Boat Profile
Jericho Bay Lobster Skiff
A forgiving outboard-powered boat
...model in a version that was stiffer and more easily trailerable, and WoodenBoat magazine wanted to present a good-loo
Adventures
Back Door to Georgian Bay
A Sail and Oar Journey
...on the tent. With a wide sleeping platform and a tent to keep me dry, my new boat was proving to be luxuriously
Boat Profile
Marsh Duck
...exhilarating ride. I had no trouble keeping the boat upright during my sailing trials, but I did a capsize drill to see how easily I could recover from a dun
Boat Profile
The Wineglass Wherry
A stitch-and-glue pulling boat from Pygmy
...at my chaο¬ng, and might suggest that I pack the cookies more thoughtfully, within arm’s reach in the cockpit. Fair enough. But still the fact remains: While paddling my kayak
Adventures, Caledonia Yawl,
Bainbridge Island
A Puget Sound solo circumnavigation
...up water. Settled in at the helm, I was ma
Boat Profile
Arctic Tern
A modern yoal
...a split tiller or a push-pull Norwegian-style tiller. The latter can feel unfamiliar if you’re used to the more
Product Reviews
Oscillating Multi-tools
DeWaltβs DWE315
...a quick-release device
Reader Built Boats
Simply Grand
Two grandsons team up with their grandfather
...them a greater sense of accomplishment, turning a pile of plywood and lumber into a wor
News and Curiosities
Sparkman & Stephens Breathes New Life into Downeast Peapods
...are available in three models and can be ordered through the new
Adventures
Thwarted
A solo row to Floridaβs Dog Island
...surface in no apparent direction. A broken stalk of dry grass was blown back,
Adventures
Two Tramps and a Lady
A 280-mile row across France along the Two Seas Canal from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean
...Bridge” (in spite of it having opened in 1612). It spanned the Garonne River on seven stone arches of varied sizes. People filled the streets lining the riverbank, drin
Boat Profile
St. Ives Punt
Local boat, wide appeal
...the sheeting arrangement, which runs through a single block with a line which is looped over a thumb cleat on the leeward rail. When the boat
Reader Built Boats
IRONBLOOD
Transforming the Traditional
...The change was also meant to protect the rudder, ma
Adventures
An Electric Journey to Knight Inlet
Exploring the wild beauty of British Columbia
...up on plastic bins to face the morning sun. Chec
Product Reviews
Ballast Bags
Heavy-duty water bags for ballast or flotation
...from the launch site, you
Product Reviews
InReach SE
A satellite messenger from DeLorme
...seven weeks. I knew I would be out of mobile-phone range
News and Curiosities
ICYMI: Ashley Book of Knots in Public Domain
...it. You can find the various
Plans for the Milgate Duck Punt
Marc Davies profiled the Milgate Duck Punt in the December 2016 issue of Small Boats Monthly, and it also appeared in our annual print anthology, Small Boats 2018. The designer, John Milgate, has gracefully allowed Small Boats Monthly to include his plans here
Boat Profile
Deblois Street Dory
...met JR and Mary Krevans, a couple from Bar Harbor, Maine. They were thin
Boat Profile
Sponge Docks Skiff 13
An easily built outboard garvey
...the
Adventures
A Week on Georgian Bay
Thirty thousand islands, two small boats
...that we didn’t notice it until we returned to the beach—the island’s interior remained
Boat Profile
Swallow
A Wolstenholme gunter-rigged dayboat
...a
Boat Profile
A Gaff Sloop
Paul Gartside's design No. 218
...which would be finished bright, was carefully selected from two particularly straight-grained boards and set aside before plan
Product Reviews
Spur Grommets
Sturdy eyelets with bite
...Barry
Adventures
Return to the Texas 200
...of Day 1 of the Texas 200. Other than a dry bag, the 3-gallon jug of drin