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WINNING SHELLS IN WOOD INSTALLING A NEW DIESEL GREAT LAKES SMALL CRAFT THE BUCKBOARD TRAILER
JULY/AUGUST 1991 NUMBER 101 $4.50 $5.25 in Canada £3.20 in U.K.
We had an early spring in Maine this year, and it seems to have caused some sort of metabolic change in my approach to commissioning FREE SPIRIT. In recent years I have been compelled to do just enough to keep
from disgracing the boat or myself prior to launching her, and I have maintained an attitude of bemused concern about it. Like most of my acquaintances, I am locked in a struggle with time and money, and I remain in perpetual third place. Much of the time I'd like nothing more
than to have the resources to order all the work, and simply take delivery of my lovely sloop each spring. But that isn't in the cards, it seems. So usually, I assist myself around my reluctance by explaining that it is essential for me to be doing all this work so as not to remove myself from the realities that many wooden boat owners face. Indeed, (my persuasive maneuver goes) it would be dangerous to fail to appreciate each of the small tasks that combine to make spring commissioning the challenge it seems to be. And so I proceed through them with an uneven mixture of resignation and inspiration until, one day, it's time to launch again.
How swiftly then, are the tasks forgotten; how remarkably is the struggle transformed to insignificance. And how extraordinary it is that I must remind myself of the larger objectives every spring. So transformed
was the struggle last summer that once, during one of the finest reaches we've ever experienced on the coast of Maine, I confessed to my wife Sherry that I'd be willing to work on the boat for two weeks just for the thrill of that one day. (I wasn't exaggerating at all at the time, but I did notice some inner hesitations around this conceptual equation during
the winter.) Somehow, this year's early spring had a profound effect on me. Or was it last summer's thrilling reach? I tended to the boat's wounds of abuse and neglect with heartfelt commitment and unending patience. Where I decided to cover, rather than refinish the worst of them in the interest of
schedule, I did so with reluctance instead of relief. I sanded the bottom with no more equipment than a sheet of sandpaper in my gloved hand! (Mostly to avoid raising much dust, but in perfect contentment.) Only once did I resent my lack of leisure and lucre. I'm still not sure what came over me, but it was, I hope, an indication of some permanent transformation, It will be interesting to look back upon, next spring. In any case, I offer it as a small expression of hope to those among our
readers who struggle in this love/hate relationship with certain tasks around their boats. I'd also like to offer heartfelt thanks to those of you who have kindly
filled out and sent in the Reader Preference Surveys which were bound in to WB No. 100. To read the answers is very gratifying, for it provides a perspective that is otherwise inaccessible to us. In addition, many readers have taken the time to write accompanying letters expressing their sentiments, and we are very grateful, indeed, for these. If you are among those who have not yet completed the Survey, and have some thoughts (pro or con) about WoodenBoat that you'd like to share with us, I hope we'll hear from you, because we pay close attention to what you're saying, and it really helps us shape the directions of the magazine.
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Graeme King's Vermont shop builds very competitive shells—singles, doubles, quads and eights—in wood. Page 42.
DEPARTMENTS 4 Letters 10 Fo'c's'le Old postcards can offer a pier'send view of historic small
Making the best
craft. Page 64.
of the initial aberration
FEATURES 36 A Small Schooner Scaling things down
Christian Dahl
42 Holding a Delicate Balance Graeme King and the modern wooden racing shell
Peter H. Spectre
52 Repowering with a Diesel, Part I Selecting an engine, power train, and propeller
64 A Postcard Alburn of Early Great Lakes Small Craft 74 WANDERER
III
Mary Lou Dietrich
23 On the Waterfront
Peter H. Spectre
34 ...And in the Yards
Jennifer Elliott
91 Wood Technology
Richard Jagels
93 Designs Nigel Calder
Owen Cecil
Mike O'Brien Caledonia yawl and Hitia— superb beach cruisers by Oughtred and Wharram & Boon
98 Launchings
Mike O'Brien
105 The WoodenBoat Review Thies Matzen
circumnavigation
88 Lining Off Where to put the planks
12 Calendar of Events
Sleuthing for quality
Healthy and strong for a fourth
82 The Buckboard Trailer A wooden trailer for a wooden boat
David Kasanof
Richard Jagels
Reviewed by:
• Ultralight Boatbuilding Douglas Brooks • Laurent Giles and Roger C. Taylor His Yacht Designs • Plus new books and videos
READER SERVICES Arno Day
109 How to Reach Us 113 Boatbuilders 129 Boatbrokers
Cover: Down below aboard WANDERER III just before she left St. Croix to continue around the world again. Page 74. Photo by Thies Matzen.
136 Classified 152 Index to Advertisers 152 In Our Next Issue July/August 1991 • 3
A Proper Repair? Dear Editor, The liberal use of the word "proper" in your last issue is troubling within Mr. MacNaughton's frame repair article (WB No. 99). Most would agree that replace ment of the entire frame in question is the proper technique. This isn't as awful a job as we are led to believe, especially in a boat with minimal interior stuff. Even if the covering board must remain, frames can be steambent into the boat. I just worked on a project reframing with 1½"
square white oak in this manner. WoodenBoat has published articles des cribing proper frame repair. Those inter ested should review: "Bent Frames" (WB No. 68), "Whipping WHIPPET into Shape" and "A New Twist on Bending Frames" (WB No. 93), and on a big scale, "Bend
ing SPARTAN's Frames" (WB No. 58). An important issue is the very com mon "hard spot" in the planking, usually accompanying a broken frame. This must be dealt with before any type of repair can take place, or the hard spot will be locked into the boat. Without reefing the associ ated seams and removing or cutting the broken frames next door, this hard spot remains. This is what, I suspect, is blamed for steambent sister frame failure. Hot frames want to bend fair but often are tor tured into the hard spot and held with some "nasty fastenings." Instead, we bend the new frames or sisters fair, then allow them to cool. Then we do what is neces sary to gel the planking fair to the frame. This eliminates any "stress concentration" in the sister. I am not an advocate of sister frames. But we have seen more plank damage caused by excessive refastening, where the close proximity of screws destroys the cross section of the plank, than by sister frames whose fastenings are in a foreand aft line with the original frame fastenings.
These new fastenings do not weaken the cross section of the plank any more than the originals do. We have seen enough failures of laminated frames and glued oak, especially in the bilge, to choose long, steambent sisters over glued
strips when we are forced to repair rather than replace. We have never experienced a failure due to "oversteaming," as Mr. Mac Naughton refers to it. I might guess that most newly steamed frame failures blamed on all kinds of things are, in fact, due to cooking at too low a temperature. We don't build a steambox without first Finding a thermometer, and we don't
green, straightgrained white oak, a few cuts at the saw, some gaseous water, and
parts of the original frame at top and bot
an hour or two, one can have frames in the boat in less time than it takes the glue to set in a laminated frame.
fair curve of frame over a hard spot in the planking, if one still wanted to avoid total
We need an article on proper steam bent sisters, and a moratorium on the
We have employed the technique in a number of other situations now and feel it
word "proper."
can be recommended whenever it is nec essary to join two members endtoend in an existing structure.
Andy Giblin
Noank, CT
tom. This would be the way to go to get a replacement.
The article should have specified Dear Mr. Giblin:
The word "proper" was put in quotes for a reason, as in "socalled." The article was about what we call proper and improper frame repair. You have a differ ent definition, and are entitled to it. In going through your letter, I still see no positive points for sister frames. Sister
WEST System epoxy, which we use exclu sively, and assumes proper gluing tech nique. We have never seen a glue failure in work done this way, and have seen many laminated members holding up very well over time, in and out of the bilge.
Daniel MacNaughton Eastport, ME
framing is the approach we meant to criti cize, for reasons of appearance, resale
Reprinted from MAD?
value, stress concentrations, and the extra fastenings involved. Your comments
Dear Sirs, I noted with interest your item in "On
about fastening placement, steam bend
the Waterfront" (WB No. 100) regarding
ing, and elimination of the hard spots in the planking all jibe with our experience,
the "Understanding Boats" fax. I also don't know when it may have been first
except for these two points: First, the
published, but I am sure it was included in
stress concentration occurs because of
an article in MAD magazine in the early to
the abrupt transition from a doubled (sis
mid1960s. The article was entitled some thing like, "A MAD Guide to Boating." It
tered) member to a single member, opposite the break in the original frame. This causes any bending stress on the
was hilarious, and I remember it well,
frame to be concentrated in that one spot
even today. I hope the fact that I recall this so vivid
in the sister, making it much more likely to break than the original frame, which
ly does not reflect negatively on my pro fessional or cultural development.
obviously was already stressed enough to
Peter D. Kearns Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
break. For this reason, sister frames are bad engineering, as are any members which concentrate stress in this manner.
Second, while the sister's fastenings may not weaken the planking any more than those of the original frame, they surely weaken it j ust as much, which indicates another loss of strength compared to the original configuration. Nothing in the article is meant as a criticism of total frame replacement or steam bending, both of which are the way to go if you find it practical or desirable. Nor do I favor laminating when steamed frames can be used. The idea we pro posed is meant for use when total replace ment is something you need to avoid due to access considerations or constraints on
Matters of Scale Dear Jennifer, I read Bill Durham's letter in WB No. 99 with great interest, since the appeal of
models and their use as a working tool and teaching aid has always fascinated me. I quite agree with most of his points, but not all, and any disagreement that I have was not enough to overcome my natural laziness about writing to editors. However, when you added that most remarkable letter from Lloyd McCaffery to the question (I was going to say discus sion, but Mr. McCaffery doesn't discuss— he states) of model scales and sizes, I just had to get my oar in the water.
time and money. And replacing a whole
Of course, Mr. Durham is expressing
frame that may be socketed at both ends and also behind a lot of joinerwork can be a pretty awful job. I'm sure you're right about breaking frames that are too cool to bend—my understanding is that overheating with too little moisture doesn't help, either, so
"his own preferences and prejudices." I always thought they were the building blocks of ideas, along with experience (which Mr. Durham has lived long enough to have). Are Mr. McCaffery's "guidelines, rules, standards, and observa tions" not his preferences and prejudices?
start timing until we get 200° F. For help
maybe "understeaming" would have been
Or maybe I'm wrong and Charlton
with your steaming needs, look at "A Steambox Scrapbook" (WB No. 88).
a better word. Another way the proposed technique can be used is to replace a whole section of frame, "healing" it into the remaining
Heston brought them down from the mountain zapped in stone. I own a copy of Mr. McCaffery's book
Once over being intimidated, you'll find steambending very efficient. With
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on model building, which I've enjoyed.
LETTERS
His skill is evident, and I admire his ability to get so much detail in so small a space. Obviously, there are people waiting with money to purchase this facet of model making, particularly when it is done so well. But what Mr. Durham was t a l k i n g about primarily were models that instruct and inform, as well as being an art form. Go to a museum and listen to the peo ple you arc trying to reach. Looking at small models, their comments range from "Isn't it cute," to "Wow, that must have been hard to do." The comments are few around a large model. The eyes are too
busy looking at each part in detail for the mouth to say little more than, "So that's the way it was." And isn't that the whole point of a model? I don't think Mr. Durham needs his eyes checked as much as Mr. McOaffery needs a large model to transport his self esteem. Isn't it great that we all don't
think alike? Jay S. Hanna Rockport, ME
Dear J ennifer, Loved Lloyd McCaffery's "Constantly
Appalled" letter. Never saw anyone hang himself so quickly by his own words. I'm so pleased you printed it. Harold H. "Dynamite" Payson South Thomaston, ME
Maintaining Her Bright Dear Jon: Congratulations on 100 issues! The article on " 'Glass vs. Wood" in WB No. 100 brought back many pleasant memo ries of how our decade of owning SUN RISE was very easy on our budget. During the decade that I owned and lived aboard her (SUNRISE is 34' on deck, but 38' when
the pinky stern is included), we endeav ored to keep her in as close to new condi tion as we could. With her being brightfinished (Deks Olje) from boottop to masthead, the casual observer often thought that we did nothing but work on the boat. The truth was that we knew how little time it really took, and couldn't imagine it any other way. For several years, I had a freelancer doing all the brightwork for us. He averaged about 75 manhours per year for the annual maintenance work. (This was about the same amount of time it took us to do it during the other years.) Additionally, I'd put in about five hours touching up the nicks and scratches that were part of an actively cruised boat, and about 20 hours for bottom painting and minor systems maintenance. We lived aboard in the Pacific North west, where one only hauled for painting, not storage. Thus, our total expenses came to about 100 manhours per year, plus about $400 for materials and hauling fees, about $500 for insurance, and about $1,000 for moorage. I'd lived aboard KIYI, a 50' older wooden motoryacht, for about a year and a half before this, and had found her equally economical to own. I think the key element in both cases was to gel a wellbuilt boat that had only had conscientious owners. Too often, people give in to the temptation to cut corners or put in lesserquality equip ment in an attempt to get the "first cost" of buying a boat lowered. However, they ignore the "second cost" of much high er ownership expenses when inferior materials and equipment need replacing. It's much better to do it right the first time. Jay R. Benford St. Michaels, MD
Zapping Mildew Dear Editor: Richard Jagels ("Wood Technology," WB No. 100) discusses using diluted chlorine bleach to remove and kill
mildew. Chlorine bleach is most effective at removing and killing mildew because it is a strong oxidizing agent and literally
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"burns" the mildew discoloration and the spores that could propagate, converting
them to carbon dioxide and water. He proposes oxalic acid as an alternative on teak, but oxalic acid is a reducing agent, the exact opposite of chlorine bleach; it might remove color from some of the stain, but it is not going to burn it up. I would remove the mildew stains with diluted bleach. It works beautifully, with no elbow grease required. The bleach also penetrates enough to kill off the spores, but it does not have any residual effect that will prevent mildew from occurring again if the conditions are favorable. There is a treatment that will prevent fungus growth, is persistent, and is of low toxicity to humans. If you paint your wooden surface with antifreeze (ethylene glycol), it will, like water, penetrate any finish except epoxy or polyurethane, and will prevent fungus growth. The antifreeze interacts with the cellulose of the wood, much as water does. It is strong ly bound and does not evaporate, though it may migrate more deeply into the wood and can be extracted from the wood by exposure to liquid water. The dyes in antifreeze are so weak that they do not discolor white pine. I have been doing a good bit of experi mental work with antifreeze for stabilizing green wood, swelling dried wood, and sta bilizing archaeological wood. It is a most effective agent. The literature on ethylene glycol reports that it is effective in killing staphylococcus bacteria and preventing mold growth in cosmetic and pharmaceu tical formulations. I have confirmed that it will prevent mold in sugar solutions and in PEG solutions. I had two 2" slabs cut from a 14" diameter hickory tree and used them to test antifreeze as a stabilizing agent. I treated one with antifreeze and used the other as a control. Not only did the treat ed piece stay sound, while the control cracked almost in two as it dried, but the treated piece had no fungus growth, while the untreated control sported a siz able colony of mushroomtype fungi in a few months. David W. Carnell Wilmington, NC
A Better Yuloh Sir: I haven't been in China since 1945 (Navy) and cannot find my copy of Wor cester's Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze, so this must come from that notoriously inaccurate source: memory. In Sam Manning's article about sculling (WB No. 100), he describes the Chinese yuloh. His description and illus tration omit what I consider the distin guishing feature of the yuloh, at least in small sizes.
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This is a short arm at right angles to the main oar; this arm points vertically downward when the yuloh is in "neutral." The rope "downhaul" is attached to the lower end of this arm and secured to the hull well below. With this rig, it is only nec essary to push/pull sideways on the rope. This automatically rotates the yuloh to provide pitch to the blade.
is on the yuloh loom, and the left hand is at the middle of the tether. I very much like the design of your
own homemade yuloh. The very essence of the beast. Nothing superfluous. Some thing like this should be supplied to lake
trollers everywhere. Samuel F. Manning Camden, M E
Epoxy's Not the Panacea
A Bias Against Stock Boats? Dear Peter, I read with interest your review of The Richardson Story in WB No. 100. As histori an of the Richardson Boat Owners Association and a minor author (the book's moldedplywood section), I must say we appreciate the exposure you have given the book and our association. The theme of your review, that quality begets success and that Richardson failed, is interesting but represents, I believe, a bias reflected in much of WoodenBoat's "lostinthe'60s" counterculture, woodis wonderful politics. Reid Richardson was a hardheaded businessman, much like Sloan at General Motors or today's "Chairman Lee." The boats were built to a price and a market, not to an obscure standard of quality. My 1928 Richardson has, for example, the rubrail secured with 40penny common galvanized nails, hardly a prospect for Fine Woodworking! The postwar boats were no worse or better than those from Owens or Chris Craft and, contrary to your comment, the aluminum boats were an excellent idea, since the plankonframe system allowed easy assembly and repair. Most of them are still around and doing fine without blisters or dry rot. Richardson folded due to the j oint fac tors of being hostage to a subcontractor (AVRO), who decided to exit boatbuild ing, and labor problems common in a postKoreanWar America driven by infla tion and workers' expectations of a better life. As a final comment, I must take excep tion to your comment on Mr. Lindquist's lack of analysis or "lyrical" writing (what ever that is). I can only suppose that had there been mention of "steam wafting across the shop, carrying the tang of fresh
Dear Mr. Keller, You've made an important point about a prong attachment to the loom of a yuloh, to which the upper end of the tether or downhaul is attached, to provide leverage and orientation that enables a yuloh to revolve automatically in the course of a stroke. No doubt you've seen the prong in action during your Navy ser vice on the China coast. I'd trust your memory. Our own efforts with the small, home made yuloh alluded to in the "Sculling" article bear out your observations. Per haps I should have mentioned that my tether was made up to an eyebolt, eye downward, bored vertically through the end of the loom. As the eyebolt was a bit long for the job, I left the shank of the eye protruding about 2" underneath, with the threads cased in the wood between two nuts. Neat. And it gave an unintended lever arm, or prong, of about 3". In use, I found that one hand worked the eyebolt/ prong, while the other twanged the mid dle of the lanyard. At the time, it seemed as though I would have achieved the same easy rotational effect if the lanyard had passed vertically through the loom and I'd gripped it close under the wood. So
Dear WoodenBoat, We very much appreciate the reviews by Bent Jespersen and Franc Casey of our Wooden Boat Restoration & Repair manual. We felt they were balanced and gave us a feeling for areas we need to improve, expand, or clarify. Franc Casey raised concerns about the longterm viability of illconsidered epoxy repairs, and we share his concern. The introduction to our manual discusses the need for the owner/repairer to thor oughly understand a boat's structure and assess the appropriateness of any con templated repairs. We agree that epoxy is not the panacea for every marine repair or restoration. This manual is based on customer feedback from thousands of successful repair and restoration proj ects over the last 20 years. While we hope that these messages are presented clearly in our introduction, we will review and restructure the introduction to remove confusion and ambiguities. Mr. Casey suggests that future repair of current wood/epoxy repairs may be difficult. The increased use of epoxy, fiberglass, and elastomeric sealants in wooden boat repair means that future repair techniques will borrow much from those developed for composites as well as the techniques used in many strictly wood repairs. Highspeed cutting tools (routers, grinders, sanders, and power saws) and heat guns will play more of a role. Future repairs to current wood/ epoxy composite repairs need not be any more difficult than wellthoughtout, wellexecuted conventional repairs. We originally conceived the manual as an adjunct to the many good repair books and manuals that troubleshoot marine systems and describe conventional wood or fiberglass repairs. We limited the scope of our manual and still believe that it
the prong wasn't mentioned.
should be used in conjunction with other
illiterates, so he must know something
sources on marine repair. We will proba bly be more explicit on this point in
about communicating.
Here's a look at a yuloh I built to pro pel a recently completed Herreshoff 14. The side arm is apparent. Orrin C. Keller Toledo, OH
G.R.G. Worcester's drawings do not show a prong or short arm at right angles to the main oar, pointing vertically down ward when the yuloh is in "neutral" (as
you p u t i t ) , anywhere in the book. Nor have 1 been able to find mention of such a device in t h e volume's text. A photo of a
woman in vulohing a sampan indicates the presence of a ring or eyebolt (just where I put one) w i t h o u t any downward exten sion of its shank. A hook connects tether to eyebolt in one photo. The right hand
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future editions, clarifying the need for
comprehensive understanding of boat systems as well as structure in making plans for boat repairs. Thank you again for the reviews, and we appreciate your input. Robert H. Monroe Gougeon Brothers, Inc. Bay City, MI
ly cut native white oak hewn by those brawny descendants of hardy pioneer stock," etc., Bill might have qualified as lyrical. What he has done by dint of a huge effort is produce the only book I
have seen, other than the ChrisCraft story, that details a marque. I might also add that Bill was a schoolteacher back in the days when we learned how to do math and knew where the state capitols were, in contrast to the current crop of functional I continue to be distressed at Wooden Boat's bias against stock boats and your New Englandelite approach. Someday you will realize that the vast majority of wooden boats are cruisers and outboards and maybe, just maybe, do a story on Thompson, Penn Yan, Cruisers Inc., or— dare I hope—get back David Eastman's "Classic Cruiser" column. In the meantime, reread the book in the context of a group of guys and gals
trying to preserve a slice of American wooden boat building and, although lack ing a degree from "Haaavaad," doing a
reasonably good job. Lawrence E. Root Livonia, NY
Selling Solar Dear Mr. Wilson, As a followup to "A TroubleFree DC System" in your March/April issue, I think that your readers would like to know that solar electric panels can be major contributors to a troublefree DC system. Our company, Sunelco, has been selling solar electric systems since 1985, and while most of our experience has been with homes in remote locations, we have outfitted several marine craft, including a 68' stateoftheart yacht. We think solar is a great idea, particularly for moored craft that aren't running the engine daily, and especially for craft that lack or choose not to run an engine. Solar makes even more sense when you consider the number of boat owners who use their craft to head for sunnier climes. Using the example of an average load of 100 amphours daily, cited in the abovementioned article, in Bahamian lat itudes that boat should have six 60watt panels to produce enough current to keep the battery well charged. One of our customers, Denise Reese, outfitting for a second roundtheworld cruise with her solarpower system, remarked: "I just wish that the people I traveled 3,000 miles to moor beside had solar instead of those noisy generators." We have a catalog with complete infor mation on sizing solar panels to the user's needs. The solar electric system is reli able, builderinstallable, longlived, envi ronmentally benign, and competitive with gasgenerator systems (not to men tion quieter). Our catalog features not only the components of the solar electric itself (panels, controller, batteries), but DC appliances and highefficiency AC inverters that enable one to use regular household appliances on board. Your readers can write to us at 100 Keels St., P.O. Box 1499C, Hamilton, MT 598401499, enclosing $3.95, for a cata log. Thanks for the opportunity to edu cate and equip your readers. Becky Brandborg Sunelco Hamilton, MT
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Making the Best of the Initial Aberration by David Kasanof fter reading my insider's tips on sailing an old gaffrigger, some of you who don't own a gaffrigger may see what you've been missing and might want to acquire one. I would deeply regret this, and I sug gest that any such desires be treated by aggressive therapy via electroshock and/or antipsychotic medication. Although it is too late for the likes of me, I know that owning an old gaffer belongs in that large class of harmless eccentricities such as col lecting tea cozies or medieval Serbian chamber pots. Therefore, the follow ing tips on gaffrigger sailing are offered in the spirit of making the best of the initial aberration that causes one to own a gaffrigger in the first place. Eat a bowl of oatmeal before rais ing the gaff in the morning. If there is any kind of a sea running, better make that two. Failure to observe this rule is likely to lead to excessive pant ing, lightheadedness, and the put ting of one's feet through skylights. It must be oatmeal. Cornflakes won't do it. If you don't like oatmeal, don't raise the gaff until you do. Never tie in a reef. The nettles are for decorative purposes only. It is impossible to tie them properly unless you are in a flat calm. Merely hauling down the luff and leech grommets and allowing the loose foot of the sail to flop about may not look shippy, but it's a hell of a lot shippier than falling through the main hatch or, worse, partly falling through the main hatch. If the flopping about of the loose sail becomes a potential hazard, hope for better weather. Never use the halyard winches for halyards. These winches are always too small for the lines and are designed to automatically foul the turns. Haul the halyards up by hand; it's faster and easier (but see Tip No. 1). Haul the throat halyard up first partway, and stand on the fall of the line. Then haul up the peak, and stand on the line. Repeat until the throat is up all the way, then raise the peak all the way. The reason for standing on the fall of the 10
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halyards is that the pinrail is constant ly getting buried beneath yards of line, and you'll have to keep clearing away line in order to keep clear access to the cleats. Just keep tromping on each section of line as you alternate between throat and peak halyards. It's a bit like crushing grapes in the old country. Use halyard winches for the an chor rode; don't use the anchor winch. Anchor winches are up forward where there is no room to work. If you use chain and it won't go around the halyard winch, try this: Splice onehalf of a sister hook to the end of a line, hook a link with the sister hook, and take the other end of the line to the winch. A short line with the other half of the sister hook spliced on and tied or shackled to some other convenient point will temporarily stop the chain while a new purchase is taken with the line that goes around the halyard winch. Use the anchor winch for hauling down the anchor light. Overkill, you say? No, no, I don't mean you should use it for a downhaul. I mean you should stand on it in order to get a better view of what in hell has fouled the jib halyard so that you can't low er the lantern. And by standing on the anchor winch, you may be able to grab the lantern and drag it down by force. This, however, requires a high degree of rage. One encouraging note: There's no need to worry about burning yourself if you grab the lantern, because, of course, the damn thing has been out for hours. Electric anchor lights? They're about as reli able as digital knotmeters.
Never employ any kind of audible fog signal, either underway or at anchor; this also applies to those idi otic "strobe" lights. In fog, there will probably be so many whistles and horns going off all over the place that no one will ever be able to sort yours out from the cacaphony. Besides, no one but Sea Scouts and people who have passed their sixpassenger license exam within the past 45 min utes has the remotest idea of what the correct fog signals are. As to those "strobes," they have two main effects. First, they draw lost boaters like flies to honey, and you'll find yourself mis taken for the Coast Guard, being asked questions like, "Can you point the way to Pollock Rip?" Second, strobes tend to attract the Coast Guard, who think you may be in dis tress. The Coast Guard will call you "Sir" in that way they have, and they'll tell you not to use the strobe unless you are in distress. Of course, you are in distress by this time, but not the kind they are talking about. Finally, the use of the strobe plus a horn— even properly sounded—will attract other vessels, some of impressive ton nage, who think you are Brentons Reef Light. A corollary to the foregoing rule is to pay no attention to audible or visi ble navigation aids in fog. Find the nearest shoal and anchor. Finding a shoal will prevent your being run down by the TOYOTA MARU, and not trying to find Brentons Reef by its horn characteristics will prevent you from running down some poor bas tard unwittingly doing a great imita tion of Brentons Reef.
The pinky schooner ELLEN shows her stuff at the Mahone Bay Wooden Boat Festival, scheduled from July 31 to August 4 this year. Contact C.J. Feeney, Chairman, Box 609, Mahone Bay, NS, B0J 2E0, Canada,
9026248133.
EAST COAST July Through Dec. 1 The Whaleman's Art Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Scrimshaw exhibition. (Philadelphia Maritime Museum, 321 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19106, 2159255439) 1 Waterfront Day Bath, Maine. (Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., Bath,
ME 04530, 2074431316) 27 Boston Harborfest Boston, Massachusetts. (Boston Harborfest, 45 School St., Boston,
MA 02108, 6172271528) 5 Great Schooner Race Between North Haven and Rockland, Maine. (Maine Windjammer
Association, P.O. Box 317, Rockport, ME 04856, l800Maine80) 6 Catboat Race/Wooden Boat Race New London, Connecticut. (Jack Vibber, 2034427376) 67 Champlain Valley Small Craft Exhibition Basin Harbor, Vermont. (Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Basin
Harbor, VT 05491, 8024752317) 911 Matthews Boat Owners Rendezvous Port Jefferson Harbor, New York. (Robert Lyons III, Matthews Boat Owners Association, Inc., #2 3rd St., Bellport,
NY 11713, 5162860395) 1214 Lawley Yacht Rendezvous Charlestowm, Massachusetts. Includes symposium on the history and restoration of Lawley yachts. (Dr. Albert Hickey, Lawley Boat Owners Association, P.O. Box 1303, Portsmouth, NH 03802, 6178623390) 1218 Craft Demonstration: Birchbark Canoe Blue Mountain Lake, New York. With Ferdy Goode. (The Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
12812, 5183527311) 13 Wooden Boat Show Colchester, Vermont. Sponsored by the Lake Champlain Chapter ACBS. (Glenn McKibben, P.O. Box 11,
Hartford, NY 12838, 5186325778; or Neil Durgin, 6 Morgan Way,
Williston, VT 05495, 8028790457)
Competition is cutthroat at the Bewdley Museum's annual Coracle Regatta, held August 26 on the River Severn. Far more information: Bewdley Museum, The Shambles, Load St., Bewdley, Worcestershire DY12 2AE, England, tel. 0299403573.
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13 Fox Islands Lobsterboat Races Fox Island Thoroughfare, Maine. (Vinalhaven Lions Club, Vinalhaven, ME 04863; or Foy Brown, North Haven, ME 04853, 2078674621) 13 Thousand Island Antique & Classic Boat Show Alexandria Bay, New York (William Siegenthaler, RD 1, Box 310, Remsen, NY 13438, 3158966330) 1314 Boston Antique & Classic Boat Festival Boston, Massachusetts. (The Boston Harbor Association, 51 Sleeper St., Boston, MA 02210, 6173301134)
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS 1314 Friendship Sloop Thames River
Regatta New London, Connecticut. (Jack
Vibber, 2034427376) 1314 Wine Country Classic Boat Show and Regatta Hammondsport, New York. (Munro Sherrill, 5225 Knapp Rd., Middlesex, NY 14507, 7165545300) 1314 Glued Lapstrake Plywood Boatbuilding Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Also held
July 2021, 2728, and August 34. (Carol Slaszak, Workshop on the Water, Philadelphia Maritime Museum, 321 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19106,
2159255439) 1822 Wooden Canoe Heritage Association Assembly Paul Smiths, New York. (Tom and Karen Mackenzie, 525 Orchard Dr.,
Madison, WI 53711, 6082312192) 1921 Southern New England Antique &
Classic Boat Show Danbury, Connecticut. At Candlewood Lake. (Chris Johnson, 58 Lake Dr. S., New Fairfield, CT 06812,
2037462207) 2021 Emperor's Cup Regatta Marblehead, Massachusetts. (Gary
Gregory, 215 First St., Cambridge, MA 02142, 6175778222) 21 Small Boat Builders' Day Portsmouth, New Hampshire. (Strawbery
Banke Museum, Marcy St., Portsmouth, NH 03801, 6034331100)
21 Old Boat Regatta Toms River, New Jersey. (Toms River
Harbor Chamber of Commerce, P.O.
Box 356, Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538, 2076332353) 2627 Classic Egg Harbor Club Rendezvous Crisfield, Maryland. (Marilyn Butler,
8045882322 or 8044284473) 26Aug. 1 Craft Demonstration: Woodand Canvas Canoe Blue Mountain Lake, New York. With Jerry Stelmok. (The Adirondack
Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, NY 12812, 5183527311) 27 Northeast Antique & Classic Boat Show Weirs Beach, Laconia, New Hampshire. Sponsored by the New England
Chapter, ACBS. (Don Minor, 65 Weirs Blvd., Weirs Beach, NH 03246, 6035240348; or Ivan Phelps, The Wooden Boat Shop, Melvin Village,
NH 03850, 6035447330)
2126699416; or Boat Shop, 2127421116) 21 Traditional Rowing Races Kittery, Maine. Sponsored by the Seavey Island Rowing Club. (Mike
Kelso, 2074394635) 22 The Gold Cup Races from SKEETER to EL LAGARTO
Blue Mountain Lake, New York. Lecture by Don Fostle. (The Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
12812, 5183527311) 2226 CedarandCanvas CanoeMaking Brookfield, Connecticut. With Horace Strong. (Brookfield Craft Center, 286 Whisconier Rd., Brookfield, CT
06804, 2037754526) 23 Commuters '91 New York, New York. Classic commuter yachts visit the Seaport. (South Street
Seaport Museum, 207 Front St., New York, NY 10038, 2126699430) 23—25 Friendship Sloop Days Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Includes a miniregatta of model Friendship sloops. (Doug Amsbary, RFD, Box 120 Cooley Hill Rd., Franconia, NH 03580, 6038238459; or Boothbay
12812, 5183527311) 5—9 Building a Norwegian Pram Brookfield, Connecticut. With David Foster. (Brookfield Craft Center, 286 Whisconier Rd., Brookfield, CT
06804, 2037754526) 7 The 165th Annual St. John's Fixed Seat Rowing Regatta St. John's Newfoundland, Canada. (Gail Malone, 41 Plymouth Rd., St. John's,
NF, A1C 1K3, Canada, 7097539448; Robert Hall, 7097266124; or Geoff Carnell, 7097541230) 911 Maritime Festival and Classic Boat
Regatta Boston, Massachusetts. Including the Yankee Mariner's Cup Regatta. (Sail Boston 1991, 250 Summer St.,
Boston, MA 02210, 6173301992) 912 Folk Harbor Festival
27 Friendship Rendezvous and Race Friendship, Maine. (Doug Amsbary,
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.
RFD, Box 120 Cooley Hill Rd., Franconia, NH 03580, 6038238459)
Ltd., Box 1240, Lunenburg, NS,
27 Antique & Classic Boat Rendezvous Mystic, Connecticut. (Mystic Seaport Museum, P.O. Box 6000, Mystic, CT
06355, 2035720711) 2728 Nautical Flea Market Mystic, Connecticut. Sponsored by the Noank Wooden Boat Association.
