July 2022 Archives - Small Boats Magazine

Mercer Slough

Christopher Cunningham — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 01:54:37 +0000

Between 1980 to 1987, four other boats I had built for months-long cruises got me through all the adventures that had captured my imagination and ambitions, and I was ready to settle into a career and raising a family. When I brought Whitehall home in 2014, my kids were on their own and I had just been hired by WoodenBoat. Later that year, the Whitehall became a valuable asset for my work as the editor of Small Boats. It made its first appearance in November 2014 issue in an article on Beaching Legs and has since appeared in one way or another in at least 54 other articles.

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Norwalk Islands Sharpie 23

W. Peter Sawyer — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 01:54:07 +0000

Bruce Kirby deemed his Sharpie-class boats “cruising Lasers for grown-ups.” Kirby’s sharpies are flat-bottomed, centerboard cat-ketches with unstayed masts.

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Excursion

Dave Feder — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 01:52:18 +0000

The whole experience of building the Excursion was interesting, enjoyable, and I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out. The custom kit package enabled me, a complete novice, to build a beautiful recreational kayak that I am proud of and will be happy to paddle for years to come.

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Norway’s England Sailors

Tony Teigland — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 01:50:46 +0000

During 1940 and 1941, the first two years of the German occupation of Norway during World War II, 21 small wooden boats set out across the North Sea to Great Britain. Those who attempted the dangerous voyage, known as Englandsfarere—England Sailors—had one goal in mind: to join the Allies in the fight against Nazi Germany.

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Dehydrating for Cruising Cuisine

Christopher Cunningham — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 01:48:30 +0000

Dehydrating food will add some time to your preparations for a cruise, but it’s well worth the effort. Some foods, like black-bean soup, are every bit as good when reconstituted and others, like watermelon, are transformed and intensified by dehydrating. And you can save food that might otherwise go to waste languishing in the kitchen.

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Sailrite Sail Kits

Audrey and Kent Lewis — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 01:45:23 +0000

The instructions explain the markings on the sail and the sequence of construction. Sailrite has done a good job with the assembly sequence of the five panels and the reefpoint, peak, clew, tack, and throat patches to minimize the number of times that large amounts of sailcloth must be rolled up to run through the sewing machine’s throat.

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The Kitchen Sink

Christopher Cunningham — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 01:37:29 +0000

The sink is a good size for dishwashing at camp or at anchor and makes the job much tidier. I’ve often used my cookpot as a sink, but it is too small to hold anything and soapy water gets all over the place, adding to the post-meal cleanup. The 10-L sink neatly contains the mess. If you cook ashore over a campfire, It can carry just over 3 gallons of water when you’re ready to extinguish the fire. The 10 L/2.6-gal rating is for the sink when set on a flat surface; when carried, the bottom adds capacity by turning from flat to rounded. A full load of water weighs 27 lbs, and the handles are just long enough to make it possible to carry that load with one hand.

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MEGOLA

Christopher Cunningham — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 01:36:39 +0000

But all of his work will not be for naught. Every boat he ever built will always be his wherever it is and, with the memories he created along with them, Ernest will never be boatless.

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