Product Reviews
Hüga
A heated seat for outdoors
...setting while sitting on it. I also wanted to
Reader Built Boats
BEULAH
An Escargot with a difference
...the inspiration they were loo
Reader Built Boats
MUSE
Building on indigenous experience
...felt its low
From the Editor
Driftwood and Windfalls
...sail. Winter storms in the Seattle area tend to bring down lots of honey locust branches, and I gather that
Boat Profile
Salt Bay Skiff
Easy to build, impressively functional
...Sail area, jib/13 sq ft Weight/ under 100 lbs [/table] The full-sized printed plans mentioned in the articles are available
Boat Profile
The West Branch
A Y-sterned canoe
...is on the
Technique
Cleating the Main
Two quick-release options
...the sheet. Dinghy racers are well familiar with this, and
Adventures
My Texas 200
A five-day sail-and-oar raid along the Texas coast
...A row of red lights from the towering three-bladed wind turbines shone out a few miles to the north. Around 10 p.m. a barge came by steaming all blue lights, playing rock-’n’-roll music. I couldn’t figure out how to get
Product Reviews
The LandShark Survival Bag
Safety and versatility in a small package
...functional thermal protection of a wet suit or dry suit. The bag’s aluminized layer, by reflecting radiated heat, also offers “tactical stealth” and can help evade detection by thermal imaging equipment. While that’s useful in a military application, the thermal cloa
Boat Profile
Inlet Runner
A versatile fisherman-friendly outboard
...while pulling pots. The self-bailing cockpit has plenty of height to drain well and to keep the scuppers from ta
Reader Built Boats
MOJO
A PT Skiff kit
photographs courtesy of the author “That boat is so damned beautiful, it’s ma
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News and Curiosities
2018 Small Boats Annual on Newsstands
...Pro Tip: With your subscription to Small Boats Monthly, you’re able to look up anything in the archives, 2018 and further back. That means if you’re reading the Annual and wonder what the discussion in the
Product Reviews
Helinox Chair One
Compact, comfortable seating
...brea
Boat Profile
First Mate
A Lillistone beach cruiser for sail, oars, and outboard
...with the other. Securing the mast with a lashing is easy and bombproof and avoids the need
Reader Built Boats
A Boat of His Own
A square-stern wood-and-canvas canoe
...a boiler. It didn’t take long
Caledonia Yawl, Reader Built Boats,
GOOD’NUFF
A customized Caledonia yawl
...before he retired: “I decided to build three boats to keep me busy, thin
Reader Built Boats
SAOIRSE
A sharpie skiff
...himself. https://youtu.be/RhDSXyb9Vjc His
From The Editor
Puttering Around
...I don’t really need any of the things that I’ve built lately—what I need is a haircut—so my aim has been to fill the time I’d ordinarily be with my family, friends, and
Product Reviews
Nor’wester
A traditional sou’wester from the Pacific Northwest
...is no longer being made so I had to go loo
Boat Profile
The NorseBoat
A Cadillac of a camp-cruiser
...
Boat Profile
Tango 13
A twin-tailed transom
...everything needed
Boat Profile
AdvancedFrame Sport Kayak
An inflatable kayak with fine paddling qualities
...beam, and enthusiastic reviews, it seemed a kayak I’d feel
Boat Profile
Sunshine
A much-admired yacht tender
Boat Profile
KATIE
Harry Bryan’s 20' cruiser
...has designed a cedar-cored, fiberglass-and-epoxy-sheathed centerboard. Photos by Bryan Gagner Two berths that run up under the