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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In 2018, the 40′ LADY FREE became the first Norwegian vessel to successfully complete a circumnavigation of the North and South American continents. -
The 24′ Ed Burnett–designed cutter PANACEA doing exactly what her designer intended: going “for a sail around the bay” off St. Mawes, Cornwall, England. -
GLEANER, seen here sailing with a reduced rig off Falmouth, is capable of setting up to 3,000 sq ft of sail, but the sails can be swapped around to suit conditions and crew. -
VALORA trucks along in Vineyard Sound in the fresh breeze of an early September day in 2017. Note that there is no trough amidships between the bow and stern waves—a sure sign of an easily driven hull. -
The newly launched power cruiser TARI-ANN was designed and built in Nova Scotia for a Bahamas-based owner and is inspired by a vintage workboat type from Chesapeake Bay. -
The 67′3″ Sparkman & Stephens–designed yawl CHUBASCO was launched in 1939 by Wilmington Boat Works in Los Angeles, and she has been a paragon of Southern California yachting ever since. She was recently relaunched after an exhaustive restoration by Wayne Ettel and his crew. -
The Middle Fork, one of the first rivers protected under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, is one of the steepest descents I had ever rowed. My arms ached and my legs cramped as we threaded our drift boats through Hell’s Half Mile, Velvet Falls, Murph’s Hole, and a dozen other rapids that had no names. -
SYMRA needed new paint on the cabin sides. That project serves as an example of how I prepare her for painting, and what can be done without tape. -
The Rotabroach cutter consists of an arbor with a spring-loaded pilot pin onto which a series of hollow, precision cutters can be attached. The kit we tested included seven cutters in various diameters. The arbor easily fits into a conventional cordless drill.