried before being put away. Salt crystals that
Adventures
A Sneakbox on the Gulf Coast
Rowing and sailing from New Orleans to Cedar Key, Florida
...seemed like tinnitus
Adventures
Sea Trial
A neophyte on the Inside Passage, Part 2
...sleeping bag. The fights on the dock were still going on and I heard another similar
Boat Profile
The Macomber 15
A fast and heavy skiff from Westport, Massachusetts
...short planks running across the boat, rather than along its length. The seams between these planks are given a “good smear” of Life-Calk, a flexible sealant that will
Boat Profile
Fiddlehead
A solo canoe for double paddle
...provides the foundation
Boat Profile
Seaford Skiff
A versatile thin-water cruiser
...plan
Technique
DIY Oarlock Sockets
Oilite bearings to reduce wear
...mas
Boat Profile
Albion Pacific Power Dory
A power dory from Spira
...beams 1x4s. I was able to find a 22′-long, knot
Product Reviews
Spruce Spoon Oars
Beautiful oars that inspire good rowing
Brothers Ian and Justin Martin, the owners of Adirondack Guideboat since 2012, build elegant wooden and
Reader Built Boats
HIYU and CLATAWA
Pondering pedal power
...But as Clay noted, “I’ve never seen reciprocal motion be converted to rotary motion to rotate a propeller.” Clay Wright Nearly
Boat Profile
Grey Seal
A Norse spirit in modern wood construction
...not
Designs, Powerboats,
Design No. 1
Stephens plywood utility launch
Simple, able, and
Boat Profile
The Savo 650S
Innovation from Finland—technology confronts tradition
...equally radical appearance when
Boat Profile
The International 12-Foot Dinghy
100 Years as a Class
...of the Good Wood Boat