Boat Profile
Strip-built in cedar, spruce, and pine
...felt getting aboard diminished. Getting underway is best accomplished with short, smooth, even strokes. Once the boat was moving I never felt any lack of control. Spencer Leonard,
Product Reviews
Power and finesse
...plank sections together
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A fast pulling boat
...who
Technique
HDPE for less friction
...with use and age. My boats
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A historic sharpie type— with variations
...transom tucked up prettily and the heel of the stem riding just above the surface, which Chapelle noted was the trim favored by wor
Adventures
Sailing solo in the Ontario wilderness
...of us aboard; with me alone, it was nearly
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CNC’s modern sea kayaks steeped in Inuit tradition
...off the dynamics of these responsive craft. A block of foam is suggested
Product Reviews
An epoxy with flexibility
...When we are done with a task, we store the cartridge with the old tip left in place; when we
Adventures
From the Grand Canyon to the Whanganui River
...a good deal of fiberglass work. Brian was hoping
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A small cruiser full of ideas and innovations
...glued-lapstrake hull of 23′ 6″ LOA with a beam of 7′ 10″,
...width—7′ 3″—accentuates the cockpit’s volume. She feels and handles like a much larger boat. She has side seats aft, with lockers under-neath, and a bridge deck, ma
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A classically inspired one-design
...also understands boats. He spent summers in college wor
Adventures
A summertime singlehanded cruise
...it took me an hour of tac
Reader Built Boats
The elevation of a jet ski
...on to 1,000- and 2,000-grit foam-disc pads, rubbing paste, and polishing
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Iain Oughtred's other faering
...no trouble tac
A charming house and camp boat
...trailer after retrieving, a small jack and a couple of boards will get her aligned properly. The original boat was
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Simple rig, rewarding sailing
...His retirement, 55 years later in 2001, didn’t stop him wor
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A skiff for oar, sail, and outboard from Arch Davis Design
...an instructional DVD, and various kits are also available. We found the building manual to be
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A working class skiff
...Inside, the frames, plan
Adventures
A solo sail-and-oar adventure race
...was my life jacket, It had to be
Adventures
The Rivers and Canals of Belgium and France
...that ma
Adventures
Marooned on a Maine island, two cousins build an escape vessel and sail home
...next day excited with the progress we had made. Our vessel’s framework was close to
Technique
A gallery of ideas to improve your small boat
Small boats provide endless opportunity
Technique
...whether from spray or after a knockdown, reduces a boat’s stability due to the
Boat Profile
A box that takes flight
...a simplified construction method that made the boat lighter. With new plans available, the Oz Goose soon appeared in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia. The Oz Goose fleet and