2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 Window on the Water
5 You write to us about…
6 24th Annual Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival
9 The Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival: Another View
11 Sandbagger Days
12 USVMYG Traditional Watercraft Regatta
14 Shipyard School Raid 2006
17 Marty the Navigator
18 No, Boats Don’t Really Make Sense
19 A Peek up the Pocasset
22 Beyond the Horizon
24 Uffa Fox and His Dinghies
26 The Adirondack Guideboat
27 About That Umbrella Sail (and More)
28 Bolger on Design
30 Plans & Kits Series: Shell Boats
32 Trade Directory
37 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

A Marsh cat and an Abaco dinghy race for the finish in a windy Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival sailing race, two reports of the event are featured in this issue.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 You write to us about…
6 Book Review
7 Shallow Water Sailor - The Beginning
8 Snark Bytes…The Tandem Cruise
10 Saving the Maid of the Meadows
11 We Did It
12 When Restoring, a Bit of History Helps
14 Fall Building Season Underway
15 Restoring Oh Monah
16 Playing Truant
18 Curraghs on the Aran Islands
19 Assembling a Klepper
20 Bolger on Design: A Cruise in Bantam
22 A Rudder Like Butter
24 Canard…Bow Steering That Works
25 Plans & Kits Series: Geodesic Airolite Boats
28 On Diurnal Tides
30 From the Lee Rail
31 Trade Directory
37 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

The story of the restoration of the Maid of the Meadows Lighthouse on New York’s Hudson River is featured in this issue, and while I was putting it together this photo on the cover arrived on a Christmas card from Pat and John Ralston. I quote here the message: “In lieu of our usual Christmas card we are sending you this photo of the lighthouse taken at dawn on our way up the river for a work detail on October 10. We thought you would like this as a reminder of how wonderful the house is looking. Favorable weather conditions this fall and the availability of the Ulster County Sheriff’s Work Release Program kept us busy right up until the last possible moment. The men helped us with the much needed application of primer on all the new plaster work completed this season by historic plasterer Michael Armeno. Before we knew it the docks were pulled, the barge was stowed and the Maid was put to rest for the winter.”

2 Commentary
4 You write to us about…
6 What’s Wrong with Me?
6 A Rogue Wave
7 From the Journal of Constant Waterman
8 Book Review
9 More on Ethanol Fuel for Boating
10 Spat Part II
13 Return to Red Brook Harbor
16 Down to the Sea in Ships
17 So, What IS a Sailboat Good For?
18 Beyond the Horizon
20 Another Search for the Perfect Boat
22 Bicycle Tow Bar for Kayaks
23 One 67’Yacht - $30
24 Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory Report
25 Plans & Kits Series - Payson Instant Boats
28 New Wooden NorseBoat
29 From the Lee Rail
30 Bolger on Design
32 Trade Directory
37 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

Sam Glasscock’s 31’ Bolger Topaz, Spat, hustling right along on a cruise from Delaware to Lake Champlain. Sam tell us all about the trip in this issue.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 Window on the Water
5 Book Review
6 You write to us about…
8 In the Wake of Alexandre Dumas
11 “Rich Man’s River”
18 A Boating Adventure
20 Bluefish, Dolphins, and “Bob”
22 Building Tips from a Lazy Boatbuilder
23 So What ARE Boats Good For?
23 Them days are gone forever!
24 Workboat Finish
25 Transporting Boats, Car Top vs. Trailer
26 Plans & Kits Series – Guillemot Kayaks
28 Bolger on Design
30 From the Lee Rail
31 Trade Directory
37 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

