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A Herreshoff Coquina
...knowledge and experience as a boatbuilder to the project. They chose to build the Coquina in cold-molded red cedar. Using a CAD program they drew out full-sized patterns
Product Reviews
Nemo’s Bugout Screen Room Tarp
Mosquitoes, gnats and flies can be a real nuisance when camping in coastal areas. Nemo has developed a versatile shelter called the Bugout that
Technique
Quick Collars, Simple Buttons
Easy alternatives to leather collars
...adding something smaller to the leathers. I did the lashing the same way I’d do a simple whipping on the end of a line: ma
Boat Profile
Flint
A versatile Ross Lillistone skiff
...a bulkhead. This configuration eliminates the
Product Reviews
Scrubba
A wilderness washing machine
...made. All of the seams are consistently and cleanly done, the stitching is top-notch, the buckle is sturdy, and the whole thing weighs just 5 ounces. Folded, it’s quite
Technique
Water-based Wood Dye
Rich Color to Dye For
...its beautiful, natural-loo
Technique
Back-Country Baking
Let them eat cake
...size of pan. I’m careful to keep an even fire heat, and I rotate the ba
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A Tenacious Tween
Building a Jericho Bay Lobster Skiff
...and washers that temporarily clamped the strips in place until the thickened epoxy set up. Strips were glued with Jamestown Distributors’ “Thixo,” dispensed from a caul
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SYNCHRONY
A customized Tread Lightly
photographs courtesy of Steve Judson The Tread Lightly’s mizzen was the feature that drew Steve to John Welsford’s design. Steve Judson of Annapolis, Maryland, was thin
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Jericho Bay Lobster Skiff LIZZY B
A Jericho Bay Lobster Skiff
Photographs courtesy of Bob and Beth Burns On its inaugural outing, LIZZY B performed up to her builder’s expectations. Bob Burns, as a novice boatbuilder, once paid a visit to Joel White to get some advice on what boat to build. He had a cedar-strip canoe to his credit, had brought the bare hull of a bass boat to
Technique
Power Carving
Working wood with an angle grinder
photographs and video by the author Angle grinders are designed
Product Reviews
Poseidon Sliding Seats
Power without outriggers
I have been
Product Reviews
Cruz Camera
from Hyndsight Vision Systems
...us a much better view ahead. You can request either the tight- or standard-angle when ordering the Cruz system; Hyndsight advises against using the wide-angle
Technique
Padook
Paddle + Boat hook
The Skipper and I launch our small sail-and-oar boats from our beach and dock, and
Product Reviews
A Cordless Wet/Dry Vac
Portability from Porter Cable
...of our favorite uses
Technique
Sharpening Files
Putting acid to work
...notice that a bottle of sulfuric acid will feel heavy. It is almost twice as heavy per unit of volume than water. When poured into water, the 10-percent solution will noticeably warm up, which is why I prefer glass containers to plastic. Keep away from the vapor rising from it by wor
Product Reviews
Image-Stabilized Binoculars
The Canon IS II 10x30
...signals to the prisms to
Boat Profile
Lighthouse Tender Peapod
A Maine classic updated
...of the peapod has a
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FIRE-DRAKE
A sail-and-oar cruiser
...channel that overlaps the border between Canada and the U.S. From the beach nearest his home the American San Juan Islands lie 7 miles to the west, the Canadian Gulf Islands 7 miles to the north. It’s a place synonymous with boating. Alex had done a lot of sea kaya
Product Reviews
An Auto-Release Cleat
Safer downhauls for centerboards and rudders
...to explore the coast. In the early 2000s, he built his first sail-and-oar boat and he
From the Editor
Blind-splined mitered knees
...Ben Fuller and I were corresponding about a variety of ideas
Product Reviews
Screw Pilot Bits
Fuller, Bosch, and Carbide & Diamond
...a set of Fuller bits that
Technique
Oarlock Extensions
DIY devices for forward-facing stand-up rowing
...metal plate on top of the rail, and its end is captured by a “step” made of a block with another metal plate with a ¾″ hole. The locks raise the oars 4” above the shoulder. Elevated oarlocks like these are still available from Walt Simmons of Ducktrap Woodwor
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TRIO
Divide by three and conquer
...third story apartment. And the only place he would have to store the finished boat was the 4′-long, 3′-wide back end of his Toyota hatchback. The boat would have to be sectional. While TRIO could be assembled in Paul’s living room, there wasn’t much room left
Technique
French Whipping
A quickly whipped grip
...French whipping on this Whitehall’s tiller uses a soft 3/16″ solid-braid synthetic cord. While any braided or laid cord can be used, synthetic or natural, we prefer laid cotton. It’s traditional, kind to the fingers when wor