March 2022 Archives - Small Boats Magazine

Reacquainted

Christopher Cunningham — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 02:11:14 +0000

The hatch had been damaged during the cruise, so I fixed the cracks in its mahogany frame and gave it a fresh coat of varnish. The two bronze bolts that anchored the braces for the folding oarlock stanchions needed to be replaced and then LUNA was as fit as she was when I first built her. There was even some luster left in the only varnish she’d ever had. While the boat sat in the back yard, I tried taking a few naps in the cockpit. With a sleeping pad and a pillow, I was quite comfortable and once even drifted off to sleep.

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Handy Billy

Steve Cormack — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 02:10:23 +0000

Harry's website designates this build as best for someone having intermediate skills. It is helpful to have some skills in woodworking (cutting, fitting, and shaping) and problem-solving, but having good work habits and a capacity for project management and planning will also really pay off.

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Colonia Dinghy

Matthew P. Murphy — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 02:08:37 +0000

SUN DANCE II is a spritely 17′ sailing dinghy whose design dates back to 1901. The original boat of the series from which she emerged, designed by N.G. Herreshoff and built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, was a daysailer meant to be carried aboard the 189′ Gardner & Cox-designed steam yacht COLONIA owned by Frederick G. Bourne.

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Sailing the Archipelago Sea

Mats Vuorenjuuri — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 02:07:15 +0000

Refreshed by coffee and chocolate, we left the islet and continued working to windward. Here the islands were closely knit, and we were more protected from the wind and waves coming from the southwest. Inari had been navigating, keeping track of our progress on the chart on her lap. After an hour, she said that we had proceeded only half a mile from our stop at the islet

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It’s a Wrap

Christopher Cunningham — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 01:47:25 +0000

For decades I’ve used strips of rubber instead of clamps to glue up oars, paddles, and spars. I used rubber initially because I didn’t have enough clamps for the longer pieces or clamps large enough to span blanks for oar and paddle blades, but even though I now have plenty of clamps, including bar clamps, I still use rubber strips for those particular jobs.

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Quick Change Jack

Audrey and Kent Lewis — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 01:45:13 +0000

The jack is a heavy-duty aluminum semicircle that cradles the axle in a notch on one end and uses a cam action to raise the axle, with lifting effort provided by the tow vehicle. It is easy to use. The jack is placed under the axle, close to the inside of the wheel and tire that need to be raised.

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Small Boat Head System

Ben Fuller — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 01:43:46 +0000

Small boats are still small. Portable flush toilets, like the classic Thetford and Dometic toilets, are too large to fit into most open boats. The folks at Duckworks decided to find a solution and produced their Small Boat Head System.“The aim for it,” according to Duckworks, “is more for last-resort use than for daily function as a head.

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HOPEWELL

Christopher Cunningham — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 01:42:30 +0000

After recovering, Jeremiah suggested to his dad that HOPEWELL might be an appropriately uplifting name for the not-yet-finished runabout. A year later, Jeremiah had completed the motorboat and launched it with family and friends, 4-1/2 years after the project began.

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