(Jim Cassidy, 2035366307) 28Aug. 3 Traditional Chesapeake Bay Boatbuilding St. Michaels, Maryland. (Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Navy Point,
P.O. Box 636, St. Michaels, MD
21663, 3017452916)
Seaport Society, Box 1111, Toms River, NJ 08075, 9083499209; or Ed Asay, Chairman, 6095403688) 21 Basic Lofting New York, New York. With shipwright Mike Bull. Reservations required. (South Street Seaport Museum, 207 Front St., New York, NY 10038,
Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
August 2 Feeder Race to Eggemoggin Reach
Regatta Camden, Maine. (Mike Mahan,
2072364378; or Steve Smith, c/o Wayfarer Marine, P.O. Box 677, Camden, ME 04843, 2072368064) 3 Eggemoggin Reach Regatta Brooklin, Maine. (Eggemoggin Reach Regatta, P.O. Box 119, Brooklin, ME
04616, 2073592236, 2073592097, or 2073482279) 24 Boatbuilding Workshop Mew York, New York. With shipwright Mike Bull. Reservations required. (South Street Seaport Museum, 207 Front St., New York, NY 10038,
2126699416; or Boat Shop, 2127421116) 24 Atlantic Coast Sea Kayaking Symposium Castine, Maine. (ACSK '91, L.L. Bean, Inc., Freeport, ME 04033)
3 Museum Raffle Basin Harbor, Vermont. (Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Basin Harbor, VT 05491, 8024752317) 431 International Marine Artists Show Searsport, Maine. (Penobscot Marine Museum, Church St., P.O. Box 498,
Searsport, ME 04974, 2075482529) 5 The Gunboat PHILADELPHIA Blue Mountain Lake, New York. Lecture by Arthur B. Cohn. (The Adirondack
(Eddie Kinley, Lunenburg Foundry N0J 2 G 0 , Canada, 9026348827) 915 Craft Demonstration: Guideboat Blue Mountain Lake, New York. With Everett Smith. (The Adirondack
Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, NY 12812, 5183527311) 1011 First Finger Lakes Wooden Boat
Festival Penn Yan, New York. (Ellen Nooney, P.O. Box 30, Valatie, NY 12184) 11 Antique & Classic Boat Show and Parade Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire. (Kathy
Muller, 337 Lake Ave., Sunapee, NH 03782, 6037635855) 12 In and Out of the Boatshop: J.H. Rushton Blue Mountain Lake, New York. Lecture by Dave Baker. (The Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
12812, 5183527311) 1617 Friendship Sloop Regatta Marblehead, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the Corinthian Yacht Club. (David Graham, 6176316680) 1620 Cedar/Canvas CanoeBuilding Layton, New Jersey. With Horace Strong. (Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ 07851, 2019485200)
17 Baystate Woodies Boat Show Regatta Lowell, Massachusetts. (Earl Sheehan, Jr., 5088512656 or 5088513699)
17 Antique & Classic Boat Show Catskill, New York. Sponsored by the Hudson River Chapter, ACBS. (Walter Weber, 1 Wyckoff Ave.,
Ramsey, NJ 07446, 2013275000 or 2013272253) 17 Bob Grieser Photography Exhibit St. Michaels, Maryland. Runs through
December. (Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Navy Point, P.O. Box 636, St. Michaels, MD 21663,
3017452916) 1718 Herreshoff Fish Class 75th Anniversary Regatta Bristol, Rhode Island. Races for Herreshoff Fish, 12½, and S one design classes. (Herreshoff Marine Museum, Box 450, Bristol, RI 02809, 4012535000)
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18 Opera House Cup Regatta Nanturket, Massachusetts. (Chick Walsh, Opera House Cup, P.O. Box 1409, Nantucket, MA 02554, 5082282121) 1924 Adirondack Guideboat Building Brookfield, Connecticut. With Steve Kaulback. (Brookfield Craft Center, 286 Whisconier Rd., Brookfield, CT
06804, 2037754526) 23 You Are a Sailor's Wife Searsport, Maine. Lecture by Joyce Butler. (Penobscot Marine Museum, Church St., P.O. Box 498, Scarsport, M E 04974, 2075482529) 2329 Craft Demonstration: Lapstrake
Canoe Blue Mountain Lake, New York. With Fuat Latif. (The Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, NY 12812, 5183527311) 2425 New Bedford Heritage Days Regatta New Bedford, Massachusetts. (Paul Zychowicz, 5087589564) 24—25 Maine Antique Power Engine Meet Bath, Maine. Includes a display of marine engines. (Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., Bath,
ME 04530, 2074431316) 31—Sept. 1 Schooner Festival Gloucester, Massachusetts. Includes the
Mayor's Race. (Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, 33 Commercial St.,
Gloucester, MA 01930, 5082831601)
WEST COAST July Through July 31 Homes on the Go Portland, Oregon. Exhibit includes a traditional Chinese junk. (Children's Museum, 3037 S.W. Second,
Portland, OR 97201, 5038232227) 57 Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival Seattle, Washington. Annual auction on July 6. (The Center for Wooden
"Boats, 1010 Valley St., Seattle, WA 98109, 206382BOAT) 6 Center for Wooden Boats Cup Race
and Yankee OneDesign Championships Seattle, Washington. (The Center for Wooden Boats, 1010 Valley St., Seattle, WA 98109, 206382BOAT) 1215 The Salish People and Their Skills Seattle, Washington. (The Center for Wooden Boats, 1010 Valley St., Seattle, WA 98109, 206382BOAT)
13 Newport West Cup Race Long Beach, California. (David Smith, Wooden Hull Owners Association, 185 Loreta Walk, Long Beach, CA 90803, 2134335494) 1319 Summer Youth Sea Symposium Port Townsend, Washington. Aboard ADVENTURESS. (The Wooden Boat Foundation, 118 Taylor St., Port
Townsend, WA 98368,
2063853628)
15—17 Marine Carving Duncan, British Columbia, Canada. With Doug Morrison. (Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre & Boatbuilding School, 1761 Cowichan Bay, Box 787, Duncan, BC, V9L 3Y1, Canada, 6047464955) 19—21 Puget Sound ChrisCraft Rendezvous Port Orchard, Washington. (Milo or Monnie Moen, P.O. Box 98964, Des Moines, WA 98198, 2068241200)
2026 Stories Around the Rim Sitka, Alaska. Aboard the schooner CRUSADER with Gary Snyder. (Resource Institute, 6532 Phinney Ave. North, #B, Seattle, WA 98103, 2067846762) 27 Tool Clinic San Francisco, California. With Simon Watts. (National Maritime Museum Association, Building 275, Crissy Field, San Francisco, CA 94129, 4159290202) 2728 Wooden Boats on Exhibit at the River Forum Portland, Oregon. Sponsored by the Association of Wooden Boat Builders.
(Dave Swan, 5036405671) 2728 Monterey Fishing Boat Festival San Francisco, California. At Hyde Park Pier. (National Maritime Museum Association, Building 275, Crissy
Field, San Francisco, CA 94129, 4159290202) 2728 Catboat Rendezvous Stuart Is/and, Washington. (Ernie
Pfannenschmidt, 1734 Fairfield Rd., Victoria, BC, V8S 1G3, Canada,
6045986197) 2728 Poulsbo Boat Rendezvous Poulsbo, Washington. (Stan Baselt, 738 Dolan, Bremerton, WA 98310, 2063736154)
August 24 Schooner Races Port Townsend, Washington. Mayor's Cup and Iron Man's races on Aug. 3, Ladies' Race on Aug. 4. (The Schooner Association, 211 Seton Rd., Port Townsend, WA 98316,
2063857878) 310 Building the 10' Nova Scotia Skiff, Sea Urchin San Francisco, California. With Simon Watts. (National Maritime Museum
Association, Building 275, Crissy Field, San Francisco, CA 94129,
4159290202) 4 Schooner Cruise Seattle, Washington. On ZODIAC. (The Center for Wooden Boats, 1010 Valley St., Seattle, WA 98109, 206382BOAT)
411 Wooden Boat Week Tahoe City, California. (Steve Lapkin,
Tahoe Yacht Club, P.O. Box 286, Homewood, CA 95718, 9165814700) 510 Stitch and Glue Duncan, British Columbia, Canada. With Sam Devlin. (Cowichan Bay
Maritime Centre, 1761 Cowichan Bay Rd., Box 787, Duncan, BC, V9L 3Y1, Canada, 6047464955) 911 Nexus Regatta In the San Juan Islands, Washington. For owners of Nexus boats. (Nexus Marine Corporation, 3816 Railway Ave., Everett, WA 98201,
2062528330) 10 Tahoe Yacht Club Concours d'Elegance Lake Tahoe, California. An inthewater display of 100 vintage mahogany run abouts at Tahoe Boat Co. (Steve Lapkin, Tahoe Yacht Club, P.O. Box
286, Homewood, CA 95718, 9165814700) 1012 International Steamboat Meet Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. (Bob Leach, The Dogwood Flotilla, 28 Bastion Square, Victoria, BC, V8W 1H9, Canada, 6044771099) 1219 Constant Camber/Vacuum Bagging Duncan, British Columbia, Canada. With John Kraus. (Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre, 1761 Cowichan Bay Rd., Box 787, Duncan, BC, V9L 3Y1,
Canada, 6047464955) 15Sept. 19 HalfHull Model San Francisco, California. With Bill Doll. (National Maritime Museum Association, Building 275, Crissy Field, San Francisco, CA 94129,
4159290202) 1718 Lofting/Planking San Francisco, California. With Bill
Doll. (National Maritime Museum Association, Building 275, Crissy Field, San Francisco, CA 94129,
4159290202) 18—25 Lapstrake Construction Duncan, British Columbia. Canada. With John Hvalsoe. (Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre, 1761 Cowichan Bay Rd., Box 787, Duncan, BC, V9L 3Y1, Canada, 6047464955) 2225 Wooden Boat Festival '91 Granville Island, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Vancouver Wooden Boat Society, 923 E. 13th Ave., Vancouver, BC, V5T 2L7, Canada, 6048736100) 24 SavetheStrait Marathon Georgia Strait, British Columbia, Canada. For swimmers and paddlers. (Save Georgia Strait Alliance, Box
122, Gabriola Island, BC; V 0 R 1X0, Canada, 6042478670; or Ernie Yacub, 6043389242) 30Sept. 1 VREB Classic Boat Festival Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. (Anne St. Dennis, 3035 Nanaimo St.,
Victoria, BC, V8T 4W2, Canada,
6043857766)
SOUTH July 6 Wooden Boat Regatta Lakemont Georgia. (Tom Asher, 3635
Nancy Creek Rd. N.W., Atlanta, GA 30327, 4042338624 or 4042666210)
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1921 Antique & Classic Boat Rendezvous Guntersville, Alabama. (Dixieland Chapter, ACBS, 5 Keith Rd., Leeds, AL 35094, 2055821000) 28 Caladesi Island Antique & Classic Boat Show Dunedin, Florida. (Caladesi Island State Park, 1 Causeway Blvd., Dunedin, FL 34698, 8134435903)
GREAT LAKES
July 6 Parade of Sail and the Legends of the Lake Classics South Haven to Saugatuck, Michigan. (Dennis Parker, 3382 Scots Pine Way, Portage, MI 49002, 6163240377; or Michigan Maritime Museum, P.O. Box 534, South Haven, MI 49090, 6166378078) 6 Century Boat Club Show Manistee, Michigan. (Marion Roskowski, 1960 Hickory Dr., Hobart, IN 46342, 2199428970) 613 Building a Herreshoff Pram Clayton, New York. With Bill Smithers. (The Antique Boat Museum, 1000 Islands, 750 Mary St., Clayton, NY 13624, 3156864104) 7 Heritage Boat Gathering South Haven, Michigan. (Michigan Maritime Museum, P.O. Box 534, South Haven, MI 49090, 6166378078; or David Green, Traditional Small Craft Association of West Michigan, 6166738224) 13 Project Lakewell's Classic Boat Rendezvous Grand Haven, Michigan. (Project Lakewell, P.O. Box 8341, Holland, MI 49423, 6163963258) 1314 Antique & Classic Boat Show Port Carling, Ontario, Canada. Sponsored by the Toronto Chapter, ACBS. (Joe Fossey, 305 Duckworth St., Barrie, ON, L4M 3X5, Canada, 7057266600) 1724 Building the Norwegian Pram Charlotte, Michigan. With Simon Watts. (John Wilson, 500 East Broadway Highway, Charlotte, MI 48813, 5175435325) 1921 Lyman Boat Owners Regatta Sandusky, Ohio. (Larry Uebbing, 826 Riverside Dr., Vermilion, OH 44089; or Adrienne Melena, 2162418100) 20 Antique & Classic Boat Show Toledo, Ohio. Sponsored by the Michigan Chapter, ACBS. (Loren Sattler, 4193855829; or Chuck Duricek, 4196667833) 2021 Antique & Classic Boat Show Indianapolis, Indiana. (Mike Boone, 7159 Edgewater Place, Indianapolis, IN 46240, 3172573671) 2021 Waterways Festival Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Harbourfront, 410 Queen's Quay West, Suite 5090, Toronto, ON, M5V 2Z3, Canada, 4169733000) 27 The Heritage Classic Chicago, Illinois. Hosted by the
Heritage Boat Club and the Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club. (Jeffrey Pyne,
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10900 S. Artesian, Chicago, IL 60655, 3127796686)
August 1—4 Boat Show and Auction Clayton, New York. (Bill Danforth, Director, The Antique Boat Museum, 1000 Islands, 750 Mary St., Clayton, NY 13624, 3156864104) 3 Wooden Boat Show Green Lake, Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Green Lake Wooden Boat Club. (Raymond Dodge, Rte. 3, Box 422, Markesan, WI 53946) 34 The Door County Maritime Festival Sturgeon Bat, Wisconsin. (Festival, P.O. Box 608, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; or Chamber of Commerce, 4147434456) 68 Matthews Boat Owners Great Lakes Rendezvous Port Clinton, Ohio. (Scott Reynolds, 215 W. 3rd St., Port Clinton, OH 43452) 10 Les Cheneaux Islands Antique Boat Show Hessel, Michigan. (Bob Smith, P.O. Box 301, Cedarville, MI 49719, 9064842420) 10 Antique Motor and Boat Outing Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada. (Alan Mann, 171 Margaret Ave., Wallaceburg, ON, N8A 2A3, Canada, 5196273296) 1011 Blue Water Boat Guild Antique & Classic Rendezvous Bayfield, Wisconsin. (David Martinson, P.O. Box 890, Bayfield, WI 54814, 7157795774) 1012 Ottawa International Antique & Classic Boat Show Westport, Ontario, Canada. At the Westport Manotick Classic Boat Club on the Rideau Canal System. (David Burns, 225 Metcliffe St., Suite 310, Ottawa, ON, K2P 1P9, Canada,
6135631281) 1216 Restoration Class Clayton, New York. With Mike Mahoney and Bill Smithers. (The Antique Boat Museum, 1000 Islands, 750 Mary St., Clayton, NY 13624, 3156864104) 14—18 International HumanPowered Speed Championships Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Drag races, race for the DuPont Prize and more. (International Human Powered Vehicle Association, P.O. Box 51255, Indianapolis, IN 46251, 3178769478) 1518 Old Boats, Old Friends Racine, Wisconsin. (Bruce Renquist, P.O. Box 081400, Racine, WI 53408, 4146342351) 1718 Wooden Boat Festival Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Harbourfront Corp., 410 Queens Quay West, Suite 500, Toronto, ON, M5V 2Z3, Canada, 4169733000) 17—18 Model Ship Builders' Symposium/ Manitowoc Maritime Museum's Model Ships and Boats Contest Manitowoc, Wisconsin. (Jeff Phillips,
P.O. Box 128, Cedarburg, WI 53012, 4143777888; or Manitowoc Maritime Museum, 75 Maritime Dr., Manitowoc, WI 54220) 2425 Songs of Sail Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada. (Historic Naval and Military Establishments, P.O. Box 1800, Penetanguishene, ON, L 0 K 1P0, Canada, 7055498064) 2426 Building a FlatBottomed Lapstrake Skiff Clayton, New York. With Bill Smithers. (The Antique Boat Museum, 1000 Islands, 750 Mary St., Clayton, NY 13624. 3156864104) 30 Classic Boat Cruise From Chicago, Illinois, to St. Joseph's, Michigan. Sponsored by the Columbia Yacht Club. (Jane Parker, P.O. Box 341, St. Joseph's, MI 49085, 6169272628) 31Sept. 9 West Greenland KayakBuilding Course Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. With Svend Ulstrup. (Bob Boucher, 1907 Ludington Ave., Wauwatosa, WI
53226. 4144763787)
CENTRAL
July 1114 National Vintage Motor Boat Show Stillwater, Minnesota. With guests Bob Speltz, Tony Brown, and MISS MIN NEAPOLIS. Also restoration sympo sium, races, and more. (Vintage Boat Foundation of the Midwest, 312 North Main St., Stillwater, MN 55082; or Carmen Craig, 6193227372) 13—14 Inland Empire Wooden Boat Club's Boat Show Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. (IEWBC, P.O. Box 621, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814,
2086675009) 20 Antique & Classic Boat Show Clear Lake, Iowa. (Jerry Dingman, 4802 Lyndale Dr., Des Moines, IA 50310, 5152796442 or 5153575589) 2728 Centennial Parade, Antique Boat Display, and Cruise Battle Lake, Minnesota. (Dick and Dorothy Kausler, Box 545, Battle Lake, MN 56515, 2188648231)
August 1011 Antique & Classic Boat Rendezvous Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota. Sponsored by the Land o' Lakes Chapter, ACBS. (John Kinnard, 6124721303; or Nancy Nordstrom, 6124727234) 1223 WoodandCanvas Canoe Building Duluth, Minnesota. With Alex Comb. (Outdoor Program, University of MinnesotaDuluth, 10 University Dr., Duluth, MN 55812, 2187267170)
EUROPE June 29July 7 Classic Boat Festival Ipswich, Suffolk, England. At Shotley Point Marina. (Shotley Point Marina,
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July 47 Rally of Traditional Vessels Dublin, Ireland. (John Healion, 1 Watson Rd., Killiney, County Dublin,
Republic of Ireland, tel. 1851583) 1114 Cutty Sark Tall Ships Milford Haven, Wales. Races to the Netherlands. (Hugh Marriott, Cutty Sark Press Office, 13 Station St., Lymington, Hants SO41 9BA,
England, tel. 0590677766) 1214 Italian Vintage Motorboat Rally Villa d 'Este, Lake Como, Italy. Sponsored by the Villa d'Este Grand Hotel. (Associazione Scafi d'Epoca e Classici Registro Storico Nautico, corso Monforte 36, 20122 Milano, Italy; tel. 0276000115 or 0276006973) 13 Open Boats Rally Brightlingsea, River Colne, England. (Brendajago, Smugglers Cottage, North Fambridge, Essex CM3 6NA, England, tel. 0621741595) 13 Traditional Rivercraft & Ephemera Auction HenleyonThames, England. (Phillips Fine Art Auctioneers, Phillips West Two, 10 Salem Rd., Bayswater, London W2 4DL, England; William Rose, tel. 0734403157; or Andrew
Hilton, tel. 0712299090)
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20 East Coast Race River Blackwater, England. Largest race for traditional boats in the U.K. (Old Gaffers Association, Brenda Jago, Smugglers Cottage, North Fambridge, Essex CM3 6NA, England, tel. 0621741595) 2428 Dutch Classic Yacht Regatta 1991 Ilellevoetsluis, the Netherlands. A gather ing of "gentlemen's yachts" with feed er races from Shotley Point in England. (DCYR, c/o Harm Ploeger, Koninginneweg 192, 1075 EJ Amsterdam, the Netherlands, tel. 3120713893; for feeder race infor mation: Brenda Jago, Smugglers Cottage, North Fambridge, Essex CM3 6NA, England, tel. 0621741595) 30 Steamboat Association Rally Windermere, Cumbria, England. (Windermere Steamboat Museum, Rayrigg Rd., Windermere, Cumbria LA23 1BN, England, tel. 096625565)
August 3 British Classic Motorboat Rally Windermere, Cumbria, England. At the
Windermere Steamboat Museum. (Catherine Allard, Windermere
Steamboat Museum, Rayrigg Rd., Windermere, Cumbria 1A23 1BN,
England, tel. 096625565) 34 La Fete de la Misaine IleTudy, France. Festival of traditional fishing boats. (Charles Marzin,
Association la Misaine, Douar du Beg Meil, 29170 Fouesnant, France) 911 Motor Yacht Society's 20th Anniversary Stockholm, Sweden. (Pierre Holm,
Segelshoppen AB, Raseglarhuset, Skeppsholmen, 111 49 Stockholm,
Sweden, tel. 08118292) 1017 Falmouth Classics Regatta and Rally Falmouth, Cornwall, England. (Janet Heard, Tregatreath Boatyard, Six Turnings, Mylor Bridge, Falmouth, Cornwall, England, tel. 032674441) 1018 Old Gaffers Rendezvous Pertuis, Ile de Re, France. All traditional boats welcome. (Flottille en Pertuis, Avenue de Front de mer, 17630 La Flotte en Re, France, tel. 46096363) 1117 La Fete des Vieux Greements IM, TrinitesurMer, France. Old Gaffers
and Classic Yachts Week. (Association des Vieux Greements Trinitains, 5 Cour des Quais, 56470 La Trinitesur Mer, France, tel. 0103397557991 1718, 2425 CoracleMaking Course Bewdley, Worcestershire, England. (Bewdley Museum, The Shambles, Load St., Bewdley, Worcestershire
DY12 2AE, England, tel. 0299403573) 24—26 National Waterways Festival Windmill End, Black Country, West Midlands, England. (John Gale, 114 Regents Park Rd., London NW1 8UQ,
England, tel. 0717227217)
The Register of Wooden Yachts As we announced in the January/February issue of WoodenBoat, we are compiling The Register of Wooden Yachts, a directory of North American wooden boats, power and sail, 20' and longer. We are registering current owners, but are also attempting to gather the names of previ ous owners and the years of their ownership, to better chronicle each yacht's history. There is no charge for yacht listings in the Register If your wooden boat meets the above qualifications, we invite you to register your boat in The Register of Wooden Yachts. Please tear out or photocopy this page, fill in as much information as possible, and mail it to us at the address below. Thanks for your help. Jon Wilson Editor
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The foregoing quotation from An Instrument of the Gods also appears in The 1992 Mariner's Book of Days, a desk calen dar, personal record, nautical reader, and
tour of the waterfront, all rolled into one. WoodenBoat is the publisher and I am the author and—how can I say this deli
Peter H. Spectre An unsolicited testimonial,
No more lips, Eight liters of used chewing gum, And more from the wild and woolly West
lways impressed by things gen uinely, unalterably, knockdown, dragout, unquestionably nautically au thentic and—how should I say this polite ly?—disappointed by those that are not, I recently plunked down real money in a usedbook store for an autographed copy of An Instrument of the Gods and Other Stories of the Sea by Lincoln Colcord, published in 1922. I did it generally for Colcord's writ ing, which is excellent, and specifically for the following passage from the preface: "The sailor is well aware that the stalls
are filled with sea books written by land lubbers. Rarely, indeed, does he find a work which bears the authentic stamp of seamanship. "How vividly I recall my father's scorn at an incident in one of the novels of a famous writer of nautical fiction. He was reading the book aloud one evening, on board the bark HARVARD, going up the China Sea. [Colcord's father was a ship captain during the Great Age of Sail.] The tale had arrived at the point of love making; the scene was set on the quarter deck of a 1,600ton sailing packet. The heroine reclined in a deckchair against the lee rail; a gentle air from the spanker wafted down upon her, for they were sail ing sunny seas. The hero whispered his message; and while she listened, turning her face away, she trailed her hand idly in the water. 'Ha!' snorted my father, when he reached this passage. 'That fellow had better look out for himself—she has long arms.' "
cately?—I'd tell you it's the greatest thing since sliced bread and you really ought to get a copy and don't forget Uncle Ralph, but let's face it, you're not going to be swayed by hyperbole like that. The 1992 Mariner's Book of Days, $12.95, available from your local bookstore or WoodenBoat Publications, Inc., P.O. Box 78, Brooklin, ME 04616.
grade timber for restoring the historic ships in the San Francisco collection. One of the original group responsible for the saving of the threemasted lumber schooner CA. THAYER, Capt. Huycke was beside himself with the knowledge that, due to the slack ness of the National Park Service, the ship now must be resaved or she will be lost. The Center for Wooden Boats on Lake Union in Seattle is as dynamic as ever. The collection of boats available for
use by the public continues to grow, re sulting in a section of waterfront that looks like an oldstyle boat livery. The 18th Annual Conference of the Museum Small
Craft Association will be held at the Center on October 46, 1991. As much a
don't know about yours, but my winter was wretchedly boring, so at the end of it, when the Esteemed Editor suggested that I blow town—"Go West, middleaged man"—I didn't give the opportunity a sec
traditionalboat meet as a series of lec tures and seminars, it will be open to mem bers of the Association and nonmembers alike (though all must pay a registration fee). The Center for Wooden Boats, 1010
ond thought. Drove to Portland, Maine,
Valley St., Seattle, WA 98109, 206 382BOAT.
took a plane to Seattle, rented a cute little roadster, and headed for the waterfront. Puget Sound to San Francisco Bay, with so many stops along the way that I have to refer to my notebook to recall them all. There's no need to describe the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and northern California for those who have been there. For those who haven't, consider this: The scenic vistas come on so fast
The Northwest Seaport, next door to the Center and nowhere nearly as well organized, continues to struggle with the threemasted lumber schooner WAWONA. The problem is the same as it has always
been: too much work to be done; not enough money for it.
and so hard that you have to take them sit ting down; otherwise your knees buckle. Some of w h a t I heard and saw w i l l appear in a couple of upcoming feature arti cles, some I'll never reveal save to a psycho analyst, and the rest... well, here's a sampling: In Seattle, Capt. Harold Huycke, sur veyor and author of the maritime histori cal work To Santa Rosalia Further and Back, claimed he had retired, but it didn't sound that way to me. He was setting out on a road trip of his own to seek sources of high
Beware of fair damsels with long arms.
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the few places where an ama teur can work on his own boat
Jennifer Lynn Waldmann afloat on a sea of dreams in the cradle pram made by her proud father, George Waldmann of Washington, D.C. Built to plans in The Expectant Father's Cradle Boat Book, the pram has been customized with a wooden rope molding along the rail. Writes George, "This was my first woodworking project since high school. It's not perfect, but it's pretty good, and my wife can scarcely believe I pulled it off."
duced LADY WASHINGTON, was on a sail ing tour of the Northwest to wave the flag and raise funds. (If sufficient operating money isn't found, the Seaport may be forced to sell the ship; a Japanese investor
under cover (in Seattle, there is a reason why that is important), is embroiled in a battle with the University of Washington and the city of Seattle. It seems the university wants to get its hands on Anchor's property, as the educators feel the waterfront is too good to waste on a boat shop. Eminent domain? It looks
her into a restaurant in Hawaii.) The word was that the vessel was in Bremer ton, which was, unfortunately, off my track. My track was down the coast, the Pacif ic Ocean to my right and hundreds of
as if the city, in cahoots with the
miles of forests to my left. I wish I could
university, might go that far. If you're a Seattle voter with a workingwaterfront frame of
tell you the forests are intact, but I can't. To be blunt about it, the land is being aggressively clearcut—viciously so, if you are an environmentalist, and for the good of the economy, if you are not. I
Keith Marks, proprietor of the Wood
mind, give serious thought to helping
en Boat Shop on Portage Bay off Lake Union, has joined the floating crowd. He and his wife live aboard a convert ed salmon troller moored to a wharf out back. Among the innovations at the shop, a traditionalboat chandlery, are classes in boatbuilding and repair for the patrons. Wooden Boat Shop, 1007 N.E. Boat St., Seattle, WA 98105. Anchor Jensen of Jensen Marine, just down the aptly named N.E. Boat Street from the Wooden Boat Shop and one of
Anchor Jensen fight City Hall. In Olympia, the sailtraining schooner ADVENTURESS was lying to a dock in the
small but handsome port, outfitting for another season with the kids. She looked
the way a schooner ought to look—not like a yacht, not like a toy, but like a sea going sailing vessel. In Aberdeen, a buttkicking, heavy duty lumber port, the Grays Harbor His torical Seaport was eerily deserted. The centerpiece of the Seaport, the repro
has already made an offer that would turn
don't know what to think. On the one hand, many of the stores in the small towns along the way had signs in the win dows that read "This business survives on timber dollars," and as a working stiff I
can appreciate that. On the other hand, when the stupendously grand Douglas firs and Port Orford cedars and Califor
nia redwoods are gone—and they will be soon at this rate—so, too, will be the businesses.
TIGHT MONEY? CROWDED HARBORS? TIME RESTRICTIONS? — NO WORRIES!
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hese unique coastal cruisers can solve all of today's difficult problems. They have been designed by Bruce Kirby to satisfy the quest for shallow draft, low cost, safety, traditional looks, and truly outstanding performance. Already they have fired the imaginations of small boat enthusiasts throughout North America, and from South Australia to the Italian Riviera. The distinctive lines of these
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plywood-and-epoxy chine boats, with their contemporary rigs, are a familiar sight along the coasts and on rivers and
lakes. Pride of ownership has returned to the sailor's world. nchor or moor where other boats won't float. Leave the dinghy at home and step ashore. Build her yourself or take the plans to a professional. Either way you can pay as your boat takes
shape, so there is no loan to cloud your enthusiasm. Plans have been drafted in the traditional manner and then developed on an up-to-theminute CAD system which ensures dimensional accuracy. There is no lofting, the Builder's Manual gives stepby-step instructions. With five models to choose from, one is just right for you and all the thin water that's out there waiting.
Send $7.00 for brochure describing all five models, $20.00 for a study pack for
each model, to: Norwalk Islands Sharpies 213 Rowayton Avenue Rowayton, CT 06853 In Australia:
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At the Columbia River Maritime Muse um in Astoria, Oregon, at the mouth of the Columbia River, it was a pleasure to run across a couple of women who could understand a fellow who mispronounces his Rs correctly. The tickettaker was from Massachusetts; the curator, Anne Witty,
had recently come over from Mystic Sea port in Connecticut. The museum itself was worth the visit—well laid out in a building designed for its purpose and
filled with exhibits about the Columbia River in specific and the Pacific coast in general. Columbia River Maritime Muse
um, 1792 Marine Drive, Astoria, WA 97103. It's a free country, and Pacific City, Oregon, can call itself anything it wants, but I'd call it a town, maybe even a village. The subtitle, however, "Home of the Dory," is right on the mark. Pacific dories were everywhere, but not in the water.
The weather was stormy, and the ocean was on a rampage, and the dories, which are launched from trailers into the surf
on this exposed coast, were taking a rest. In Bandon, Oregon, there is a small museum in the old Coast Guard building, and in Gold Beach, Oregon, the sunken hulk of the old tug MARY D. HUME, the
subject of a preservation effort, and in Eureka, California, the Humboldt Bay Maritime Muse um—all worth a look. But the Mother Lode for waterfront crawlers south of Puget Sound is San Francisco Bay, the home of shipyards, boatyards, muse ums, old ships, new ships, and serious, hairychested sailing. In Sausalito, the good news Mickey Mouse blasts along in his ChrisCraft runabout at was that there are still many Wall Disney World's Yacht and Beach Club Resort. Built by downanddirty houseboats clus Michael Riordan of Kissimmee, Florida, the runabout was tered here and there; the bad stripplanked of ¼ x ¼" mahogany, then fiberglassed inside to news is that too many of them are hold the hull together. Construction took a little over three weeks, and as much time was spent making the wave. gone, replaced by upscale float ing homes and nonorganic yachts. The steam schooner WAPAMA was Outboard of the WAPAMA, rigged out resting—permanently, I heard—on a for sailing, was the scow schooner ALMA, barge down by the Corps of Engineers looking as good as I've ever seen her. headquarters. The National Park Service Ditto the magnificent steam tug HER claims to be serious about stabilizing her CULES; perhaps not in pristine condition, condition, and in one way they are: by but nevertheless well over halfway up a saturating her decaying timbers with a rising curve. borax solution to stop the spread of rot. In Alameda, Crowley Maritime's Pacif In another way, they're not: the canvas ic Drydock operation was just a few weeks cover intended to keep rain off her upper from closing, which won't bode well for structure is itself rotten, and rainwater the historic ships over at the San Francis must be getting to her decks. co National Historical Park. That was the
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terey fishing boat being rebuilt and two lapstrake pulling boats under construc tion—one a doubleender and the other a Whitehalltype with a transom stern. Classes in boatbuilding are held in the Shop, with Simon Watts as one of the instructors.
n further news from the West (why quit while you're on a roll?), Belling
ham Marine of Bellingham, Washington, has built the first floating golf green. (Trust me on this.) It's a 5millionlb, 15,000sq ft artificial island, the 14th
A boatbuilding class at the Small Boat Shop of the San Francisco National Maritime Historical Park.
green of the Lake Coeur d'Alene Resort in Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, complete with trees, sand traps, flowers, and grass. The golfers drive to the green from a tee on the shore, then take a ferry to make
drydock where in recent years some of the
ships were hauled for belowthewaterline maintenance. On the National Park Service's Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco, the square rigger BALCLUTHA was in good condi tion, with a gang of riggers and volunteers overhauling her foremast rig; the condi tion of the British steam tug EPPLETON HALL seemed slightly improved over her condition when I saw her last but was
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still a mess. The threemasted lumber schooner C.A. THAYER, true to Capt.
Huycke's description, was in a sorry state. The word on the waterfront was that, un less she is attended to quickly, the THAY ER will go the way of the WAPAMA, which will not be a pretty thing to see. The ferry boat EUREKA may not be far behind. The bright side of the Hyde Street Pier, however, is the Small Boat Shop, current ly run by Bill Doll. There was a 1923 Mon
par, or whatever it is that golfers are after—assuming, of course, they don't get seasick on the way over. Correspondent Larry Montgomery says the best way for serious waterfront
crawlers on Puget Sound and the Wash ington coast to keep track of who's who and what's what is to get a copy of The Marine Directory. Revised and updated twice a year, spring and fall, this is a hand book published for commercial types
covering the commercial waterfront—
shippers, surveyors, insurance underwrit ers, shipyards, chandleries, labor unions, government agencies, etc. A limited num ber of copies are available to the public
from The Marine Directory, P.O. Box 99486, Seattle, WA 98199 ($2.50 for ship ping and handling). Correspondent Louise Ann Noeth reports on the new Ventura County (Cali fornia) Maritime Museum, which opened in midFebruary: "The new museum
operates on the theme 'Sailing—Past, Present, and Future' and has acquired maritime objects, photographs, paintings, and models, particularly those relating to
California heritage. Located in Fisher man's Wharf at Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard, California, the museum is the result of a private and public undertak ing. Although small, the 5,000sq ft facility
houses an exquisite, permanent collec tion of little ships, an extensive oil paint ing collection, a research library, and what curators are billing as 'the world's
largest half model'—a 22' sailboat sliced right down the middle."
The 78yearold Qclass racing sloop VIRGINIA, designed by William Gardner,
has become the first West Coast yacht
to be put on the National Register of Historic Vessels. She is owned by the Nautical Heritage Society, Dana Point, California. The remains of the wreck of a 19thcentury lum ber schooner have been found buried in the sand of a The 36' Coast Guard motor lifeboat at the Point Reyes National Seashore. beach at Cardiff by the Sea near San Diego. The San Diego Maritime Museum en lifeboat in use in the Coast Guard. I plans to recover the 25' section of ship will be replacing 3040% of the planking, and make it the centerpiece of a lumber the covering boards, and the rubrails, schooner exhibition. plus rebuilding the superstructure. Point Douglas Brooks, boatbuilder at the Reyes National Seashore is eager to com Historic Lifeboat Station at the Point municate with individuals and institutions Reyes (California) National Seashore, with information about Coast Guard writes: "Although Point Reyes is known motor lifeboats as well as those interested primarily as a wilderness area, it has many in this restoration." Douglas Brooks (or historic sites, including the last unaltered Dewey Livingston, Park Historian), Point Coast Guard lifesaving station on the Reyes National Seashore, Point Reyes, CA West Coast. I have been hired to restore a 94956, 4156638522. 36' Coast Guard wooden motor lifeboat at the station. Built in 1953, it was decom emember the Bucket Boss, the missioned in 1978, perhaps the last wood pocketed liner that turns a com
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Cradle boat built by Robert Drew for his granddaughter. Designed by Jordan Wood Boats (P.O. Box 194, South Beach, OH 97366), it was planked with Atlantic white, cedar; keel, stem, and transom were mahogany. "The breasthook, stern knees, and davit feet were made of cherry cut from my dad's Maine farm 30 years ago," says Drew.
