Sailing the Norfolk Broads
River Thurne on the Norfolk Broads, England has an extensive network of conserved waterways...
No. 310
May/June 2026
Beginning at age 13, Solianna Halabisky spent six years building an 11′ dinghy with her father, a traditional boatbuilder. What started with a letter published in WoodenBoat No. 276 to designer Laurie McGowan requesting a design has come to fruition in LA BELLE SAUVAGE. Read this story and more in our May/June 2026 issue.
In This Issue
Features
Building Church Mouse, Part 1
Building Church Mouse plans are available in print and digital formats with full-sized patterns...
Hanneke Boon
Hanneke Boon, a collaborator with the multihull designer James Wharram, is a lifetime designer,...
THORA and INVERNESS
THORA and INVERNESS sail together where Cheryle St. Onge and Vince Todd built a...
Maine’s Iconic Sardine Carriers
It was one of those phone calls that you never forget. My wife and...
The Slow Build of LA BELLE SAUVAGE
Solianna Halabisky spent six years building LA BELLE SAUVAGE, an 11′ dinghy whose design...
Departments
Tales of Families and Boats
Joe Youcha Teaching with Small Boats Alliance, Church Mouse Skiffs, the final family tale...
Letters to the Editor: May/June 2026
Whether or not to fix it is the question of how much work to...
Personal Flotation Devices
Lifejackets have evolved over millennia, and the system for classifying them in the United...
Ship Decks Take a Beating
Wood absorption of salt water leaves deposits of salt crystals between the wood fibers...
Launchings: May/June 2026
Boat Launchings is dedicated to sharing recently launched or relaunched wooden boats built or...
Osemka
Osemka is 26 feet and can be set up as a coastal cruiser with...
Women & the Wind
The film Women & the Wind traces the voyage of three women across the...
The Frost Caulking Wheel
Building replicas of the family caulking wheel if your planning to do any amount...
HERITAGE (ex-QUARK)
Launched as QUARK renamed HERITAGE, she had become the flagship of George Floyd’s Apalachicola Maritime Museum.
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