2 Commentary
3 Op Ed
4 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
5 Twenty-Five Years of MASCF
6 You write to us about…
8 Oak Orchard Wooden Boat Festival
10 Steamup at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum
12 Solo Around Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia by Sea Canoe
17 A Winter in Florida – Part 4
18 Ardea’s Journal, Cape Ann, Massachusetts
21 Cayo Costa Cruise in October
22 Cape Cod Harbors: Fishing with Mr. Jones
23 Canoeing for Old Geezers
24 Beyond the Horizon
26 The Ruark Boatworks
26 Rolling out the Hilda
28 Golden Age Not Over Yet
29 Book Review
36 The Long Haul to the Water
38 Trying the Hobie Tri
40 Teaspoon
42 Wee Penny
44 On the Docks at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
45 Moon Phases
46 20 Years Ago
47 Boat Slobs
48 25 Years Ago in MAIB – A Little Dreamboat from Yesteryear
50 Plans & Kits Series – Atkin & Co.
52 Windling World
53 The Brick That Floats
54 Bolger on Design
55 From the Lee Rail
56 Wood Cleat Winter Project
57 Another Boat Trailer Option
58 Trade Directory
65 Classified Marketplace
67 Shiver Me Timbers

Look at those tiny guys way up there on that spar on a big steel square rigger rounding Cape Horn. Hardly messing about in small boats but Turner Matthews sent us a great over the top review of an old book about when sailing big ships was a job and really rugged.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 You write to us about…
7 Lake Harris Overnighter
8 Starvation
11 Magnum Opus Memories
12 Canoeing Québec’s Patapédia
17 The Most Fun That Can Be Had in a Boat
18 Paddling with Charlie
22 River Rescue in Maine in the 1870s
25 Cape Cod Harbors: Grandie’s Dock
26 Two are Not Enough
28 I Can’t Believe I Did That…Again
30 Beyond the Horizon
32 What Two Things are Missing from This Picture?
34 Steambox 101
34 Report from the Village
35 25 Years Ago in MAIB – Biggest Hoops Yet
36 DCA – Comfort on a Dinghy Cruise
38 Some Notes on a Fly Fishing Kayak
39 Walter Walker… Centernarian
40 Fitting Out an Electric Canoe
41 Them Days are Gone Forever
42 Kayak Pedal Propulsion
44 The Dump Star
45 Seven Summers’ Work
46 Mechanical Contrivances for Canoes
48 The Green Mountain Skiff
50 Three Wo/men In A Boat
51 Care of a Beetle Cat
51 From the Lee Rail
52 Bolger on Design – Cayuco
57 Entertainment in Advertising – 2
58 Trade Directory
65 Classified Marketplace
67 Shiver Me Timbers

My major boating activity in 2007 was indulging in paddling outings with friend Charlie (16 all told) on inland fresh water lakes, ponds, and rivers. In this issue I sum up our year, mostly in pictures, and the cover photo leads off showing Charlie leading the way up another stream to be explored.

2 Commentary
4 The Joys of Nature: The Cormorant
5 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
6 Book Review
7 You write to us about...
9 My 2008 Canoe Adventure
10 4th Annual Lake Powell Messabout
13 Picnic Island Campout
14 Glen-L Online Forum Members Organize Successful Gathering of Boat Builders
15 Glen-L Marine Designs...About Us
16 Classic Runabouts and My Brother Elbert
17 Glenwood Boats
18 The Tholepin: In the Beginning
20 Rappahannock River Cruise
22 Boats Really Don’t Make Sense: Another Long, Cold Night
23 Them Days are Gone Forever...
24 Manatee Season
24 More Radio Woes Fog-bound Off Dana Point
25 Cape Cod Harbors: Summer Reading with Granoa
26 Snubbin’ Thro’ Jersey
30 Beyond the Horizon
32 25 Years Ago in MAIB: Firefly... George Kelley’s Mini-Dragger
34 Puffin, a 13’ Cat-Rigged Dinghy
35 The Number Boat
36 What’s a “Canal” Schooner?
37 H.M.S. Badger
38 My Glen-L Power Skiff
39 Our Kidyaks
42 Building the Tyne Greenlander
43 The Klepper T6 at the NMMC
44 Building the Pacific Pelican
46 How to Make a “Straddle Bug”
48 Some Notes on the 10’ Fly Fishing Punt
49 Entertainment in Advertising
50 In My Shop: A Dinosaur
51 An Altered Inflatable Kayak
52 Bolger on Design: Upgrade of Blackbird
56 On Aging (As it Impacts on My Boating)
57 From the Lee Rail
58 Trade Directory
65 Classified Marketplace
67 Shiver Me Timbers