Reader Richard Winslow returns with another of his north woods canoe adventure reports, this one on the unique “Rich Man’s River”, the Restigouche in New Brunswick.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 You write to us about…
6 Long Distance Messing About
7 Book Review
8 Soaki Koki
14 Right Around the Saints
16 Cruising the Georgia Coast by Small Open Boat
18 Scouting the French River
19 Running The General Clinton Regatta
20 Rowing to the Head of the Mighty Bass River
22 The Perfect Day
23 The Beetle Cat Buccaneers
24 Why Do I Do It?
25 A Fat Old Man on a Windsurfer
26 Beyond the Horizon
28 Seen Last Summer in Rockland
29 New Fiberglass Handy Billy
30 Bolger on Design - Long Light Dory
31 It’s That Time of Year Again
32 Trade Directory
37 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

Another of Jim Thayer’s annual Kokopelli camping/cruising gatherings out west there in high desert country has come and gone and Jim has a lengthy report with lots of photos for us in this issue.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 You write to us about…
5 What a Sailboat IS Good For
6 Book Review
7 Tidal Rivers
10 Son of a Son of a Sailor
12 Modesty Restoration
13 Collections, Stewards, and Catboats
18 Build a Sailor Girl on Your Own
21 Workboat Finish – Part 2
22 16-30 Class Revived at Antique Boat Museum
23 Come Learn With Us
24 Another Chesapeake Light
Skiff Launched
25 Bolger on Design – Spartina Update
26 The Joy of Trouble
27 Boating and Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
28 From the Lee Rail
30 Don’t Do This – Do This
31 Trade Directory
37 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

Sharon Brown, who is the Boathouse Manager at Mystic Seaport Museum, has contributed a lengthy discussion in this issue about museum collections and stewardship of traditional small craft, and one of her photos illustrating her essay is this cover shot of a new Beetle Cat under construction at Beetle, Inc. in Wareham, Massachusetts.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 You write to us about…
6 Book Review
7 Think Globally, Buy Locally
8 Paddling and Sailing
10 Living on an Offshore Maine Island
11 Freighter Canoes of the Pacific Northwest
14 Messing About with Solar Power
16 Beyond the Horizon
18 A Magnificent Obsession
19 Home Waters
20 I Found the Jenny Norman
22 What the Heck is a Bugeye?
23 My New Mark V 28 Design
24 The Evolution of a Cat
26 Cinnamon Girl
27 The Piscataqua Wherry
28 Bolger on Design
30 The Bare Facts
31 From the Lee Rail
32 Trade Directory
37 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

Alan Hamlett found the answer to his need for an ideal small boat for family camping trips afloat was the workhorse freighter canoe and he extols its virtues for us in this issue.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 You write to us about…
6 Book Reviews
7 Off Season Boating Cold Shock and Hypothermia
8 Mystic Seaport Museum’s Boathouse: A Reflection from 2006
15 Lost Boys with a Boat
18 Out on a Limb
20 Laser Sailing…It Sorta Went Like This
21 Lightning on the Lake
22 Long Distance Boat Building
25 Spaulding Center Keeps Wooden Boat Tradition Alive
26 The Bluenose III? Yes!
28 Bolger on Design: Update on Windemere
30 Changing of the Guard
31 Trade Directory
37 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

Mystic Seaport Museum’s boathouse has been making traditional small craft available for visitors to row, paddle and sail for a number of years. Boathouse Manager Sharon Brown tells us how it was there in 2006 in this issue.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 80 Years Ago This Month
5 Book Review
6 The Old Star
9 A River and Some Accidents Which Didn’t Happen
10 In Search of the Tradewinds
13 Back to the Back River
14 All’s Well That Ends Well
16 Beyond the Horizon
18 Building Kay
20 Boat Shop Report
21 Polynesia in Pennsylvania
24 The Gift Boat Renewed
25 Putting It Back Together
26 Marlinespike.com
27 Tirade Time
28 Bolger on Design
30 From the Lee Rail
31 Trade Directory
36 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

Reader J.J. Bohnaker sails his beloved old Star on Italy’s Lake Garda many years ago shortly before he sold her. He tells us all about that transaction in this issue.

