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Here we are down on the Texas Riviera (the gulf coast of Texas) in our Michalak designed Caprice. This is what we do when we are not sitting in front of the computers, minding the store. It is R&R and R&D all wrapped up in one. We try out hardware, sails, wood finishes, and other gear. In this picture, we are testing the ability of the Caprice to sail with no one at the tiller so we could send a picture to Jim Michalak. Pretty cool, huh?

Jim is just one of the boat designers we respresent. He has 80+ plans available-- simple, sturdy, imaginative boats. We also sell plans by John Welsford. John’s boats are classic and elegant, and have that special “Kiwi” touch. Renn Tolman’s book is all you need to build his Tolman Alaskan Skiff.

We have books from Jim Michalak, John Welsford, Renn Tolman and others, including boatbuilding books from International Marine. Back issues of Duckwork’s Magazine are available on CD.

The site is under constructuon, but look around and check out what we do have up. We welcome feedback and suggestions--if you know of a product you think we should sell, please let us know!

Chuck and Sandra Leinweber