Reader Randy Wedlund participated in last Fall’s Lake Powell Messabout and sent along a report with some photos of the surroundings of this western desert artificial lake. The “bathtub rings” shown on the cover photo are but one of the unique shoreside attractions of this form of messing about in boats.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 Book Reviews
6 You write to us about…
9 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival
12 Utukok Odyssey
19 Gimp Cruising a Team Effort
22 Canoe Camping in the Adirondacks
24 Boating 2007
26 Hitting the Bullseye
27 A Cruise to the Thousand Islands and Prince Edward Bay
32 Sailing with Mother
34 Sailing on the Little Tennessee River
35 The Raccoon Episode
36 Subbin’ Thro Jersey – Part 2
39 Rowing with Tom
40 From Bala Lake to Chester by Canoe
42 Beyond the Horizon
44 Why I Carry a Knife
45 Waves
46 The Towelsail Yawls of Roaringwater Bay
49 By the Deep Six
50 25 Years Ago in MAIB – Henry Szostek’s Rowboat
52 Bolger on Design – Tokyo Bay Fishing Skiff
55 The Little Dumpling
56 Jon Buoy
57 From the Lee Rail
57 Still Using Plywood
58 Trade Directory
65 Classified Marketplace
67 Shiver Me Timbers

John and Lynn Sperry spent their 2007 summer holiday canoeing alone some 200 miles down the Utukok River on the Alaskan north slope ending up at the Chukchi Sea on the northwest coast. Not your everyday holiday as you will find upon reading John’s report in this issue.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 Book Review
5 You write to us about...
8 Metinic on My Mind
12 Water Wandering in the Low Countries
15 Cape Cod Harbors: Animal Crackers at Bassett’s
16 A Main Duck Island Passage
18 Snubbin Thro’ Jersey: Part 3
24 A Lifetime on the Water: Canoe Sailing in the Good Old Days
26 Evolution of a Canoe Sailor
28 Single Blading a Sea Kayak: Excerpts From My Paddling Log
29 Extreme Paddling News
30 Beyond the Horizon
32 Boats Really Don’t Make Sense: Well, You Have a RADAR
33 Maine Island Trail Association Celebrates 20th Anniversary
34 On the trail with Dave: MITA in 1989 at One Year
38 Don Betts, Boat Builder
42 Dinghies, Dories, and Schooners
43 Summer Workshop Schedule Announced at Boat School
44 Grace’s Tender
45 The Nicest Place at the Lake
46 Couta Boats
48 25 Years Ago in MAIB: Patina
50 SkiffAmerica 20 Break-in Cruises
51 Atlantic 17
52 Tango Tri Progress Report
53 Bolger on Design: “Perfect Skiff ‘08”
56 From the Lee Rail
56 The Motor Boat Show
57 Trade Directory
64 Classified Marketplace
67 Shiver Me Timbers