1800688BOSS.
07077, 2016369050.
Remember the old style galvanizedsteel hand pumps fisher men used to carry around in their skiffs and workboats, the ones that didn't look like much, but, boy,
The Woodworkers' Store is selling an interesting IBMcompatible computer program called the Plywood Planner. Said to provide more accurate estimates of materials supplies for complex jobs; does it by displaying cutting diagrams. Haven't tried it myself. Love to hear from someone who has. The Plywood Planner,
could they pump?
$49.95, from The Woodworkers' Store, 21801 Industrial Boulevard, Rogers, MN 55374, 6124284101.
Selden Richardson remembers: "I had for some time been look
ing for this type of tin pump, which brought back memories of hours spent pumping
mon fivegallon drywall compound buck
the Rappahannock River out of my
et into a tool carrier (this column, WB No. 95)? It has proven to be so successful that the maker has developed a comple mentary product, the Parachute Bag, so called because it looks like an upside down parachute with a drawstring. It has compartments, open at the top, for fas tenings—nails, screws, rivets, burrs, etc.—
father's deadrise. I found that a man named Peter Schmitt still makes them, and ordered the longest model he of fered. Mr. Schmitt's pumps are of much heavier construction than the tin models of my youth, are supplied with a spare flapper and cup for the handle, and suck up and spew out leaves and paint chips without a problem. I think they are an excellent value." Prices range from $21 for a 24" model to $26 for a 40" model. The Pump, P.O. Box 102, Sewaren, NJ
opens and closes easily, stacks in a fivegallon bucket, and sits upright on the job. Nice idea, from Portable Products, 58
East Plato Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55107,
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Jeremiah Riordon. who has taught boatbuilding and modelmaking for years, has stepped out professionally as a half model maker. Given the plans, he will build a scale model of your boat or the boat or ship of your dreams. Jeremiah T. Riordon, P.O. Box 28, Manchesterbythe
Sea, MA 01944, 5089272894. In the last issue I noted that Arthur Herrick had scalemodel plans available
for the 70' McInnisdesigned Maine sar dine carrier WILLIAM UNDERWOOD. I was only partially correct. Though Her rick drew up the plans and, indeed, will sell them on request, they are marketed primarily by Dynamite Payson, Pleasant Beach Rd., South Thomaston, ME 04858,
2075947587; $40 a set. I also erred on
the scale; the correct scale is 1/32". (Only two mistakes since 1942; not too bad, all things considered.) The rest of what I wrote is true: The WILLIAM UNDERWOOD
is a handsome, salty craft and makes a fine
tinuous stirring to make a thick paste without lumps. (Three cautions: Don't use aluminum containers; wear rubber gloves; and only pour lye into starch, not vice versa. [Two other cautions: Don't
model. If you are a model enthusiast and find yourself in Wisconsin in midAugust, drop in on the Model Ship Builder Symposium and 15th Annual Model Ships and Boats Contest at the Manitowoc Maritime Muse um, 75 Maritime Drive, Manitowoc, WI
forget eye protection and a respirator. —Eds.]) Spread the paste in a thick, even
54220. The dates are August 1718, 1991. Richard Ellers of Warren, Ohio, sent in a couple of practical tips for model makers and a query: "On masking tape: A former autobody man told me the secret to a good paint
"On Spectre: Back in the 1940s, there was a comic book character, 'The Spec
coat on the surface to be removed, using an old brush or swab. Leave until it shows signs of drying, then scrape off with steel wool or a putty knife. Flush well with cold water. Repeat as necessary.
tre.' Any relative of yours?" im Ferrell has begun work on a
two to reveal, they would appreciate hear ing from you. Michael Badham and Mar tin Luray, Bay Shore Rd., North Bath, ME
04530, 2074428636. The Richardson Boat Owners Associa tion is compiling an International Reg istry of existing Richardsons and is seeking information on their where abouts and owners. Richardson Boat
Owners Association, 84 Sweeney St., North Tonawanda, NY 14120. The Old Gaffers AssociationUSA, an outgrowth of the wellknown British
group dedicated to the Gaff Rig Way of Life (pulling on lots of strings and ropes), is looking for members. Len Kavanagh,
Old Gaffers AssociationUSA, 88 Lenox Rd., Nahant, MA 01908, 6177420099.
able from auto supply shops. It has an
book about the life, times, and achievements of C. Raymond Hunt. He would appreciate any information, pho tographs, etc., from anyone who would
even layer of glue for a good seal, yet peels
like to help. Tim Ferrell, 3159 B Mary St.,
easily and neatly.
"On paint remover: Make your own by
Miami, FL 33133. Michael Badham and Martin Luray
dissolving four heaping tablespoons of cornstarch in two quarts of water and, in a
are working on a book tentatively entided Skippers Secrets, "a collection of unique,
separate container, dissolve one can of lye in a quart of water. Use iron or enamel
innovative, inexpensive, doityourself, defensive and preventive maintenance
containers only. To use, pour the lye solu
precautions and solutions to breakdowns
Philippines, mostly catamarans and trimarans, stripplanked and Con stant Camber. Last winter, he and his
tion into the starch very slowly with con
at sea." If you are a skipper with a secret or
crew were working on a Marples 15meter
job was not to use cheap masking tape.
Use the tape used by body finishers, avail
Francis Emmorey collects postcards with a maritime theme. Among his more
than 100 categories is one for wooden boats. I sent him a card. Why not you? Francis Emmorey, 186 Cumberland Ave.,
Hamilton, ON, L8M 1Z6, Canada. ike Allen builds boats in the
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ings and with skilled help." Mike Alien, Boatshop Philippines, Compostela, Cebu, 6003, Philippines. According to an article in the Ocean County (New Jersey) Observer kindly sent to us by Douglas G. Abbott, Bill Kelly of Livingroom boatbuilding at its finest. The Sea Shell ready to be turned right West Creek, New Jer side up and finished off. sey, is still building oldstyle Barnegat Bay cruising cat, a 36' Newick tri, a Tracy sneakboxes. The latest, a 14footer, the 33rd to come out of his shop, went to a O'Brien 20' sportfisherman, and a customer in Canada. Marples C440 cruising cat. In other WoodenBoat's Directory of Wooden Boat words, no grass grows under Mike's feet. Builders has no listing for a boatshop in But Mike is getting tired and has a propo sition: "After eight years of making saw New Mexico. In the next edition, there will be. Chris Mullen and Seth Holland, dust and spreading glue, I'd like to take a sabbatical and spend a year showing the experienced builders, have moved their good ol' U.S. of A. to my Philippine wife shop down from Maine and are now and two sons. We've got a very well ready to service the Southwest with much needed products—dories, skiffs, and equipped and spacious shop nicely situat kayaks especially. Blue Streak Marine, ed on a quiet beach. That, and the trained crew, vehicles, and houses, has got to be Box 1223, Ranches de Taos, NM 87557. The Tender Craft Boat Shop of an attractive proposition to someone who would like to manage the construction of Toronto has published a most interesting a fairly large boat in pleasant surround catalog of traditional boats and supplies:
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finished boats, stripper kits and canoe supplies, glues and epoxy, Finishing sup plies, fastenings, hardware, plans, books, oars, paddles, and more. They're also offi cial North American distributors for the Davey & Company line of hardware and fittings. Catalog is $3, from The Tender Craft Boat Shop, 284 Brock Ave., Toron
to, ON, M6K 2M4, Canada, 416531 2941. Robert W. Stephens, small boat builder and designer, has moved his shop from Lisbon Falls, Maine, to Searsport, Maine, and, to celebrate the occasion, has published a new catalog of designs. Ultra light canoes and cruisers, camp cruisers, garveys, prams—a good range. Robert W. Stephens Wooden Boats, P.O. Box 464, Searsport, ME 04974, 2075480129. It's a rare event to receive unsolicited testimonials, especially a threepager. It seems Art Worden, who lives in Buffalo, bought a kit for the Shell Boats 8' sailing
dinghy Sea Shell and built the craft in a few days in his living room, right there across from the couch. He loved the kit, the instructions, the plans, and especially the service. "I was itchy to get started," Art
writes, "so I called about my order. Deb Shell answered the phone and, instead of
'I have to check the computer' or 'What is your 17digit order number?', she called over her shoulder, 'Fred, how is Art's boat kit coming along?' I heard Fred reply that on the line and wanted me to be sure and
16' that operate on navigable waters, and the Coast Guard, its motto being semper paratus (always ready), promptly put the wheels in motion to levy them. You might not want to pay. As far as I can tell, you have three options: (1) Stick
call if I had any questions. It sure is nice doing business with wooden boat peo ple!" Shell Boats, RR #2 Box 289C, St.
to boats under 16'. (2) Throw the bums out in the next election. (3) Fight 'em now. Options 1 and 2, while perfectly valid,
n the last issue, there was a mention of the Society of Boat and Yacht Design
Albans, VT 05478, 8025249645.
are individual matters and needn't
ers. David D. Beach wrote to point out
much about it myself, but I do remember there was considerable mention of taxes
involve concerted action. Option 3, how ever, to be effective, requires organized clout. The two groups most heavily engaged are the Traditional Small Craft Association and Boat/U.S., which are vig orously supporting a bill (H.R. 534) to
that the SBYD is a breakaway group from the halfcenturyold Society of Small Craft Designers, which is also seeking members and contributors to its journal, The Planimeter. SBYD, SSCD, which one's for you? Try them both.
and lips, always in the same sentence.
repeal the user fees. If you wish to assist
"Read my taxes, no more lips," something like that. Of course, it was all a prevarication.
them in this, write angry letters to your senators and representatives (while you're at it, you can threaten them with Option 2). For more information: Tradi tional Small Craft Association, P.O. Box
Society of Boat and Yacht Designers, 2401 Vista Lane, Anacortes, WA 98221, 2062934647.
he had shipped it yesterday, and he got
ou m ay recall t he p residential elec ion of 1988. I know, I know. That
was a long time ago. I can't remember
Even George Bush wouldn't have the audacity to take away our lips. We need them to talk to our bankers to raise the money to pay our taxes. Also our user fees. User fees? What? You haven't heard about those? They are our tickets to the
350, Mystic, CT 06355; Boat/U.S., 880
water. In a bill passed back in October
South Pickett St., Alexandria, VA 22304. Meanwhile, the Coast Guard, in an attempt to mollify the opposition, espe cially that from the TSCA, has exempted from user fees all boats over 16' that are
1990, Congress gave the Coast Guard per mission to levy user fees on all boats over
"rowboats, canoes, kayaks, sailboards, racing shells, rowing sculls, racing kayaks,
and other recreational vessels propelled
by oars, paddles, poles or sails attached to an unsupported mast." (Those wild and crazy unstayed rigs are beginning to look a mite more interesting now, aren't they?)
Society of Small Craft Designers, Will iam R. Mehaffey, 04294 Fontenoy East, Boyne City, MI 49712. One of the longest boatbuilding sagas has come to an end. In 1950, construction began on a 24' motor cruiser. In 1963, work came to a halt due to the builder's ill health. The boat remained under cover until last year, when boatbuilder Chris Stickney took on the job of finishing her
off. As of this spring, she was ready
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Forty years abuilding and ready to launch—a 24' motor cruiser finished out by Chris Stickney.
to launch. Chris Stickney, Boatbuilder,
P.O. Box 146, St. George, ME 04857. Rowing enthusiasts in the Midwest should bear in mind that the fourth Jerome K. Jerome Memorial Row on
Ohio's Muskingum River, sponsored by the Marietta Rowing & Cycling Club, will be the week of October 512, 1991. It will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Muskingum lockanddam system. Details from James L. Stephens, 425 Mulberry St.,
Marietta, OH 45750. Rick Klepfer is a marine artist who spe
cializes in painting portraits of ships and
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boats on com mission. He isn't alone in that field, but he is one of the few who goes to any length to do his research
maritime, yachting, and marine engineer ing. At £45, the cost is rather steep, but for serious collectors and people in the trade it could be a real tool. Warsash Nautical Bookshop, 31 Newtown Rd., Warsash, Southampton S03 6FY, England. Of interest to those in the maritime museum trade, and perhaps to those who would like to be, the 1991 meeting of the
in the flesh, so to speak,
International Congress of Maritime Museums will be held August 2931,
rather than work primari
1991, at the South Street Seaport Muse um in New York. The principal topic will be institutional development; i.e., fund raising. Information from Peter Neill, South Street Seaport Museum, 207 Front
ly from pho tographs and
plans. "I will travel anywhere," Klepfer writes, "in all weather, to photograph, sketch, meet the crew, and explore the vessel prior to start ing the painting. I work in acrylic on Masonite, which makes a durable piece that can even be hung aboard, as many of them have." Rick Klepfer, P.O. Box 233, Philadelphia, PA 19105. Warsash Nautical Bookshop has pub
lished the 1991 edition of the Bibliography of Nautical Books, which lists titles in print, forthcoming, and recently out of print— more than 8,500 from around the world in such subcategories as shipping, naval,
St., New York, NY 10038. The Gannon and Benjamin yard
of Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, which has successfully survived a disaster (fire) of its own (see WB No. 95), will be rebuild ing the schooner WHEN AND IF, which
went aground during a storm in the fall of 1990. The WHEN AND IF, formerly owned by Gen. George S. Patton, is a sail training vessel for the Landing School in Prides Crossing, Massachusetts. The old Britannia Shipyard in Rich
mond, British Columbia, is being pre served and restored as a working yard for
wooden ships and boats. Formerly a can nery established in 1890, the complex
parts of the country and Canada, all inter ested in antique motorboats. There were
wall panelling, stitched permanently at
contains buildings, a boardwalk, and bul wark, and is said to be the last undis turbed cannery site on the Fraser River. Our many readers in Britain might like to know that Great Britain has joined the Atlantic Challenge, an international association intended to foster seaman ship and camaraderie through participa tion in gig rowing and sailing contests. The British group intends to build a reproduction of a 1796 gig in the Nation al Maritime Museum of Ireland and, to that end, seeks a £2 donation from each boat owner in Great Britain to help defray the cost. They'll settle for American money from anglophiles, too. The coordi nator of the effort is John Kerr, Boat builder, High St., Llandysul, Dyfed, SA44 4DN, Wales, U.K. Correspondent Ginger Martus attend ed the Antique Motorboating Symposium at the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia, at the beginning of April. "The austere, dark, heavy glass doors of the museum belied what lay beyond," Ginger writes. "The main lobby, dominat ed by a tremendous gold eagle figure head, was crowded with people from all
talks on the ChrisCraft Corporation, ChrisCraft engines, the history and devel opment of runabouts in general, and the
line, payed with melted chewing gum col lected in the local schools. I estimate a
Gold Cup races, and personal reminis cences by Chris J. Smith, grandson of the founder of ChrisCraft. The displays and exhibits at the museum were exquisite, almost too pristine. The August Crabtree Room, containing an exhibition of mod els, was breathtaking...another world." Mariners' Museum, 100 Museum Drive,
need for about 6 to 8 liters of chewed gum (2,000 to 3,000 packs?). It will be a two seat kayak of my design, and my wife Alice will crew. You, of course, will recognize this seemingly odd construction as being deeply conservative and well proven, per haps only slightly improved by the use of modern materials.
Newport News, VA 23606.
"My liking for scrap materials is stimu lated by chronic personal underfunding as well as ecological concern. Parsimony is a hard habit to break. Next year's boat will be an Eskimo fabriconframe kayak, which like DOUBLE BUBBLE will use 100% recycled/salvaged material (PAPER BUOY used new glue and screws) and will be called $KINFLINT. I could pursue dif ferent techniques for at least seven years. "Some people assume these are one shot disposable boats, but that is not the case. PAPER BUOY has been used many times since the marathon and is one of my favorites in my personal fleet of boats. These approaches to boatbuilding have a discipline and beauty of their own."
inally, I would like to share with you excerpts from a letter by Larry West lake of Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia. Larry, who's my kind of guy, formed the Paper Boat Committee last year to build a paper boat from recycled materials and enter it in the Save Georgia Strait Mar athon. PAPER BUOY, a 12'8" paddling and sailing canoe, successfully negotiated the 26kilometer Georgia Strait in a nasty chop. "My group," writes Larry, "will build
another recycled boat this year using StoneAge, lashedseam techniques adapted to modern waste materials. DOU
BLE BUBBLE will use salvaged photograin the seams with scrap nylon monofilament
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he 121' schooner ADVENTURE, built
in Massachusetts in 1926 for fishing the Grand Banks out of Gloucester, and more recently the queen of the Maine Windjammer fleet, is back in Gloucester for good. Now owned by the Glouces ter ADVENTURE Education Program, she began undergoing repairs at the
Gloucester Marine Railway in late February, when her portside planking was removed to 15' aft of the main chain plates, and refraining and replanking began on that side of the boat. The crew at Gloucester Marine Railway is replacing the planking with longleaf yellow pine salvaged from a demolished Boston warehouse and donated to the project two years ago. The new sawn frames are white oak. ADVENTURE was expected to go back in the water for the summer, and the Gloucester ADVENTURE Education Program is raising funds for similar repairs to her starboard side next winter. Gloucester Marine Railway, Harbor Loop, Gloucester, MA 01930; 5082832775. Or, The Gloucester ADVENTURE Education Program, P.O. Box 1306, Gloucester,
MA 019301306; 5082818079. eep within a cramped industrial unit in Stoney Creek, Ontario,
Canada, Bo Moller and Ray Girard are rebuilding a 32' Seafair sloop. Designed by Ben Seaborn, six of the sloops were built by Finnish boatbuilders in Ontario in 1956. After stripping SISU down to her cedaronoak hull, which was still in excel lent condition, Moller and Girard recon structed the bulkheads and deck using ash framing overlaid with coldmolded layers of 1/8" marine ply. They have fabri cated a stainlesssteel base for a new 18hp Volvo Penta engine and have rebuilt the maststep so that it is much stronger. The rudder has been removed from the boat's almostfull keel and positioned behind the prop as a blade rudder instead. Moller and Girard feel this change will provide more maneuverability under power and allow SISU to point slightly higher into the wind, with less drag than before. Bo Moller, P.O. Box 143, Fruitland, ON, LOR 1LO, Canada. I. the Peninsula Shipyard in Newport Beach, California, the 13man crew was busy this spring with a number of
wooden boat projects. A 60' Marlineer was in for refinishing; a 37' stripplanked teak sloop was being wooded before treat ment with the Smith and Company Penetrating Epoxy System and then repainting; a 60' mahogany commercial fishing boat was being repainted; and a 42' Grand Banks was in for painting. The Peninsula Shipyard, in business for 11 years, is a fullservice repair yard equip
ped with a 75ton hoist. Peninsula Shipyard,
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223 21st St., Newport Beach, CA 92663;
7146730085. n Redding, California, Steve Thomas and his twoman crew at Thomas Fabrication and Boatworks have put about 1,000 hours into the restoration of a 1914 Fay and Bowen launch. The 26 footer, which has a 5' beam, is believed to be one of only three of its model in exis tence. Owned by Dr. Roland Ranken, the restored launch will be shown at the Concours d'Elegance this summer at Lake Tahoe. The boat's bottom has been sheathed with Kevlar and System Three resin, and her brightwork now gleams with 15 coats of Epifanes varnish. For this summer's use, a 1944 Graymarine 25hp Sea Scout engine is being installed, but Steve hopes to find a Fay and Bowen engine restoration specialist who can restore the boat's original four cylinder, 15hp Fay and Bowen engine for reinstallation next summer. Inspired by a system he saw being used in Porsche restoration work, Thomas designed and built a metal roller rack that allows one person to easily roll the boat over in about 15 seconds—a real timesaver for bottom work. Also undergoing restoration in the shop is a 1947, 18' sailing canoe, which will also be on show at Tahoe this sum mer. And a 1934 16' ChrisCraft split cockpit racer, which Thomas restored
three years ago, has been back in the shop for some refinishing work before her next season. Thomas Fabrication and Boatworks, 1410 Beltline Rd., #10, Redding, CA 96003; 9162460305. arl Brownstein's Rights O' Man Boat Works in Shelton, Washington, launched a new 30footer in October, and another 30footer went out the door this spring. The fall boat was a custom catyawl designed by Phil Bolger, similar to his Moccasin design. She was built with cedar carvel planking on steambent oak frames. The spring boat was a 30' Lyle Hess cutter, built with fir carvel planking on sawn oak frames, with bronze fastenings and floors. After the May launching, the yard was busy with repair work while awaiting news on some new construction bids. Rights O' Man Boat Works, S.E. 2743 Bloomfteld, Shelton, WA
98584; 2064267307. teve Slaunwhite has had to add onto his shop in Mader's Cove (near Mahone Bay), Nova Scotia, in order to accommodate the new boat under con struction there. Steve is building a 41' Malabar II schooner—a goodsized pro ject for what's essentially a small, oneman shop. The boat has also been enlarged slightly to better accommodate Slaun white's client, who is 6'4". Steve has gained more headroom in the design by
making the cabin a bit longer and higher and by increasing the freeboard. He's also increased the outside ballast to 10,000 lbs. The schooner is planked with Brazilian mahogany on oak frames, fastened with copper nails and rivets. A spring '92 launching is planned. Steve has built a variety of wooden boats—power and sail, many to his own design—since he started his business 15 years ago. The new 41 footer is the largest project to date. Slaunwhite's Boat & Joinery Shop, RR #1, Mahone Bay, NS, B0J 2E0,Canada; 902 6248861. riftwood Marine Services in Sacramento, California, recently moved to a new location just several blocks away, increasing their shop space and facilities and adding a chandlery to the business. Earlysummer projects for Bob Sheffield and Dick Taylor included a 1946, 27' ChrisCraft, which was being restored to its original sedan cruiser con figuration and having a new bottom, stem, and knees installed. A 1968, 30' ChrisCraft Crusader was in the shop for a complete restoration, including a new Honduras mahogany transom and some replacement planks; and a 1951, 41' Stephens was having new garboard planks installed and was being repowered with twin Chrysler 440s. Driftwood Marine usu ally has 1015 boats in the shop for repair and restoration. An interesting summer project will be the restoration of a 1922 34' Admiral's Launch. Driftwood Marine Services, 2705 5th St., Sacramento, CA 95814; 9164446280. hristopher Woodward recently pur chased the Hathaway Boat Shop in the village of Saranac Lake, in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains. The shop is the original Willard Hanmer Boat Shop, built in 1930, still in original condition, with many of the original tools still operat ing. Woodward had worked for the for mer owner, Carl Hathaway, for five years prior to buying the business. The shop specializes in building and restoring Adirondack guideboats, but also does restorations and repairs on canoes and other small (under 20') traditional wood en boats. The Hathaway Boat Shop guide boats are constructed with sawn ribs cut from natural red spruce root crooks. The lapstrake planking is 3/16" to ¼"thick white cedar, and the laps are beveled to form a smooth skin. With oars, seats, and a carry ing yoke, a 16footer weighs about 6065 lbs and was designed to be easily trans ported over the many carries between the lakes and ponds of the Adirondacks, while also handling well in rough water with a load. Hathaway Boat Shop, 9A Algonquin, Saranac Lake, NY 12983;
5188913961.
A Small Schooner Scaling things down Text and drawings by Christian Dahl ach time I set out to build a new boat, I ask myself, "Why isn't this a little schooner?" And in the same moment, I remem ber many of the comments I've heard about small schooners, such as: "A schooner should be at least 36' long," or "Most small schooners are not good sailers," and so on. To fur ther complicate my "dreams," I am mainly interested in the traditional schooner type. About 20 years ago, I designed a lit tle 24' schooner with a gaff rig and a fixed keel, although I never built her. But I was fortunate enough to have had Howard Chapelle critique the design, and so I learned a bit more
about small schooners. Much of our conversation was about speed—what will make the boat go. Sharp bow lines and a clean run aft were two characteristics that came up again and again as we talked about small schooners. Stability was always a factor, but not the main considera tion. Sufficient stability can be had when a high ballast ratio is combined
with flaring sections forward and a soft, clean run aft. Another predominant factor affect ing the speed of a sailing hull—or a powerboat hull, for that matter—
seems to be the shape of a buttock line that is drawn onequarter of the load waterline beam out from the center line. Chapelle used this line as one measure of a ship's speed potential. All else being equal, shallow, easy quarterbeam buttock lines produce higher maximum speeds than do deep, strongly curved lines. The prismatic coefficient of a sail ing hull is a ratio of displacement to the product of her immersed midsec tion area and load waterline length. Prismatic coefficient is a measure of the fineness of a boat's ends. In gen eral, a boat with a low prismatic coeffi cient, say at .50 to .54, has its hull's immersed displacement somewhat concentrated in its midsection. A higher prismatic coefficient of, say, .55 to .65, means the displacement of the hull is distributed somewhat more along the length of the im
Destined for day sailing and camp cruising in the San Juans, MORN1NG
LIGHT has a Vberth and stove in her forward cabin; her engine, portable head, and work table/berth in the after cabin; and plenty of storage space below a hatch amidships. 36
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mersed portion of the hull. The sig nificance of the prismatic coefficient is that, in general, a hull design with
a high prismatic coefficient has the potential of achieving higher hull speed. The speed/length ratio of a sailing hull is an indication of the potential speed a boat of a given waterline length may be expected to achieve under reasonable conditions. For heavydisplacement sailing yachts, Chapelle states that the number 1.25 should be multiplied by the square root of the load waterline length to obtain a value for speed potential. It should be remembered that certain hull forms, sailing conditions, and— of course—seamanship can exceed the empirical speed/length ratio. Sail area is one of the most visual measures of a particular design. For instance, a very tall, narrow (high aspect) rig will require a more stable hull than, say, a low, gaffrigged boat, given that the sail area is the same. It stands to reason that a deep, heavy displacement boat with a small rig is not going to be very fast in medium winds. She may reach full hull speed in a gale with her short rig, but this is seldom the designer's intent or the owner's desire. The other side of this issue is the moderate or light displacement hull with a large rig. She will generally be fast in light airs,
will have a larger wardrobe of sails, and will require reducing sail area when the breeze becomes a wind. This discussion is by no means all inclusive. There is much more to
each point I've discussed, as well as many design details, ratios, and theo ries not mentioned here. For a more indepth study and review of tradi tional sailing hulls, I would recom mend reading Howard Chapelle's A Search far Speed Under Sail 17001855.
With her self tending mainsail and her jib and foresail sheets run ning aft to bottom
handle, selftailing winches, MORNING
LIGHT is reasonable to sail and tack, even singlehanded.
y late fall of 1986, 1 still wanted a schooner and decided to build one at last. But she could not be over six tons. First of all, I had no place to build a larger boat. And even if I had the space to build a larger boat, storage, handling, cost,
and, not least of all, crewing the boat in crowded waters, were important considerations. I liked the smallboat look of the older pilot schooners, circa 1790, which were in the 4050' range. These boats were rigged with only
three sails—a jib, fore, and main. Their masts raked aft, and in some cases, no standing rigging was used. The foresail of these small schooners was equal to or larger than the main sail. The jib was considered more of a lightweather sail, and as a result, the July/August 1991
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foremast was stepped close to the stem. This arrangement kept the rig simple and provided ample sail area for lighter airs. In moderate to heavy
stability but would, in effect, shorten the run. I also felt that hard bilges would cause the boat to roll out and ride up on her bilge as she heeled.
transom. Since a lot of the boat's sta bility would come from the quarters or after portion of the hull, the tran som is designed to just clear the water
weather, the boat would work under foresail alone.
This would significantly reduce the
The most challenging part of this
Another consideration is that when a hull rolls out and exposes her
when the hull is heeled down. As the lines of the small schooner began to develop, it became obvious that the modest midsection was going to allow for a high camber/length ratio. The low freeboard and moder ate beam combined with a moderate forefoot allowed for slack bow lines flowing into a moderately long run. I found that the moderate midsection produced a prismatic coefficient of .58. At this point in the design, I start ed getting a bit excited. Was this real
project was the hull design. I chose a "shortended" profile—not that I
don't like a graceful clipper bow and counter stern. But on a small boat I would need as much load waterline length as I could get, and I still want ed a pleasing profile. The boat's midsection offered
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effectiveness of her lateral plane.
weather bilge, considerable windage comes from the hull. My conclusion was that the mid section should show a fair amount of deadrise, about 28° starting at the keel, flowing into modest but soft bilges with a slight tumblehome in the after topsides. This midsection
shape also allowed for a wineglass
ly going to be a small sailing machine, or j ust a miniature ship? I kept going
back and forth. What would a first go at the diagonals look like? Not too bad, I thought, remembering that the waterlines had been drawn parallel to the keel rabbet and to the inside of the planking. I checked displacement and the curve of areas. Yes, curve showed maximum displacement 55% aft of the forward load line. Next, my concern was that there might be too much wetted surface, but there wasn't—240 sq ft with rudder, at 11,400 lbs displacement. Stability was still a factor. When you consider that doubling the physi cal size of a hull will make it eight times more stable, one can readily understand why miniaturized ships just don't work. They lack stability. It would seem logical that you can take a given design and safely increase the size 20%, for instance, but if you decrease the size 20%, you could lose up to 60% of the stability as originally designed. The little schooner's design data checked out. At 18° heel, the num bers said her righting moment would be 8,490 ftlbs. This fit well with her
heeling moment of 7,380 ftlbs. Her ballast ratio of 47% and low free board contributed a lot to bringing the design into currently accepted practices. All the numbers indicated that this boat should sail on her bot tom and stay in the water. Last, but not least, were the consid erations for accommodations below deck. Since our longrange plan calls for a move from Minnesota to just north of Seattle, Washington, we thought about how we'd be using the boat for day runs to Friday Harbor and island camping in the San Juans. We ended up with a large Vberth under the forward cuddy cabin, com plete with stove and work table. Since storage is always a problem on board, we set up the center section of the hull with a large hatch, and below, just storage bins. The after cabin
houses the portable toilet, diesel engine, batteries, fuel tank, and a work table/berth.
inally, I began lofting the schooner. In a departure from current practice, I had drawn the schooner's waterlines parallel to the keel and to the inside of the planking. This is the old way
of drawing lines, and although it creates some extra work in taking off station areas and calculating righting moments, I think these minor disadvantages are more than offset during the lofting phase and during construction. For the construction of MORNING
LIGHT, we used a solid fir keel and steamed oak ribs placed on 9" cen ters. Since the boat has a rather high ballast ratio, we placed oak floors at
Dahl's planking jobs are among the nicest
we've ever seen. The fastenings in this small schooner are all screws or bolts; no nails or glue were used.
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each rib line, throughbolted into the
Ready to launch,
keel timber. The steel grounding
MORNING LIGHT
shoe was set up on its own through bolts, should it ever need replacing.
We used Port Orford cedar planking
has her mainmast
stepped with the help of a quad frame.
and Honduras mahogany sheer
strakes, transom, deck, and trunk cab ins. All of the hull and joinerwork is screw or bolt fastened; no nails or glue were used. MORNING LIGHT's spars are solid Sitka spruce. The masts have one set each of 1 x 19 stainless shrouds with a single headstay. The sails were made by Thomas Clark of Essex, Connec ticut, and have handsewn boltropes. e launched MORNING LIGHT in July of 1989. She has proven to be a good
sailer and easy to work. The jib and loosefooted foresail are set up with
single sheets port and starboard, which are run aft to bottomhandle, selftailing winches. The mainsail is set up to be self tending, with its sheet belayed to a j am cleat. Halyards are belayed at fife rails located at the foot of each mast. This arrangement makes it a bit tricky to get the sails
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hoisted singlehanded, and does re quire a bit of sea room. But when all is hoisted, she is quite reasonable to sail and tack singlehanded. Like her larger sisters of so many years ago, MORNING LIGHT is strik ing and able. We hope to enjoy her for years to come.
Christian Dahl is the son of a Danish master woodworker and has a keen interest in boats and boatbuilding. His small trawler NORDSO
appeared in WB No. 74. Construction plans ($95 for two sets) and study plans ($18) for MORNING LIGHT are available from
Christian Dahl, 211 Paisley Lane, Golden Valley, MN 55422.
f you are a boat owner, we urge you to contact one or more of the
San Diego, CA 92121; tel. (619) 481 0102 (days), (619) 7554974 (evenings).
race organizers listed below to sail and enjoy the excitement, the camaraderie, and the grand spectacle of wooden boats gathered together. If you would like your event to be part of the Series, please contact Carl Cramer at WoodenBoat, P.O. Box 78 (Naskeag Road), Brooklin,
July 13 Newport West Cup — Newport Beach W.H.O.A., 185 Loreta Walk, Long
ME 04616, (207)3594651.
PACIFIC Northwest Wooden Yacht Racing Association. For information about participation, sponsorship, or events, contact Marc deRochefort, 2213 Victorian Lane, NE; Bainbridge Island, WA 98110. July 57 Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival Race — Seattle, WA. The Center for Wooden Boats, 1010 Valley St., Seattle,
WA 98109, (206) 3822628. Aug. 31 Sept. 1 Victoria Classic Boat
Festival — Victoria, B.C. VREB, 3035 Nanaimo St., Victoria, BC V8T 4W2, (604) 3857766. Contact Jim Russell. October 1213 Ancient Mariners Fall Regatta — Eagle Harbor, WA, Ancient Mariners Sailing Society, 742 N. 68th St.,
Seattle, WA 98103, (206) 7836094. Contact Armin Schlieps.
San Francisco Bay October 1213 Drakes Bay Cruise/Race — San Francisco, Master Mariners Benevolent Association, P.O. Box 620639, Woodside, CA 94062, (415) 8517601. Contact Dan Drath. October 19 Jessica Cup Regatta — San Francisco St. Francis Yacht Club, On The Marina, San Francisco, CA 94123. Contact Craig Swayne at (415) 2851500 or Anna Peachy at (415) 4354771.
South Coast Wooden Hull Owners Association (W.H.O.A.). For information on events or • membership, contact David Smith at W.H.O.A., 185 Loreta Walk, Long Beach, CA 90803; tel. (213) 4335494, fax (213) 4393588. Ancient Mariners. For information on events or membership, contact Jim Sutter,
11568 Sorrenta Valley Rd., Building 14,
Beach, CA 90803, (213) 4335494. Contact David Smith. August 3 Corinthian Classic Yacht Race — Oxnard. Strathmore Homes, 3401 W. 5th St., Suite 220, Oxnard, CA 93030, (805) 985 1771. Contact Dick McNish.
August 25 Ancient Mariners Race (Schooner Association) — San Pedro/Seal Beach, CA W.H.O.A., 185 Loreta Walk, Long Beach, CA 90803, (213) 4335494. Contact David Smith.
September 1415 Petticoat & Ironman Races — San Diego, Ancient .Mariners, 11568 Sorrenta Valley Rd., Building 14, San
Diego, CA 92121, (619) 4810102. Contact
Cassidy, The Wooden Boat Guild, P.O. Box 9501, Noank, CT 06340; tel. (203) 536 6307, fax (203) 5721907. July 67 New London Sail Fest — New London, CT., Marine Commerce and Development Committee, 111 Union St., New London, CT 06320, (203) 4438331.
July 1314 Landing Regatta — Newport, RI, Christie's Landing, Newport, RI 02840, (401) 8493033. Contact Don Glassie.
