Workboats Then and Today - Part Two
When I was but a mere lad, my Dad took me from Tampa to Tarpon Springs, FL for a fishing trip.

Simple Boat Food
I believe I'm on firm ground if I say that most of us like to eat. It's also true that many of us don't give a lot of thought to food until we are hungry!

A Puddle Duck and the Everglades Challenge
The formula is not e=mc2 but rather PDR + EC = ?, but the outcome could be just as dangerous.

The Long Swim
Some time ago my niece Davinia announced her intention to swim across the English Channel in order to raise funds for charity, recently she asked me to help out on the boat, as I had the time available.

Jim Michalak's Newsletter
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Making Time - The Lower Wisconsin River - Pt 1
Usually in Wisconsin, October is when boats are getting put away and only hardcore fishermen and duck hunters are to be found on the water.

Die Foldermaus - Part One
In one of my more creative moments I was experimenting with half sheet boats and was working on an idea for a squashed hexagonal shape.

Mark Steele's Model Yacht Column
Mark Steele on a wonderful world of small boats.

Boom Tent For Sorcerer
Lauren encouraged me to make this tent. Of course I thought it was a good idea, but may not have got around to it without her encouragement.

Wee Rose - Part Two
The other change from the original design is the seat.

Wee Rose - Part One
I live in places where a litter of small craft defines the boundary between front yard and open water.

The 2011 Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival
The 35th annual Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival, hosted and sponsored by The Center For Wooden Boats (CWB), was held in Seattle WA July 2-4, 2011, at the south end of Lake Union.

The Monk Skiff
The Monk Skiff Skiffs are flat-bottomed small boats, usually not much more than sixteen feet long

Boat Cradles
Easy to build, light duty cradles for small craft.

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The Surveyor
A good surveyor is critical in a deal like this.

Designing and Building a Sailing Kayak - Part 2
By May 9th I was ready to make the bottom. I used 3/16" birch plywood. This concerned me a bit though my stitch-and-glue book acknowledged people successfully used it.

Sailors
I have been sailing for about 15 years now and only really have the chance to get on the water for a few weeks a year. I am still young though.

Workboats Then and Today - Part One
When I was but a mere lad, my Dad took me from Tampa to Tarpon Springs, FL for a fishing trip.

A Little Wood Boatbuilding Clamp
Sometimes good ideas come in small packages, and so it is with this little clamp used at the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding in Port Hadlock, Washington.

Dinghy on a budget - Part 1
I needed a dinghy as tender for my main build, but feeling less than rich after buying a load of white oak, I decided to try and construct this boat on a budget.

A Letter to Michael Storer
I want to share with you what happened today when I brought 'Little Bird' out into the light of day to step her masts.

The Florida 120 - Part Two
By now some good wind had filled in and we made short work of the Pensacola Bay...

The Florida 120 - Part One
For me, the FL120 started a couple weeks before the official start date.

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Eastern Messabout 2011 - Part 3
OK ... so by now I realize pictures are better and easier than words.

A Trip in Canada - Part Six
Stage 10: Philadelphia, The Raritan River, NY Harbor, Montauk L. I., Watch Hill R. I., Hartford Ct., New York, Home. This trip is done.

Mark Steele's Model Yacht Column
Mark Steele on a wonderful world of small boats.

Designing and Building a Sailing Kayak - Part 1
Here's my sailing kayak, after the first time out under sail the other day.

Eastern Messabout 2011 - Part 2
After a nights sleep and a quick breakfast & cup of coffee at the campsite, Steve and I drove the 5 - 6 minutes down to the beach to find Norm Wolfe already back and reporting a quiet night at Cabin John Creek.

The Everglades Challenge - Part Two
It seemed an eternity, but we finally passed Stump Pass shortly after dawn and began the slog to Gasparilla Inlet...

The Everglades Challenge - Part One
It turned out to be an abbreviated Everglades Challenge this year for Oaracle and her crew, but its brevity didn't mean any lack of excitement.

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Eastern Messabout 2011 - Part 1
June 3-4-5 at Elk Neck State Park, MD, "Rogues Harbor", saw three days of sailing, talking boats, and making friends ... with good weather & winds, too.

Valora's Log - A New Column by David Nichols
I had always built my own boats because by designing and building the boat I got exactly what I wanted. So the decision to buy a boat was a new one. Let me say this was a decision I didn't arrive at easily.

Building the ULTRA-PRAM, Metric - Part Two
The Ultra Pram Continued from yesterday ...

Building the ULTRA-PRAM, Metric - Part One
Late in 2010 Michael bought plans for the Ultra Pram, an all purpose transportable, ideally suited for small family boating because of its excellent freeboard and safety buoyancy compartments.

McKay and His Clippers
Donald McKay is the man who stood between the 1812 frigates of Joshua Humphreys and the 1880s yachts of Nathaniel Herreshoff.

Life with the AF4
To me, one of the most pleasurable aspects of building a boat is selecting the design.

Making a Built-in Cooler - A How-Not-to Guide
I find myself frustrated with coolers: they take up too much of my boat's best real estate, OR are too small or poorly insulated to keep my crew of three happy for a long warm weekend.

Night Sail
A 10-knot breeze moved Le Dulci-mer over a gentle chop on a moonless, cloudless night.

Boat Dolly for Solo Car Topping
It seems pointless to me to own a boat that can be car topped and that is primarily sailed solo but cannot be transported to the launch point without help.

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The D-5
A simple practical little row/sail/electric motor floating fishing barge designed by me.

Something of a Rogue
The river running through the city of Hobart, Tasmania is one of the most beautiful small boat cruising grounds anywhere.

Mark Steele's Model Yacht Column
Mark Steele on a wonderful world of small boats.

Two Years Before the Mast
It is a painful thing for a boat builder to not only be without a boat but also to be in a financial situation that does not allow him to build one.

Florida Gulfcoast Small Craft Festival #7
Talk a walk around this great festival.

Making it Longer - Or, Easy Angles
A treatise on scarf joining stringers for your next boat by John Welsford.

My Houdini Hope
About four years ago I purchased a set of plans for John Welsford's lug sailed Houdini and that was where it ended.

Farewell to Piglet
As I pushed Piglet, my West Wight Potter 14 sailboat, away from the beach, I did so with a heavy heart. For this would be our last sail together.

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Building Annie - A Navigator 15ft Yawl - Pt 3
Starting with the gunwales, the build continues...

A Bunch of Dinghies
The Benbow Cafe looked out on the harbor like an ancient seagull facing the wind... A story from Paul Austin...

Helensboat - Part Two
Helensboat, A Jim Michalak Trilars Continued.

Helensboat - Part One
The genesis for this boat came a few years ago at the end of an Everglades Challenge.

Jacaranda Festival's Celebration of Wooden Boats
The second Jacaranda Festival's celebration of Wooden Boats was held on the first weekend of November last year.

Staying Where You Want To Be
Anchoring is a somewhat fraught experience for a lot of small boat owners.

Nomad
Having been so infected some time ago, WoodenBoat's recent Design Challenge blew a little breeze over the embers and Nomad was the result.

John Welsford's Blog
John Welsford talks of travel and visiting friends in his blog. John Welsford is coming to the USA. Here are some details of his trip and a chance to help out a bit.

Cedar Key 2011
Well what can I say. This was probably the best sailing weekend of my life!

Making a Coopers Mast
I'm not for giving blood sacrifices to the tool god's; they get enough as it is, so here's a how to on mast making.