“Wind Whisperer,” an original painting by New Zealand artist Jim Bolland, typifies the marine art Jim often features in A Brush with Sail, his occasional online newsletter of New Zealand yachting. In this issue we reprint Jim’s report on New Zealand’s Couta Boats from his newsletter. Readers who wish to learn more about Jim’ art (and prints thereof) and A Brush with Sail should go to www.auldmug.com/prints.html, or email him at jim@jimbolland.co.nz.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 You write to us about…
6 Book Reviews
7 Maine Boatbuilders’ Show – 2008
8 Everglades Challenge – 2008
9 Messin’ About on the Way to Fort Mudge
10 “No One Owns You Here”
17 Sea Snakes and Caviar
20 The Sound of Barra
22 Boats Really Don’t Make Sense: There’s No Such Thing as a Free Boat
23 The Bad Trip in the Yawl Spindrift
24 Rite of Passage
26 Water Wandering in Denmark
28 A Lifetime on the Water: Spring Fever
29 Cape Cod Harbors: On the Impulse
30 Chief Factor James Anderson’s Back River Journal of 1855 – Part 1
32 Beyond the Horizon
34 The Origins of Canoe Building
36 Car Topping Canoes and Kayaks
36 Who Needs a Paddle? How I Raced for the Ladybug Without One
37 Dreamcatcher Update
38 1948 Granta Foldboat
40 Eric Frei’s Michigan Skiff
41 My Leftovers Surf Kayak
44 Dolly Varden: A Strip Boat That Can Be Built in Two Lengths
47 Boat Plans Available from Weston Farmer Associates
48 How to Build a Boat in Your Garage
49 25 Years Ago in MAIB: This Fay & Bowen Keeps on Going
50 The Limits of the Speed Launch
52 Shaw & Tenney Celebrates Its 150th Anniversary
53 Bolger on Design: Messing About in Fishing Boats – Chapter 9
56 From the Lee Rail
57 Trade Directory
64 Classified Marketplace
67 Shiver Me Timbers

Canoeing adventurer Dick Winslow takes us on another of his outings on the wilder waters of the Maine woods in this issue, savoring the freedom from life’s everyday demands that he finds in that natural solitude.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 Book Reviews
6 You write to use about...
10 Great Gulf Coast Small Craft Festival 13 Last Sharpie Cruise
16 Parker River Paddle and Portage
17 The Bandana Boat on the Canal de Bourgogne
20 Water Wandering the Coast of Europe
23 Boats Really Don't Make Sense: Just Suppose God Had Made Polyethylene Trees
24 The Crown Pilot Crisis
25 Rescue Squad
26 In Praise of Lids
27 A Lifetime on the Water: Part 3
28 Chief Factor James Anderson's Back River Journal of 1.85.5: Part 2
30 Experiential Learning
31 Cape Cod Harbors: Launch of the Happy
32 Beyond the Horizon
34 25 Years Ago in MAIB: Doris... a Delightful Dory Dinghy
35 Small Boats That Changed American History
36 Tar Baby
37 Houseboating and Its Future
37 Friend Ship
38 The No-Name Scow
39 Out Boat Building Year
40 On the Model Scene
42 Training Craftsmen Empowering Communities Driving Sustainability 44 Cumulative Errors
46 In My Shop: A Little Patina
48 The Case for Tulip Poplar
49 Tomcat Bare Hull Retrieval
50 Bolger on Design: Messing About in Fishing Boats: Chapter 10
56 From the Lee Rail
57 Trade Directory
64 Classified Marketplace
67 Shiver Me Timbers

The 20' Melonseed built at the Florida Gulf Coast Maritime Museum in Cortez is an impressive sight underway at this year's Gulf Coast Small Craft Festival hosted by the Museum in April. More photos and coverage are featured in this issue.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 You write to us about...
6 Book Reviews
8 Cedar Key Small Boat Meet
10 Water Wandering the Coast of Europe
13 Cape Cod Harbors: Happy Waterskiing
14 Chief Factor James Anderson’s Back River Journal of 1855: Part 3
16 Canoes And Canoeists: A Retrospective Outlook
18 Musing on Tuckups
19 Tom Shepard Shares His Own Thoughts on Sailing a Tuckup…
19 Mug Race Report
20 The Race Against Time in Wooden Ship-Building
23 The Treasures of the Bilge
24 Beyond the Horizon
26 The Masconomet Regatta
28 The “One Sheet Boat” Project
30 Entertainment in Advertising: Peep Hen
31 Boat Building in Brooklin
32 Phunstuph
33 Essex Bay Scenes
34 25 Years Ago in MAIB: Zebra Dun
36 A Lifetime on the Water: Part 4 – The Three Sisters
39 The Roamer Dinghy: Proposal for a Cat Yawl Rig
40 Boats Really Don’t Make Sense: So, How Do Most People Know When It’s Better Not to Start?
41 Is Fiberglass Goingto be the Holy Grail?
42 Bolger on Design: Messing About with the 24‑Gun Frigate Representation Rose
47 Making a Kickup Rudder
48 OTCA Canvassing Party
50 Dumb Sheaves and Blocks: Not So Dumb
51 Bald Headed Toyota
52 In My Shop: A Little Patina
54 How to Find the Pitch of a Propeller
55 The Case for Tulip Poplar
56 From the Lee Rail
57 Trade Directory
64 Classified Marketplace
67 Shiver Me Timbers

