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Circumnavigating with Children

WoodenBoat contributor Bruce Halabisky and his young family have been cruising in a 34′ wooden boat for the past seven years. Most recently the family crossed the Atlantic from Maine, via the Azores, and then sailed on to Senegal.

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How—and Why—to Build a Boat

Right from the beginning I suspected that if any part of the process of building this boat was going to tip me over the edge, it would be the planking, and there’s no doubt that up until now each strake has been a complete swine, extracting blood, sweat, and...
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The Parallel Passions of Oliver Berking

On September 18, 1962, GRETEL, the first-ever Australian 12-Meter-class sloop, beat the AMERICA’s Cup defender WEATHERLY by a margin of 47 seconds. It was the second race of the Cup’s final series, and the victory sent a shock wave through the sailing world and touched off gleeful pandemonium Down Under. Could this be the first year that the Cup would be wrested away from its American grip since its inception in 1851?

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Two Gambles

A good fun boat,” very popular with younger sailors, the Starling Burgess-designed, Abeking & Rasmussen-built Atlantic Class received an added boost when parachute spinnakers were introduced in the mid-1930s.
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Paul Rollins
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Bringing GO GO GIRL Home

by Randall Peffer

It’s crazy,” boatwright Paul Rollins tells me, referring to the half-finished restoration of the 39' Bud McIntosh sloop that I’m admiring at Paul’s boatshop in York, Maine. “Absolutely crazy, in so many ways.”

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Bob Abramson and Build-A-Boat program

Bob Abramson, Instructor for the Stonington [CT] Village Improvement Association writes "Every summer after school closes, the Stonington Village Improvement Association sponsors its annual Build-A-Boat program for local boys and girls, ages 8 to 13. There is no charge to the participants.

Youth Boat Building

The Youth Boat Building Program is held at the New Hampshire Boat Museum for boys and girls ages 12 and up. Students will build their own boat from a kit they select from August 1 through the 12th, weekdays from 9am to 3pm. The kits available for purchase are a one-person canoe $695, a one-person kayak $995, and a Bevin’s Skiff that will accommodate two adults $1,195. Students will be taught the safe use of hand and a limited number of small power tools, to assemble the kits.

South Lake Tahoe Wooden Boat Classic

There is nothing quite like rich mahogany reflecting off of the pure blue waters of Lake Tahoe. Music, wine, food, vendors and more than 85+ of the world's rarest boats bring together the fascinating and priceless history behind these elegant machines. This year more than 3,000 people will embark on a historical journey which will feature the power and thunder of the 1930s.

My Six Cruising Sailboats—#2 TERESA

In early 1985 I leased an “abandoned” property on the south side of Windley Key, in Islamorada, Florida. It had three acres, a ruined fishing camp, and a 100-foot private canal and concrete dock.

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