2 Commentary
4 You write to us about…
5 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
6 The Joys of Nature
8 Pend Oreille
11 British Columbia Beach Cruising by Freighter Canoe
14 AWeek on Chesapeake Bay
16 Around Town
20 Adventure at Lake Betrayal
21 A Sea Story
22 Some Small Boats We Owned
23 Colorado Polyestermite Spotted
24 Bolger on Design
26 The Strength of a Sail
29 Mentoring
30 Trade Directory
36 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

Following up on Alan Hamlett’s story on the charms of camp cruising in freighter canoes in the April 1 issue, in this issue Peter Osberg takes us freighter canoe beach cruising on the British Columbia coast with a preliminary discussion on building his own freighter canoes.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 Book Review
6 You Write to us about...
8 WoodenBoat to Pay Tribute to Phil Bolger at 16th Annual WoodenBoat Show
9 Cayo Costa
10 My Most Memorable Sailing Experience
12 Shark Byte: The Snark Sails Again
14 Beyond the Horizon
16 Going Into the Ferrocement Business
20 Just 1 More
24 Her Name is Limerick
25 Harry’s Canoes
26 Lasers
27 Another Cinnamon Girl 65 Years Ago
28 Bolger on Design: Le Cabotin/Anemone – Part 3
30 Boat Elevators
31 From the Lee Rail
32 Trade Directory
37 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

Reader Gary Gillespie shares with us his small boating views and experiences in this issue, not the least part of which is the topic of transporting small boats. Our cover pictures a common experience for many of us, cartopping, but with Gary’s unique system for making this task easier.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 Book Review
6 You write to us about…
8 Second Annual Florida Gulf Coast Small Craft Festival
10 News from Cortez
12 Doing the Everglades Challenge
19 Octogenarian Boating at -8 Degrees
20 Princess Gloria - Beautiful Isn’t She?
22 The Perfect Boat
24 Plywood Prevails
25 Cometh the Beautiful Square-riggers
26 Bolger on Design
28 So, How Much is Enough?
29 The First Boat I Ever Designed and Built
30 From the Lee Rail
31 Trade Directory
37 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

Sailing the Florida Gulf Coast Museum’s spritsail skiff Sally Adams at the 2nd annual Florida Gulf Coast Small Craft Festival in April. Two reports are featured in this issue.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 You write to us about…
6 Book Review
8 Necessity is the Mother of Invention
9 Whatever Happened to Mac McCarthy?
10 All the Boats and the Boathouse
14 Where is Leiv Eriksson?
15 Possibly Changed the Course of History
16 Sail Fishing
18 Cruising Among the Thousand Islands by Sailing Canoe
19 54th Annual Mug Race
20 Beyond the Horizon
22 Boathouse Plywood
26 AWaterfront in Wales
27 Frolic2
28 Bolger on Design
31 1939 Potomac River Dory Hybrid
32 Trade Directory
37 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

The old boathouse on an island in Canada’s Muskoka Lakes district, where reader Dave Pardoe’s family messing about in boats goes back 107 years, provides a focus for Dave’s story about all those years featured in this issue.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 You write to us about...
6 Book Review
8 Cedar Key 2007
12 The Antique and Classic Boat Festival
16 The Herrrick’s Cove Festival
17 The Debsconeag Lakes Loop Trip
20 Another Bad Day at Black Rock
21 Major Island Cleanup Effort
22 The Sea Lion
24 Building a Hybrid Kayak
26 Bolger on Design
30 From the Lee Rail
31 Trade Directory
37 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

Reader Turner Matthews sent us this cover photo of Robb White’s son Wes at this years’ Cedar Key event featured in this issue. Wes is sailing his unique proa accompanied by his mother Jane and son Will. Cedar Key 2006 was Robb’s last outing only two weeks before his sudden and untimely death.