One of Phil Bolger’s major design achievements was his 1969 square rigger, Rose, which went on to more recent fame as the HMS Surprise in the film Master and Commander. Phil tells us all about his design and its fascinating history in this issue.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 You write to us about...
6 Book Reviews
8 Wooden Boat Show 2008
12 Seen at the Shallow Water Sailors Spring Cruise
13 First Annual Texas 200
16 The Sir Bu Naair Dhow Race
17 Waterlogged
20 Water Wandering Across the Atlantic
23 Land of the Whooper Swan
24 My First Boat
25 Cruising on a Sailboat
26 Ontario’s Marine Railway
28 Chief Factor James Anderson’s Back River Journal of 1855 – Part 4
30 Boats Really Don’t Make Sense: Boat Engines are Not for Wimps
30 Brooklyn Boaters Beached?
31 A Lifetime on the Water: Miracle at Sachem Head
32 Cape Cod Harbors: Happy Rowing
34 The Saga of the Cabin Frogs
35 The Allure of the Internal Combustion Engine – 1903
36 Beyond the Horizon
38 Dirty Work, Long Hours, No Pay
40 Gundalow: The Work Horse of the Rivers
42 The Restoration of a Sea Scout Racing Model
46 The Seagoing Dinghy – Part 1
48 Down to the Sea: By Way of the Sallie Garden
49 Little Rogue
52 25 Years Ago in MAIB: In Search of a Camper/Cruiser ...  and So We Come to Mouser aka Garfield
54 Bolger on Design: Light Inboard Sport‑Fisherman Cove Dweller
56 A Vicious Habit Tamed
56 From the Lee Rail
57 Trade Directory
64 Classified Marketplace
67 Shiver Me Timbers

The 1st Annual Texas 200 took place in early June, a 200-mile, five-day coastal cruise along the Texas Gulf Coast with 40 boats taking part, ranging in size from 8’ to 36’. Story and photo coverage are featured in this issue.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 You write to us about…
5 A Wooden Boat Festival in Philadelphia
6 Starvation 2008
9 A Lifetime on the Water: Part 5: A Brief Passage on the Solent
12 Vacation Cruise
13 Cape Cod Harbors: The Cruise to Plymouth Harbor
14 Water Wandering in the Caribbean
17 Waterlogged: Part 2
20 Chief Factor James Anderson’s Back River Journal of 1855: Part 5
22 Learning by Experience
24 Beyond the Horizon
26 Boats Really Don’t Make Sense: No Such Thing as an Ideal Boat
26 The Perfect Boat
27 Honeymoon Exits; Reality Begins
28 25 Years Ago in MAIB: Spray… Perseverance Prevailed
29 Our Dark Harbor Project
32 Trojan Inboard to Outboard Conversion
35 Dreamcatcher is Finally Finished!!!
36 Alone… A Skiff for Camping and Cruising
38 Alone… a Model
40 The Seagoing Dinghy: Part 2
42 Back to the Windjammer (Via the Dink)
44 Pop-I the Sailer
48 Scow sailors love a challenge
50 Bolger on Design: Update on Double Eagle
56 From the Lee Rail
57 Trade Directory
64 Classified Marketplace
67 Shiver Me Timbers

