Boat Profile
Atlantic 17 Dory
Jon Persson's fast double-ender
...and detailed in the plans, and is within easy reach of an amateur who has some previous woodwor
Technique
LED Shop Lighting
Better lighting for finer work
...mercury that fluorescents do. The cost of LEDs has
Product Reviews
Taku Essential Jacket
A waterproof and breathable jacket kept simple
...and didn’t add pockets, armpit zippers, or any of the fancy features that are available now in foulweather gear. I didn’t miss any of the extras. The PFD I wore while rowing and sailing would have covered any pockets if I’d had them, backpack straps did the same while I was hi
Adventures
Four Oars and a Sail
A 2,000-mile river voyage through the American Heartland
...we went
Reader Built Boats
WENDY
A Gartside rowing skiff made of an unusual wood
...however, and the
Boat Profile
Chamberlain Gunning Dory
Dave Gentry's skin-on-frame version of a Massachusetts classic
...Dave’s plan set includes a 28-page
Designs, Canoes & Kayaks,
12′ Wee Rob Canoe
Light, elegant double-paddle canoe for glued-seam lapstrake construction
...No. 79.
Boat Profile
BUFFLEHEAD
A high-end hybrid for paddle and sail
...
Boat Profile
The WindSprite 26
An easy-to-build, multichined hull for performance daysailing
...chine is the angle where the bottom plan
Product Reviews
A Portable Solar Charging Kit
Goal Zero's Sherpa 50
...solar panel,
Product Reviews
BoundaryTEC’s ShowerCoil
Campfire Water Heater and Shower
...years,
Adventures
A Maine Island Idyll
Circumnavigating Deer Isle
...east-southeast, so we had to work to windward. The winds were still light, and the going was slow. I tacked back and
From the Editor
Harlan and Anna Hubbard: Life after Shantyboat
...independent and idyllic life: “The season
Reader Built Boats
A Bit of Venice on the Thames
An Englishman's S'ciopon
...bought plans
Boat Profile
Drascombe Lugger
In production for 50 years
...hint of spray will
Adventures
Barron Canyon
Canoeing the Algonquin
...I relaxed with a cool drink. As the evening dimmed the
Boat Profile
PocketShip
Echoes of a British pilot cutter
...power
Adventures
A Solar Solo
Cruising the Rideau Canal
...round turrets of stone blocks flan
From The Editor
Not Home for the Holidays
...few verses of the song and improvised the rest. On Thanksgiving Day, I rowed some 15 meandering miles from an unnamed hollow at river mile 705 to the Cannelton Locks. LUNA was the only boat loc
Product Reviews
ProMariner’s ProSport HD6
A marine battery tender
Over the years, we have used small marine batteries
Adventures
The Broughton Archipelago
Four for oar and sail
...the gaps of the dec
Technique
A DIY Roller
A table-saw accessory for ripping and crosscutting
...of the question. Last year I came across a better system, a washer roller. It’s easy to make and
From The Editor, Whitehall Tender,
Stretcher Steering
...and lose ground to the kayaker trailing me. I fought the weathercoc
Adventures
The Broughton Archipelago
A British Columbia cruise
...beach faced west toward Hanson Island and the setting sun, and there were numerous tent sites in the
Reader Built Boats
Sailing DORCAS
How a canoe built for paddling was reimagined for sail
...hi