Assessing Our Impact on Wood Supplies
Are forest being depleted to build boats that are very often luxury items even though forests are renewable.
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Letters to the Editor:
September/October 2026
Rædwald, children’s PFDs should have a crotch strap and anatomy of a Tar Kiln and pod drive electric motors.
Comfort and Seakeeping
The repowering of classic designs with electric motors, V8 inboard motor replaced with a 40kW electric outboard and beauty in boat design.
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Decay Resistance—a Matter of Degree?
The global timber trade included multitudes of tree species and began just after World War II, and decay resistance matters.
Letters to the Editor: July/August 2026
Tribute to Chesapeake Light Craft, sailing the Norfolk Broads, a fleet of Leaders, Wayfarers, and Enterprises, and Aging with a Boat.
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Beauty, Good Handling, and Relevance
Bristol Channel pilot cutter, CARIAD, the Pilot Cutter Review, the Alden schooner WHEN AND IF, and The bluefin-tuna-fishing boats.
The Boat as Emblem
The North Carolina shad boat, Jan Adkins Lighthouse Tender Peapod, Nordic clinker craft, Maine peapods and Massachusetts dories.
Tales of Families and Boats
Joe Youcha Teaching with Small Boats Alliance, Church Mouse Skiffs, the final family tale and Hunter’s Yard.
Letters to the Editor: May/June 2026
Whether or not to fix it is the question of how much work to put into it and the challenge is finding the best way forward.
Letters to the Editor:
Mar/Apr 2026
BAGHEERA’s Lineage Saving BAGHEERA, tree Resins in boat finishes, Stan Grayson’s article about Sam Rabl and FAIR DINKUM.
Do You Really Want to Fix It?
Greg Rössel offers a variety of approaches to repairing wooden boats.
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The Art of Visual Storytelling
Nic Compton’s article and Nedjma’s images tell a story and so does Peter Brauné’s photographs accompanying Pat Mundus’s account of the exquisite pocket cruiser DATESY built by Donn Costanzo.
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Old Boats and New Media
A 33' wooden yawl named SEA HARMONY, Strange’s larger masterworks, the 47' TALLY HO and the trend of YouTube-based boatbuilding.
Letters to the Editor:
Jan/Feb 2026
Letters to the Editor Jan/Feb 2026 shellac for bungs, azorean whaleboats and alden schooners.
Letters to the Editor:
May/June 2025
Curved gaff jaws, models as historical record, and a nice cover in letters.
Letters to the Editor: Mar/Apr 2025
Photographer J.S. Johnston, Stan Grayson, SULTANA project, photos of John S. Johnson, Leo Goolden, and TALLY HO.
Letters to the Editor:
Jan/Feb 2025
Blanchard Senior Knockabouts and the Wilkinson brothers’ restoration of a derelict Knockabout to commemorate the Senior Knockabout.