Technique
Making a Boat a Home, Part 2
Four more small boat tents
...full-sized mock-up in our basement, using plastic sheeting as pattern material
Boat Profile
The Spaulding 16
A tribute to a Bay Area designer
...sport. It would introduce 10- to 18-year-olds to Spaulding’s boats and the history of wooden boat building in Sausalito. Craig Southard/Spaulding Wooden Boat Center In keeping with the mission of the Spaulding Wooden Boat Center, the Spaulding 16 was built with traditional lapstrake plan
Adventures
Across an Ocean
Rowing the Atlantic
...and in January 2013 I had lost three very close friends, soldiers killed in the same military
Technique
Six Ways to Build a Wooden Boat
A guide to common construction methods
...the hull
Adventures
A Quarantine Cruise
Wisconsin’s West Coast by sail and oar
...But I told myself I’d sail up to Lake City before deciding, a 2-mile
Boat Profile
RowCruiser
A solo expedition rowboat
Boat Profile
Waterlust Sailing Canoe
Chesapeake Light Craft’s versatile canoe for paddle or sail
...last planks are stitched to the bulkheads. There is a watertight
Reader Built Boats
3’S A CROWD
A true novice’s first boat
When it
Boat Profile
ZEEK
Designed and built for Alaskan waters
...hydraulic steering controls the Honda 90-hp four-stroke outboard. ZEEK has a stand-up console, but a sister boat with identical lines is fitted with a house. Seaman said, “All boat designs are a
Boat Profile
The Core Sound Series
Camp-cruisers with attitude
...knots of wind the Core Sound 20 is cruising along, closehauled, at 4.4 knots—yet there is no fuss, no noise, no effort; the helm is balanced, the boat stable. With only 155 sq ft of sail, I could perhaps be
Boat Profile
Penny Fee
A glued-lap plywood dinghy for oar and sail
...entrepreneur, ma
Adventures
A Tale of Two Boats
Building the PM-38 once as a teen and again 50 years later
...resist hoo
Boat Profile
RASCAL
A playful runabout
...and seems to be a characteristic of the bottom’s shape and the boat’s low center of gravity. I love this little dance, because it conveys a restless energy—the promise of speed. Most runabouts fulfill this promise, whether they are blindingly fast or
Boat Profile
Classic 17
A snug outboard from Bateau.com
...sea builds up. All of the Classic-series boats were designed to go offshore in moderate conditions and make it home safely if the weather takes a turn
From The Editor
Maligiaq
Greenland’s longest-reigning kayak champion
...them would be measured in yards rather than miles. Their use could really only be measured in rotations. While my interest in rolling a kayak began as a way to recover from a capsize without having to bail out, rolling
Adventures
Sailing the Archipelago Sea
A father-and-daughter cruise on Finland’s coast
...had dropped into a
From The Editor
An Aleut Baidarka
...a sprint. Zimmerly’s plans note the theoretical top speed is 4.9 knots. When I took the baidarka out
Reader Built Boats
John Greiner, His Way
Fulfilling a dream on the Great Lakes
...ta
Boat Profile
Stir Ven
A good sense of balance
...watertight
Boat Profile
The Friend·Ship Canal Boat
A comfortable cruising boat for sheltered waters
...rejoin the frames, and
Adventures
The Texas 200
A trial by water
...eastern sky lightened, and other sailors began to stir, so I broke camp and loaded the boat. https:/
Boat Profile
The Rambler 18
A runabout for adventure
...Mele said the recreational boating industry has been selling adrenaline and glory to the males, and white knuckles to the wives and children,
Technique
Anchors Astray
Unsticking stuck anchors
...opposite end of the shank and
Adventures
CROW’s Last Sail
Building a boat fit for a voyage into the unknown
...the old man’s inevitable
Boat Profile
The Long Point
A center-console skiff
...a tug. Indeed, it’s a hardy-loo