Turner Matthews’ photo of two classic small sailboats at anchor awaiting their next outings exemplifies the anticipation that drives small boaters in their infatuation with their dreams, the promise of what might await when next they get out on the water.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 You write to us about...
5 Book Review: The Complete Wooden Runabout Restoration Guide
6 Bolger on Design: Reminiscences on the Rich Life of Maggie and Peter Duff
9 Peter Duff... Being Different was Not a Worry
10 The Founding of Edey & Duff, Inc
11 Dovekie and Shearwater: Shoal Draft Champions
14 Edey & Duff Boatyard Party
16 Antique & Classic Boat Festival
19 The WCHA Assembly
20 Minnesota Messabout 2008
22 Small Reach Regatta
24 The Western Shore of Newfoundland: Solo by Sea Canoe
29 Waterlogged: Part 3: Spring 2000 Pamlico Sound Cruise
32 The Big Row
34 A Canoe Ramble on the Thames and Medway
35 From a Rangeley Lakes Boat
36 A Lifetime on the Water: Part 7
37 Cape Cod Harbors: The Herreshoff Hippen
38 Chief Factor James Anderson’s Back River Journal of 1855: Part 6
39 Boats Really Don’t Make Sense: It Happened Again 40 Beyond the Horizon
42 Faith... The First Concrete Cargo Carrier
44 De-barking Up the Wrong Tree
47 A Short History of Toyot
48 PocketShip: The Perfect Pocket Cruiser
49 The Weekender
50 Laura Bay
52 An Albert Strange Canoe Yawl
53 Fafnir: A Tough Little Cruiser for One or Two
54 The Glorious Catboat
55 25 Years Ago in MAIB: Canard... 56 From the Lee Rail
58 Trade Directory 65 Classified Marketplace
67 Shiver Me Timbers

“Peter, Maggie and Ian Duff a long time ago,” Was Phil Bolger’s caption for this photo from 50 years ago, and now Peter Duff is gone, but he has left a legacy that several of his closest friends tell us about in this issue.

2 Commentary
3 From the Journals of Constant Waterman
4 Book Review
6 You write to us about...
7 Deliberative Decision Making
8 The Quest for Speed: The Antique Boat Museum’s Raceboat Regatta 2008
16 Obsession
17 A High-Speed Dolphin
18 The Early Allure of Power Boating – 1903
19 Ned McIntosh Regatta
20 The Pleasant Beach Wooden Boat Show
22 Casco Bay Clean-up
23 Moving the Midwest Messabout for 2009
24 Waterlogged: Part 4: Summer 2000 Chesapeake Bay Cruise
27 The Cruise of Blue Rover 2
28 Hobnobbing with the Queen: MAIB Fashion
30 The Big Row: Part 2: 452 Miles in an Adirondack Guideboat
32 A Lifetime on the Water: Part 8: The Paul Holme Incident
33 August on the Ipswich River
34 Tully Lake – 2008
35 The Lake Timiskaming Disaster
36 Sea Change
36 Boats Really Don’t Make Sense: That’s What Friends Are For
37 A Small Adventure
38 A Two-Rescue Afternoon: A Cautionary Tale
39 Cape Cod Harbors: The Wild Jibe
40 Trip Planning for Success
42 Beyond the Horizon
44 25 Years Ago in MAIB: What Hath Dennis Wrought?
46 Why the Adirondack Guideboat Continues to Win Races
47 A Concept Sailing Kayak
48 Master Class: Building Adironduck
49 Big House Little Boat
50 The Seagoing Dinghy: Part 3
52 Out of Africa
53 An Improved Bouncer
54 Bolger on Design: Update on the Plywood 121⁄2 Design
57 From the Lee Rail
58 Trade Directory
65 Classified Marketplace

Those are vintage raceboats on the cover at speed last August at the Antique Boat Museum’s bi-annual Raceboat Regatta in Clayton, New York. The last time we featured this way of messing about in boats was in the fall of 1987 when we covered a similar event there. There’s quite a lot about this “Quest for Speed” featured in this issue.