Noah Barnes
One who runs a Windjammer more than a season is fully vested in that...
No. 313
November/December 2026
WoodenBoat 313 features a career in windjammers, build a double-paddle canoe, New York 32: A Timeless Classic, the lost art of chesapeake sculling and Building Fox Part 1, An elegant double-paddle canoe, in plywood.
In This Issue
Features
The Art and Craft of John McShea
John McShea was a boatbuilder who thought deeply about his craft and how best...
The Curious Case of Chesapeake Sculling
The watermen of the 1950s used sculling and they’d scull a flat-bottomed skiff out...
A Fleet for the Ages
Olin Stephens II won the competition with Sparkman & Stephens design No. 125. It...
Aboard: SIREN
SIREN, designed by Olin Stephens, is the seventh of New York 32–class sloops built...
Building Fox Part 1
Fox is an elegant double-paddle canoe capable of taking a paddler and gear on...
BOUNTY’s Launch
Captain Bligh and 18 men loyal to him were cast adrift mid-ocean on a...
Departments
Steering a Ship with a Big Wooden Wheel
Noah Barnes, captain of the schooner STEPHEN TABER and the Maine Windjammer Association recounted...
Letters to the Editor: November/December 2026
Repowering classic boats with electric motors, RÆDWALD the gaff-rigged dinghy, AND Esperenza’s Launch by...
Anchoring
What you want from your anchorage, your anchor, and its ground tackle is security,...
A Hollow Mast for a Gaff Rigged Boat
Choices are sycamore or yellow poplar, similar to Douglas-fir in density, would the cross-grain...
Launchings: November/December 2026
Launchings is dedicated to sharing recently launched wooden boats built or restored by WoodenBoat...
Toulinguet
Building the François Vivier–designed Toulinguet is no small undertaking, a superior design that will...
USCG Cutter EAGLE: The Legacy of the Coast Guard’s Flagship
EAGLE has sailed eight decades of winds to her current station as centerpiece of the...
Canoe: A Collection of Canadian Art
Canoe by Anne Ewen and Rod Green is a Collection of Canadian Art containing...
The Anarchist’s Workbench
The Anarchist’s Workbench has information on the history of workbenches and solid guidance on...
The Wooden Boat Care and Repair Bible
The focus is on the yachts of German and Scandinavian sailors with many mentions...
HUNTRESS
The Pilot offered what sailors of the postwar era expected: four berths in two...
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