July 2021 Emperor's Cup — Marblehead, MA, Sirius Software, Inc., 215 First St.,
Cambridge, MA 02142, (617) 5778222. Contact Gary Gregory.
July 27 Mariah's Cup — Portland, ME, Portland Yacht Services, 58 Fore St.,
Portland, ME 04101, (207) 7741067. Contact Phineas Sprague.
Jim Sutter.
August 3 Eggemoggin Reach Regatta — Brooklin, ME, Brooklin Boat Yard, Box 119,
September 21 Hurricane Gulch Regatta — San Pedro, W.H.O.A., 185 Loreta Walk, Long Beach, CA 90803, (213) 4335494. Contact David Smith.
Brooklin, ME 04616, (207) 3592236.
October 5 Newport — Dana Point (W.H.O.A. Anniversary Race), W.H.O.A., 185 Loreta Walk, Long Beach, CA 90803, (213) 4335494. Contact David Smith. October 6 W.H.O.A. Versus Ancient Mariners Challenge (Dana Cup) — Dana Point W.H.O.A., 185 Loreta Walk, Long Beach, CA 90803, (213) 4335494. Contact David Smith.
December 7 HalfPint of Rum Race — San Diego Ancient Mariners, 11568 Sorrenta Valley Rd., Building 14, San Diego, CA 92121, (619) 4810102. Contact Jim Sutter.
GREAT LAKES July 6 Legends of the Lake Classic — South Haven, MI, 3382 Scot Pine Way, Portage, MI 49002, (616) 3240377. Contact Dennis Parker.
July 27 North Shore — Chicago, IL, Sponsored by Heritage Boat Club. 4537 N. Keokuk Ave., Chicago, IL 60630, (312) 685 4107. Contact Jack Minton. August 30 Classic Boat Cruise — Chicago, IL/St. Joseph, MI, P.O. Box 341, St. Joseph, MI 49085, (616) 9272628. Contact Jane Parker.
ATLANTIC Northeast WoodenBoat Classic Regatta Series. For information about participation, sponsorship, or to obtain a rating certificate, contact Jim
Contact Steve White. August 10 Sail Boston '91 Regatta — Boston, MA, Conventures, 250 Summer St., Boston, MA 02210, (617) 3301992. Contact Dawn Curtis. August 18 Opera House Cup — Nantucket, MA, Opera House Cup, Box 1409, Nantucket, MA 02554, (508) 2282121. Contact Chick Walsh.
August 2425 New Bedford Heritage Days Regatta — New Bedford, MA, New Bedford Heritage Days Regatta, 65 Acushnet Rd., Mattapoisett, MA 02739, (508) 7589564. Contact Paul Zychowicz. September 1 Classic Yacht Regatta — Newport, RI, Museum of Yachting, P.O. Box
122, Newport, RI 02840, (401) 8471018. Contact Maggie Martin. September 14 Governor's Cup — Essex, CT, Connecticut River Museum, P.O. Box
261, Essex, CT 06426, (203) 7678269. Contact Brenda Milkofsky. September 21 Mayor's Cup — New York, NY, South Street Seaport Museum, 207 Front St., New York, NY 10038, (212) 669 9400. Contact Richard Gill. October 46 Race Rock Regatta — Mystic, CT, Noank Wooden Boat Association, P.O. Box 9506, Noank, CT 06340, (203) 572 8174. Contact Bill Sternberg.
HOLDING
a Delicate Balance by Peter H. Spectre hen a craftsman at King Boat Works sands the hull of a wooden racing shell, a micrometer would be required to measure the distance between suc cess and partial disaster—about a hundredth of an inch (.25mm), in the case of a 27' (8.2m) competition single. Total disaster is a mere two onehundredths of an inch, which means the builder has lost one veneer out of three in the plywood skin, and the hull will most likely fold in on itself with the first stroke of the oars. Cataclysmic disaster is six one hundredths of an inch (1.6mm): 42
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he has sanded from one side to the other, right through the skin. To put these numbers in perspec tive, for a woodworker to produce a cataclysm on the order of the above in the typical Whitehall pulling boat would require sanding through more than eight times as much plank and would chew up the best part of a day, even if he used a power sander. Yet a heavyhanded craftsman in the King shop, skylarking along with one arm tied behind his back, could handsand through the alarmingly thin skin of a competition single in not much more time than it takes
to read this far on the page. "That certainly would make for a very light boat," said Graeme King with barefaced understatement, "but it won't get you very far in the Olympics." Graeme King is the proprietor of King Boat Works in Putney, Vermont. His shop, a long, low structure with enough room to hold four or five eightman shells and then some, is the meat in a sandwich formed by the Connecticut River on one side and a northsouth interstate highway on the other. Not very many people seek out King, but those who do are seri
Graeme King and the modern wooden racing shell
What's 58' long, 20' wide, 3/32" thick, is made of wood, and travels at 19—20' per second? Graeme King's "radical eight" with the Phillips
Exeter crew in control (above). Most of King Boat Works' business, however, involves building single racing shells (opposite page).
ous. They know exactly what they are looking for: fine wooden shells, the best in the business, light, strong, fast, built for the long haul.
SL Mark's, Phillips Exeter. Quite a cus tomer list, when one considers that
breed of rowers are kneejerk syn thetic chauvinists. If they're not row
the wooden racing shell was declared
ing the latest bulletproof boat from
lowtech and therefore obsolete a long time ago. Dead. Buried. Kaput. It's a strange situation. Even though wooden shells built by the
Vespoli, Van Dusen, Schoenbrod, Empacher, and others, then they must be in an oldfashioned, low tech, highrot, incredibly fragile,
doubles, quads, eights, customrigged
King Boat Works years ago are still
craft for rowers who don't go out on
being campaigned and still win with regularity, and even though King's new radical eight for Exeter cleaned up on the schoolboy circuit last year, and even though a couple of college coaches immediately ordered the same eights, sight unseen, for their programs, the vast majority of today's
muchtooflexible wooden pig that won't last out the season. (Not un expectedly, the builders of synthetic boats do their best to encourage such thinking.) You would expect Graeme King's nerves to be on edge, given the sup posed death of his craft, but King remains remarkably calm. Like any
King Boat Works—Graeme King and assistants John Todd, Nathaniel Hall, and Don Smith—builds singles, the water to watch the seals and the terns, if you know what I mean. We're talking boats for extremely competi tive athletes in hightoned clubs in Boston and Philadelphia, Ivy League colleges like Harvard and Brown, Eastern prep schools like St. Paul's,
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Crunching the numbers for the new eight was a big headache until King called in mathematics wizard Bart Donohue (below left) and neighbor Olin Stephens. Donohue's computer look 17 minutes to do the calcula tions for one of the variations of the design, fins that give the radical eight stability were first strapped onto a single for testing. The design was refined, and before lofting the boat full size, King reduced the longitudinal scale to onefifth full size to make any unfair lines more apparent.
other boatbuilder, he can get nasty about the competition. ("Even if they could build a highquality fiberglass boat, a durable one, it still wouldn't be as nice to row. They're noisy, for example, and even the best have a feeling of cheapness about them.") But, for the most part, he chugs quiet ly along in the belief that he has the best product and enough customers to prove it, so why spend a lot of time worrying about erroneous percep tions?
Durability? "I can't vouch for boats from other
Performance? "You don't win the Head of the Charles event by 20 seconds in a pig of a boat." Price? "About even. The runofthemill fiberglass boat costs less than a wooden one, but the hightech boats cost more."
Business competition? "I like the idea that everyone else is building fiberglass boats, and they
are in competition with each other," he said with a wry grin. "I have very little competition. If you want a new
builders," King said. "I just know that ours last a long time." Rot? "Just about all of these boats are
wooden boat, you'll come here."
kept in boathouses. Rot isn't a factor." The feel of the boat? "My customers love their boats.
__ long one. A native of Ade laide, Australia, he grew up hanging around the waterfront, making and sailing model boats, mucking around in the rivers and marshes. "I distinctly remember the first time I ever saw a racing shell," he said. "It was an eight, and it looked pretty impressive. I immediately thought,
Loving or liking your boat is a major factor in success on the race course. If you had to row a boat you didn't like, you wouldn't put in the same
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he road to "here" for
'That's what I want to build.' " But when the time came to be a builder, boats didn't come first. King went into the railroads like many of his relatives, becoming an apprentice in an engineering workshop where they built locomotives and rolling stock. The shop, however, had a row ing club (rowing in Australia has always been more popular, less an elite sport, than in this country), and those gleaming, glistening, finelined
craft turned King's head once again. He decided to build a boat in his spare time. "It was quite a comical exercise,"
King said about the experience. "I didn't have a clue as to how they were
Graeme King was literally a With molds for the radical eight set up and the longitudinal supports in place, John Todd works on the seat deck framework while King checks the scarfs on the plywood sheet that will become
the shell's skin (right). The subassem bly of each seat section is made sepa rately (above) before being fitted into place after the boat is "skinned. "
made, but I wanted to row a single and the club didn't have one, so I did
it by trial and error." As it turned out, that first single was a genuine trial and contained considerable error, but it was an achievement in the sense that King won several races with it, and, most importantly, the design was his. ("Right from the beginning, I adopt ed a policy of not copying anyone else.") Three years later, he sold the boat and built another. Soon he changed from rowing to coaching and then professional boatbuilding. The locomotive works became a thing of the past. Did he serve an apprenticeship? "Only in the locomotive shop," King said. "Not as a boatbuilder." How did he learn the shell builder's trade? "I realized right off that there must be a better way than the way I built my first boat, so I figured it out and turned to that." How did he get started as a profes sional builder? "Someone wanted a boat. I built him one. That was basically it."
One boat led to another and another and another, each a refine ment of the last both in design and construction. Soon King was one of the best builders in Australia. But America beckoned, and in 1973 he took a job as the boatman at Harvard, with responsibility for the mainte nance and repair of the rowing club's vast fleet of shells. Three years later, Australia beckoned back, and he was home designing and building boats again. In 1980, he moved to Wood stock, Vermont, to become partners with a former Harvard crew coach in a boatbuilding operation. King, how ever, was a boatbuildingbusiness loner, and eventually he broke away to set up his own shop in Putney. Today, he is acknowledged by the experts to be, if not the best, right up there at the top with the wooden boat division of Germany's Boots werft Empacher. here's a big difference be tween doing this and get ting a bunch of fiberglass and Kevlar and carbon fibers and set ting up molds," Graeme King said.
It was deep in the heart of winter, and Putney, looking like an idealized scene on a Hallmark card, was buried in snow. The interior of King's shop, by contrast, was hidden in a layer of fine sawdust. Two eightman shells, destined for Harvard and Brown, were underway, and a building jig was set up for another. Off to the side was a single in for repair; there was a jagged hole in the bottom where it had hit a rock. "This kind of work requires the development of technique and skills," King said, "and the business has to be evolved slowly. It's unlikely that someone could be successful by setting up a big wooden boat pro duction facility and competing with the fiberglass builders. No mat ter how big you get, building wood en boats like these is not going to make you a lot of money. To think along those lines, you would have to be more interested in business than in building boats, and I'm not." King Boat Works builds only about 20 boats a year, mostly singles, but a few doubles and quads and eights as well, and that's about as far as
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The sheets are so thin they take compound curves without extreme "torturing," so supple they can be waved around like pieces of hot spaghetti.
On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, King and his fellow workers make their own plywood. Here King spreads glue on one of the joints in the eight's skin.
Todd and King (in the distance) Jit the Sitka
spruce keel in the radical eight after the washboards have been installed. Freeboard on the, finished boat is 9". Patterns hang in meticulous order on the shop wall (right).
Graeme King wants to go. He insists on staying small. All of the boats are built on order, and—the theories of plasticboat fanciers notwithstand ing—there is always a waiting list. Once the production bugs are worked out, a single shell takes about
130 manhours to build, an eight about 440. A prototype, the first of a new model, takes about three times as long to design the hull, set up the jig, and build and test the boat.
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builders have no control over the skill
and strength of the rowers, but, through their design and construc tion skills, they have much to say about the boats. In an era that sees a discrete separation between design and construction in most other sports, the Kings and Van Dusens and Empachers and others remain firmly entrenched in the oldstyle designer builder tradition. Sure, the United States Rowing Association—the principal governing body of the sport in America—has become heavily involved in the design of shells for Olympic competition in recent years, but most of the improvements in boat speed come from the builders them selves, who are always trying to get a
legup on the competition and there fore sell more boats. In crew racing there is only one rule concerning the physical charac teristics of the boats—a minimum weight limitation. The rest is a free forall: the size and shape of the boats, the construction material, the config uration of the outriggers, the length of the oars, the manufacture of the oarlocks, and everything else. A shell is the ultimate development class, where anything, within reason, goes. (I include the "within reason" qualifi er, because in the past the USRA and the collegiate Crew Coaches Assoc iation banned a very expensive hull coating that reportedly increased speed.) There are obvious constraints,
however. An eight must carry eight rowers and a coxswain; a pair must carry two rowers; a single, one. With such an openended regula tory structure, you would think there
would be all sorts of radical boats out on the race course, but there aren't. Competition rowing has been an active sport for such a long time that racing shells have evolved into "per fect" boats, or so it would seem. With only an occasional farreaching devel opment, change is for the most part incremental. Generally, racing shell design has become a matter of either copying or modifying a successful design. Perhaps someone will devel
op a radically different boat someday, but nobody in the sport really believes it. "Go ahead," King said. "Give me a couple of strange ideas for radically different boats, and I'll tell you what's
at that time. Then, at the Mexico Olympics, the West Germans came in with an even better, lighterweight design. Almost all of the current designs have evolved from that boat. It could be called the standard." he total number of racing shells bought new in this country has never been very great. This type of rowing, after all, hasn't been the most accessible of
sports, though in recent years there has been an upsurge in interest. Competition to sell a small number of new boats to clubs and schools is stiff, and to make a sale, all the builders have a pitch: "Our shells are faster, prettier, stronger, stiffer,"you
name it. For years Graeme King's pitch has been that his boats are as fast as anyone else's, more durable in the long run, and, being wooden, make the rower feel good, a quality that cannot be underestimated in a sport where confidence is one of the major components of victory.
But recently, he started to believe that he could go beyond all that and build an eightman shell that was faster than the others. "I've always been more interested in knowing why a boat does what it does," King said, "rather than just building it without knowing. I studied wave drag and skin friction and sta bility, even consulted Olin Stephens, the yacht designer, who lives right
wrong with them."
Extremely long, extremely narrow. "A long, narrow boat has a mass of wetted surface area," he said. "Over
90% of the total drag on the hull is from wetted surface. As the length increases, surface friction increases dramatically, with only a very small reduction in wave drag." Shallow and flat. "That, too, produces a fairly large wettedsurface area, and you won't be going fast enough to gain any advan tage in lift from such a hull."
Surface friction, caused by too much wettedsurface area, together with wave drag are the bugaboos of shell design. Too much of either pro duces a slow boat, but significant reductions of either or both have a tendency to produce an unacceptably unstable hull. (Instability in a shell is relative. All shells are unstable in the conventional sense, but some are more unstable than others. Trying to row an unacceptably unstable hull is equivalent to attempting the high
wire in a galeforce wind.) "In recent history," Graeme King said, "there have been only two big developments. In the 1960s the Italians designed a boat that had an overall reduction in drag and proved to be faster than the traditional boat King uses Chem Tech T88 epoxy to glue the skin to the frame. This step in the building process requires the, most knowledge of technique, according to King. July/August 1991
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Seats arrive at King Boat Works roughcarved, and are finished
in the shop before being atttached to the wheels and axles of the under carriage. All parts are varnished before they are assembled in the boat. Nathaniel Hall (below right) works on gussets.
Think about that for a moment: A 27' frameless boat planked with 1/16" plywood; a 58-footer with 3/32" plywood? A hull as smooth and as fair as a baby's backside!
Don Smith, Todd, and King Jit the second skin on the radical eight. across the road. But the wavedrag problem led to a dead end. I just didn't have the mathematical back ground. "There are two ways to tackle the matter. One is to tanktest one boat against another—but you never know why one is better than another. The other way is to do a mathematical analysis of the hulls. The latter was never really possible until computers became available to crunch the num bers. I came to believe that using mathematics was the right approach, so I rang up Bart Donohue, a friend of mine. Bart isn't a naval architect, but he is something better than an excellent mathematician, and this was an immense mathematical prob lem. I asked him if he would be inter ested in the project." Donohue was very interested, in 48 • WoodenBoat 101
fact, and the collaboration began. King would provide hull shapes based on historical designs, modern boats, and concepts he dreamed up himself. Donohue would construct a mathe matical model, and his computers would crunch the numbers to indi cate not only what shape was best, but also why it was best. It was a left brain, rightbrain synthesis helped along by modern technology. After much backandforthing and considerable analyzing of data, King developed a new design for an eight with a much more rounded bottom than those currently in competition. The numbers said the hull had low wave drag and low wetted surface and was faster than anything else. They also said it was extremely, danger ously, unstable; but if fins were added to the hull, it would be less unstable.
Several years before that, King had tried stabilizing a single shell with fins, and the experiment had worked. So he backed this up with some tests in his own test tank—the bathtub, took the plunge with this new de sign, lofted the lines, designed the fins, built the boat, and found Phillips Exeter Academy willing to put it into competition. He was asking a lot. He was asking an established crew pro gram to compete with a wooden boat in an era when fiberglass and com posites were thought to be better, and go out onto the water in an unstable hull with strangelooking fins angling from the sides. As it turned out, the new eight didn't roll over or lurch wildly around the race course. It simply went fast. The Exeter crew won every race. Of course, the other designer
builders were quick to point out that the Exeter crew was good enough to have won those races in a boat with average speed, and so the exercise might prove nothing, a possibility that King acknowledges.
knees, bulkheads, deck framing, etc.—but their scantlings are consid erably lighter, and their relative importance is not quite the same. The first step in the construction sequence of a new model is to lay
"Yet the crew using our boat didn't down the lines full size. From this, just win," King said. "They won pretty the builder can determine the shape convincingly all through the season, of the molds (which are taken from and despite rowing an offrace, still the body sections), the spacing of the set a course record in their champi molds on the strongback (the foun onship event—something you don't dation of the building j ig), the profile do in an average boat. It's too early to of the stem and stern, the position say it is a breakthrough boat, but we'll ing of the framework, the shape of the have more boats in the water this year washboards and the skin, and every [1991], and we'll see." thing else that will go into the boat. There's a lot riding on the new The hull is built upside down on a King design. About $50,000 in devel jig. King's jig is supported at about opment costs, for starters, plus a waist height by customfabricated tremendous amount of psychic ener steel posts bolted to the floor. A gy expended by Graeme King and strongback, which is a little longer Bart Donohue and the King Boat than the total length of the hull, Works crew. Plus the chance to gain is bolted to the tops of the posts; new respectability for wooden shells, even though it is the design of the boat, not the building material, that produces the superior speed, if supe rior speed it is. But, wait a minute. What's the point of this exercise? King Boat Works has limited production capa bility. Even now, without a boat uni versally acknowledged to be faster than all others, they are building as many boats as they physically can. If King should convince the rowing world he has a better, faster boat, then all the crew clubs that are seri ous about winning should be expect ed to want one. But he can't build them because he prefers to stay small. Why are you doing this, Graeme? "It's not a desire to corner the mar ket," he said. "Not at all. Designing and building a better and faster boat is just a challenge. It's not to show any one anything. It's an enjoyable chal lenge within myself."
it is dead straight and level. The molds, which correspond to hull sections, are made in two parts and erected upside down on the strongback. An eightman shell, 58' to 60' (about 17.7m) long, requires about 40 molds; each is notched to take the keel. One part of each mold is bolted with angle irons to the strongback; the other part is tem porarily pinned to the first with dowels. This allows the molds to separate when the hull is pulled off the jig; the remaining half of each mold is removed after the hull has been turned over. The beauty of this arrangement is that King's jig is infinitely adjustable, allowing him to modify the shapes of his boats without building an entirely new jig. (The mold for a fiberglass boat cannot be changed. To suit the needs of a client, to make a standard
n some ways, a wooden shell is similar to a conventional wooden boat; in others, it is completely different. All the usual parts are there—keel, planking, framework, The new eight gets 11 coats of varnish, and is sanded and polished to a slick racing finish. Then the interior is fitted out: King and his workers install the slides and seats; assemble and install the stretchers, complete with shoes; and attach the riggers and tune them for racing. July/August 1991 • 49
Three foilshaped, fiberglass fins, each with an area of 25 sq in, provide atspeed stability to the radical eight's very round hull. Two fins are bolted to the hull about 20' from the bow; the third, on the centerline just forward of the rud der. The fins and supporting structure add about a pound to the total weight of the boat, 225230 lbs, fully rigged.
Exeter's radical eight comes apart in two sections for easier transportation and storage. During the building process, culling the boat in half at a reinforced joint is fairly quick business, says King, "like cutting a leg off." Here a crew member fastens the sections together before a race.
He was asking an established crew program to go out onto the water in an unstable hull with strange looking fins angling from the sides.
design slightly longer or shorter, for example, the fiberglass shell builder must make a brandnew mold.) The builder shapes and installs the keel and the washboards, which are long wales, similar to raised sheer strakes, on each side of the boat. Then he makes and installs the in ternal framework. This permanent structure of longitudinals and thin, crisscrossing diagonals is made of straightgrained Sitka spruce for strength and lightness. The instal lation of the framework has to be carefully worked out in advance so it will not interfere with the removal of the hull from the building jig. Unlike a conventional wooden boat, a modern racing shell from King Boat Works doesn't have frames. The skin, which has com pound curvature, "floats"; that is, it 50
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holds its shape without frames. The framework is a long girder that keeps the sides of the hull spread, stif fens the keel longitudinally, and sup ports the track on which the rowers' seats slide. In wooden shell construction, there are three basic methods of planking, or "skinning," the hull: old style, cold molding, and plywood planking. Old style, which is the way Pocock in Seattle used to make their boats, uses a single layer of veneer about 3/16" (4.8mm) thick supported by closely spaced light frames. Such a skin is prone to cracking and check ing, and is therefore very difficult to maintain. Cold molding involves building a male mold and vacuumforming the skin with several crisscrossed layers of very thin veneers and epoxy. This
produces a stiffer hull, which is a good thing, at the expense of extra weight, which is not a good thing. What's more, the need for a male mold makes subsequent adjustments in shape almost as difficult as for a fiberglass boat. Graeme King planks his boats with plywood, which has more strength and durability than the oldstyle single veneer and less weight than a coldmolded skin. The sheets are so thin they take compound curves without extreme "torturing," so sup ple they can be waved around like pieces of hot spaghetti. Plywood as thin as that can't be bought off the shelf, however. It is difficult to obtain, and the quality is often questionable. "For a long time I was specialordering my plywood from Australia," King said, "because
the stuff made in the U.S. is terrible. But I was never sure I would get what I needed. The worst happened at one point when I had eight boats on
order and no plywood to make them with." What to do? "I decided to make my own." Just like that? "Just like that. I buy veneers and vacuum bag them into sheets with epoxy. Now I have control over the quality of my plywood." It was a typical King solution. Take control of the quality; don't let poor quality take control of you. Graeme King makes his plywood with veneers of mahogany and other jungle woods, laid up in sheets of ran dom length depending on the length of the veneers he has on hand. He uses three plies, the grain of the two outside layers running longitudinally, that of the inside layer running cross wise. For an eightman shell, he uses .8mm veneers, three of which make a sheet approximately 3/32" (2.4mm) thick. For a single, he uses .5mm veneers for plywood approximately
1/16" (1.6mm) thick. Think about that for a moment: A 27' frameless boat planked with 1/16" plywood; a 58footer with 3/32" plywood? A hull as smooth and as fair as a baby's backside! s skilled as they are, the craftsmen at King Boat Works can't vacuum bag a sheet of plywood 58' or even 27' long. Neither can they buttstrap shorter sheets together to gain the length, or
the fairness of the hull will suffer. Rather, using hand planes, they scarf together several sheets of matched grain plywood to make a single sheet as long as the hull. The hull is covered with only two planks, one for each side, joined along the keel. The shapes of the planks are taken from the lofting, each cut slightly oversized for trim ming later. The first plank is dryfitted to the jig, trimmed to within 1/16", given several coats of varnish on the inside (except for faying surfaces), glued to the keel and the framework with epoxy, and temporarily stapled down. The edges are given their final trim in place. It's a oneshot deal. A single defective plank, cut a fraction of an inch too small anywhere along its length, would have to be ripped off the jig and thrown away.
On the other side of the boat, the second plank, whose grain is matched to the first, is dryfitted along the keel, working from the middle toward the ends, then glued and held down with temporary staples. The plywood is so thin, less than the thickness of a shirt cardboard, that it easily takes the compound curvature of the hull. The joint between the two planks, which the builders labor over as carefully as a violin maker piecing together the back of an instrument, is so finely made that it is almost unseen by the naked eye. Because of the matching of grain in both the scarfs and the keel joint, the hull appears to have been made with a single, unblem ished sheet of plywood. Once the skin is on and the glue
has cured, the temporary staples are pulled and the tiny holes they leave are filled with putty made from var nish and sanding dust. The hull is then pulled from the jig and turned rightside up. The craftsmen trim the sheer, put on the caprails, finish the framework, install the gussets and the shoulders (knees), and put in bulkheads and decks. Aircraft plywood is used for the gussets, solid ash for the shoulders. The scantlings for all these parts are as light as possi ble without compromising strength; there is a delicate balance between fining everything down to reduce weight and maintaining enough thickness to ensure longevity. All parts of the boat, including the skin, are given seven or more coats of varnish, with hours of sanding between each to produce a finish that would make the owner of a vintage Hacker speed launch green with envy. All that remains, then, is the rigging of the boat for the crew— making and installing the seats and slides, the shoes, and the outriggers. When the builders are finished, the boat is ready to row. The only synthetics in it are a few parts of the seats and the rigging, the glue, and the Dacron deck covering. It is the epitome of the wooden boat as engi neered speed machine. Peter H. Spectre, contributing editor of this mag azine, spent a short, but memorable, time as a member of his high school's crew before turning his attention to...er...um...inlellectual pursuits. King Boat Works can be reached at P. O. Box
234, Putney, VT 05346, 8023875373.
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REPOWERING WITH Selecting an engine, power train, and propeller
by Nigel Calder ou just took a wave over the stern. The salt water sprayed through the cockpit lockers, hit the electrics on your old gas engine, and killed it. This time, you tell yourself, you are finally going to make the switch to a diesel. Or maybe you are sitting comfort ably tied to the dock—as we were one day—when a powerboat drifts by. The cover is off its inboard gas engine and a couple of heads are bent intent ly over the engine which stubbornly refuses to start. The engine is 52 • WoodenBoat 101
cranked. Without warning, the boat explodes and is engulfed in flames from one end to the other. Those on board dive into the river, luckily with no more than singed hair, while the boat drifts into the bank and burns to the waterline. For these and other good reasons, diesel engines are now the over whelming choice for auxiliary sail boats, and are becoming more popular in sportfishing boats. Diesels have an unrivaled reliability in the marine environment, give better fuel
economy than gas engines, are more efficient at all load ranges, emit fewer harmful exhaust pollutants, last longer, and above all are safer, since diesel fuel is less volatile than gasoline. While it may be possible to just yank out your old gas engine and drop in a diesel, perhaps with minor modifications to the engine beds, any time an engine is changed it is a good idea to take a close look at the entire installation, and to upgrade it where necessary. In particular, you will need
A DIESEL, PART I
to review your overall horsepower requirements, and to consider the implications of the likely greater weight of a diesel engine over a gas engine with a similar power output. Once an engine is selected, a proper match must be made with a pro peller, which is unfortunately a quite complex balancing act between sever al somewhat incompatible variables. Having made your major equipment
decisions, you will need to turn to the specifics of the installation: mounting the propeller shaft; fabricating suit able engine beds; aligning the engine and propeller shaft; and fitting all the auxiliary systems, including the fuel tank and filters, the cooling circuit, the exhaust, and the electrical equip ment. This twopart article looks at some of the key features to be consid ered, and some recent market inno vations which simplify and improve engine installations.
Matching an Engine to Its Load The primary considerations when choosing a diesel engine for a boat are matching the engine to its load
and to its use. To a large extent, this comes down to a consideration of how much horsepower you need, and at what powertoweight ratio. Diesels are susceptible to damage both from overloading and under loading. When overloaded, general ized or localized overheating can lead to engine damage, up to and includ ing engine seizure. The damage from underloading is in some ways more pernicious. It can arise both from running at higher speeds with a low load (generally as a result of a mis matched propeller), or—and this is more likely—from prolonged low speed operation with little load (particularly common on auxiliary sailboats when battery charging and refrigerating at anchor; it is not
encourage the formation of sulfuric acid in the lubricating oil, and carbon deposits throughout the engine. The cylinder walls are likely to become glazed, and piston rings will get gummed in their grooves, resulting in blowby and a loss of compression. Valves may suck in their guides, while carbon will plug up the exhaust sys tem. A carbon sludge will form in the oil, and if oilchange procedures are neglected, this sludge will eventually plug sensitive oil passages and lead to bearing failure. Running a diesel engine for prolonged periods at low loads is a destructive prac tice that greatly increases maintenance costs and reduces engine life.
unusual to find a 50hp motor carry
Does your boat have a displacement or a planingtype hull? A displacement hull is one that remains immersed at
ing a ½ to 1hp load!). An engine does not reach proper
operating temperatures when under loaded, and at low speeds it also tends to run unevenly due to the difficulties of accurately metering the minute quantities of fuel needed at each injection stroke. These two factors
How Many Horsepower?
all times, whereas a planing hull develops enough speed to move up onto the surface of the water. A displacement hull has a pre determined top speed (defined as hull speed) more or less irrespective of July/August 1991
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waves become. A table can be con structed showing the speed of waves of any particular wavelength, or con versely, the wavelengths of waves of any particular speed. A boat eventually reaches a speed at which the length of its associated wave formation is the same as its waterline length—one wave crest is at the bow (the bow wave), and the next is at the stern (the stern wave). If the boat were to go any faster, its wave for mation would also speed up and therefore lengthen; the boat would move ahead of its stern wave, its stern would sink into the trough between the bow and stern waves, and its bow would appear to be climbing the bow wave. In a sense, the boat would be dragging its stern wave behind it, requiring tremendous amounts of power. As a consequence, the maxi mum speed of a displacement hull (its hull speed) is determined by the speed of the wave formation with a wavelength equal to the waterline length of the boat. The longer a boat's waterline length, the farther apart its bow and stern waves will be and, therefore, the faster the boat can go. (This is why a sailboat with long
overhangs can move faster when it is heeled—the heeling increases its waterline length.) The chart shows how dramatically wavelengths increase with small increases in speed. To double a dis placement boat's hull speed from 5 to 10 knots requires a fourfold increase in the waterline length. Only in the most exceptional cir cumstances, such as when a boat surfs down the face of a wave, can a displacement hull exceed its hull speed. The more closely hull speed is approached, the greater the increase in power required for a given in crease in speed. At around 75% of hull speed the boat is extremely efficient, but beyond this point the additional fuel burned becomes increasingly disproportionate to any increase in speed, due to the rapid rise in drag. A planing hull, on the other hand, breaks free of its own wave formation by moving up onto the surface of the water. The moment at which this occurs is often felt as a sudden surge in speed as the boat accelerates away from its stern wave, barely skimming the surface of the water.
available power. This top speed is governed by certain physical proper ties of the waves the boat makes as it passes through the water (see sidebar above) and is approximately 1.34 x LWL (1.34 times the square root of the boat's waterline length). In smooth water, a cleanhulled displacement craft can be driven at close to its hull speed by a relatively small engine, but as hull speed is approached, drag (resistance) increases rapidly and any additional speed can only be gained by a disproportionate increase in pow er (and therefore fuel consumed).
er requirements of both displace ment and planing hulls. Two excel lent sources are Skene's Elements of Yacht Design, by Francis S. Kinney (published by Dodd, Mead and Co.; see the sidebar on the next page), and the Propeller Handbook, by Dave Gerr (published by International Marine Publishing Co.). The formulas will enable you to take into account such factors as the effects on boat speed of a foul bottom, wave action, and head winds. Only in exceptional circumstances will you find that a displacement hull
A planing hull, on the other hand, to a large extent breaks free of the constraints imposed by the waves it
requires more than 1 hp per 500 lbs
cations are the horsepower devel oped by the engine before the addition of the power train (the transmission, any reduction gears, and the pro peller shafting). This is the engine's brake horse power (BHP). But the figures we have derived so far are those needed at the propeller, otherwise known as shaft horse power (SHP). However, since power train losses are generally only 3% to 5% of the BHP, except in special circumstances, the difference between BHP and SHP can be largely ignored. The effect of beltdriven auxiliary equipment is often of more concern. The DC electrical loads on boats are
WAVE THEORY
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s a boat moves through the water, it makes waves, which behave according to certain physical laws—the faster the waves move, the wider apart they are spaced. The distance from one wave crest to the next is the wavelength. As a boat picks up speed, so too does its associated wave formation, and the faster it goes, the farther apart the Velocity in knots
Wavelength in feet
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0.56 2.23 5.01 8.90 13.90 20.00 27.2 35.6 45.0 55.6 67.3 80.1 94.0 109.0 125.2
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
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generates. The point at which this occurs can often be felt as a sudden acceleration as the boat moves up onto the surface of the water. A cer tain minimum amount of power is required to come up to a plane. The boat's top speed is, then, related to
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(fully loaded) displacement. (We have a 30hp engine in a 30,000lb boat and have always found it ade quate, but then, we have a very effi cient variablepitch propeller. We are operating at the lower end of the power requirement for our boat.)
steadily increasing from year to year as boat owners add more and more
gadgets. In order to keep up with this burgeoning load, the tendency is to fit more and more powerful alterna tors; 130amp and 160amp models are becoming quite common. At full
BHP, SHP, and Auxiliary Equipment The figures given for horsepower in
most engine manufacturers' specifi
load, these absorb over 2 hp from an engine. Enginedriven refrigeration compressors can make similar de mands. On large engines the impact
DETERMINING THE HORSEPOWER REQUIREMENTS OF AN AUXILIARY SAILBOAT Using the Formulas in Skene's Elements of Yacht Design tart from the boat's waterline length—let us assume 32'— and a speed/length ratio of 1.34. This gives a hull speed of: 1.34 x LWL = 1.34 x 32 = 7.58 knots, for a waterline length of 32'. The graph shown is entered on the bottom line at 1.34 and traced upward to the lower curve for light displacement hulls, and to the upper curve for heavydisplacement hulls. Let us assume a heavy cruising boat of 26,000 lbs (note that this weight should include all stores normally on board). Using the upper curve, we move horizontally to find the resis tance in pounds for each long ton of displacement (a long ton = 2,240 lbs). For a speed/length ratio of 1.34, the resistance is 55 lbs per long ton. Since 26,000 lbs = 11.6 long tons, total resis tance at hull speed (7.58 knots) for this hull is: 11.6 x 55 = 638 lbs. Effective horsepower (EHP) is given by the formula: EHP = resistance x speed x 0.003
Fixed, threebladed: 50% Let us assume an average auxiliary, twobladed propeller with a 40% rat ing. We arrive at the following horse power to drive our boat at hull speed:
14.5/0.40 = 36.25 hp. Kinney also adds 33% for adverse conditions, to give a maximum power requirement, in this example, of 48 hp (this is 542 lbs of displacement per 1 hp). Note that if we had used
a speed/length ratio of 1.00 with this boat, giving a top speed of 5.7 knots, the horsepower requirement would have worked out to be only 9.5! Put another way, this hull can be push ed at 5.7 knots by 9.5 hp, but will need 48 hp to move at 7.58 knots. This dramatically illustrates the increase in drag, and therefore in fuel consumption, as hull speed is approached.