2 Commentary
4 Book Review
5 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
6 You write to us about…
8 38th Annual John Gardner Small Craft Workshop
12 Blue Claw Ramble
15 Messing About in the New York Canals
17 Cruising to Kokomo’s
18 Life on an Offshore Maine Island
20 80 Years Ago…
21 Opus One
22 Beyond the Horizon
24 Sinknetters of Harker’s Island
26 The Chesapeake Light Craft Skerry Five Years Later
27 Bolger on Design
30 Raptor 16
31 Trade Directory
36 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

Owners and lovers of traditional small craft gathered once again for the 38th year at Mystic Seaport’s John Gardner Small Craft Meet the first weekend in June. Our cover features two examples of the sort of small boats that can be seen and tried at the gathering on the tiny Seaport beach; a just completed Aleut baidarka amateur built from plans in Chappelle and an 1890s original Adirondack guideboat. More photos are featured on pages 8-11.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 You write to us about…
6 The Hunter Fleet on the Norfolk Broads
9 Tully Lake, Long Pond, and the East Branch of the Tully River
10 So, What’re You Gonna Do?
12 A Boat from Yesterday for Tomorrow
14 An Imperfect Compromise – Part I
16 A Joe Dobler Skiff Returns
19 In Search of a Camper/Cruiser – Nootka Sound
20 Building a Boat Shed
26 Bolger on Design
28 Oversight
29 From the Lee Rail
30 Trade Directory
36 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

Californian Kim Apel had the opportunity to sail on the Norfolk Broads while on a trip to England and shares his experience with us in this issue.

2 Commentary
4 You write to us about…
6 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
7 WoodenBoat Show Returns to Mystic Seaport
12 The No Octane Regatta
14 Backwater Environmental Escape Rendezvous – 2007
17 Some of the Things You’ve Heard About California are True
18 AWeek on the Norfolk Broads
22 Beyond the Horizon
24 Building a Steaming System
26 Making It Smooth
27 An Imperfect Compromise – Part II
28 Bolger on Design
31 Trade Directory
36 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

The No Octane Regatta returned to New York’s Adirondacks after a year’s hiatus and reader Chuck Raynor was there to record the goings on to share with us in this issue.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 You write to us about…
5 Across the Country to the Wooden Boat Show
6 The Hallowed Waters of “Hy Breasail”
7 2007 East Boothbay Boat Builders’ Festival
10 Minnesota Messabout 2007
12 Chasing Walter Anderson
15 A Close Call
16 Mudskippers
18 Ram-Tancook-Pungy
19 Some of What Floats Also Flies
20 Dulcibella
21 CLC Launches Wood Duck 10 & 12 Kayak Kits
22 When Should You Build a Boat?
23 Truck Topper
26 Bolger on Design
30 Trade Directory
36 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

Reader/contributor Walt Donaldson has sailed his 28’ sharpie (without auxiliary power other than oars) most of the west coast of Florida from Key West to Panama City in bits and pieces, and in this issue he tells us of moving on his range of camper cruising west to Louisiana.

2 Commentary
4 Book Review
5 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
6 You write to us…
8 Sodus Bay Classic Boat Show
10 Adventures at Ibera Lagoon
12 Sailing Rocks
13 Lake Tarpon and the New Turtle
14 Beyond the Horizon
16 Rejuvenation of a Bahamian Dinghy
18 If It Floats Is It a Boat?
19 I Finally Finished One
20 Building a 50” North Carolina Oyster Sharpie Model
22 In My Shop Truck Topper 2
23 Chesapeake Light Craft Offers Guillemot Kayak Kits
24 Swamp Yankee Solo Canoe
26 Bolger on Design
30 From the Lee Rail
31 Trade Directory
36 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

John Lockwood in one of his own design Pygmy kayaks comes face to face with a South American caiman while on a six-month holiday trip in South America with his daughter, Freya Fennwood, who tells us more about this exotic paddling adventure in this issue.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 You write to us about…
6 The GFLWSS and the All Wooden Boat Festival - 2007
8 The Big Blow
12 The Little Schooner That Could
15 Two Boats and a Shark
18 Love, and What It Can Lead To
20 It Could Have Been a Lot Worse
22 Pedalmouse
23 My Cortez Melon Seed
23 Proa Progress
24 Bolger on Design
28 Evolution of a Bird Wing Sailboat Mast
29 Bubbles is Troubles
30 Book Review
31 Trade Directory
37 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

