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...a highly regarded workboat designed and built by Alton Wallace. Chip Miller gave the new boat more ong>freeong>board, less flare, greater breadth, and slightly increased length. Six River Marine, the ong>comong>pany Miller ong>forong>med with Scott Conrad in 1994, got its start as a mobile marine service. Miller and Conrad “packed their tools in a van and set about letting folks...

Time passes and carries with it our memories of even the sweeong>testong> experiences. I admit to having ong>forong>gotten a lot during the past 25 years, but every moment I’ve spent in the ong>comong>pany of BLACKBIRD remains firmly burned onto the CD of my life in boats. She’s a nautical treasure and rubs up against the edges of ong>perfectong>ion. She may...

...began when her owner, Tom Darnton, replaced his old, leaky waders with a new pair, seeong>king comong>fort during the annual spring ritual to install the dock at the family cottage on Lake Charlevoix in northwestern (lower) Michigan. Snug against the elements, he stood hip deep in frigid water, as a zephyr skimmed the surface under azure skies—a beautiful day to...

...referred to as “humble,” the fact is that once they progress beyond the “flat-iron skiff” of yore—a primitive boat with a totally flat bottom lacong>king forong>e-aft upsweep, or “rocker—a skiff can become an elegant solution to all manner of waterborne needs. The more specialized those requirements become, the more the inherent adaptability of such ong>comong>paratively simple boats tends to shine....

...and sheer stringers. Although perhaps it was a mistake, I felt more ong>comong>fortable covering the bottom first, then ong>comong>pletely cutting away the port and starboard overhangs and using them separately afterwards ong>forong> the sides. This called ong>forong> a continuous overlap along the chines, and amidships I found that my overlap was a little scant. Maynard Bray A simple building jig...