= 638 x 7.58 x 0.003 = 14.5 hp Propellers are notoriously ineffi cient at transmitting power. Kinney uses the following factors: Folding, twobladed: 10% Auxiliary, twobladed: 35%45% of such devices is negligible, but on an engine fitted to a small auxiliary sailboat it may be quite considerable, and will certainly need to be taken into account. Every unit of horse power absorbed by auxiliary devices
is a unit of horsepower lost at the propeller shaft. The engine size may need to be increased to compensate for these losses. When comparing manufactur ers' specifications, it is important to differentiate between an engine's continuousduty horsepower rating and its intermittentduty rating. An in termittently rated engine is designed to be operated at full power for limit ed periods of time. Auxiliary sail boats, which rarely use their engines
at full power for prolonged periods, can use an intermittentduty rating for choosing a suitably sized engine, but many other boats (e.g., ocean going motorsailers or sportfishing boats) will need to choose an engine based on its continuousduty rating.
PowertoWeight Ratio Having made a general determina tion of the power requirement of a boat, we now need to match the engine to the boat's use. Let us con sider the following two extreme examples. A heavydisplacement cruising sail boat: Engine horsepower can be determined using Dave Gerr's graph
or Kinney's formulas. Engine weight
is not of critical concern. The owner is principally interested in reliability, simplicity, longevity, and ease of maintenance. This suggests a relative ly slowturning, nonturbocharged, traditional fourcycle marine diesel. The slow speed promotes a long life, while every part of the engine will be easily accessible, and even cylinder head removal will not involve too much work. Since plans may involve
longrange cruising, the engine should have a handstart capability in case the battery goes dead in some remote anchorage. A lightweight sportfishing boat: The maximum power for the mini mum weight is critical. Tests on sport fishing boats have shown that July/August 1991 • 55
outboard motors with less power will
idea of the supreme importance of
cated maintenance procedures are
give higher top speeds and greater fuel economy than more powerful
maximizing the powertoweight ratio in this kind of craft; it also indicates the use of a relatively highrevving
likewise no problem, since mainte nance will be carried out by the
inboard gasoline engines. (See, for example, Boating magazine, Feb ruary 1986, page 102, "Outboard v. Inboard." I am not aware of any simi lar tests with diesel engines.) The critical factors at work here are the extra weight of the inboard engine(s), and its placement farther forward than that of the transom mounted outboards. This gives some
diesel (all other things being equal, if one engine the same size as another is run twice as fast, it can develop twice as much power). In order to further boost power, a turbocharger and aftercooler will be needed. The owner of this boat expects to dock at a marina every night. There is no need for handstarting. The more compli
marina's skilled mechanic.
The Power Train The power train is a general ex pression to describe transmission, reduction gear, and propeller arrangements. Some mention has already been made of the power loss es created by reverse and reduction gearing. You might wonder why man ufacturers do not use a direct drive and dispense with the power losses of a reduction gear. This is, in fact, done on some large ships where the engines turn over at speeds as low as 300 rpm. In fact, some of these big diesels have two camshafts and two sets of valves so that they can be stopped and restarted backwards for reverse, thus eliminating the need for a reverse gear. Highspeed diesel engines in lightweight, highspeed boats also frequently have a direct drive to the propeller, though a reverse gear is required. But on slower, heavier boats, especially displacement hulls, the high propeller speeds of a direct drive would create excessive pro peller slip and cavitation. A propeller is specified according to its diameter, its pitch, and whether it is left or righthanded. The latter merely indicates which way the pro peller turns to produce forward thrust; the diameter is selfevident. Pitch is a little more complex. The blades of a propeller are set at an angle to its hub (boss, or center). As the propeller turns, the angled faces cut into the water, and in the process pressure is created on the rear
side of the blade, while a vacuum is formed on the front edge (just as with the upper edge of an airplane wing). The two forces together im part motion to the boat. In a perfect environment, no motion would be imparted to the water, and the propeller would move ahead by the total amount of the deflection or pitch of its blades. In practice, of course, although consid erable movement forward of the pro peller (and therefore the boat) takes place, some water is driven back past the propeller. In the perfect environ ment, the greater the angle of deflec
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peller would move in one revolution. This theoretical distance, measured in inches, is the propeller pitch. A 12 pitch propeller would move forward
12", a 16pitch propeller 16". In real life, the 12pitch propeller might move the boat forward 6" per revolu tion, the difference between this fig ure and the theoretical movement representing the degree of slip—in this case, 50%. The degree of slip will obviously vary with circumstances, but is gen erally between 20% and 50%. On ini tial startup, when the boat is dead in the water and there is a lot of iner tia to overcome, a considerable push will be needed to get it moving, and this will show up as a high degree of slip. Once the boat gains speed, slip will lessen. Punching into a head sea or a strong wind, slip will be much higher than in smooth water, approaching 100% in extreme condi tions, in which case the propeller spins and the boat makes no head way. Cavitation occurs when the vacu um formed on the front face of a pro peller blade becomes excessive and causes bubbles to form. These bub bles can cause pitting of the propel ler blade and vibration. Cavitation occurs when a propeller is turning too fast in a specific situation. It is often confused with ventilation, which arises when the propeller sucks air down from the surface of the water, which is likely to be the result of run ning the propeller at too high a speed, or else of having it insufficient ly submerged.
15% of the overall diameter of the propeller (see Figure 2). Clearly, the optimum balance between propeller diameter, pitch, type of blade, and shaft speed is a dif ficult one to achieve. It can only be determined by reference to specific boat use, since two identical boats may have different requirements. For example, one sailboat may be used for racing around the buoys, while another is used for cruising in an area with light and variable winds. The for
mer owner will want a propeller that gives the least resistance when not in use and will likely choose a high revving, smalldiameter, twobladed, folding propeller, accepting the inevitable inefficiencies under power.
The latter owner expects to do quite a bit of motorsailing and will be look ing for efficiency under power; a fairly sizable threebladed propeller will likely be chosen (with an appro priate reduction gear), despite the increased drag under sail.
Propeller Selection The maximum shaft speed produced by any engine can be altered through the use of reduction gears in order to produce a propeller speed that results in the minimum slip and cavi tation in a particular application. The slower the shaft speed, the greater must be the diameter and/or pitch of a propeller to maintain the same thrust. In general, large, slowturning, threebladed propellers are more effi cient under power than small, high revving, twobladed propellers, but the former generate far more resis
tance when the boat is under sail The upper limit on propeller diameter is generally determined by the space available beneath a hull; the blade
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Figure 2: Minimum propeller clearance.
them back to the feathered position. In reverse, the propeller shaft once
again drives the blades to their full pitch, but in the other direction, before spinning the whole unit, thus ensuring maximum efficiency in reverse. This is a very neat design, indeed—but expensive, of course. The blade pitch can be finetuned for any boat and conditions by altering the position of the pitch stop, but to do this the boat needs to be hauled and the case disassembled. (Note: Quite the best book on propeller installations is Dave Gerr's Propeller Handbook, already mentioned.)
Mounting the Propeller Shaft If a propeller is too powerful for the engine driving it (too large a diameter and/or excessive pitch), the engine will be overloaded. It will be unable to attain full RPMs, and most likely will emit black smoke and potentially carbon up its valves. On the other hand, if the propeller is undersized (too small a diameter and/or inadequate pitch), it will not produce sufficient thrust, the engine is likely to overspeed without develop ing the rated power, and the boat will not attain its designed speed. Unfortunately, it is common prac tice to fit the most powerful propeller that an engine will handle in opti mum conditions: smooth water, a lightly laden boat, and a clean, drag free hull. In this way the performance of the boat under power is exaggerat ed, but overloading results under nor mal operating conditions. The chosen propeller must allow the engine to reach at least 90% of its rated RPMs under full load, taking into account adverse condi tions, beltdriven auxiliary equipment, and all stores likely to be on board. In the final analysis, propeller selection is partly science and partly art (or experience). Once you have
determined your available SHP, and decided the general characteristics of the propeller you want, you will need to discuss the possibilities with an
experienced propeller dealer or naval architect. Even then, you may find it necessary to do a little experi mentation and to change the pro peller more than once. Feathering propellers: Perhaps
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boats will be found by fitting one of the new breed of feathering pro pellers, such as those made by Max Prop (see Figure 3). Each blade has a bevel gear on its base which engages with a central, beveled cone gear mounted on the propeller shaft. The whole unit is enclosed in a case (the spinner). When the engine is first cranked, the blades will be in a feathered posi tion. If the forward gear is engaged, the propeller shaft turns while the case and blades lag due to inertia. The initial torque of the turning shaft and cone gear rotates the propeller blades in the case via the bevel gears. The blades have a preset "stop" so that they cannot turn beyond a cer tain point; this determines their pitch. Once the stop is reached the propeller shaft spins the whole unit, including the case. When the engine is shut down, water pressure on the blades forces Figure 4: The propeller shaft on this boat is
supported by an external strut.
The propeller shaft will run in some kind of a sterntube extending through the hull, and it will require at least one bearing. There may or may not be an externally mounted strut, depending on how far the
unsupported section of the shaft pro trudes from the sterntube. The inner end of the sterntube will have a seal to keep water out of the boat; this is generally a stuffing box (packing gland). Any strut must be well fastened to the hull with a generous backing block to spread the loads. Looseness or flexing of the hull around the strut mounting will lead to vibration, which in turn will damage sterntube and transmission bearings and lead to failure of the sterntube shaft seal. The strut, or the sterntube if no strut is fitted, will incorporate a cutless type bearing, a ribbed rubber sleeve that supports the propeller shaft ("Gutless" is a registered trademark of L.Q. Moffitt but has come to be used as a general name for this type of bearing). The shaft needs to be a
Figure 3a: MaxProp fully feathering propeller.
close, but not tight, fit in this sleeve. If utilizing an existing bearing, flex the propeller shaft up and down and from side to side. If there is more than minimal movement, the bearing should be replaced. If the cutless bearing is worn on only one side, this is a sure sign of previous engine mis alignment. To renew a cutless bearing, you must first remove the shaft. Most bearings are a simple sliding fit, locked in place with setscrews. Once the screws are loosened, a strut mounted bearing can be knocked out from inside the strut. To do the same on a hullmounted bearing (e.g., one set into the deadwood), you may have to remove the stuf fing box from the inner end of the sterntube. Quite commonly, the bearing re fuses to budge. There is a limit to how hard you can beat on it. I wrap multi ple layers of tape around a hacksaw blade to form a handle and then saw two longitudinal slits in the bearing and pry out a section, which allows the rest to be flexed inward and removed (perhaps a reader has a better suggestion; this is time consuming, especially on metal shelled bearings, and carries the risk of accidentally cutting into the sur rounding strut or sterntube). New cutless bearings come in
not be a tight (interference) fit, since it may distort. Any retaining set screws must tighten into dimples in the bearing case and must not press hard against the bearing case since this, too, will cause distortion. The screws should be locked in place with Loctite, or something similar. A cutless bearing will last for years if the engine is properly aligned (see below) and the bearing is adequately lubricated. Lubrication is achieved by water flowing up the grooves in the rubber. Where a bearing is mounted in an external strut, there is plenty of water flow, but when it is mounted in the deadwood of an auxiliary sailboat, an extra lubrication channel into the bearing is often needed.
naval brass, stainless steel, or fiber glass sleeves. The latter work just as
of the clamp band inside the worm screw housing. A failure of the hose
well as the metals and are not suscep tible to corrosion. The bearing is lightly greased and pushed in, using a block of wood and gentle hammer taps, if necessary. The bearing should
on a flexible stuffing box can let in large amounts of water fast!
Figure 3b: The operation of Max Prop propellers. Under sail, the MaxProp feathers to a low drag shape. In forward, the torque of the prop shaft acts an the differentialtype blade design to force the blades open to a pre set pitch at any throttle setting. In reverse, as in forward, the torque of the shaft will rotate the blades 180°, presenting the same leading edge and pilch in reverse.
Keeping the Water Out The inner end of a sterntube needs to form a moreorless watertight seal around the propeller shaft. The tradi tional way of doing this is to fit a stuff ing box (packing gland), which can either be rigidly mounted (threaded onto the end of the sterntube) or flex ibly mounted (fastened to the end of the sterntube with a length of hose). In the latter case, be sure to use two allstainlesssteel hose clamps at both ends of the hose, and to check the hose and clamps carefully every year. In particular, undo the clamps a turn or two to check for crevice corrosion
A stuffing box consists of a small cylinder fitted around the propeller
shaft, forming a close fit at its lower
end. A large packing nut or clamp plate makes another close fit around the shaft and closes off the top of the cylinder. Rings of greased flax are pushed down into the cylinder around the shaft (generally three or four rings). This is the packing. A July/August 1991 • 59
metal sleeve—the compression spacer— is placed on top (or incorporated in
the underside of the clamp plate). The nut or clamp plate is tightened to compress the packing, squeezing it out against the sides of the cylinder and up against the shaft, effectively sealing the shaft. Packing comes as a square sectioned rope in different sizes: 3/16" (4mm), ¼" (6mm), 3/8" (8mm), etc. It is important to match the packing to the gap between the shaft and cylin der wall. Packing can be bought as preformed rings to match the stuff ing box (the best option) or by the roll. When cutting rings off a roll, make about five tight wraps around the propeller shaft at some conve nient point and then cut across the wraps with a very sharp knife, making a diagonal cut.
Packing Adjustment and Replacement At this point, it is convenient to get a little ahead of myself and assume the engine is installed and running. A Figure 5
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stuffing box is meant to leak. When the shaft is turning, two or three drops a minute are needed to keep the shaft from overheating. If the leak is worse than this, the nut or clamp plate should be tightened down to compress the packing a little more. If the stuffing box has a grease cup or fitting, pump in a little grease first. Tighten down a nut no more than onequarter turn at a time; with a clamp plate, tighten the two nuts evenly. Let the engine run for a couple of minutes with the transmission in gear, and then shut it down and immediately feel the stuffing box and adjacent shaft. If they are hot, the packing is too tight. A little warmth is acceptable for a short while as the packing beds in, but any real heat is completely unacceptable; it is quite possible (and common) to score grooves in a shaft by overtightening the packing, in which case the shaft will never seal and will have to be replaced. If the shaft cannot be sealed with
out it heating up, the packing needs replacing. It should, in any case, be renewed every year since old packing hardens and will score a shaft when tightened up. The hardest part of the job is generally getting the old pack ing out; it is essential to remove all traces of the old packing, or the new packing will never seat properly. With a deep, awkwardly placed stuffing box, it can prove almost impossible to pick out the inner rings of packing with screwdrivers and ice picks. A spe cial tool is needed, consisting of a corkscrew on a flexible shaft. If this tool is not available, it is not advisable to start digging into the packing, especially if the boat is in the water. Appreciable quantities of seawater may start to come in as the packing is removed, creating a situation where speed is of the essence. When fitting new rings of packing, each should be greased with a Teflon based waterproof grease before installation and tamped down be fore adding the next ring. I use some
short pieces of pipe slit lengthwise,
slipped around the shaft, and pulled down with the packing nut or clamp plate to gently pinch up the inner wraps (not too tightly, or the shaft will "burn"). Stagger the joints from one wrap to another by about 120°.
graphite is high on the galvanic table and thus may promote corrosion. For this reason its use is generally discour aged, but we have had it in our own boat's stuffing box for eight years without problems.
Graphite Packing Tape
Rotary Seals Rotary seals are fairly recent new comers on the boating scene and are used in place of a stuffing box. A rub ber boot, in which a solid stationary seat is embedded, is clamped to the sterntube. A second rubber boot with a hard ring molded into it (the rotating seal) is slid up the propeller shaft (the coupling must first be taken off) until the rotating seal mates with the stationary seat. This boot is pushed up a little more to maintain a gentle pressure between the seal and seat. The seal is then clamped to the propeller shaft. As the shaft turns, so does the rotating seal. The smooth faces of the seal and seat prevent any leaks into the boat. A small amount of water—the occasional drop—is nec essary to lubricate the faces of the seal; without it, the seal would heat up
Graphite packing tape can be used in place of flax. It comes as a fragile reel of tape and is wrapped around and around the shaft until a sufficient thickness is built up to fill the space between the shaft and stuffingbox cylinder. These wraps are then slid into the stuffing box and the process repeated until the box is full. The nut or clamp plate is then used to com press the packing, and more is added. The total uncompressed width of the rings of tape should be about one andahalf times the depth of the stuffing box.
Graphite packing tape is far supe rior to flax in many ways. It crushes to form an excellent seal. Since gra phite is a lubricant, there is less risk of burning the shaft. If extra packing is needed, it is simply added to the box; there is no need to clean out the stuff ing box. However, there are two draw backs: the tape is quite expensive
(and sometimes hard to find), and
and selfdestruct. Sometimes lubrica tion is inadequate, especially on
Figure 6b: Compared to stuffing boxes, the installation of rotary seals is relatively uncomplicated. (1) Choose a seal to match the shaft and stern lube diameter. (2) Push the seat assembly on to the stemtube end and lighten the two hose clamps. The seat must be 90° to the shaft. (3) Push the seal down the shaft until it touches the seat. (4) Compress the seal by 10mm, using a jig to ensure accuracy. (5) Tighten the hose clamps, locking the seal into position on the shaft. (6) On launching, part the seal from the seat to release trapped air. Also do this if the vessel is relaunched after being out of the water for more than 12 hours. Don't bother if you're just drying out between tides. (7) After first fitting the seal, run the vessel at nor mal cruising speed for 15 minutes, then check to be sure the seat is not hot. If it is, you'll need to turn to water injection.
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underway to make sure that it is not heating up. The motion of a boat
ing in through the open hole! If your
through the water can create a vacu
very least you should drill and tap the screws into the shaft a thread or two, and lock them with Loctite. It is a good idea to place a stainlesssteel hose clamp around all shafts just ahead of the stuffing box so that if the coupling ever works loose, the clamp will still stop the shaft from leaving the boat. Accurate engine alignment is dependent on having a straight pro peller shaft, and on having the two coupling halves exactly centered on, and square to, their shafts. A coupling should be fitted to its shaft and machined to a true fit on a lathe before the final installation of shaft and coupling in the boat.
um around the sterntube, drawing the water out of the sterntube. After a haulout it is essential to ensure that a rotary seal is properly lubri cated before cranking the engine. This is done by pulling back the rubber boot on the propeller shaft to release trapped air, and holding it back until
Figure 7: Shaft and coupling problems that will make accurate engine alignment
impossible. For effective alignment: (1) both shafts must be square to their cou plings. (2) The shafts must be centered exactly in the couplings. (3) The coupling faces must be square. (4) The coupling diameters must be exactly the same.
through the deadwood. In this case, there is provision for water injection into the seal assembly using water from the engine's rawwater circuit. The seal should be checked when
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water spurts out. The only mainte nance on a rotary seal is checking the hose clamps and rubber boots annu ally to ensure that there is no deterio ration. As with a flexible stuffing box, a failure can let in alarming amounts of water. With proper lubrication, the seals last almost indefinitely.
coupling is held with setscrews, at the
Couplings Couplings should be keyed to their shafts and then pinned or through bolted so that they cannot slip off.
Part II of "Repowering with a Diesel" will cover installation and supporting systems.
The practice of locking a coupling
A diesel mechanic for almost 20 years,
with a couple of setscrews is not sea worthy; should the screws slip when the transmission is in reverse, the pro peller and shaft are likely to pull out of the boat, leaving the ocean pour
Nigel Calder now spends most of the year cruising with his family and writing. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual.
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y example, my father taught me that walking out onto boat docks and scrutinizing the floating property of others is a perfectly acceptable form of self education. Ontario's Muskoka Lakes region provided an ideal classroom. Mahogany runabouts, Peterborough fishing skiffs, and cedarplanked canoes could be sighted in legion at resort docks and village marinas from Gravenhurst to Gordon Bay. But how is the starved boat nut going to cope when he scans miles of shoreline and finds no good boats? That is more or less the situation I encountered when I moved to north ern Michigan 10 years ago. The occa sional boat relic lay in museums or in the hands of preservation societies, but for the most part I found only fiberglass and aluminum, humped into disagreeable shapes. It looked rather hopeless. If there existed any kind of smallcraft legacy on the Great Lakes, it certainly wasn't to be found on the condolined shores of Grand Traverse Bay. Then, while browsing in a back woods junk store, I chanced upon a shoebox of old postcards. Twothirds
as that of the Atlantic Coast, none theless bears a rich assemblage of rowing, sailing, and motorized craft. Although the selected images shown here provide only limited information about the people who built and used early small craft in the Great Lakes region, they do allow a good many speculations to flow, and in a few instances confirm suspicions aroused by other sources of infor mation. But view postcards did not become common in the United States until after 1900, and therefore the earliest boats are not well repre sented. Another limitation stems from the fact that practically all of the small craft shown on postcards are recreational boats. Had early card photographers given more attention to workboats, the overall picture would be far more complete. If for no other reason than their sheer numbers, rowing craft enjoy better postcard representation than any other small craft of the early 1900s. Not only do they appear more often than other types, but the post cards depicting them quite often show in excess of six or ten boats. But rowboats of the Great Lakes suf
of the way into the deck, I found
fer a severe identity crisis. A few in
promise: a creased and edgetattered view of wineglasstransomed pulling boats whose shapes told me that there was, indeed, life on the local waters before plastic. That card sparked my enthusiasm for searching out addi tional evidence. Since 1983, I have
Michigan's Upper Peninsula have been traced to their builders, and across Lake Michigan in Wisconsin, the Rhinelander guideboat has been replicated. For the most part, however, the rowboat gene pool
not immediately apparent to me, motorboats don't seem to be ade quately portrayed by postcards. Given the newness of the gasoline engine in 1900, and the perpetual American
here remains unsorted and largely unidentified. Boatbuilding companies like
fascination with speed, one would
perused thousands of postcards, along with a lesser number of muse
um photographs. And I've found that the smallcraft heritage of the Great
Lyman, Truscott, and Thompson no doubt supplied a significant percent
Lakes, while by no means as complex
age of early Midwest rowing craft, but
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local builders apparently duplicated various styles when a particular factory model suited local conditions and tastes. A number of wellknown Eastern types, such as the Rangeley boat, either immigrated directly to the Midwest or else were closely replicat ed by boatbuilders of the region. In their 1900 catalog, the Truscott Boat Manufacturing Company of St. Joseph, Michigan, shows an elegant ly fitted St. Lawrence River skiff—
mahogany planked, reclining stern seat, brass hardware, and silk awning—priced at $300, which in those days was 10 times the cost of a plain but wellexecuted livery boat. In other instances, boat shapes appear at first glance to be exact duplicates of a wellknown Eastern type, but then closer inspection reveals a particular construction detail or hull line that indicates either a local origin or else adaptation from an earlier, wellestablished model. The chore of establishing positive
identities for indi vidual boats is dif ficult at best, as few records have been preserved. For
reasons
expect extensive coverage of every powerboat type up through the pre sent. But the only good repre sentation on postcards occurred at the beginning of the 20th century,
About 90% of the cocalled classic or "real" runabouts to appear on postcards up to 1950 were of the ChrisCraft brand. SHAKER GIRL, pictured here in a beautifully handcolored card, appears to be an early 1930s model. Location: St. Clair River, Michigan.
when roundbottomed displacement launches approached a zenith in pop ularity. The socalled vapor launches built by Truscott and others could be purchased in lengths from 16' to 50' and with a topside style to suit almost any conceivable fancy: open, soft canopy, open hardtop, cabin, and combinations thereof. Whether the sterns were round, square, fan tailed, torpedo, or compromise, launches apparently found great favor among Great Lakes yacht clubs, water taxi men, resort owners, amusement parks, excursion operators, fisher men, hunters, and, if the
1900 Truscott catalog is true, quite a few individu als who simply wished to outclass their friends and neighbors. Early speed boats, sometimes referred to as "toothpick run abouts," drew attention also, although in my card collection I find only three
or four such boats from the Great Lakes region. Oddly, the dawning of the out board motor in the early 1900s does not come across as a main event in postcard coverage of the waterfront. Introduced in the Midwest by such stalwarts of the industry as Ole
more as representation of several lost
Evinrude of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and later the Johnson brothers of Terre Haute, Indiana, the new "Detachable Row Boat Motor," as the famous Evinrude ad of 1909 described it, must have attracted con siderable attention. But on the few cards which depict early outboards, the boats appear only as background or ancillary objects. It was not until the chrome postcard era following World War II that outboarddriven boats began appearing on significant numbers of postcards. As a class, power workboats are almost totally absent from Great Lakes postcard documentation and, sadly, any other significant historical record. A few Mackinaw sailboats were converted to power after 1900 for use in the commercial fisheries, and there has been a fascinating assortment of wooden whodunits that came and disappeared without ever
generations. Sailing craft from far corners of the inland seas appear as central themes on a surprising number of early postcards. In a few instances, most notably in northern regions, a distinct lineage can be traced to working sailing craft of the middle and late 19th century. The Mackinaw boat in its various declared forms stands out in this department, having been converted, copied, and other wise tampered with well into the 1930s and 1940s, again in the 1960s, and now most fervidly in the past decade. Not long after 1900, though, many of the sailboat types common on the Eastern Seaboard, including deepdraft cutters, catboats, and vari ous skimmingdishes, found their way inland. Perhaps a look at these postcards will generate new information about
leaving name or ID, but they consti tute nothing less than a black hole in
the boats portrayed, and some addi tions can be made to existing infor
Great Lakes watercraft history. The only remaining legacy, now quickly fading for economic, political, and environmental reasons, is the Great Lakes fish tug, shown here in early form not because of its endearment to the hearts of smallcraft fans, but
mation and local history. At the least, the occasional postcard glimpse of a longforgotten boat type will whet the appetites of smallcraft enthusiasts who, like my father and myself, have found the search every bit as exciting as the discovery. July/August 1991
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This "realphoto" card, postmarked 1914, shows as good detail as one can expect from old postcards. The full bodied doubleender is
particularly notable, as transom boats appear more frequently in old Great Lakes photos. All
Boating at North
Manitou Island, c. 1900. Although the general Whitehall shape was common on the Great Lakes at least as early; as 1900, it rarely appears in a carvel planked version.
three boats show greater seakeeping potential than would ever be required on tiny Lake Cora. Recreational use is indicated by this well manicured Paradise Point address in south ern Michigan.
Doubleenders of peapod
proportions, such as these two boats on East Bay, Traverse City, Michigan, do not very often appear in old photos from the
Although both the sail plan and the
area. Apparent carvel or strip planking suggests possible local construc tion, as doubleenders offered by the major Midwest boat companies of the period (1916) were normally clinker built. Although nothing in the scene offers a good scale, the beached craft at right appears to be relatively short: 1415'. Given the Birchwood location, which early on had been developed as a desirable
use of a rudder are atypical, this 1917 card from Bois Blanc Island,
summering spot, it seems likely that these boats saw use only for recreational purposes.
Michigan, nonethe less suggests a St. Lawrence River skiff. Finelined row boats abounded in northern Lake
Huron at the time, but this particular style does not appear often in old photos.
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This artist's sketch of shapely rowboats appeared on a 1905 postcard from the Les Cheneaux Islands of northern Lake Huron. 1 he boats belonged to The Islington, a swank hotel of opened in 1896 by a Toledo, Ohio, lawyer. According to Oliver Birge, a local watercraft historian, some of the boats pictured here closely resemble ones made by Harrison and Robert Hamel,
Part View of The Jslington. Les. Cheneaux Jslands.
two brothers who operated the Cedarville Boatworks from 1907 until 1913. The Isling ton remained open until 1958, at which time any existing boats such as those shown here had long since been stashed under cottages or in boathouse lofts. A few have reappeared in recent fears.
The Woman's Rowing Club of South Haven. Michigan, prepares for
a Fourth of July race on the Black River, 1910. Truscott showed such a
craft, outfitted with spoon oars and rudder,
in its 1905 catalog: No. 100, 16' "42", described as "a light rower; large carrier, and sufficiently steady to allow the most timid
An exceptionally rare view showing what looks like a smallscale lumberman's bateau operating for pleasure use on Minnesota flat water. Detail would have been better if brushed colors had not been added to the origi nal photograph, but the basic boat shape remains distinct. Note tholepins. Scaled length is 2426'. No date is shown, but the postcard is probably pre1916.
to use it without
hesitancy." Price: $100. However, the town of South Haven boomed with boatbuilding activ ity at that time, and the boats shown could well have been made locally. July/August 1991
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Small rowing and sail ing craft appear often in scenes of harbors, bays, and sheltered waters, but the extent to which they ventured out on the open waters of the Great Lakes remains some what of a mystery. If this 1909vintage card of the Lake Michigan steamship UNITED STATES is accurate and not dubbed in by an imaginative artist, we may conclude that at least a few brave souls tackled the "Big Lake" in small boats.
"A Sunday Outing, Point Traverse, Lake Ontario, Canada, circa
1895. "Although clink er planking and a tran som stern do not fit, the entry lines, plumb stem, full forward sections, shallow draft, and downwarped bowsprit of the foreground boat all coincide remarkably with features Chapelle observed on Western Lakes Mackinaw boats.
"Return of the FishingFleet, Luddington, Michigan." This rare, turnofthe century view shows several Mackinaw or Collingwoodtype working sailboats (right side of photo), along with a plea sure sloop (left fore ground), and what appears to be an
early fish tug (behind sloop).
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"Chicago Yacht Club About to Leave St. Joseph, Michigan. "Edwin Schoettle noted in
his 1928 book, Sailing Craft, that the club's early fleet harbored old 21' Lipton sloops, big Seawanhaka topsail sloops, 80100' rac ing schooners, and cruising schooners. A less diverse but nonetheless colorful assortment of craft fills this 1911 scene.
An early bilgeboard scow making good way in a light breeze on Portage Lake, Onekama, Michigan.
Date: 19081916. Minnesota and Wisconsin are usually thought of as the center of scow sailing in the Great Lakes area. Lesser fleets formed along Lower Michi gan's west shore at
places like Crystal, Portage, and Hamlin Lakes, where sailors are somewhat sheltered from overpowering westerlies off Lake Michigan.
Dock scene at Onekama Sailing Club on Portage Lake, near Manistee, Michigan. Note sail ing scow off the end of the pier.
Detroit Boat Club at Belle Isle Park, pre1910. Edwin Schoettle's Sailing Craft notes that the primary boats developed early on at Detroit included a 23' sharpsterned "double cat" (sup posedly the same boat Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed in his legendary survival voyage), and
another 22' catboat that eventually became known as the Taft Cup Cat class. Early models of the Taft boat, possibly those in the back
ground of this view, were gaffrigged.
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Walleye and northern pike fishing is a serious
sport on Minnesota's big Mille Lacs, and, accord ing to Joe Fellegy of
Aitkin, Minnesota, at one time supported a number of area boat shops. Mrs. Hugh Cross of Wahkon recalls that her husband built these 16 x 5' fishing skiffs in the late 1940s or early 1950s while he worked at Sam Vivant's boat shop in Onamia. Strip construction utilized native white pine. Mrs. Gross says the hull form came from a Swedish immigrant who helped Sam Vivant build four such boats sometime before 1937.
Minnesotans still use these wooden
launches for walleye sportfishing on shal low and boisterous Mille Lacs. Sylvia Hamilton says owner/operator Ed Silker built the boats one per year, start ing in 1962, with the assistance of boatbuilder Harry Nelson.
For a period of about
15 years following World War II, mass produced stripbuilt and lapstrake outboard boats, including those of Thompson, Lyman, Penn Yan, and dozens of smaller companies, appeared on both gloss chrome and blackand white photo cards. This
1955 colorchrome view shows a beached fleet of
strippers at Ironwood, Michigan. Together with their lapstrake counter parts, these craft more or less brought to a close
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"Onondaga Lake by Moonlight, Syracuse, N.Y." Undated and unidentified early power launch.
Two unidentified early speedboats race across West Bay at Traverse City, Michigan. Date:
19101916. Note aft controls and high driver's posi tion in the fore
ground boat. Before such popular names as Gar Wood and ChrisCraft, 30'
stepped Vbottomed hulls and 28 mph were stateoftheart in a new game called hydroplan ing.
Early fish tugs
CAPE PIGEON and GO EASY MABEL on
This Truscott launch ran half hour rides on the St. Joseph River near Three Rivers, Michigan. No date is given, but 19051915 seems about right. This
the Manistee River, Michigan. Date: 1916. The boat in the foreground may have been converted from a pleasure launch. It's not clear if power is by gaso line or steam. Later tugs became much beamier and more
massively built.
boat looks like the
21 x 5' round sterned model that
sold for $550 in 1905 and came equipped with the
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y order of the United States
Congress, the postcard as we know it today was officially estab lished as a regulated postal object on December 21, 1901. Although a Private Mailing Card classification existed prior to that date, the official Post Card desig nation ushered in the mass production and circulation that has continued more or less uninterrupted to the pres ent. Postcard collectors, some of whom prefer the title "deltiologist," use a broad classification system that often proves useful in establishing the date of card manufacture. The socalled Golden Era or Antique Era (18931916) covers the early blackandwhite "realphoto" cards, often sepia toned, as well as
handcolored and retouched images that were commonly printed in Germany and shipped back to the United States for distribution and sale. Cards from the Golden Era generally show good detail, although carelessly
brushed colors sometimes blurred an otherwise sharp photograph. The presence of a divided back on a postcard, which allowed the sender's message and the recipient's name and address to appear on the same side, is the most useful dating tool for cards of the Golden Era. Prior to March 1907, postal regulations permit ted only the recipient's name and address to appear on the back side. Often photo images were bled to three
This realphoto card from Bear Lake, Michigan, carries no date, but prob ably was issued in the 1910 1920 period. The slabsided doubleender was not a common form and may have been home built. Pinned oars, sock eted in high pads, facili tated fishing, lily picking (underway here), and other diversions.
sides and a narrow blank white space
cards is usually severely lacking, and
left on the front side for short messages. Cards of this era sometimes look like works of art, not just for the color ton ing but for the photographic composi tion as well. Most artificially colored or hand painted postcards having a white bor der were probably manufactured in the period 19161930, ingeniously referred to as the White Border Era. At least one exception should be noted: "Phostint" cards made by the Detroit Publishing Company and distributed widely in this country used a white border format and date at least as early as 1901. If a non chrome color card is bled to three or four sides (with no border), in most cases it predates World War I (1916). Middleaged persons today will remember postcards from the Linen Era (19301945), as many of those roughtextured cards lingered on into the 1950s and 1960s. Detail on such
more than once I have questioned the validity of the titled location. Very few
"Duluth, Minnesota Marine View." This typical Golden Age postcard, manufactured by the Hugh C. Leighton Company of Portland, Maine, shows characteristic detail and hand coloring of the early, 20thcentury Germanmade
cards. Although the titled loca tions of distantly produced postcards might arouse suspi cions, the presence of typical Great Lakes lumber barges in the background of this scene lends credibility. The scene pre dates World War I, and may
go back to the late 1800s.
