Boat Profile
The Faering Cruiser
A stitch-and-glue solo expedition boat
...adrenaline output, this boat deserves a close look.
From The Editor
Projectlessness
While I was wor
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Wyman 12
A traditional working skiff
...made that retirement decision easy. Wyman 12 Particulars Length: 12′ 3″ Beam: 4′ 4″ Depth amidships: 14″ The
Adventures
Made in Vermont
The journey of a dory from logging to launching
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Morbic 12
A versatile lapstrake dinghy
...around the U.K. and Europe. The Morbic 12 was inspired by both the older
News and Curiosities
The British Library’s Copyright Free Images
You may already know about the Library of Congress’s nearly 30,000 copyright
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TROUT
A camp utility garvey
...the hull is inverted. A keel batten and two chines are sprung along the frames, and the outboard motor’s transom is fitted and fastened into place. The keel batten is beveled to receive the bottom plan
Product Reviews
GoBag
A self-closing bag with a magnetic seal
...of air around the phone makes it difficult to operate, so the air must be squeezed out before the bag is closed. Once sealed, the bag is
From The Editor
Hannes Lindemann
...utmost in the elements, I could
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The New Hampshire Snekke
A Norwegian motor launch descended from Viking ships
Jay Fleming Low-powered, double-ended launches called snekker are ubiquitous along the coast of Norway, but rather exotic in New Hampshire, where Andrew Wallace’s Traditional Boatworks builds these boats. The soul of the Vi
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SCAMP
A little camp cruiser for big dreams
...in place, ma
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The Six-Hour Canoe
An easily built 15' double-blade plywood canoe
...mahogany, you don’t necessarily need the expensive
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Winter Wren II
A pocket yacht for two
...me down a life-changing path a decade back. I had already built a smaller and simpler Devlin boat, the 13′6″ Zephyr daysailer, a project that seemed plenty challenging at the time. The Winter Wren, while employing the same stitch-and-glue
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DragonFlyer 3.2
Brooks Boats’ lively sailing dinghy
...sloop to jump up and plane away. The wide “flat” to its bottom and relatively firm bilges, result in good initial stability. Despite its small size, this is not a particularly tender boat. Designed from the beginning as a kit, DragonFlyer goes together quickly and
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Savo 650D
Fast rowing, Finnish style
...an opposing wind and tide, our every fiber focused on not tipping over, and loo
Adventures
Dories in the Canyon
Honoring the boats and the men who saved the Grand Canyon
...ready
Product Reviews
Stay Afloat Leak Plug and Sealant
Quick cure for small leaks
...how much material you use and how big the damage area is.
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The PT Skiff
Seakindly and fuel-efficient
The Port Townsend Skiff is a boat with a mission: Deliver stellar fuel economy in a good-loo
Adventures, Whitehall Tender,
Whitehalls on the Colorado
Following John Wesley Powell through the Grand Canyon
...made traditionally without any modern gasket
Daysailer, Designs,
The Haven 12 1/2-Footer
A handsome daysailer based on the Herreshoff 12 1/2, but modified for a centerboard
...Haven 12 1⁄2 class claims to have created something revolutionary; rather, we’ve
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Port Aransas Skiff
A shallow-draft outboard
...tarpon population precipitously declined in the 1960s, the skiffs survived while the inboard tarpon boats did not. The Port A Skiff was arguably the
Adventures
A Sneakbox on the Ohio
980 miles from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois
...smo
Adventures
Dammed
Exploring Washington's Riffe Lake
...the hull was keeping me awake. Out on the lake, in the 2-mile fetch from the dam, a northwesterly was kic
Adventures
The Power Dory and the Pilot
Bringing history back to life
...tool I’d soon need and how to support the
Technique
Different Ways to Style Your Kayak
Bringing unique flair to plywood and strip-built kayaks
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