(Excerpts from 2003)

Double the Horsepower and
Double the Speed

By Robert A. Musch
Excerpted from Messing About in Boats

Canting Keel technology
delivers greater speed to Maxi racing

Excerpted from Gizmo.com

Building Fairehope
By Turner Matthews
Excerpted from Messing About in Boats

The Paper Boats of Elisha Waters
By John B. Ehrhardt
Excerpted from Messing About in Boats

Simple and Inexpensive Planking
excerpted from Buehler's Backyard Boatbuilding by George Buehler

How to Simulate a Trip to Sea on Land
by Georgia A. Graham
Excerpted from Nautical Notions

A Gippsland Lakes in the Winter
Excerpted from Ocean Spirit Magazine

The Saga of Flying Clam
By Steve Tiebout
Excerpted from Messing About in Boats

 

Escape from Estonia
By Indrek Lepson
Excerpted from Messing About in Boats

A Chasing After the Wind
Excerpted from Ocean Spirit Magazine

 

Ripping and Machining the Planking
Excerpted from "Canoecraft" by Ted Moores and Merilyn Mohr

Alsphere in Venice
by Captain Tork Buckley
Excerpted from The Yacht Report

Why Go Sailing?
(Trailer-Sailers)
Excerpted from Ocean Spirit Magazine

River Voyage Over
Excerpted from
Three Years in a 12-Foot Boat
by Stephen G Ladd

My First Full Sized Boat
By Bradford Lyttle
(Excerpted from Messing Around In Boats)

 

What It's All About?
( Trailer-Sailers)
Excerpted from Ocean Spirit Magazine

from Messing About In Boats
Skimmer

The Poor Man's Whaler
by Dynamite Payson

 

Kids and Boating
By Wayne Spivak
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary

Messing About In Boats
Shiver Me Timbers
By Robert L. Summers

Rowing the Damariscotta
by Steven Roberts
Excerpted from GET OUTSIDE

 

Messing About In Boats
Mouse Boats and Flats Rats
By Jon Rieley-Goddard

Which Rope Should I Use?
Excerpted from Ocean Spirit Magazine

 

Messing About In Boats
Impatience And a Paddle

By Mark E. Lacy

High School Project with a Difference:
Building 2 Shuttle 31 catamarans

Excerpted from Ocean Spirit Magazine
By John Shuttleworth

 

Hard Luck Cruise
by Bill Zeitler
From Messing Around In Boats

Choice of Species
excerpted from:
Canoe Paddles
by Graham Warren and David Gidmark

Do You Feel Your Children Are Adrift?
The Naval Sea Cadet program
may be the answer!

By Wayne Spivak

Messing About In Boats
Troubleshooting Trailer Lights
by Alan Glos