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good boat cards seem to have been made in the Linen Era, possibly because the Depression and World War II restricted pleasure boating. Finally, gloss chrome color cards of the presentday type appeared as early as 1939, although most did not get into full swing until after World War II. The late 1940s and 1950s also saw a rebirth of realphoto blackandwhite cards, often handcaptioned in white ink. From the smallcraft student's point of view, color chrome
and late realphoto cards prove quite useful for studying
the survival of old boats. This era classification system applies mainly to massproduced cards. It nec essarily omits many locally produced card series that defy a timescale classification, yet offered quality views that can prove useful to the boat researcher. While postmarks on used cards would seem to provide a foolproof method for fixing dates on images, the random 10, 20, or even 30year layover in the card racks at outoftheway drug stores tends to throw monkey wrenches into this otherwise useful dating method. It's not unusual to see a 1950s postmark on a 1930s or earlier card. Disappointingly, the written messages on old smallcraft cards, though often highly entertaining, rarely make any mention of the pictured boats. —OC
WANDERER III Healthy and strong for a fourth circumnavigation
by Thies Matzen here exists a unique little canal within walking dis tance of downtown Copen hagen—the Christianshavns Canal. In earlier days, it protected the trad ing community of this little island against unwelcome aggressors. Now adays, it's a harbor of hopes and wooden boats and all kinds of realistic and unrealistic projects. Its good shelter and proximity to downtown Copenhagen were what my friend
found ourselves surrounded by turn ofthecentury fivestory buildings, with uncountable livingroom lights and uncurtained windows watching us attentively. I met up with my English friends Charles and Katie, who now own the gaff cutter MOON RAKER, a converted fishing boat that had carried the English sailing celebrity Peter Pye on extended voy ages in the Atlantic and Pacific. MOONRAKER and WANDERER III had
returned to WANDERER I II that night. Stepping aboard, I felt the presence
PerArne and I were looking for upon
cruised side by side during their voy
of Eric and Susan Hiscock more than
our return from a latefall sail along
ages in the early 1950s, and we found it quite a coincidence that these two boats should meet each other again in the hands of different friends 34 years later. Our conversation over dinner that night revolved around boats, of course, and after a bit Charles asked me, "Do you know, Thies, that Eric Hiscock has died?" I'd been far from any news on my cruise in the north, and I had a new feeling of sadness and loss as I
ever before. Their voyages under the Southern Cross came alive again in my imagination. I felt them moving about the boat, listened to their voices,
the Norwegian west coast. Our feet were freezing, the winds had been too
icy and strong, food seemed taste less, and the prospect of a little city
life was attractive. We'd left behind the sounds of bellcollared mountain sheep ringing over calm and lonely Norwegian fjords; we'd left behind darkeyed mountains that had watched my little WANDERER III pass by. Now, we 74 • WoodenBoat 101
Launched in 1952 for Eric and Susan Hiscock, who sailed her around the world
twice, WANDERER III
has been rebuilt by her new owner
and is circling the globe again.
saw them on watch working out their sights. It was as if the thousand city
windows were far away, not staring down on me. ot many boats of WANDER ER Ill's size—if any—have been sailed as far or as
Thies M atzen
much as this little, strong vessel. With a circumnavigation in mind, the Hiscocks had her built in England by the William King & Son, Ltd., Boatyard of BurnhamonCrouch in
195152. They wanted a strongly built boat, with accommodations for themselves and a little darkroom, with a moderate forward overhang, and a transom stern. They wanted a
heavydisplacement boat, which in those days was believed to be the only proper design for an oceangoing yacht. They asked Laurent Giles to design a boat suiting their needs and
their somewhat plain purse. He'd already made a successful name for himself as the designer of many blue water vessels, among them the His cocks' earlier boat, WANDERER II, as well as BEYOND, TREKKA, and SOPRA NINO; the legendary DYARCHYand the Vertue class had also come from his drawing board [see page 98]. The Hiscocks' new boat was drawn to be 30'3" LOA, 26'4" LWL, 8'5" in beam, with a displacement of 19,000 lbs, of which the ballast keel is about three tons. The draft was expected to be just 5 ', which seems very moder
ate, but it finally leveled in at 5'7". According to Giles's specifications, she was to be planked with West African mahogany, a light timber;
the stock available, however, was of such poor quality that iroko, a heavy timber, was chosen instead. Frames, stem, sternpost, beams, clamp, and stringers were English oak. Her keel
was elm, decks were Western red cedar covered with canvas, spars were Sitka spruce, and floors were oak and wrought iron. WANDERER III was all copper fas tened, with bronze and Monel used July/August 1991
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The Hiscocks set a style for ocean voyaging, and their route around the world came to be known as the Hiscock Highway. They chose their vessels well, planned
their voyages care fully, and crossed the world's oceans without fanfare. WANDERER III's
interior (below) dur ing her Hiscock years is not very dif ferent from how she looks today (cover photograph).
and wood treatments—not fiberglass or epoxy dust—were the topics at local yacht clubs. His books remain uptodate, for the sea never changes. The Hiscocks wandered around the globe a third time in a steel ketch,
for throughbolts. She was copper sheathed, for she was going to be sailed in tropical waters. When she was launched in the spring of 1952, trialsailed to Ireland, and subsequently equipped to cir cumnavigate the world, voyaging and ocean cruising weren't common affairs. The world of English yachts men (which was larger than that of any other European nationality)
extended to the Irish south coast, the much respected Channel waters, and every now and then a bownose had
sniffed her way south to Spain. But in the early '50s, that was it. Starting silently and well prepared, the Hiscocks set out for sea and three years later returned much the same way. They proved that an Atlantic cruise or even a circumnavigation, if 76
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well planned and done aboard the right boat, wasn't a sensational un dertaking or a breathtaking adven ture. Their accounts of their travels, as well as those of their second cir cumnavigation from 1959 to 1962, appear in their books Around the World in WANDERER III and Beyond the West Horizon, opening up horizons, oceans, and distant tropical pearls to potential cruisers as no other books had done before. In addition to these accounts,
which are filled with valuable infor mation for the ocean sailor, two other books on the subject of sailing made
Eric Hiscock the "father of cruising." In Cruising Under Sail and, especially, Voyaging Under Sail, he covered every possible aspect of sailing, at a time when leaking seams, broken frames,
WANDERER IV, but as they entered their fifth decade of sailing, they chose wood again, for WANDERER V, their last boat. By then, they had earned the title of the "grand old cou ple of sailing," and the most favored route around the world was named the "Hiscock Highway." In one way or another, most of us sailors tumbling around beneath starry tropical skies owe much to the Hiscocks' voyages and advice. WAN DERER III (which they owned for 17 years) and their uneventful, safe pas sages generated much of today's cruising lifestyle. first met WANDERER III in books, and for many years my stubborn mind was fixed on building a replica of her for myself. I finished an apprenticeship, became a wooden
boat builder by trade, and then trav eled to the South Seas by crewing on other boats. There, some of my excitement about owning my own boat left me, for I saw boats stran gling shortmoneyed illusionists. Where were the beautiful boats and smiling faces that I'd seen in bright ly colored articles in magazines, which make one believe that a
sailboat is the course to freedom? These boats were taking, not provid ing freedom, and I decided against
meant to leave those preplanned paths. Over WANDERER'S main hatch is carved, "Grab a chance and you
building a boat of my own. Instead, I
won't be sorry for a might have been." By literally "heading" into it when
determined to return to the Western Samoan Islands, place of my grand mother's youth and still home to many native family members, and do boatbuilding there, with them. But WANDERER III persist ed. In 1982 I came across her—the actual boat—at Kiel Week, a festival in the north ern German city of Kiel. There she was, looking splen
hurrying below, this truth settles easi ly behind the forehead, should it not already be ingrained in the blood.
wood Fibers. But they turned out to be just a remembrance left by some over active Lloyd's insurance broker test ing the state of the wood. I sailed WANDERER for a couple
of years, and although I sailed her hard, she didn't leak. When I decided
to head south at last, I knew it was time to look at her more closely. One of her postHiscock own ers had apparently poured cement in her bilges to create a fair run aft so bilgewater wouldn't collect. (The His cocks had tried to accomplish this themselves by pouring
pitch into the bilge, but later realized that pitch became liq uid again in the heat of the tropics. They removed most of it and had chiseled limber holes under each wooden floor timber.) Generally speak
did with her distinctive white
spinnaker poles standing out among the confusion of more than 100 boats of all kinds. The Blondie Hasler windvane and Laurent Giles logo, unmatched in beauty and sim plicity, showed me the way to go, and when I knocked at her low, even hull, a tall, bearded German came out. (My first thought was that he was way too tall for this boat, which had been dimensioned specif
ing, WANDERER'S wrought iron floors looked reasonable above the cement, and I hoped
they would be the same where they were covered up. I found a few broken frames on the starboard side aft, and thought they must have broken
ically for the much shorter
Hiscocks.) After chatting a bit, he invited me down below, where our conversation car ried us away into the Pacific, farther to the Samoan Islands, our friendship developing quickly. By evening, it was ob vious that the Fates were join ing in, for my life was changing.
when WANDERER was strand
ed on the Arnhelmland Bar rier Reef off Australia during With WANDERER'S interior opened up and the cement the Hiscocks' second circum removed from her bilge, the corrosion caused by the use of navigation, the only time the wroughtiron floors in proximity with copper sheathing and hull had been subjected to fastenings was evident, and the huge task of replacing 21 unnatural stress. Apart from floors and 32 frames began. dents in the lead keel and a broken tiller, no damage had been ANDERER III had just apparent at the time. Gisel Ahlers had owned WANDER I was working in a boatyard on the ER III since 1973 and sailed her a entered her 30s and had logged about 150,000 sea Jutland Peninsula in Denmark. The third time around the globe, pretty much trusting WANDERER'S instincts miles. General maintenance and Aarosund Badebyggeri has been to detect the Hiscock Highway. He repairs to keep her wandering had building wooden boats since the late had bought her in England, where taken place over the years, but 1960s, specializing in new gaffrigged she had been sitting in a harbor ever there'd been no major surgery. Much cruisers of traditional Danish design. since the Hiscocks sold her to a fellow of her galvanized hardware had been We were building a boat a year, and Englishman, who apparently resem replaced by stainless steel: stanchions, also turned out small dinghies, did bled Eric Hiscock in looks. As the pulpits, chainplates, and standing rig repairwork, and converted fishing story goes, this poor man got tired of ging. Many throughbolts had been boats into cruisers. I hauled WANDER being constantly called "Eric." He replaced because of electrolysis, and ER out, worked through the winter at tried painting WANDERER'S hull
on two occasions the bronze bolts
the yard, and then with our savings
blue, but it didn't help, so he finally
holding the ballast keel had been removed, inspected, and found in reasonable condition. There were
and Bodil working to support us,
sold her to an EnglishDutch couple who owned her only a short time before Gisel and his French girlfriend took her back into the tropics. My own girlfriend, Bodil, and I ended up buying WANDERER. We couldn't resist. Sometimes one is
hundreds of tiny pinholes in WAN DERER's interior, deck, frames, and planking. At first I worried that they had been caused by some odd little
tropical creature who liked to dine on
turned my attention to WANDERER'S refit.
began by chiseling away the 1½" layer of cement. It was dry and strong where it touched the elm keel and iroko hull, but around the July/August 1991
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Thies redoubled the damaged frames
with new, steam bent Danish oak and had new floors cast from bronze to replace the deteriorated wroughtiron ones.
Much of WANDERER'S carefully designed and wellbuilt interior had to be carefully removed, and her 10 hp Volvo Penta couldn't stay, either. Out came all the water tanks. There were two smaller 20gallon tanks beneath each bunk port and star board, and they had been sealed with epoxytar. The big tank, however, hadn't been out for some 25 years, not since the Hiscocks had removed the pitch in the bilge. When I finally
heaved it into the sunshine outside, I couldn't believe my eyes. There were iron floors, it was wet and broken. I dug deeper for the rest of the floors, but many of them had totally disap peared. Those that were left were hardly in great shape. Their connec tion between the starboard and port side was pure illusion. The frames had also disintegrated around the
floors, and I found myself faced with replacing 21 iron floors and 32 frames, a tremendous job which never ought to have been necessary. When the boat was designed, Eric Hiscock had asked for timber floors, but he had also wanted large water tanks in the bilge, and there wouldn't have been room for them above wooden floor timbers. He wrote to me later that he knew when she was being built that it was wrong to mix
and like teak, it's a wood where this decay rarely happened. I couldn't find any bad spots. WANDERER'S English oak frames are standard sized, 1½ x 1", steam bent and copperriveted. They are placed 6" apart, and every third frame is doubled. At each of these doubled frames, a 3½"wide natural crook timber forms a floor timber, throughbolted to the wood keel with
WANDERER'S copper sheathing in order to make my repairs, and I tried to save as many of the plates as possi ble because the price for copper was outrageously high in Denmark. Copper sheathing is an advantage in
tropical waters, and was especially so
the planks. Only the pairs of single frames between the wooden floors were connected to the keel with the wroughtiron floors. These were
paints weren't so effective or protec tive as today's. It's the teredo worm that adds entertainment to the easy going life of a tropical sailor. Copper
placed on top of the frames, and were
plates ease the mind—don't worry, be happy! When new, they provide
1½" wide and about 5/8" thick, dimin ishing to just a little over ¼" at their upper ends. Round copper rods were driven through the planking, frame,
and floor, and riveted. Around the mast area, the spacing of the frames and floors is an inch closer, and every second frame is doubled. At the deepest part of the bilge, where the 30gallon galvanized water tank was placed, no wooden floors
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that had kept it watertight. I had to remove about half of
back in the days when antifouling
iron floors with copper fastenings,
the boat's copper sheathing. The use of wroughtiron floors was a common practice on yachts built in England after World War II. Along with the expected deteriora tion of the iron, the action of the elec trolysis often caused decay in the planking around the fastenings. WANDERER'S planking is 1 1/8" iroko,
apparently a thick layer of mud was all
bronze bolts and copperriveted to
but he couldn't afford the extra costs of casting bronze floors. The decay of
the iron had also been hastened by
fingersized holes in its bottom, and
could be used and all structural strength comes from the iron floors. In this area, which salt water calls home, nearly every iron floor had
deteriorated.
perfect growth protection, and for as long as seven or eight years, all you have to do is rub or sand them slightly to activate the copper and renew its poisoning effect. But older plating oxidizes and loses this ability, so it has to be covered with ordinary bottom paint. This had been the case with WANDERER'S sheathing for a number of years. But when old age is creeping up on a boat, copper plating isn't much fun. It makes recaulking a hell of a job, replacing a few screws a big affair. Generally, copper sheathing has to be renewed every 15 years or so.
When I removed the old wrought iron floors and was able to fully exam ine each single frame, I became aware that I was caught in a growing
repair project. The frames weren't soft and no damage could be seen, but dry rot had shortened the wood fibers and what once might have been strength was gone. Every single frame had signs of this decay right where the floors ended, all at the same height. This deterioration hadn't hap pened all at once, but had been a long process, probably very much at work during the boat's third circum navigation. That she had kept dry even in this state is a
copper wire, out of which I made 230 bolts of differing lengths for fastening the floors. The floors and their fasten ings shone beautifully—in a place where they would hardly be seen. By June, it was noticeable that WANDERER was baking. She had
never been so landlocked before, half naked without her plates, and with temperatures constantly shooting up into the 90s. To create a moist envi ronment, I placed piles of wood shav
ings beneath her and wetted them down twice a day. Her refloored bilge and hull soaked for days in a healthy mix of wood tar and raw linseed oil. I was still worried about those bro
seam and pick it up half a yard or a yard farther west or east. Not the ideal process, but I had little choice but to drop softly and gently into and out of
the seams. One can easily destroy a hull by caulking her badly. WANDERER'S hull became the world map of my life. Every little hole was marked so I wouldn't forget it. I didn't wish to find a leak later and have to reopen the sheathing. Before replacing the sheathing, I coated her planking with coal tar, a widely respected tradition used on Danish fishing craft in the old days. Tar felt was then tacked and stapled on top of the wet surface, and then it too was
miracle and just another compliment to her de signer and builder for
her strength and over dimensioning. But some day,
sometime
soon,
things would have gone wrong, I was sure sure. nother spring came and went as my mind seemed to take on the shape of a boat itself, as it continued on its single focus of solv
ing WANDERER'S prob lems. I struggled for the balance necessary to keep my repairs consistent with the strength gained. I dreamed about bronze floors as though they were something delicious. I finally decided to redouble the 32 single frames by placing steambent Danish oak frames over the damaged single ones, so making use of the old holes the extracted fastenings had left, instead of adding new ones. I cut away dam aged sections and replaced them with accurately fitted grown timbers. Fastenings were copper. New floors were cast in aluminum bronze. I had no wish to add any new spices to the boatsoup of electrolysis, I could make the patterns myself, and a friend nearby could do the casting for me. It was a slow process, for the pat terns had to be precise or the floors would not be shaped correctly and could cause problems with the plank ing. The local power company gener ously gave me 60 yards of 8mm
ken frames that I'd found so many months ago. Although they hadn't caused problems while WANDERER
completed her second circumnaviga tion, sailed an Atlantic cruise, and fin ished a third circumnavigation, I knew I'd feel better if I did something about them. So, new, naturalcrook frames were riveted in: three aft on the starboard side, two on the port side,
another three amidships. They provid ed structural and mindeasing value.
wetted out with more coal tar shortly before the plates were attached. It was a messy business, particularly when done overhead. Some of the old sheets of copper were reused, but most of the areas received new 0.8mmthick copper. In the transom area, where the copper had worn particularly thin due to corrosion
cheered on by a plentiful supply of oxygen, I used 1.0mmthick plating. The lowest plate had to overlap the upper, the one in front of the
aulking is normally a nice, relaxing job to do. That's when one starts at one end and stops at the other, repeating the process again and again. But the cop per plates that I'd left on WANDERER were disturbing my straight runs. I had to carefully stop caulking one
next one aft, in order to create an easy flow aft (instead of in) for the water. The plates overlapped by about
1" and never less than ¾", in order to assure the absence of those little worms. Copper nails, 1.6mm thick and 16 to 20mm long, placed ¾" apart
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Some of WANDERER'S copper sheathing could
be reused, but most of her bottom received new copper plating. The hull was coated with coal tar, tar felt was fastened in place, and then the surface was wetted out with more coal tar before the new copper was fastened on.
decided to keep her as she was. Her accommodations seemed perfect for my needs, with one exception. She'd always had just two narrow, English bunks; they could be turned into a double by removing the table and fill ing the space between with a piece of wood and a section of mattress, but that was a lot of effort each evening. It took me seven years to convince myself to build a double berth for ward, one that folds up out of the way. The new arrangement is much easier. Inevitably, a practical, hullshaped toolbox had to find a place some where. It carries my woodworking tools, serves as a workbench and sta tionary table for my circular saw and router, collects sawdust and wood shav ings, and is simply the best thing aboard. And I also make good use of some inherited potato boxes in the
The 30gallon water tank was newly welded and coated with six layers of epoxytar to isolate it when it came into contact with bilgewater. I used rubber to isolate it from the new bronze floors, where space was tight. There had never been any ply wood or Fiberglass or resin aboard WANDERER, and I knew that many pure traditionalists turn to these
products when it comes to a cockpit floor. It's convenient and pleasantly waterproof to have this stuff applied there, but I decided to stick with cop per. Access to the Volvo Penta was through a hatch in the cockpit floor,
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engine, which was getting bored with
wet stories. I made the floor water tight with new sheets of copper, pay ing special attention to the hatch coaming, and the drips were silenced. trength, tradition, and simplici
ty have always been an impor tant part of WANDERER. She's never been intrusive, but has carefully and silently moved about the world,
approaching other cultures with respect. Her past harmonized very much with my own outlook and
forward cabin; they store fruits and vegetables conveniently in the sum mertime and hold wood for the stove during the colder season. The stove is mounted on top of the main cabin's portside shelf, and, although a newcomer, the 35year old Mr. Taylor is welcomed by the old Hiscock cabin crew. He is a paraffin burning cooker and from time to
time gets stuck in an asthmatic hic cup, but he is generally well behaved and warms whatever needs to be heat ed. Mrs. Blake, the baby of the crew, has, in spite of advanced age, never lost her name or important function.
intentions. I thought about installing a short bowsprit and a cutter rig to improve her windward ability in
She flushes well once or twice a day
winds too strong for the genoa and
can tell countless stories about count less gallons of water, either fresh or
too weak for the working jib, but I
and has a long way to go until retire ment. The 39year old Whale pumps
from the bilge, that they have pumped. The original paraffin lamps still light the cabin. A tape deck and its music sometimes overshadows
the sounds of waves and wind, and, along with a shortwave receiver, is the only tribute to modern electronics. Everything below is there be cause it works and creates a pleasant, healthy, and harmon ic environment. It's all beauti ful, too.
spruce for the new spar, took the sails to a sailmaker friend for repairs, and watched my boat dreams fall asleep with the approach of another icy Norwegian winter. The new mast could not be laminated until spring time.
working on other people's boats and by building traditional Danish lap strake dinghies. In Bayona I met Frank Mulville, who was aboard his cutter ISKRA [WB Nos. 40 and 67], which he has singlehanded across the Atlantic a number of times. I became friends with Frank and his wife, Wendy, and did some repairwork on ISKRA. I've also worked on some of WAN DERER's old friends: MOON
RAKER, Irving Johnson's last ANDERER went back into the water again later that summer and, instead of heading off for the tropics, found herself imprisoned by thick layers of ice in a small Norwegian fjord on the Skagerrak coast. Surprising ly, she never gave a sign of impa tience that this was a little too cold for a lady of her age who had been so well cared for in the past in warmer climes. She tolerated skis and ice skates tossed on her decks instead of coils of line. During the day I worked at building Colin Archer gaff cutters at the Risor Trebatbyggeri, but we enjoyed many winter evenings together with the woodstove burning. The next summer, we set off to visit the yard in England
YANKEE, and WANDERER IV.
The boats remain, though so many of the sailors have gone and much of the uniqueness and silence they found in their travels is gone forever. The seamanship that brought them so safely to new places has been mistak enly replaced with horse power and electronics. Where the Hiscocks tacked through calms and rain gusts in the Doldrums, or sat and sat, now delivery crews fight a tight schedule to make it from somewhere to somewhere else right on time for the charter season. The harbors are crowded, and it's hard to anchor without someone ask ing you for an anchorage fee. "Sailing has changed," WAN DERER says to me, "but not where WANDERER III had been the beauty of the sea." And built, but halfway across the WANDERER herself still has a North Sea we collided with a After two years of repairs, sandwiched between summer sail ing in chilly northern waters, WANDERER III was ready to comfortable beauty and is large Yugoslavian freighter and sail south again on the Hiscock Highway. ready for many thousands of were dismasted. Although the miles to go. Susan and Eric mast broke in four pieces, it y then, I had lived for two Hiscock wrote many times that of all separated from the boat just 5cm years in Risor, sailing WAN the yachts they sailed, WANDERER III above the cabintop, and only the boat's bow, stanchions, caprails, and DERER in chilly northern had their "greatest affection." For me, sails were damaged in the accident. It waters. But those Samoan songs still it is the same. WANDERER is strong could have been much worse; we'd sang in my mind. In 1987, WANDER and healthy now. I am very fond of avoided being run down completely ER j oined the crowds of sunseekers her, and grateful to have spent so by only a matter of seconds. and began her trip south by way of many contemplative moments as well Retrieving our broken mast and rig Norway, Scotland, Ireland, and as hardworking times aboard her. ging, we received a tow back to Spain—eventually to Samoa. Cruis Although she is restored for now, the Denmark. Then, with a shorter mast ing has changed. I counted 30 work will never really end as long as juryrigged from the damaged spar, I cruising boats alone in the northern she is going to be sailed on salty seas. set the working jib and the double Spanish harbor of Bayona. The She belongs there. She is a wanderer. reefed main, and sailed back to Risor. Hiscocks had described Bayona as I had no insurance, and it was "the last clean and snug anchorage Thies Matzen works as a boatbuilder and jour hopeless getting an Eastern Euro for a small yacht this side of the nalist. When we last heard from him, he had pean country to respond to my Atlantic," and they had probably spent a winter repairing hurricanedamaged requests for compensation. Realizing been on one of only a couple of cruis boats in St. Croix, but he and WANDERER III that paperwork doesn't build masts, I ing boats there when they visited. planned to continue toward the west horizon went ahead and ordered new Sitka
As I travel, I earn a bit of money by July/August 1991
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The Buckboard Trailer by Richard Jagels
Drawings by Arch Davis
he Adirondack guideboat, "however fragile looking, if properly handled could ride out any storm on the average fresh
water lake, carrying a load of 500 lbs." So writes Kenneth Durant in The Adirondack Guideboat. On land, the boat takes on a more delicate person ality, and "the fragile guideboat requires protection against sharp pebbles, [and] the hot sun, which can warp the seams." Furthermore, since the guideboat has only an outwale, if it is turned upsidedown on a car roofrack, the weight of the boat rests
on the top strake, which is only 3/16" thick pine or cedar. Having cartopped some guide boats, I can also affirm that the strong sny (or sharp rise from 'midships to bow and stern, reminiscent of the WoodenBoat logo) greatly dimin ishes foreandaft visibility. This distinctly advances the level of ad venture while speeding down the in terstate. Nervous passengers tend to lean strongly to port or starboard, trying to improve their line of sight, while the driver assumes a low,
painful crouch.
I finally concluded that cartopping my guideboat was less than ideal one hot summer day after I'd driven from my home, which was then in western Vermont, to Blue Mountain Lake,
New York—site of the Adirondack Museum—to attend the celebration of the publishing of the abovementioned book. Upon arrival, as I attempted to remove the stretchrubber holddowns from my circa1910 varnished guide boat, I discovered that the straps had annealed themselves to the boat's bottom. I don't recommend this as the method of choice for stripping
Inspired by Herreshoff, the author built a wooden trailer (shown with a peapod aboard) out of hardwood planks, wagonseal springs, plumbing pipe, and motorcycle wheels. 82 • WoodenBoat 101
A wooden trailer for a wooden boat
unappealing but, from an engineer ing point of view, inappropriate for carrying my fragile guideboat over rough back roads. Several years went by while I incu bated design ideas and gathered items from auctions and yard sales. As my pile of junk grew, my designs were adjusted accordingly. The final form, shown here, was the culmination of a
maximum use of this material. These days, wood is rarely con nected to wheels, except in children's toys; but in earlier times, this was not the case. So, I began to observe wagon and buggy construction when I visited museums. The classic buck board set me to thinking about using wood for part of the suspension sys tem. Buckboard wagons suspend the
um. There, in among the boats in a
lot of winnowing of both ideas and
storage building, was a Herreshoff designed boat trailer. The sight of that beautiful boat conveyance set some gears in motion. I had always found the common galvanized boat
passengers between the front and rear pairs of wheels, but a trailer has
trailer, with its tinkertoy wheels
accumulated "parts." Since I under stand the engineering properties of wood better than those of other materials, and because I can easily work with wood and find it ae sthetically appealing (especially in a
matched with springs designed for a Mack truck, not only aesthetically
conveyance for a wooden boat), I focused my thoughts toward making
varnish. Then, when I placed the boat into the museum pond, alongside a dozen or so other guideboats, it promptly began to leak like a sieve through its sunbaked, opened seams. On an earlier trip to another gath ering, this time to a smallcraft meet at Mystic Seaport Museum, I had been permitted to view some items not generally on display at the muse
only one pair of wheels. So I thought that if the buckboard were rotated 90°, I could simultaneously create a suspension system and a live axle for
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As I thought about this wooden live axle, I realized that if I created one with enough strength to carry the weight of a boat pounding along on rough pavement, and then added a safety factor, I would end up with an axle that would be too stiff. Among the assorted stuff I had picked up at auctions was a pair of wagon seat springs. If I used these in conjunction with the buckboard, I could keep the trailer lightly sprung, and at the same time provide the necessary foreand aft constraint on each end of the cen trally pivoted live axle. Once the suspension system had been devised, the rest flowed smooth ly, or relatively so. Among my col lectibles was a front wheel from a motorcycle. After searching a few chop shops, I came up with a match. The outside diameter of the short motorcycle wheel axle fits snugly in side ¾" black iron plumbing pipe. A local welding shop welded the black iron pipe to ¼"thick, 6 x 6" steel plate. After predrilling, these axle plates were bolted to the underside of the live axle with carriage bolts. Since the wooden "buckboard" axle is a very critical component, it must be perfectly straight grained (no crossgrain), without knots or other defects. The board should be flatsawn ash, oak, or hickory, and have relatively wide growth rings (in
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these ringporous woods, wide growth rings indicate greater strength). If possible, use airseasoned wood rather than kilndried. For my trailer, I chose an axle with dimensions of 6½" x ½" x 4'10¾". The thickness could be increased to 5/8" to provide more carrying capacity. The trailer shown here should easily carry 200 lbs. The heaviest boat that I carry is a stripbuilt peapod that weighs about 130 lbs with the mast and other gear thrown in. However, I often stand on the trailer while loading or unloading the boat, and see no serious deflec tions (I weigh about 160 lbs). I built the frame of the trailer out of oak (but ash or hickory would do). The curved side rails were purchased as green lumber from a local mill and were bent to shape before they dried. Steambending would be preferable if a longenough steam box could be found or made. But I was lazy and in a hurry, as usual, and the gentle curves permitted bending of the green oak. Laminated side rails would be an other option. The forward ends of the bent rails were drilled and bolted to the 1¾" x 2 5/8" x 6'7" tongue first, and then the after crossmember was attached (with screws only, at this stage). While the wood was still wet, the intermediate crossmembers were gently forced into place, creating the curved shape. The frame was then
dried, out of the sun, for about a week. This reduces surfacemoisture sufficiently so that the parts can then be glued (I used epoxy) and screwed. The frame will not reach its full strength until the green lumber is air dry (1520% moisture content), which will take several weeks or months, depending on conditions. However, it has enough strength so that you can continue with the con struction. The rear of the frame is now beefed up with the addition of a 5 x 1½" x 4'10¾" axle support made of oak. The live axle is attached to this beam using an oak pillar, four struts, and oak spacers and carriage bolts. The height of the pillar and struts for this trailer is 7¼", but this will need to be adjusted to match the set of wagon seat springs available. The long axis of the pillar is cut to fit snugly be tween the side rails. Wagon seat springs may be difficult to obtain in your neighborhood, but a compe tent spring shop can fabricate some thing comparable from a pair of small leaf springs. Another alternative is to use a more readily available coil spring. However, coil springs do not contribute to foreandaft stability
of the live axle, so diagonal struts between the axle and frame will be
needed. Standard steel trailer fenders can
be purchased, but as a compulsive wood nut, I fashioned the fenders from birch plywood and oak. The arc is gentle enough that the ¼" plywood can be bent without steaming (a for tunate happenstance, since I used interior plywood, which is construct ed with ureaformaldehyde glue).
Wheel caps are 1" plastic plumb ing pipe caps. A standard trailer hitch is attached to the central shaft, and
standard boat trailer supports and a winch are added to complete the job. I chose to varnish the trailer, but painting would provide a more durable finish. If I were to build another trailer like this, I would extend the tongue as a central shaft to the live axle sup ports, and might make the curved frame rails a bit wider. This would strengthen the frame (especially
adding torsional stiffness) without dramatically affecting the "ride." The present frame is a bit willowy, although it has held up now for sever al years with no signs of fatigue. I always store the trailer under cover, which should should greatly lengthen its service life. Richard Jagels is professor of Forest Biology at the University of Maine at Orono, and writes WoodenBoat's "Wood Technology" column.
This Herreshoff trailer, holding an Amphibicraft in Mystic Seaport Museum's storage building, has Indian motorcycle wheels. July/August 1991
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Lining Off Where to put the planks Text and drawings by Arno Day Properly linedoff planking contributes to a boat's strength and grace. Arno Day's expert technique for determining plank lines on his lobsterboats can be applied to a variety of hulls.
T
he planking process seems to be the most satisfying phase of boatbuilding for most people. After days of lofting, patternmaking, backbone assembly, rabbet cutting, setting up, and fram ing, we finally get to cover the boat's skeleton with a skin. A beautiful shape starts to emerge. When I was planking boats, the two questions most often asked by visitors were: "How do you know where to put the planks?" and "How
do you know how wide to make the planks?" These questions are not easi ly answered, because considerable advance thinking and planning are necessary to produce planking lines that are compatible with the hull and lead to a wholesome entity. Planking lines are influenced by many factors, such as shape of the hull, type of con struction, planking materials avail able, and the intended use of the
boat. It becomes impossible, there fore, to come up with a set of instruc tions that will apply to every boat. In this respect, each builder devises a method that works comfortably to his satisfaction. I'm going to describe my way of lining off planks. At times this method will agree with, and at times it will contradict, what other builders have written. The majority of the boats I built were Maine lobsterboats with high, flaring bows, low freeboard amid ships, wide transoms, straight bot toms aft, and many were built down to some degree. (That is, their hull sections were hollow, or concave, near the keel; see Figure 1.) Typically, lob sterboats are lean forward, and the bilge is rather hard from amidships to the transom. This considerable change in shape, from one end to the other, makes these boats good teach ers for lining off planking.
Lobsterboats get rough usage day after day, and fishermen are more interested in obtaining strong, water tight, speedy, maneuverable boats at reasonable cost than in having nicely linedoff planking and hulls of super
finish. Although every conscientious builder strives diligently to produce a functional boat, he also must be con tented with what he is doing and pleased with what he sees. Good planking lines are necessary in this respect, and the builder probably finds himself being as careful with the planking of a workboat as he would if it were a fine yacht planked with some exotic wood. We have been told, "Anything worth doing is worth doing well." So much for the philosophy; let's get to work on the planking. In this builtdown hull, there are two areas that require special atten tion. When lofting our lines, we used a diagonal that crossed the turn of the bilge at about 90° and another at the midpoint of the tuck (an area of reverse sectional curve near the keel). Projecting these diagonals from the body plan to the profile (Figure 2), and adjusting them to some degree at the stem, produces good planking lines. Planks that follow these lines will be nearly straight, and will go on with little twist. I mark these two diagonals on the molds as I make them, and the first
The author describes lining off a builtdown hull, but you can apply
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Arno Day designed and built this 36' lobsterboat for Robert Williams of Stonington, Maine, in the early 1970s.
two ribbands are put on at these points. I sight these two ribbands from all angles and make whatever adjustments are necessary to make them fair and eyesweet. The sheer line, these two ribbands, and the rab bet on the keel separate the boat into three areas. The rest of the ribbands are carefully spaced to divide these areas more or less equally. The rib bands, therefore, have a definite rela tionship to the planking lines and give me a preliminary glimpse of what the end result will be. Further adjustment will be possible when I actually line out the planks. [At this point, you will need to consider spiling—the transfer of plank lines from the threedimensional frame work of the hull to flat planking stock. Although this topic is beyond the scope of our present discussion, it is
described in the books listed at the end of this article—Eds.] After the frames have been bent in, I am ready to proceed with the planking. Contrary to what many builders do, I like to start at the bot tom of the boat and work my way up.
