November 2024 Archives - Small Boats Magazine https://smallboatsmonthly.com/issue/november-2024/ Wed, 08 Jan 2025 13:15:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 An Echo Bay Dory Skiff https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/an-echo-bay-dory-skiff/ https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/an-echo-bay-dory-skiff/#comments Fri, 01 Nov 2024 16:00:24 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=192497 In 2021, when Pam was 92, she announced that she really wanted a rowboat. Rebecca and her husband, Eric, started a search for the perfect boat. They intended to buy one but couldn’t find the right thing. Then, in December of that year, while vacationing in Maine, they heard about Clint Chase and the kits he sold through Chase Small Craft in Saco. They called him up.

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]]> https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/an-echo-bay-dory-skiff/feed/ 6 The Ronstan Battlestick https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/the-ronstan-battlestick/ https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/the-ronstan-battlestick/#comments Fri, 01 Nov 2024 15:59:55 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=192606 Depending on the number of crew and the wind conditions, we’ve found that a tiller extension is often useful for attaining good balance and trim while maintaining precise control of the rudder. The most versatile extension that we have come across is the Ronstan Battlestick

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]]> https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/the-ronstan-battlestick/feed/ 4 Jorgensen’s 60-1/2 Block Plane https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/jorgensens-60-1-2-block-plane/ https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/jorgensens-60-1-2-block-plane/#respond Fri, 01 Nov 2024 15:59:25 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=192395 I teach mostly introduction-level boatbuilding and woodworking courses and encourage students to bring some of their own tools when they can. This past summer, a couple arrived with two new Jorgensen No. 60-1/2 low-angle adjustable-mouth block planes. I like 60-1/2 low-angle block planes in general but had not seen the Jorgensen before. It turned out to be a well-made and useful tool.

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]]> https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/jorgensens-60-1-2-block-plane/feed/ 0 PVC Spring Clamps and a Tool for Applying Them https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/pvc-spring-clamps-and-a-tool-for-applying-them/ https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/pvc-spring-clamps-and-a-tool-for-applying-them/#comments Fri, 01 Nov 2024 15:59:00 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=192700 PVC spring clamps can be applied by hand if they’re not too hard to open. The clamps I cut from the 1 1⁄2″ pipe take 5.5 lbs of force to open them 1⁄2″ and 16 lbs to get to 2″. The clamps cut from 2” pipe take 7 lbs to open them 1⁄2″ and 18.75 lbs to open them 2″. These numbers are also measures of the clamping force of the pipe clamps. As a comparison, a Pony Jorgensen 2” spring clamp applies roughly twice the amount of pressure at the ends of its jaws.

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]]> https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/pvc-spring-clamps-and-a-tool-for-applying-them/feed/ 4 The Sea of the Sámi People https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/the-sea-of-the-sami-people/ https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/the-sea-of-the-sami-people/#comments Fri, 01 Nov 2024 15:58:25 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=192452 Lake Inari is the third largest lake in Finland and lies within the Arctic Circle in Northern Lapland. Its 420 square miles stretch from the village of Inari in the west to the Russian border in the east, and to the Vätskär wilderness reserve 43 miles northeast of Veskoniemi. The lake is dotted with more than 3,000 islands and has several wide-open stretches of water that can be hazardous for small vessels in strong winds.

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]]> https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/the-wittholz-15/feed/ 2 A United Nations Flat-Bottomed Skiff https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/united-nations-flat-bottomed-skiff/ https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/united-nations-flat-bottomed-skiff/#comments Fri, 01 Nov 2024 15:57:40 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=192035 The flat-bottomed boat was designed in 1971 for use on Lake Malawi in southern Africa. The plans are posted as a free design in their Fishing Vessel Design Database. I built the skiff last year, when I was 16, and it has performed well, no matter the conditions on my home body of water, the Great South Bay, Long Island, New York.

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]]> https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/united-nations-flat-bottomed-skiff/feed/ 4 The Can-Do of Small Boaters https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/the-can-do-of-small-boaters/ https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/the-can-do-of-small-boaters/#comments Fri, 01 Nov 2024 15:57:06 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=192865 Over the years, one constant amongst our readers and contributors that has always impressed me is the shared spirit of “get up and do.” There is, indeed, an indomitable spirit of can-do, of rising to a challenge, that enriches Small Boats, as well as an openness and welcoming attitude within the community that time and again inspires newcomers to give it a go.

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