Dan Noyes wanted to enter the annual Gloucester (Massachusetts) Governor’s Cup Schooner Races but had no schooner, so he set up a 19’ Bank dory with a schooner rig and off he went with friend Joel Peck. He tells us all about this adventure in this issue.

2 Commentary
4 Is the Golden Age of Sailboats Over?
5 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
6 You write to us about…
8 Row, Row, Row Your Boat
10 Reconstruction of John Smith’s Barge
12 Paddle to the Sea
18 Beyond the Horizon
20 Catamarans at Eustis
20 Nautical IQ Exam
21 Fitting Out a Grumman Fiberglass Canoe
24 Rocking the Boat at the Adirondack Museum
25 Season’s End
26 The Marietta Yawl
27 Dobler Plans to be Available Again
28 Bolger on Design
29 Bag It!
30 Gluing Solid Wood to Plywood
30 A Two Plank Mast
32 Trade Directory
37 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

This brand new replica of an Adirondack logging bateau, built by nine young people from the Bronx, New York’s Rocking the Boat over the summer in the Adirondacks, was launched at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake in September, the end product of more than a year of collaboration among three institutions. A full report is featured in this issue.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 You write to us about…
5 Queen Mabs Gather at MIT
6 Dick Wheeler’s Aukathon
7 The Great Auk Arrives
8 A Winter in Florida – Part 1
10 Ranger Loon
11 Hooked
12 Jennifer K and the Mosquito Island
13 The Race Around Bassett’s Island
14 Retirement Party Guidelines
15 A Salty Motor Sailer
15 Radio Woes
16 Small Boat Building… An Avocation
18 The 28’ Cutter Fore An’ Aft
20 Tips from an N.A.’s Notebook
23 Bolger on Design
26 Pedal Power
28 Book Review
29 When Should You Junk a Boat
30 From the Lee Rail
31 Trade Directory
37 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

Last winter reader Bob Slimak fled the Minnesota winter and indulged in cruising Florida’s protected waters in his Bolger Bantam. He begins his tale of escape in this issue.

2 Commentary
4 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
6 You write to us about…
8 Book Reviews
9 Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival is 25
16 The Cardboard Boat Race
17 Our Little Sailboat Saga
18 On the Museum Docks
19 The New Perfect Boat
20 A Winter in Florida – Part 2
22 Chasing Walter Anderson
25 Parking the Verity
26 Beyond the Horizon
28 Sailing A(g)round with Fred
29 Bolger on Design
32 Trade Directory
37 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

The ships’ boat from the Kalmar Nyckel was last across the finish line in the rowing race at the Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival but its stately progress was impressive. Lots more photos from this event are featured in this issue.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 You write to us about…
6 Book Review
7 Delaware River TSCA Messabout
8 Arey’s Pond Catboat Regatta
9 Sandbaggers Support Youth Sailing Programs
11 Our MASCF Weekend Saved
12 Cruising With a Cold on the Chesapeake
16 A Winter in Florida - Part 3
19 Sailing the A-Cats
20 The Snark’s Retirement
21 Living on an Offshore Maine Island
22 Mike’s 1957 Richline Runabout
24 Two Pretty Good Boats
25 Remembering a One-Sheet Dory
26 In Search of a Beautiful Lightweight Canoe
29 Bolger on Design
31 Trade Directory
37 Classified Marketplace
39 Shiver Me Timbers

Two sandbaggers, the Bull and the Bear, were on hand for last August’s Arey’s Pond Catboat Regatta and attendant youth sailing program. More photos and comments on them are featured in this issue.