The first area is between the keel rab bet and the ribband in the tuck. This area is considerably wider aft than it is forward, and, because the after por tion is fairly straight in section (that is, the frames have little curve), I can make garboards and broadstrakes wider aft than forward. Think of garboards as beginning to bridge the gap between the keel and the rest of the boat. Although their edges are sawn almost parallel in the forward half, the planks increase in width as they go aft. I put a slight upward curve in the top of the forward end of the garboard so that it will not appear to droop after it is hung. The broadstrake is a slightly narrower duplicate of the garboard. There is a great deal of twist in the forward end of these two planks, and I find a little steaming helps in putting them on.
At this stage of the project, I am approaching an area aft that has con siderable reverse curve in section. This means that I will have to use thicker planking stock and round off the back of each plank so that it fits
well against the frame. The use of stealers can help here by allowing me to work with two narrow planks instead of one wide plank at the after end (Figure 3). I like to go as far aft as I can with one plank and go the rest of the way with two narrow planks. Getting past the curve in the tuck will probably require two sets of stealers. All this time, I have kept that diagonal line, represented by the tuck ribband, in mind and have regulated the plank widths to arrive at this lineor a line close to and parallel with it. In work ing around the rabbet with these stealers, I can run into planks each having a long, tapering point at its after end. This point is difficult to fas ten and to caulk. You'll do better to nib off this end to a workable width and jog the next plank around it. This
same situation shows up on sailboats that have long, raking stems, and it should be dealt with in the same manner. Next, I tackle the area between the tuck and the turn of the bilge. At the bottom of this area I probably still have some inside curve to contend July/August 1991
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Figure 2 Projecting diagonals A and B from the body plan to the profile yields a good starling point for lining off this lobsterboat hull.
with, and at the top I run into an out side curve that requires the planks to be hollowed out in order to fit against the frames. This also requires that I start with thicker, slightly narrower planks. Concentrating on the after end of this space (because it is the widest part), and allowing for slightly narrower planks on the top and bot tom, I divide the remaining space by my predetermined maximum plank width (according to hull shape and available planking stock) to arrive at
The use of stealers aft allows for easier planking around the tight curve at the luck.
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the number of planks to go into this area. Using this number of planks, I go forward and determine the approxi mate width of the planks at the for ward end. Before continuing, I go up into the top area and decide whether this plank width will work out there. The idea is to have planks of similar width at the stem. I can usually reach a decision here by remembering that planks can vary in width slightly with out the difference becoming notice able. If I am reasonably sure that the
end result will be acceptable, I go back to planking in the middle area. As I plank, I like to line off the top of each plank with a long batten to make sure I have a fair line and to make adjustments as necessary; this also helps in keeping the butts fair. As mentioned earlier, when I approach the diagonal line, I will find that the amount of hollowing increases great ly, and I may have to decrease the width of planks both below and above this line.
Plank lines follow gently sweeping curves that complement the hull's shape.
Hollowing continues in the first few planks above the turn of the bilge, and things go quite well until I reach the flare in the bow. Knowing
that the planks here will have a great deal of foreandaft curve, I have saved the most crooked planking stock for this area. I leave off the sheerstrake until the clamps, shelves, and deck frame have been installed and the tops of the frames have been cut off at the sheerline. I then put on the sheerstrake and trim its upper edge down to the sheerline. At this point, I can stand back and see plank ing lines that complement the shape of the hull and produce an overall pleasing appearance (Figure 4). This method works equally as well on builtdown sailboats of all sizes. A boat built on a skeg eliminates the tuck area and is much easier to plank. Lapstrake hulls require a little more diligence and care because the shad ow lines will draw attention to your work. It is well to nail battens over the
molds on all the lap lines (one side only will do), so adjustments can be made before planking begins. Well, there you have my method for lining off. Please feel free to use any or all of it, and don't be afraid to ask questions. Almost any planking job will be successful if it is well planned from the beginning. Arno Day is a fourthgeneration boatbuilder who lives in Sedgwick, Maine. Since retiring from his own business in 1983, he has been teaching, designing, and consulting.
Further Reading
Chapelle, Howard I. Boatbuilding. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1941. CreaghOsborne, Richard. Dinghy Building (revised American edition). Clinton Corners, New York: John de
Graff, Inc., 1977. Lowell, Royal. Boatbuilding Down East,
How to Build the Maine Lobsterboat. Camden, Maine: International Marine Publishing Co., 1977. McIntosh, David C. How to Build a Wooden Boat. Brooklin, Maine: Wooden Boat Publications, Inc., 1987. Steward, Robert M. Boatbuilding Manual (3rd edition). Camden, Maine: International Marine Publishing
Company, 1987.
Sleuthing for Quality by Richard Jagels n WB No. 39 I wrote about the re lationship between growth rate and wood properties, particularly strength. If I had to choose the one "Wood Technology" column that provided the most universally prac tical information for anyone using wood, that would be it. Whenever I speak to boatbuilding students, I always haul out that old chestnut and reiterate its salient points. Through the years I've noticed that traditional wisdom hangs tough against logic or scientific evi dence. And so, at the risk of boring some readers, I want to review, and perhaps simplify, the points I made 10 years ago. Having asked the question many times, I know that most people believe oldgrowth (read slowgrowth) timber always produces the highestquality wood. But it just ain't so. During the colo nial period, New England boat builders were disappointed with the strength of virgin timber oaks compared with the rapidgrowth, hedgerow oaks of their native England. They assumed that the in ferior quality was a consequence of the different species of oak in North America. But, in fact, the
problem was related to growth rate. Secondgrowth, wideringed oaks grown in North America today are comparable to the English oaks, but the narrowringed virgin timber was weaker. This is because ring porous hardwoods such as oak, ash, and hickory produce a largepored ring of weak wood early in the grow ing season (earlywood) that is fol lowed by a dense, smallpored wood formed later in the season (late wood). (See drawings on page 92.) If the tree growth slows, very little latewood is produced, and hence density and strength are reduced.
Unlike the oaks, many of the oldgrowth softwoods in North America (white pine, longleaf yellow pine, and Douglasfir) quick ly gained world recognition as woods with high value. So valued were these species that seeds were shipped to Europe, where planta tions were established. Today one
can walk through Douglasfir forests in the Netherlands or white pine groves (generally referred to as Weymouth pine) in Britain. Many coniferous species, par ticularly those that show an abrupt transition between earlywood and latewood in the growth ring (Douglasfir, Southern pines, larches), are stronger in slowgrowth speci mens. In contrast, wide growth rings in these species often mean greater quantities of lowerdensity early wood. Furthermore, wide rings may indicate "juvenile wood," which is weak, dimensionally unstable, and produced near the center of the tree for 1025 years, depending on the species. The modern silvicultur al practice of short rotation in coni ferous stands favors the growth of large amounts of this weaker wood. The table and drawings on the following page summarize the ex pected properties of hardwoods and softwoods, grouped according to basic wood structure (ringporous, diffuseporous, abrupttransition, gradualtransition).² Examples of each of the types are listed. If you examine a smoothed end section of a board with a 10power hand lens, you will quickly discern in which of the categories that particular species fits. Note that durability of heart wood refers only to species that normally have decayresistant heart wood. The level of durability in rapid and slow growth may not be sig
1 "Earlywood" and "latewood" have replaced the more misleading terms of "spring wood" and "summerwood."
The drawings in the chart help clarify these terms. Diffuseporous hardwoods, unlike ringporous woods, have pores of one size throughout the growth ring. Abrupt transition softwoods display distinct alternating bands of dense and less dense wood, while gradualtransition softwoods have a more uniform density (similar to diffuse porous hardwoods). July/August 1991
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nificantly different for some species, and may be offset by such factors as the type of soil the tree grew on. Wood users, boatbuilders in cluded, often go to extreme lengths
to obtain wood of a particular species—and they pay a premium price to get it. Yet that effort and expense may, at least in part, be negated by accepting poorquality wood that comes from trees that
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grew too slowly or too rapidly. For example, most boatbuilders, includ ing myself, would not readily sub stitute spruce or balsam fir for oak
or Southern yellow pine. Yet much of the rapidgrowth Southern pine available today, or the occasional slowgrowth Southern red oak, are only marginally b e t t e r — a n d in some cases worse—than these sub stitutes. When we plant a certain
species, we can predict the botani cal characteristics of the mature tree that will grow from that seed, but we can't predict the quality of the wood that will be produced. With a hand lens and the table in this article, you can determine whether the wood you get is of the quality you paid for. Richard Jagels is professor of forest biology at the University of Maine, Orono.
Caledonia Yawl and Hitia Superb beach cruisers
Caledonia can be rigged with either a balanced lug (left) or a highpeaked, gaffheaded main sail (above).
Designs by Iain Oughtred, and James Wharram with Hanneke Boon Commentary by Mike O'Brien long time ago, I cruised the Chesapeake in a 15' peapod. A typical summer's day would unfold in no particular hurry: Up at first light (more or less) after having slept on the beach; take a short and slow walk along the waterfront, drag the strand ed boat down to the water, stow the meager camping gear, and row off
into the morning calm. Breakfast
the first sign of the afternoon sea
about a mile offshore, safe from at
breeze (sometime between 12:30 and
least some of the biting insects; row on until the climbing sun makes the effort uncomfortable (usually about 10:00 a.m.); go ashore and find a proper shade tree under which to doze until lunch (the insects have dis appeared in the heat of a dry day). At
1:30), set up the unstayed lug rig and sail to wherever. In the evening, when the thermal fades, strike the rig, and pull the last mile or so to a secluded cove. Such are the simple delights of beach cruising. Because several types of boats are
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suitable for this pleasant mode of travel, perhaps a functional defini tion of the breed will serve best. A competent beach cruiser should be simply rigged; capable of carrying large loads; light enough to be dragged over bar and beach by its crew; safe in moderate surf; able to sail, not just float, in shallow water; able to work its way up small creeks under sail, oar, or paddle; comfort able to sleep aboard; sufficiently rugged to withstand frequent and terrible abuse. A beach cruiser need not be flat bottomed, or carry only a single mast, or have only one hull. The two designs shown here demonstrate supremely different approaches to the same end. Starting with similar piles of plywood, Dacron, epoxy, and the like, you can build Iain Oughtred's 19'6" Caledonia Yawl or James Wharram's Hitia 17 catamaran. Either will be faster un der sail and will carry more gear than my peapod (though we can be cer tain that the old pod will be easier to row and less of a challenge to horse around the beach). ughtred, known for applying an artist's touch to his light lap strake creations, admits to being under the influence of Shetland ness yoles and sixerns while drawing this handsome doubleender. And those highly regarded workboats can trace their pedigree to older Norwegian
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small craft—a strong heritage. The Caledonia has relatively high ends and shows considerable reserve buoy ancy above the waterline throughout her length. Her hull lines resemble those of many surfboats that have evolved to meet the rigors of working off exposed beaches on different con tinents. (Similarities between the
world's beach boats often are more striking than regional idiosyncrasies.)
This yawl has wellbalanced ends. Oughtred gave her a run that is finer and shows more deadrise than might be ideal for extremely high speed under sail. The resulting gains in helm balance and civilized behavior in waves make the compromise profitable. Caledonia's builders can rig their boats with either balanced lug or
highpeaked gaffheaded mainsails. The balanced lug has the advantage of being selfvanging, and it sets on an unstayed mast. Less time will be required to raise and strike the lug rig—good news, as beach cruising often involves repeating the exercise four or five times every day.
Control and balance provided by the tiny (33sq ft) lego'mutton mizzen probably pay for its cost—and for the complication it introduces into the steering equation. The miz zen will almost always be the first sail set. It will keep the yawl squarely into the wind while you fuss about stow ing the lunch and setting the main
sail. To assure positive tacking, simply back the mizzen to the inside of the turn as you come about (this boat
shouldn't need help often). When you're ready to eat lunch, strap the mizzen in hard, and drop the main (lugsails come down as fast as lead balloons). In this configuration,
Caledonia will sit quietly during most summer weather. At the end of the day, if you're of a mind to show off, the mizzen can be used to back the boat down under sail into a slip. Just be sure to remember the boomkin, and keep the mainsheet free to run; if it fouls, you'll be courting disaster of frontpage proportions.
The steering difficulty caused by the faraft location of the mizzen is obvious—the tiller wants to cut clean through the mast. Oughtred could have solved the problem by specifying a fancy curved tiller, or by drawing an inboard rudder with its post forward of the mast, or by using a yoke and lines. He chose the simplest solution: a push/pull tiller. A short tiller arm (half a yoke, if you will) attaches to the rudderhead perpendicular to the centerline. A long, light tiller is hinged to the shorter stick and run forward. As drawn here, pulling the tiller forward will turn the boat to starboard. Some practice in open water will suffice to get the technique under control. On your first day with the boat, you might want to row out of the harbor.
Builders can choose a simple, open interior (lop), a model with builtin furniture (bottom), or they can combine both arrangements.
For serious shallowwater sailing, Oughtred chose a pivoting center board in preference to a daggerboard. This arrangement requires a longer trunk, but the boat has room to spare. A rowing thwart supports the trunk solidly. The kickup rudder (shown as an option) would add to Caledonia's shoalwater ability, but you might want to alter the design to provide for
more bearing surface between the blade and cheeks when the blade is in its raised position. Sooner or later,
Caledonia's lapstrake construction makes good use of plywood and epoxy. The hull is built in an inverted position, and the backbone and building jig are fairly conventional. Four wide strakes for each side are spiled, hung over temporary molds, and beveled. Drywall screws can act as clamps until the epoxy sets. Solid timber shouldn't be used for plank ing this boat (even if you're fortunate enough to find boards of appropriate width). Lack of crossgrain strength makes it prone to splitting—especial
someone will use the kickedup rud
ly along the laps. Solid planking
der to scull the boat off a mud bank, and....
works fine for similar designs, but here there are subtle differences in
shape and considerable differences in framing. Find the best mahogany marine plywood you can, and go to it. Oughtred's yawl is well worth the expense. The plans specify 3/8" planking for Caledonia's sides and bottom. Her frameless hull will be strong and stiff, but it's well to remember that ply wood's outer surface—no matter how thick the sheet—consists of one ex tremely thin layer of veneer. You might consider adding hardwood beaching strips, one on each side, at
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Hitia 17 combines simple construction and ample lounging space. She can be sailed from her decks or, kayak style, from her holds.
Hitia 17 Particulars LOA 17'0" Beam (overall) 10'11" Draft Sail area
Weight (approx.)
160 sq ft
295 lbs
do—just enough to catch the fullness of her hull as she lies on the beach. As for accommodations, Ough tred shows a version with consider able builtin closed space (similar to a Drascombe Lugger's interior) and a more open model. The open boat will be simpler and lighter—and for beach cruisers, light is good. Builders can choose various combinations of the two layouts. In all cases, the decks are kept below the rails. This arrange ment gives better access to the yawl's
easily built, less expensive, more rugged, roomier, and more able. Wharram, by his count, has sold more plans for cruising catamarans than anyone else. And Hitia—conceived by the British designer and his Dutch partner Hanneke Boon—is, in effect, a small cruising catamaran. As one of his peers said upon returning from the South Pacific, "Wharram's cats are out there doing it." The plans get bought, and the boats get built. Hitia goes together stitchandglue
ends, and it permits secure ondeck
fashion. Her hulls are simple and ele gant; that's fortunate, as you'll have to
stowage of light gear. Also, the sunk en decks allow our eyes to follow the full, unbroken sweep of the sheer from stem to stern. I can't look at this boat without wanting to push her into the surf and take off.
build two of them. In fact, I suspect that building times for Caledonia and
Hitia will prove nearly the same—say, about 250 hours for either. Wrapping precut plywood panels
ames Wharram's Hitia 17 is, most
around four bulkheads forms each of Hitia's hulls. The resulting forward
likely, slower and heavier than many other beach catamarans. It is
and after compartments serve for light stowage and can be reached
also, most certainly: simpler, more
through circular inspection ports of
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the type found on sea kayaks. Large rectangular hatches service the 'mid ship holds. In addition to carrying heavy camping gear, these 5'8"long, selfbailing compartments can be fitted with spray skirts and used as cockpits. Sailing the boat from one of the holds in a fresh breeze must be somewhat akin to paddling a kayak through a chop at 15 knots. A tent, pitched on the 5'8" x 6'5" trampoline between Hitia's hulls, will provide positively sybaritic accommodations at anchor or on the beach. Everything on Hitia speaks of appropriate technology. The hulls are lashed to the crossbeams—a sim ple, traditional solution that allows for the overall structural flexibility deemed necessary by Wharram. A plain, round, wooden stick carries the sprit rig. Aerodynamic efficiency probably will be increased by the
mainsail's luff pocket. In any case, the pocket provides an inexpensive
means of securing the sail to the mast. This catamaran's 7'9"wide sheeting base allows Wharram the pleasure of going boomless without having the sail completely fold up on itself when reaching and running. Critics note Hitia's lack of a center board. In fact, her hulls and rudders provide sufficient lateral plane for cruising. And the beardless simplicity will be welcome in the breakers (she'll be able to slide off broadside to the waves) and on the beach (no slot to fill with gravel). If you want to race to windward, build a different boat. I doubt we'll hear any com plaints about Hitia's reaching speed. Hitia and Caledonia invite com parison. The monohull seems to have the advantage of more casual porta bility. It need not come apart for trai lering. But the multihull does break down into smaller pieces, and we're told that cartopping is not out of the question. Hitia has more speed pot ential under sail when reaching in a breeze of wind, but Caledonia might
even the score in light air and to windward. Also, the yawl seems better suited to manual propulsion (less wet ted surface for a given displacement, and a good rowing position). The catamaran is less likely to capsize, but she'll be more difficult to right if she does go over. Neither boat will sink. The drastic differences that sug gest comparison tend to render argu ment pointless. Builders will build what they want—a happy choice in either case. Mike O'Brien, WoodenBoat's Senior Editor, used to get paid for rowing boats through the Jersey Shore surf.
Plans for the Caledonia Yawl can be obtained from WoodenBoat for $135. Iain Oughtred can be reached at Dalhousie Mains, Esbank,
Edinburgh EH22 3LZ, Scotland. In this country, plans for the Hitia 17 ($215), and other Wharram designs, are available from Tom Miliano, Box 35177, Sarasota, FL 34242. James Wharram can be reached at Greenbank Rd., Devman, Truro, TR3 6PJ, U.K. Hitia's rope rudder hardware (right): simple, effective, and inexpensive.
Hitia goes together stitch andglue fashion.
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Edited by Mike O'Brien aunchings, a regular column, is dedicated to spreading the news of recently launched wooden boats. We want to share with our readers the latest creations of talented amateurs and professionals. Please help by sending us color photographs of what you have built and telling us about four new boat—regardless of size, type, or intended use. Include the follow ing basic information: (1) Length on deck; (2) Beam; (3) Type, class, or rig; (4) Boat's name; (5) Designer's name; (6) Name, address, and phone number of builder; (7) Name and address of owner; (8) Port or place of intended use; (9) Date of launching (should be within the past year). Send your news and best photos (slides preferred) of wooden boat launchings to Mike O'Brien, Senior Editor, WoodenBoat, P.O. Box 78, Brooklin, ME 04616.
The 18' Troyclass boats race only in Fowey PILLIPIPA, a 35' Red Sea Sambuk, carries divers, fishermen, and
picnickers in and around Kenya's Kisiti Marine National Park. Designed by Bruce Trzebinski and built by Jumbe Omari, the dhow is planked with ¾" teak fastened to mangrove frames with handmade copper nails. She is owned and operated by Shimoni AquaVentures Ltd., P.O. Box 4, Shimoni, Via Msambweni, Mombasa, Kenya.
Harbour, Cornwall, England. The Troy was designed in 1929, and 19 of the class were built at J. Turpin's yard. After Mr. Turpin retired in 1969, his establishment succumbed to redevelopment. The Troy Owner's Association addressed this predicament by purchasing all molds and patterns for the boats. These now are available for rent to local shops. Maurice Hunkin took advantage of the offer and built BRILLIANT, Troy #21,
for Ed Dubois and Terry Vernon. Class infor mation can be had from Marcus Lewis, Jasmine Cottage, 51 Lostwithiel St., Fowey, Cornwall, England.
In Ballina, New South Wales, Australia, Margaret Leedow and Tony Rolfe are just now completing their 31' Lyle Hessdesigned cutter. All the wood used in ISLAND BESS grew in Australia: Huon pine for planking; spotted gum for the backbone; white beech for the deck; blackwood and silver ash for the interior; brush box, crows ash, rose mahogany, flooded gum, tallow wood, red cedar, hoop pine, King Billy pine, blue fig, and kwila where appropriate—a colorful list, to say the least. Plans can be ordered from Lyle Hess, 1907 W. Wood crest Ave., Fullerton, CA 92633.
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Starting with the woodandcanvas hull of his 11' Skimmer open canoe, Rollin Thurlow came up with this nifty decked version. The
50lb solo boat (32 lbs if undecked) carries a beam of 29" and can be propelled by a single or doublebladed paddle. Northwoods Canoe Shop, RFD #3, Box 1182A, DoverFoxcroft, ME 04426.
Chris Berg, of Santa Fe, Texas, made a fine job of building Bob Steward's ubiquitous 11'6" Susan Skiff (WB No. 87). He won't tell us where he obtained the free teak for the thwarts and frames. Plans
can be ordered from Robert M. Steward, 4335 Lucera Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32244.
Mike Alien designed and built this 33' Banca motorsailer. Constant Camber panels made of lightweight kalantas and epoxy form CREAK ER's main hull. The boat will be used for daysailing, and—with the hinged hatch cover popped up—she'll serve for short cruising. Her owner reports that the flexible trimaran makes more than 10 knots when pushed by a 15hp engine. Boatshop Philippines, Compostela, Cebu 6003, Philippines.
Collin Reid designed and built this 16' outboard cruiser for harbor
and mooring patrol on New Zealand's Keri Keri and Waipapa rivers. A motorwell allows for running in shoal water, and the double planked kauri plywood hull is sheathed with 'glass and epoxy for protection should the water get too shoal. Collin Reid, 38 Riverview Rd., Keri Keri, Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand.
This 12' Abaco sailing dinghy was built for George and Cat Ludeke by Winer Malone, Hopetown, Abaco, Bahamas. The bronze fastened hull is planked with cypress over
Having observed that young children are often "bored silly when stuck in the middle of a large canoe paddled by Mom and Dad," Adrian Humphries set about scaling down a 17' Dave Kruger racing canoe for his daughter. The 11'6" result was stripbuilt with white cedar and covered with 5.5oz fiberglass cloth set in epoxy. Seven yearold Selena Humphries takes great pleasure from her canoe. Adrian reports that she needn't worry about his borrowing the little boat as, due to his high center of gravity, inversion would be proba ble. The builder can be reached at P.O. Box 202, Orono, ME 04473.
naturally grown frames. As Winer has no electricity in his shop, ABACO MISTRESS represents three months of hand work.
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Bruce Kirby's Norwalk Island Sharpies are earning a reputation as fast cruisers. Judging by this photo, CHARLIE FISHER, a 23footer,
will enhance that image. Built by Robert Ayliffe of Duck Flat Wooden Boats, 27 Hack St., Mount Barker, South Australia 5251, the boat is fitted with custom spars and full NACA section appendages. Plans are available from Norwalk Island Sharpies, 213 Rowayton
Ave., Rowayton, CT 06853. Duck Flat sells the plans in Australia.
Kwato Boats might not have any power tools, but they seem to have had considerable help available for the launching of their handbuilt
35' M.V. METU. The builders, located on a small island in the Coral Sea, can be reached at P.O. Box 75, Samarai, Milne Bay Province, Papua, New Guinea.
Bernard Huddlestun has been working around boats for some 20
years, and he's used all of his experience in creating this 19'10" cat boat. PANDORA is strip planked using red cedar overlaid with two diagonal layers of veneer and 4oz 'glass cloth. The designer/builder
resides at 14041 Triadelphia Rd., Glenelg, MD 21737.
Designed and built under the direction of Bob Core for t he
Maritime Heritage Alliance of Northern Lake Michigan, the 92 ' (sparred length) schooner MADELINE will serve as a school ship. During one cold winter more than a century ago, the original MADE LINE also provided a platform to further education: While the schooner was locked in the ice at Bowers Harbor, her crew hired a local man to come aboard and teach them how to read and write. The Alliance can be reached at P.O. Box 1108, Traverse City, MI 49685.
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Jack Gray, 21 River Lane, Lake Charles, LA 70605, modified Phil Bolger's plans for the 15' Diablo. He added a center console, a full transom for the bracketmounted motor, and a cockpit sole (with foam flotation below). The basic stitchandglue hull structure remained unchanged. Dynamite Payson sells plans for the original Diablo at Pleasant Beach Rd., South Thomaston, ME 04858.
More Launchings Listed by boat type, designer, and builder 7'1" skiff: J.F. Mauck, Woodbridge, New Jersey. 7'6"pram: Tom Feinthel; David McDonald, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. 7'7" Nutshell Pram: Joel White; Gerald Tuwiner, Upper Marlboro, Maryland. 7'9"pram: modified from a Philip C. Bolger design; the Coffey family, Lewes, Delaware. 7'10"Acorn tender: Iain Oughtred; Rob Miller, Costa Mesa, California. 8' dinghy: Geoffrey Prout; Terry Day, London, England. 8' dinghy: Red Davis; Bruce Uphaus, San Francisco, California. 8' hydroplane: GlenL Marine; Rick Robbins, Hanson, Massachusetts. 9' tender: George F. Lawley & Sons; Pete Hurd, 4023 188th St., N.W., Stanwood, WA 98292. 9'6" Nutshell pram: Joel White; D.C. Huntingford, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. 10' skiff: John Atkin; Dennis A. Fischer, Shadow Hills, California. 11'3" Susan skiff: Robert M. Steward; fames Buch, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. 11'6" doublepaddle canoe: Tom Hill; Pierre Lavoie, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 11'8" Cartopper: Philip C. Bolger; C. Scott Walton, Santa Ana, California. 12' Teal skiff: Philip C. Bolger; Dennis Stephens, Fairbanks, Alaska. 12' semidory: John Gardner; Anthony J. Mione, Largo, Florida. 12'3" catboat: Philip C. Bolger; Guy J. Gregory, Olympia, Washington. 14' Adirondack Guideboat: James Cameron, Boathouse Woodworks, Upper Saint Regis, Clear Lake, NY 12945. 15' Tursiops Kayak: Michael B. Alford; Al Bratton, Woodstrip Watercraft Co., P.O. Box 1140, Lansdale, PA 19446. 15' skiff: Mark Bayne, Sawdust Boatworks, 623 Adluh St., Mount Pleasant, SC 29464, for Bill and Laura Jones. 15' Whitehall: George Kniess/R. H. Baker; Douglas Brooks and Don Minnerly, 2806 College Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705. 15'3" doublepaddle canoe: John D. Teitscheid, Star Rte. 2, Box 175, Crescent City, FL 32112. 15'6" Light Dory: Philip C. Bolger; Ian Darling, 871 20th St., West Vancouver, BC, V7V 3Y9, Canada, for Joe Hartley. 15'7" Whisp: Stephen Redmond; Julian Dobran, Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. 16' kayak: George Dyson; David Nutt, Jr., Lancaster, California. 16'6" launch: Richard L. Priebe, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 17'6" modified MacGregor canoe: Iain Oughtred; Robert I. Moore, Greenville, South Carolina. 18' dory: Tracy O'Brien, Jamie and John Swam, Manchester, Maryland. 20'9" Zephyr sailing skiff: Philip C. Bolger; Wayne Louden, Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada.
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ust what the doctor ordered for alleviation of that everyday stress caused by acute nautical deprivation. The Mariner's Book of Days is a collection of fascinating fact and folklore, combined with anecdotes and items harvested from the rich traditions of the sea, including such subjects as the mysteries of the tides, the words to a traditional halyard chantey, and emergency lifeboat navigation for the complete novice. This is the desk calendar to remind you not only of your own upcoming events, but also occasions of past nautical note, such as launchings, sinkings, passages, and arrivals of remarkable voyagers from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Chichester.
The Mariner's Book of Days is an annual creation designed to serve as both a desk calendar and encyclopedia of rare and unusual maritime information for boat, home, and office. Each volume will inspire a place on your bookshelf when its purpose as a daybook passes at year's end, and each succeeding volume will be equally unique and informative. 112 pgs., 200 illus., spiralbound #325098 Ship Wt. 1 lb $12.95 or 2 for $22.00!
Ultralight Boatbuilding Reviewed by Douglas Brooks Ultralight Boatbuilding, with Thomas J. Hill. Produced by the Brookfeeld Craft Center, Inc., Brookfield, CT. 90 min., $49.95. Distributed by International Marine Publishing
Co., P.O. Box 220, Camden, ME 04843, and also available from the WoodenBoat Store. f your experience with instructional videos is limited to standing at the tool store watching a screen as someone dryly demonstrates the latest in dovetail jigs, you are in for a pleasant surprise with the new video Ultralight Boatbuilding. First of all, this video is extremely well pro duced. It features some wonderful camerawork, excellent graphics (more about those later), and a relaxed, friendly narrator in Tom Hill, author of the popular book of the same title. But even though it might be fun to discuss cinematography, character development, and genre as boatbuilding shoulders its way in between MTV and CNN, the real question raised by this video is: Can we honestly expect to learn how to build a boat in the course of two hours?
The answer is Yes, within limits. There was a market for howto books aimed at the amateur boatbuilder long before Sam Rabl's Boatbuilding in Your Own Backyardwas
first time, and he is
forced to wrestle his inwale into place. Hill identifies some common difficulties, and he takes a great deal of time with details like these,
published, and it is just one more sign of the times that
carefully explaining the process step by step. Likewise, Hill begins his discussion of tool sharpening
such material is now available on videotape.
by saying, "Perhaps you're working with dull tools right
Hill seems aware that his audience consists primarily
now." He goes on to talk about hollowgrinding a bevel
of people who have never built a boat and perhaps have
and demonstrates honing a blade on a waterstone. He talks a bit about spokeshaves and why they are useful, and shows how a rasp can be handy in shaping an area where
never worked with wood. He makes some nice overtures to beginners when he covers the fitting of the breasthook and inwales, for instance. The breasthook fails to fit the
the grain changes.
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But the limits of this are manifest. First of all, this is less a video about boatbuilding in general than it is about
during the planking section), safety information is almost nonexistent, limited to a "safety symbol" that appears
building this particular doublepaddle canoe. Hill does lit tle more than define lofting and makes several references
on the screen when a potentially dangerous operation is
to fullsized paper patterns for the boat's molds and stems. I assume that these patterns can be purchased from Hill. But be warned that this is a very simple boat: there are no rabbets to cut in the stems, no hollow or reverse curve in the planking, and no thwarts or knees to fit. In short, ultra light boatbuilding as described in this video will not trans
late readily to every small boat design. Aside from limits in method and design, there is the time limit, as well. In order to show the entire construc tion process in two hours, Hill is forced to compromise on attendant subjects that would be of use to the beginner. He pauses for a safety talk early on, explaining to the view er that boatbuilding is inherently dangerous, but except for a good discussion on how to handle epoxy (repeated
demonstrated. The problem is that for a person unfamil iar with large power tools, the symbol tells him that some thing dangerous could happen, but doesn't tell him why or how. The worst example of this is when Hill approaches the bandsaw, describing it as a dangerous machine and admonishing us to "make sure you come up with all ten"
after using it. The viewer would be much better served if Hill had instead taken this time to explain some pertinent fact about bandsaw safety. But it is not hard to see what Hill is up against here One could easily devote a twohour video to just safety, tool sharpening, tool use, etc. Like any shortterm class,
compromises abound. This isn't Chapelle's Boatbuilding, but then again, if you are looking for a quick bite, this may be a lot more palatable.
Laurent Giles and His Yacht Designs Reviewed by Roger C. Taylor Laurent Giles and His Yacht Designs, by Adrian Lee and Ruby Philpott. Published in the U.K. by A & C Black, Ltd., 35 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4JH, and in the U.S. by International Marine Publishing Co., Camden, ME 04843. 208 pg., $29.95. Also available from the WoodenBoat Store. his book continues International Marine's series on yacht designers and their work, begun in 1973 with the publication of Sensible Cruising Designs by L. Francis Herreshoff. It's the American edition of a British book published by Nautical Books, successor to the firm of that name started by Erroll Bruce, Richard Creagh Osborne, and Peter Johnson, with Adlard Coles as men tor. These sailors all knew Laurent Giles. Adrian Lee is a designer with Laurent Giles, Ltd.; Ruby Philpott is a geolo gist who explores the North Sea for oil and is a "keen sailor, encouraged to learn by her fellow author." Jack Laurent Giles, who went by "Laurent Giles" profes sionally and was called "Jack" by his friends, was born in 1901. He sailed as a boy, was educated in engineering and naval architecture at Cambridge and Durham Universities, and apprenticed at Vickers Armstrong, helping design merchant ships. And he designed yachts on the side, suc cessfully enough to win at least one amateur competition. At a local boat show in 1924, he came across a lovely little boat called BLACK RAVEN and couldn't get enough
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of looking at her. She had been designed and built by Morgan Giles (no relation), and she inspired Laurent Giles to decide on a career as a yacht designer. He j oined Camper & Nicholson and learned under one of the great ones, Charles E. Nicholson. In 1927, Giles set up Laurent Giles and Partners, the part ners being George Gill and Humphrey Barton. The com pany started in Lymington, a little way up the Lymington River on the mainland side of the Solent. The original
What's really compelling about Ultralight Boatbuilding is its video format and Hill's use of it. As mentioned before, Hill employs graphics to explain in pictures the discrete steps of boatbuilding from mold setup, to installing the backbone and ribbands, to hanging the garboards and planking. The screen continues to come back to
curve, but rather than bogging down in a definition, we watch as the soundtrack falls silent and the camera pans slowly around the bow. Here is the boat's shape first defined, every ribband in place, each arching around the molds in its own smooth trajectory. It is a great shot. Soundlessly, it invites the viewer to do exactly what Hill has
these images—like chapter headings—throughout the building. This is an excellent teaching tool, particular
been telling him to do—take a good, long look.
ly for people who have trouble conceptualizing the process. Video does a good job here because some things just have to be demonstrated to be understood. Hill's descrip tion of the Stanley 87 rabbet plane would be confusing (try closing your eyes while he explains the attachment that allows one to bevel the laps) if it were not for a nice closeup shot of him beveling a plank with it. The same is true for Hill's discussion of lining off. He does his best to describe how to sight along a batten and look for a fair
phone number was 6. In 1929, the address in Lymington became 4 Quay Hill; the firm stayed behind the attractive bow window above the brick sidewalk for 55 years before moving to the larger, present quarters in the Old Lymington Town railway station. The company was disbanded temporarily during World War II, while Giles joined such stalwarts as Blondie Hasler and John Illingworth in the Special Boat Squad ron, among whose projects were a oneman, parachute droppable, aluminum submarine and a "French tunny boat" with a false bottom for hiding infiltrators. Laurent Giles died in 1969. Gill and Barton had been succeeded by younger partners who reorganized the firm and carried on as Laurent Giles and Partners, Ltd. There was a further reorganization in 1982, and the present name is Laurent Giles, Ltd. Also in 1982, the firm's collec tion of plans was deposited at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. he book makes clear that Laurent Giles was an out standing yacht designer. He was, first and foremost, an engineer. He treated the owner's requirements for each new design as an engineering problem, to be solved using a combination of proven practice and new con cepts. The latter he tested, whenever possible, before inflicting them on the owner. His two great quests as a yacht designer, in both of which he succeeded admirably, were to reduce displacement/length ratio and to perfect the motorsailer.
