Small boats provide endless opportunity for innovative thinking. We prowled the waterfront seeking clever and aesthetically pleasing solutions to some of the common problems posed by small boats: how to rig them, how to move them, how to stow gear aboard them, how to steer them, and how to live comfortably aboard them.On the following pages, we present a selection of those details, beginning with an ingeniously outfitted Caledonia Yawl in which Small Boats Magazine editor Chris Cunningham cruises in style with his two children. We hope the ideas presented here will inspire you when it comes time to outfit your own small boat. Chris Cunningham’s crew enjoys dinner aboard Chris’s 19’ Caledonia Yawl. (Chris is behind the camera, and will join them shortly.) Carefully designed and built details allow this small boat to be comfortable for daysailing, sleeping, and eating.
Christopher Cunningham
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Oh, this gets the creative juices flowing. Lots of great ideas here, and I’d like to see more! I’m building an 11′ tender to my 32′ sailboat and I love to add as many unique features as I can.
My favorite boat is a Walter Simmons 15’ lapstrake double-paddle sailing canoe, built by Mr. Simmons and purchased at his shop in Maine (I’m not the original caretaker of this amazing boat). So many ideas and so little time! Your wonderful SMALL BOAT DETAILS should become a book. …… I know, I know.