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<span class="excerpt_part">...a boat,&rdquo; because rowing requires that one face aft, looking at where he&rsquo;s been rather than where he&rsquo;s going. This paddling business was something of an epiphany for Harry Bryan, and his fertile mind was inspired to adapt the Wee Las<strong>sie</strong> to his preferred construction techniques. We&rsquo;ll <strong>com</strong>e to those in a moment. First, a word about the Wee Las<strong>sie.</strong>...</span>

<span class="excerpt_part">...century or so ago. Geoff Kerr No racing boat is <strong>com</strong>plete without a <strong>com</strong>petitor, and several 16/30s were built in a workshop at the Antique Boat Museum. Summers based the concept for the new 16/30 class on a boat built by the Gilbert Boat <strong>Com</strong>pany of Brockville, Ontario, one of a number built circa 1920 for the Gananoque Canoe Club...</span>

<span class="excerpt_part">...While handling such a finely finished boat on land made me te<strong>nse,</strong> the King&rsquo;s performance on the water put me quite at ease. I&rsquo;d be happy to paddle a King again, even if it were painted olive drab. The plans for the King <strong>com</strong>e with full-sized templates for the stems and 16 molds. The 36 pages of instructions are clearly,...</span>

<span class="excerpt_part">...&amp; <strong>Com</strong>pany. Small-scale plans and building instructions for Diablo are included in Build the New Instant Boats, by Dynamite Payson, available from H.H. Payson &amp; <strong>Com</strong>pany and The WoodenBoat Store. The book&rsquo;s small-scale plans were intended as illustrations only, not for reading text and numbers; the plans and patterns from H.H. Payson &amp; <strong>Com</strong>pany are recommended for building the Diablo....</span>

<span class="excerpt_part">...<strong>com</strong>fortable rhythm is an acquired skill and requires patience gained with time in the cockpit. Raising the adjustable seat adds <strong>com</strong>fort while paddling. And as with any wooden boat, there is the pleasing natural beauty of wood grain to contemplate from the cockpit. The sheer is low enough to allow for <strong>com</strong>fortable paddling. Horton carries both single- and double-bladed paddles...</span>

<span class="excerpt_part">...be a fine gunkholer, too, just the ticket for getting into those tight, private spaces and tempting beaches where the big boats can&rsquo;t go. She has the stable and solid feel of a no-nonse<strong>nse</strong> boat going about her task with <strong>com</strong>petence and honesty. Rocque had Jacobssen fit lifting rings to the boat&mdash;two on the transom and one at the inside...</span>

<span class="excerpt_part">...for Fenwick Williams&rsquo;s Design No. 1. Except for the cross spalls spanning the sawn and steam-bent frames, there was nothing on deck, or above the sheer&mdash;the interior was totally open. He bought it all for $250. <strong>Com</strong>pleting the boat took most of Frank&rsquo;s spare time over the next five years. Frank christened the <strong>com</strong>pleted 18-footer KITTY KELLY, his mother&rsquo;s nickname....</span>

<span class="excerpt_part">...out your own lumber and fastenings, or you can opt for the kit that <strong>com</strong>es <strong>com</strong>plete with all plywood, lumber, epoxy, fastenings, and sailing rig. While these options are available from other designers, the vast amount of detail provided makes GRACE&rsquo;S TENDER stand out. Back at The Carpenter&rsquo;s Boatshop, I asked one of our first-year apprentices to look through the...</span>

<span class="excerpt_part">...deck hatch. (You can access the <strong>com</strong>partment itself through a door in the bulkhead.) Between the permanent forward and aft seats, there&rsquo;s a removable thwart for rowing. Being flat-bottomed, this is an easy boat to walk around in, although you&rsquo;ll find yourself sitting side-by-side with your <strong>com</strong>panion most of the time, leaning <strong>com</strong>fortably against the backrest and enjoying the view&mdash;and...</span>

<span class="excerpt_part">...<strong>com</strong>posite and rotomolded plastic kayaks, but this stitch-and-glue kayak is also lighter and stiffer than fiberglass kayaks and plastic kayaks of similar size. Pygmy&rsquo;s <strong>com</strong>puter-generated panel shapes and laser-cut templates produce kit pieces that will <strong>com</strong>e together in an exceptionally fair hull that will hold its shape for the life of the boat. [Update: Pygmy closed at the outset of...</span>

<span class="excerpt_part">...with years of experience, became a director of his family&rsquo;s boatbuilding <strong>com</strong>pany, Brin Wilson Boats, in 1974, when his father died. In partnership with his brother, he ran the <strong>com</strong>pany until 2000, when they made the decision to sell. Today, Wilson is a marine technology tutor at Auckland&rsquo;s University of Technology, UNITEC. Photo by John Eichelsheim Kingfisher is an outboard-powered...</span>