Giles was also concerned with the aesthetic side of yacht design and developed his own distinctive style. His
Like the final shot, showing Hill paddling the complet ed canoe in a beautiful New England setting, these scenes have an air of drama to them. And why not? Boatbuilding has long seemed impenetrable and and intimidating.
Here, the message Hill delivered at the outset is repeated in images: Get excited about building this boat, and don't forget to have fun. For many, this could be the most prac tical advice of all. Douglas Brooks is a freelance writer and boatbuilder living in the San
Francisco Bay Area. He recently finished building an 1895 Whitehall design using gluedlapslrake plywood construction.
cized in the book as JOLLY BREEZE!). He owned only one
boat in his life, a 20 'daysailer of his own design. Whenever he could, he would go out in a new boat built to his design to see how she performed and how she might be improved upon.
Giles was an innovator. He designed the first light displacement ocean racer (MYTH OF MALHAM, 1946) and the first aluminum ocean racer (GULVAIN, 1949). He designed the first motorsailer that could really sail (STAR SAPPHIRE, 1957). He believed in tanktesting (in which he was helped in the late '30s by the writer of the book's fore word, Olin Stephens) and was the first to test models of small yachts. Giles was the first English designer to use reverse sheer and the reverse transom (a dubious distinc tion, in this reviewer's opinion, but these reversals do show he was willing to try anything). In 1961, he designed a boat (DHORUS MHOR, a 49' motorsailer) with a sharply flared knuckle in the bow to give greater buoyancy for ward and achieve dryness in a head sea (and also further disguise that freeboard). In paying great attention to light and ventilation below, Giles was ahead of his time. He was the inventor of the doghouse (another dubious distinc tion?) and the first to shape cabin windows to the con tours of their houses. He was the first to use aluminum alloy for deck fittings, and first with trackandcar systems for adjustable sheeting. He was among the first to com bine a 'midship cockpit with a fullheadroom passage beneath one of its seats to connect the forward and after accommodations (DONELIA, 1958). And he came up with an idea I just love, a dippinglug mainsail on a motor sailer (GOLDEN GAIN, 1947).
designs were often marked by a bold sheer with a high,
buoyant bow and generous freeboard and superstructure, whose heights were disguised by a wellshaped, protrud ing sheerstrake and nicely proportioned deckhouses and windows. Giles was a sometime sailor. He joined the Royal Ocean
iles believed in the public side of engineering and shared his knowledge and ideas via lectures and arti cles, which provided this book's authors with invaluable material. He was working on a full account of his career at the time of his death. Giles had inherited money made in
Racing Club in 1930 and crewed in the Fastnet Race of
chocolate, which helped him spend his life designing
1931 in the great French pilot cutter JOLIE BRISE (angli
boats, so he called his autobiography "Chocolate Boats."
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The great tragedy is that the only manuscript of "Chocolate Boats" got lost. Giles's writing, as quoted in
absolutely fundamental to a study of this type. This book has a useful appendix listing the 834 designs
this book, is wonderful, filled with boat wisdom and good
the firm produced from 1927 to 1982. It gives the name
humor, so it is plain that the best possible book on Giles would have been his own. (I say this with no intention to censure Lee and Philpott.) I hope "Chocolate Boats" may surface. Here is Giles describing the evolution of a design concept on the 39' centerboard sloop WAPIPI, 1937: "About this time, the owner decided to step the mast on deck. 'In for a penny, in for a pound,' we suggested that it might as well go on the coach roof. Then and there I clearly remember partners and others having fits and advancing a num ber of very good reasons against balanc ing the thing on the roof, but onto the roof it went and on the roof it has remained up and down the coast and to DYARCHY and fro across the North Sea. As usual, Morgan Giles made a lovely job of the steel work and much of the credit is his; also, I suspect, much of the cost. But the contraption was a success and that's that. Now we are beginning to get used to it and I suppose an ever increasing number of boats will put to sea with masts bal anced on their hats. Heighho for the good old days when masts landed on the step, and garboards opened up on the wind like a concertina and all hands queued up at the pump." Another of Giles's good descriptions is a talk he gave on the designing of the little Audacity class of 21 'center board cruisers in 1959, in which he tells how her family tree included no fewer than nine of his previous designs. And I love the way he described the sailing performance of one of the 28' sloops that became the Normandy class, a modification of the Vertue: "I have sailed BLUE MINK once or twice and she seems a promising little boat; she may be fast, but that remains to be seen." The authors' own text about the designs is pleasantly succinct and usually adequate. They bring in comments on sailing or powering performance whenever possi ble, quoting sailors who have been out in the boats. They give good construction details, which are espe cially important, since Laurent Giles was often lead ing the way toward making boats strong and light. They are good at telling you the ways in which Giles met a wide array of owners' requirements. A problem I have with the book is the pauci ty of lines drawings. Of the 60 designs includ ed, for only 7 do you get to examine the shape of the hull via lines. This lack is gen erally frustrating to me and particularly so
of the boat, the type, rig, and dimensions. But no dates are given for the designs. Dates are given for the 60
when the authors write intriguingly
about hull shape. They use 90 words to describe the hull shape of the 88' pilot boat MARGHAM ABBEY, which "had to be dry, stable, and free from any tenden
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f the 60 designs, 48 are by Giles himself, and 12 are by the firm, after his death. The
authors selected them on the basis of innova tive qualities, racing success, exceptional voy ages, and/or attractive style. Good criteria, I say. It is great fun to go through the book, exploring the designs and imagining putting to sea in each boat. Here are brief comments on about a third of the 60 designs to give you an
idea of the range of Giles's work shown in the book. The designs are, quite prop erly, arranged chronologically. To emphasize Giles's achievements with different types of boats, I list my favorites chronologically within six categories: cruising boats; small, seaworthy cruisers; ocean racers; 100/100 motorsailers; power craft; and production boats. Giles designed plenty of fine, able cruising yachts. Design No. 2 (1937), ETAIN, is a lovely, fast cruiser, a 46 footer based on the EightMeter class. She was designed for Marjorie Goodson as a singlehander; soon after ETAIN's launching, the owner married Giles's partner, George Gill. Design No. 37 (1938), DYARCHY, is a wellknown gaff cutter, 38' on the waterline. She's a great boat, with many unusual features, from her small mainsail to her nice deckhouse to her comfortable armchairs in the saloon. She's still sailing out of Trieste. Design No. 54 (1946), PETER DUCK, is a 28' ketch rigged motorsailer drawing 3'6". Fortyfive boats were built to this design. The original was for Arthur Ransome, the creator of the character in the Swallows and Amazons series of books for "children" that his boat was named after. She was" 'a duck by name and a duck by nature, dry, buoyant, and with a very easy motion.' " Design No. 450 (1962), TREASURE, is John Guzzwell's 46' cutter that he has sailed all around the Pacific. His building of her is described in detail in Modern Wooden Yacht Construction, also published by International Marine. Design No. 452 (1963), ROSE RAMBLER, is Humphrey Barton's 35 'sloop in which he sailed around the Atlantic, including inland waterway work, traveling 13,146 miles and visiting 192 ports in 14 months. Design No. 726 (1972), the Giles 38, is a sort of big version of the Vertue. She's as handsome a boat, to my eye, as any in the book, showing that the Laurent Giles firm carried on well the work of Giles himself. he most fascinating type of design in the book, to me, is the series of small, seaworthy cruising boats. The
most famous of these is the Vertue class, but the Vertue had two interesting predecessors. The first—and this is my opinion, not the authors'—is Design No. 8 (1931), the
Lymington (L) class. The second is Design No. 15 (1936),
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ANDRILLOT. Although the 23' Lymington class was
designed as a daysailer and weekend cruiser, not for off shore cruising like the 25footers ANDRILLOT and Vertue, her hull has enough of the essential character of the later designs that I think Giles must have drawn on his ex perience with the Lymington class when producing ANDRILLOT and the Vertue. In any case, the Lymington class boats gained a reputation for being exceptionally able and dry for their size. ANDRILLOT was gaff rigged.
She was conceived as a miniature pilot cutter but "was far
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superior to any working boat conversion." Humphrey
Barton borrowed her and, with his wife, cruised to Cornwall, the Scillies, across the Channel to Brittany, and back, sailing 855 miles and calling at 22 ports in 23 days. He wrote: "She certainly did go." ANDRILLOT is still sail
ing in the Lymington River, now under Bermudian rig. By 1939, nine near sisters to ANDRILLOT had been built. The fifth one, EPENETA, won the Little Ship Club's
Vertue Cup (named after the club's secretary, Michael B. Vertue) for making a distinguished cruise, and in 1945 Giles decided to give the class the name Vertue. "It is per haps a little ironic that the Vertue, such a small and un assuming boat, should become the hallmark of Laurent Giles, since their main designs have been for large luxury yachts and ocean racers. This must surely, then, give trib ute to Jack Giles who focused all of his creative energies into a project which at the time must have seemed rela tively minor." The design of the Vertue was modified in the late '40s
with several Bermudian rigs and a longer and higher cabinhouse, with doghouse, to increase the headroom. More than 200 Vertues have been built around the world of wood, fiberglass, and steel. As a class, the boats have amassed a prodigious record of ocean passagemaking, including at least three circumnavigations. The book has a world map of Vertue voyages with tracks crisscrossing every ocean. After a stormy crossing of the North Atlantic in VERTUE XXXV, Humphrey Barton wrote: "I honestly
believe that she is the best designed, built, and equipped small oceangoing cruising yacht that has been produced. Her ability to stand up to bad weather, her remarkably high performance under sail [averaging 3.38 knots across the Atlantic, 23 days of it to windward], and the comfort of her accommodation are outstanding." Unfortunately, the lines drawing of the Vertue includes no sections. Design No. 18 (1936), WANDERER II, is a near sister of ANDRILLOT and the second of Eric and Susan Hiscock's WANDERERS. They sailed her to Spain and the Azores; a
later owner sailed her to Tahiti and Seattle. Design No. 164 (1951), WANDERER III, is a 30' version of the type that the Hiscocks kept for 17 years and sailed 110,000 miles (see page 74). Design No. 231 (1954), TREKKA, is John Guzzwell's 21' finkeeled yawl, displacing only a little more than 3,000
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cessful earlier ocean racer designed for John Illingworth. She was tested in both tank and wind tunnel and had
isappointed with the fickleness of the rating rule changes and the changing atmosphere that was
a low rating under the Royal Ocean Racing Club rule, a
beginning to prevail in ocean racing, Giles turned his
choppedoff counter, and an adjustable backstay for bending the mast while sailing. In 1973, she was lost at sea
attention more and more to developing a sailing hull with
in the Pacific. Design No. 64 (1947), MYTH OF MALHAM, also for
ideal cruising boat.... His aim was to produce a 100/100
a powerful auxiliary engine in an attempt to produce the motorsailer."
Illingworth, was the first true lightdisplacement ocean racer. Her displacement/length ratio of 202 (about 17,000 lbs on a waterline length of 33'6") would not make her very light by today's standards, but she was
Design No. 258 (1957), STAR SAPPHIRE, is a 74' motorsailer, the first 100/100 boat. She has a hull like an ocean racer, only slightly less sail area than an ocean racer, two 150hp Mercedes diesels, and a big, comfortable deck saloon that is so well proportioned, it doesn't look ugly. The book doesn't give her speed under power or comment on her sailing ability, but clearly she was fast whether motoring or sailing.
certainly considered light in 1947. For her displace
ment, she was apparently the fastest and most able boat of her time. She won many races, including the 1947 and 1949 Fastnets. "By the standards of her day she was considered ugly by the yachting establishment [straight sheer, straight, short ends (no lines given)], yet she was brilliantly conceived and ruthlessly efficient, sweeping all before her and changing the face of modern ocean racing." In 1972, off Brittany, she was lost at sea. Design No. 81 (1947), the Royal Naval Sailing Association 24 class, had 15 boats, the best known being the SAMUEL PEPYS, which won the 1952 Transatlantic Race.
Design No. 430 (1960), BLUE LEOPARD,
is the magnificent culmination of the 100/100 motorsailer. She is 112' long on deck, 75' on the waterline, with a beam of 19' and a draft of 9'6". She displaces less than 50 tons and has a modest 3,500 sq ft
of sail. It is interesting to compare these dimensions with those of a bigclass racer—say, ASTRA, designed by Charles E. Nicholson. ASTRA and BLUE LEOP ARD have the same waterline length. BLUE LEOPARD is only 3' shorter than ASTRA on deck, despite the former's
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Many sailors thought the RNSA 24 too small for ocean rac ing at less than 10,000 lbs displacement with a 24' water line, but in their first Fastnet gale, three of them con tinued doublereefed, while larger competitors hove to. Design No. 104 (1949), GULVAIN, was the first alu minum ocean racer. She has reverse sheer and transom (no lines, not even an underwater profile shown), a lovely
somewhat choppedoff stern. She is 1'2" narrower than the ASTRA and has 4'2" less draft. BLUE LEOPARD's dis placement is nearly 100 tons less; she has a mere 34% of ASTRA's displacement. Her sail area is 47% of ASTRA's. BLUE LEOPARD is so efficient that her sailing perfor
chartroom amidships, rod rigging, and internal halyards.
mance is not unlike that of a bigclass racer. She breaks the
She won a lot of races. Design No. 130 (1950), SOPRANINO, was Patrick Ellam's midget ocean racer. At 17'6" on the waterline, she dis placed an incredible 800 lbs! She had a finandbulb keel and a sepa rated rudder on a skeg (no lines or
barrier of Speed = 1.5 LWL under both sail and power,
meaning she can go faster than 13 knots in either mode. "BLUE LEOPARD was capable of
sailing at 15 knots off the wind and 11 knots when going to windward
in a Force 5. Under motor her two 380hp Rolls Royce engines were
underwater profile). She needed
powerful enough to drive her at a
her crew of two for ballast, and she had a trapeze to get one of them well out to windward. In 1952, Ellam and Colin Mudie sailed her
comfortable 15 knots." Yachting
from England to New York on the
World's comment: "She is without question the most successful combi nation of fully rigged sailing yacht, fast motoryacht, and comfortable
tradewinds route. The Barchetta class, with more than 40 boats, was a development of the Sopranino design. It was an open version of
home afloat ever produced." "Had Laurent Giles never designed an ocean racer, he would still have become wellknown for
one of these that was Laurent Giles's only boat. Design No. 367 (1961), STORMVOGEL, was a 75' ocean racer for which Giles worked out the laminatedwood con struction. Van de Stadt designed the hull; Illingworth, the rig. She displaced just over 31 tons on a waterline length of nearly 60'. On her first passage , from Capetown, where she was built, to England, she averaged 7.6 knots despite predominantly light weather. (Fun fact: The Nugget sugar people put nice little drawings on their tiny restaurant envelopes, labeled "Schooner," "Full rigged ship," and so forth. Their "Ocean racer" is clearly STORMVOGEL.)
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esign No. 10 (1933), TAMAHINE, was to achieve as high a speed as possible on a waterline length of 60' without going to light displacement. She was built of steel. Her hull was tanktested, and she made 12 knots with 240 hp. "The lines plan [not shown] shows the fine lines and surprisingly well V'd aft body sections." Design No. 62 (1948), WOODPECKER, is an elegant 70' power yacht. She has a high, flaring bow, a very finelined hull with good deadrise and rounded bilges, and a nicely rounded transom stern (lines shown). She has two 100hp
diesels; her speed is not given but is perhaps 12 knots, for she is 5' longer than TAMAHINE, with the same displace ment and 83% of TAMAHINE's power. Design No. 431 (1962), DIADEM OF DEWLISH, was the tender for an AMERICA'S Cup contender, the 12Meter SOVEREIGN. She had to be able to cross the Atlantic; she had to be fast and maneuverable enough to provide a
good platform for watching 12Meters race; she had to house comfortably 10 people in the owner's party; and she had to have a big sailstowage room. Giles turned out a most handsome and able 96footer to meet these require ments. o a designer, the creation of a massproduction boat is quite a difficult problem since he must produce a boat with instant appeal for a wide range of people who have different reasons for buying a boat." The Laurent Giles firm created 35 designs that were produced in quantity by a number of builders, primarily Westerly and Moody. Design No. 576 (1968), the Westerly Centaur, is a 26', twinbilgekeeled sloop drawing 3', a fourberth cruiser. Laurent Giles didn't live to witness the popularity of this design; 2,500 of them have been built over the years. The book closes with a handful of interesting designs representing the work of the present firm since 1982. There's a a 69 'sailtraining ketch; the structural design for a 12Meter AMERICA'S Cup boat; 25' and 43' ultralight racers; a 190' streamlined skyscraper rigged as a stay sail schooner; a covered ship's lifeboat; an 80', 18knot motoryacht.
Despite its lack of lines drawings, this is a worthwhile book. It presents a good selection of the designs of Laurent Giles and shows what a great naval architect he was. I really enjoyed reading it and looking at the plans. It goes on the shelf with the books on Herreshoff, Alden, Rhodes, et al., for future reference and boat dreaming. Roger Taylor used to publish books about boats at International
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The newest project at STERLING YACHTS is the restoration of a 1911 40' CanoeStern Launch named FAWAN and it is an excellent example of the work Sterling has grown to produce. After acquiring the vessel through Sterling Yacht Sales last fall, the present owner together with the management associ ates at Sterling, began the preliminary stages of restoring FAWAN. A struc tural, cosmetic, and mechanical refit
was begun in January. Research into the history of the vessel to determine her original configuration, her probable design source and likely construction was initiated. A team of experienced craftsmen was selected to apply their specific talents in each phase of the restoration process f r o m the initial assessment of the vessel through to her f i n a l launching. Now, a f t e r several months of work, an entire transforma tion of this oneofakind yacht has been accomplished. FAWAN has new floor timbers, new cabin house cornerposts, new covering boards, new coamings, a new fore and aftdeck, new ceilings and a number of beautifully recreated inlaid mahogany panels that adorn the interior of her cabin. All the work was researched, documented, and adminis tered from beginning to end, by Sterling. The work was done on time, within the estimated cost range, and best of all, at a price that is far below the norm for the
can now make all the arrangements. Sterling Yacht Sales has also kept pace with the growing demands of its clients. Sterling is now a member of the BUC I n t e r n a t i o n a l Yacht Listing Network. As such, Sterling's listings are shared with f i v e hundred brokers in 1200 cities worldwide via computer/ modem. If you arc looking for a particu lar boat and you don't see it in our list ings we can locate the boat, print out a complete specification sheet on the ves sel and fax it to you in a matter of min utes. These arc the kinds of innovations that one comes to expect from STER LING YACHTS. That's the beauty of Sterling—because it stays responsive to the ever changing needs of its clients, its value is always increasing. No matter what kind of service you need, when it comes to classic wooden yachts, you n e v e r need to look f u r t h e r t h a n STERLING YACHTS, the first fullser vice yacht management company creat ed expressly for wooden boat owners.
quality of work.
FAWAN is ideally suited f o r the lakes & canals she is now bound for. The elegance and grace of her lines have been preserved and while the f i n a l phase of
her restoration will continue over the next few years it seems likely that she will e n j o y a long and happy l i f e . Restorations of this sort arc the excep tion at Sterling, but FAWAN will proba bly not be their last because the value of Sterling is its continuous growth and the development of an ever greater ability to
serve the needs of wooden boat owners. This season, two new facets of the operation have been established. On the m a n a g e m e n t side, S t e r l i n g Yacht Charters, a charter service for those who want to experience firsthand the joy of cruising aboard a classic wooden yacht is now available. Whether you're looking for an afternoon sail on board a tradition al schooner, or a private dinner party aboard an antique motoryacht, Sterling
Detail of Spiderweb window from FAWAN
The Staff of Sterling Yachts: Bill TaylorPresident/General Manager Jim CassidyVice President/Sales Manager Janet ConaryExecutive Director Dick RobertsYacht Broker Jack BradyYacht Broker Sterling Associates —"FAWAN Project": Taylor & Snediker Woodworking Inland Yachts Wooden Boat Guild Mystic River Photo Avondale Boatworks
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Mountains. Carpentry, engine, uphol stery, hardware. We buy, sell, and trade. ERDALE, INC. Keep your classic a We also build 1424' runabouts, in classic. We are South Florida's source board/outboard. FORESTPORT BOAT for premium hardwood and plywood. CO., INC., River St., Forestport, NY 800771 TEAK or 3057634263. 13338. 3153924898. BALTIMORE'S WOODEN BOAT SPE HANDCARVED PERSONALIZED CIALIST, located in Inner Harbor. BOAT SIGNS. All heart redwood; gold Contact: Peregrine Woodworks for leafed letters. Free brochure. GLENN restoration, maintenance, consulting. CO, P.O. Box 349, Sturbridge. MA Quality workmanship guaranteed. MD, 01566. 5083473287. 3017277472.
CLASSIC YACHT CARPENTRY—Build, rebuild, repair, restore, wood or fiber glass. Fine cabinetry and joinerwork. Excellent rates. Southern Chesapeake,
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H&H BOATWORKS INC. Hauling/ storage facility, quality marine crafts manship at our location in Sebasco Estates on the eastern shore of Casco Bay. Handling sail or power to 65'. P.O. Box 218, Sebasco Estates, ME 04565.
2073891000.
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THE WOODEN BOAT WORKS rebuilds, modifications, restores, and refinishes. Cabinet/joiner work. Spray/brush painting on all types of
wood boats. 137D Booth Rd. SW, ABACO DINGHIES custom built by Winer Malone. Native woods, bronze fastened. $275/foot. Sailing rigs extra. Hopetown, Abaco, Bahamas. ANCHORS, ADMIRALTYTYPE, CAST IRON WITH ROPEBOUND OAK STOCK. 10, 16, 24lb sizes. 10lb avail able in siliconbronze/walnut. Call or w r i t e for i n f o r m a t i o n : CLASSIC WORKS, P.O. Box 1362, Aliquippa, PA 15001. 4123758114.
Marietta, GA 30060. Owner Bob Genchi.
4044253733. BANKS AND OREGON DORIES, 19' gasoline yachts, duck boats, Bruynzeel yacht tenders. CUSTOM BUILDING. Gas launch plan. $20. Free brochure
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FIBERGLASS CANOES & KAYAKS, 1320'; lake, river, whitewater, sailing (301)7985356 models available. For more information BEAUTIFUL CUSTOM WOOD skiffs, write: PEACE RIVER BOATS, P.O. Box prams, lapstrakes, and rowing boats. 1483, Puma Gorda, FL 339511483. Dinghy repair and restoration, inlays, line splicing, varnishing, woodwork Why pay $3540/hr. to have your boat ing, and model building. worked on? Bring it to Maine, where MIDMICHIGAN—THE BOAT PLACE, custom boatbuilding, restoration, repair. Kit boats. Gougeon WEST System epoxy. 2906 Hunt St., Lansing, MI 48306. 517 4823530.
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THE DORY SHOP offers 12 different sized dories from original Lunenburg patterns. Oars, two classic yacht tenders, custom building and repair of wooden boats. Ken Smith, P.O. Box 1678, Lunenburg, NS, B0J 2C0, Canada.
9026349196.
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YACHT CARPENTRY, restoration, re pair, custom woodworking. Connecticut River and v i c i n i t y . Jeff N e w t o n , 2036351069, evenings.
building supplies, hardware, lighting, and cottage furnishings. Send $3 to: TENDER CRAFT BOATSHOP, INC.. 284 Brock Ave., Toronto, ON, M6K 2M4, Canada.
WALLACE MARINE SERVICES custom construction, repair, and restoration of wooden vessels up to 100'. P.O. Box 174, Thomaston, ME 04861. 2073548898.
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UFFA FOX's CLASSIC REDWING is
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thiness—is an able racer, daysailer, and camp cruiser. Redwing features sound lapstrake construction with mahogany planking on oak frames, distinctive red sails, and wooden centerboard or iron centerplate. See us at the WoodenBoat Classic Regatta Series. WOLF BOATS, 5826 63rd Ave., Riverdale, MD 20737.
3012776068. ROB MYHRE DESIGN & BOAT RESTORATION. Wood craftsmanship. Work on location: 3210 Snelling Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55406. 6127298159.
15 years' experience in all types of wood
en boat construction and repair. I can arrange for boat transport. Contact: Jim Elk, 2072889045, ME.
The North Shore's finest alternative for wood construction and restoration. 25 x 70' waterfront shop; carpentry and mechanical; haul and store. WELLING BOAT CO., 31 Green's Point Rd., Ips wich, MA 01938. 5083561123. Wooden boat repair and restoration. MICHAEL WARR WOODWORK, Rochester, MA 02770. (Southeast),
5087639802.
CLASSIC CRAFT BOAT SHOP— Restoration of classic wooden boats. Refinishing and repair. Smallcraft con struction, including iceboats. Classic wooden boats b o u g h t and sold. Runabouts wanted, finder's fee paid. Engine repairs. Boat hauling to 28' avail able. Quality work; realistic rates. CT 2035833662 or 2035894998. WORLD'S LARGEST SELECTION of new guideboats and accessories; oars, yokes, hardware. INDIAN POINT GUIDEBOATS, 732W Midland Ave., Midland, PA 15059.
CLASSIFIED OCEAN SCIENCE AND MARINE PRO GRAMS at Cape Fear Communily College. Oneyear Boatbuilding and Marine/Diesel Mechanic's; a twoyear Marine Technology program. Handy on training with shipboard experience on the college's t r a i n i n g vessels. Registration begins August 6. 1991. $105 instate and $98I outofstate ( p e r quar ter)—approved for veterans. CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 4 1 1 N. Front St., Wilmington. NC 28401. 9193430481. e x t . 282; f a x , 9197632279.
MIDCOAST M AINE BAREBOATS— Catalina 27; Scawind 30; $500/week. Others available. Free brochure. SPINDRIFT CRUISES. Box 399, Ten ants H arbor. M E 04860. 207372 6245.
LET THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE your small business, Grants/loans to $500,000. Free recorded message: 7074498600. (1.18) ENTREPRENEURS—To open new mar kets. Financial independence possible. FL, 3055681021. 24hour message. ADVERTISE FREE in 70 European p e riodicals. $20 for directory. HSIW. Box 57026, Boston. MA 021570026. BOATSHOP, PHILIPPINES—8,000sq ft, wellequipped, waterfront shop with 2 residences, truck. car and skilled staff is available as a package rental for 1218 months, commenting May 1992. Owner wishes to take sabbatical after 8 steady years of wood/epoxy multihull building, Central Philippine location is accessible, safe, quiet with a l l amenities, useful boat building skills and services commonly available. Shop can accommodate 2 large multihull projects s imultaneously. Rare opportunity to manage your own construction of a significant catamaran or trimaran quickly and inexpensively. M i k e A l l e n , C o m p o s t e l a , Cebu, Philippines 6003.
COME SAIL WITH US aboard the el egant 72'yawl "Zorra," cruising from Martha's Vineyard, May 15Oclober I , 1991, and the Caribbean. December 15April 15, 1992. I n q u i r e about our Mediterranean cruises, 199192. Reasonable rates. Contact Cinny. 5086934658; Pain. 5086933142. For more i n f o r m a t i o n : Gannon & Benjamin. Box 1095, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568. SAIL THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS CHARTER, learn to sail on comfortable 42' Danishbuilt ketch. Available year round. Yacht "Ferdinand." P.O. Box 3069, Roadtown, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
THE STATE OF MAINE'S BOAT BUILDING COLLEGE—The Marine Trades Center offers a comprehensive 2year program in boatbuilding and design. Accredited, V.A. approved. Discover Maine's bestkepi secret. Contact: WASHINGTON COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE. Marine Trades Center. Deep Cove Rd., Eastport, ME 04631. 2078532518.
M A R I N E SURVEYOR TRAINING COURSE. NAVTECH nationwide home study course includes s u r v e y forms; U S C G NAVCS. licensing, business guide. $195 complete. 8002454425, toll free. FL, 8134813999.
LAKE MICHIGAN CHARTER, 38' Alden schooner, built 1926. Milwaukee; hourly, daily, weekly; instructions. NOR'WESTER, 7413 University Ave., Middleton, WI 53562. 6088318908, evenings; 4142749010, after May 15.
DAYSAIL C HARTER BUSINESS— Beautifully m aintained S tout F ella 33 in Door County. Wisconsin. Sail and earn with 5yearold business. PALAWAN CHARTERS. Box 782. Sister Bay. WI 54234.
START YOUR OWN BUSINESS by learning how to custom fit & sew boat canvas. Great for semiretirement or full time. Call or write to: Marine Custom Canvas Training Workshop. 828 ½ E. Main St., Marblehead. OH 43440. 4197985838. SAIL THE MAINE COAST aboard our l o u r h i s t o r i c , a u t h e n t i c , wooden schooners: "American Eagle," "Heri tage," "Isaac H. Evans,"and "Lewis R. French." Lobster picnic, island explor ing, great Down East cooking, snug har bors, remarkable sailing. Owner/ operated, $295565, 3and 6day trips, MayOctober. Schooner Captains, Box 482W, Rockland, ME 04841. 800 6484544; in Maine, call 2075948007.
The historic vessels of W INDJAMMER WHARF invite you to cruise the Maine Coast. 3 or 6day cruises. JuneOctober, aboard schooners: "Stephen Taber," Timberwind," or the classic cruise vessel "Pauline." For all 3 brochures, write: Captains. Windjammer Wharf, P.O. Box 1050WB. R o c k l a n d , ME 04841. 8009997352, or 2072363520.
LEARN YACHT & COMMERCIAL BOAT DESIGN OR WOODEN BOAT BUILDING. Two fulltime residential programs combine theory with practice in a creative but disciplined environ ment. Design students study marine en gineering and drafting, along with CAD training and daily exposure to active boatshop. Boatbuilding students learn to construct a classic wooden dory and daysailer with option of cruising boat instead. Accredited member, NATTS. Financial aid available. Equal oppor t u n i t y e n r o l l m e n t . VA approved. Landing School of Boatbuilding & Design. Box 1490, Kennebunkport, ME 04046. 2079857976.
SAIL H I K E THE GREAT LAKES: Classic 6day windjammer cruises on one of the largest traditional sailing vessels on the Great Lakes. The 1 1 4 ' two masted topsail schooner "Manitou" of fers superb sailing with a hiking guide to the spectacular islands and coastal villages in the clear waters of northern Lakes Michigan and Huron. The 105' schooner "Malabar" offers a popular overnight "Floating Bed and Breakfast" sailing package and 2hour daysails. Great adventure's in the "freshwater seas!" Brochures: TRAVERSE TALI. SHIP CO., Box W. 13390W. Bay Shore Dr., Traverse C i t y . M I 49684. 61694I2000.
BOATBUILDING QUESTIONS? Our individual lofting and building work shops have been the answer since 1972; they are geared to your schedule and problems. Spend a few hours to a week working with Walter Simmons at DUCK TRAP WOODWORKING, Box 88, Lincolnville. ME 04849. 2077895363; fax, 2077895124.
EARN a twoyear degree in Yacht Operations, in M arina and Boatyard Management, or in Yacht/Small Craft Naval Architecture. MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY, Castine. ME 04420. ME, 8004435244; USA, 8002278465.
Zenith marine carburetor. C a l l FOLEY INC., 8002336539. Large inventory of ChrisCraft engines and parts. MITCH, 6124726122, MN.
RELIABLE STEAM E N G I N E CO. Steam engines and boilers. Catalog, $5. Box 671. Waldport. OR 97394. July/August 1991
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CLASSIFIED BOATKITSPLANSPATTERNS. Builders' supplies. World's largest cat alog, 40th year. 200 modern designs, 880'. Includes free New International Designs Catalog. Plywood, fiberglass, steel". Save 50%. POWERBOATS— Cruisers, runabouts, hydroplanes, house boats, duckboats, canoes, kayaks, dinghies. SAILBOATS—Daysailers, trailersailers, multihulls. SUPPLIES— Cloth, resins, foam, fastenings, epoxy resins, glues, surfacers for wood epoxy construction. DISCOUNT prices. COM PLETE CATALOG S3 (Airmail $5). New AMATEUR BOATBUILDING book: Plywood, fiberglass, wood epoxy, steel, $6. CLARKCRAFT, 1642 Aqualane, Tonawanda, NY 14150.
YANMAR MARINE DIESEL ENGINES, 9170 hp. Strong, dependable power. Worldwide parts and service. Complete engineinstallation packages available. We ship throughout North and South America. C.all for special discount price! OLDPORT MARINE, Sayer's Wharf, Newport, RI 02840. 4018479109; fax, 4018465599. STUARTTURNER ENGINES. Author ized representative. SNUG HARBOR MARINE, 45 Snug Harbor Rd., Milford,
CT 06460. 2058773832. 1972 PALMER/INT. 345. Complete re build; like new, 40 hours. Paragon drive
and accessories. MA, 5083420027, leave message. WANTED: Old raceboat engines; Packard, Liberty, Hisso, etc. Also Scripps, Lycoming, HallScott, etc. Also want old raceboats and parts. Curt, 206879
5429. COMPLETELY REBUILT CHRIS CRAFT 6cyl, 265cu in, model M475SIF. Complete with transmission. Ask for
Mike at 7037453825, VA. ACADIA, MAKE'N'BREAK ENGINE, 1cyl, 4hp with shaft, propeller, haul up. Like new, fits 20' dory, etc. $ 1,500. Also F a i r b a n k s S t a t i o n a r y . M E ,
2075467694. 1918 HICKS CLASS G, in good running condition. In Monterey; see ad and pho to in "Boats For Sale." Fred Gow, P.O. Box 285, Santa Barbara, CA, 93102. WISCONSIN AIRCOOLED GASO LINE ENGINES, parts, clutches, cast iron single a n d m u l t i c y l i n d e r . Rebuilding also available. Engines of NJ., Inc., 9084638407.
S I N G L E M A N ' S ENTERPRISES— Handcrafted custom nautical art. Models under full sail or with standing rigging. Halfhull models, desktop half models, half models with standing rig ging or under full sail. Other custom nautical art upon request. America's Cup models, 1851prcsent. Onedesigns and production yachts. Classic run abouts—ChrisCraft, etc. All works hand crafted from original plans and made from selected hardwoods. Custommade fittings; brass and aluminum. Custom drytransfer decals for transom names and sidehull artwork. Deal direct with the artist doing the work. For additional information and/or a free brochure, write: SINGLEMAN'S ENTERPRISES, 425 E. Campbell Rd., Schenectady, NY
12303.5183552119.
ATKIN ILLUSTRATED CATALOG. PROVIDING THREE GENERATIONS WITH PRACTICAL, WELLPROVEN DESIGNS. Over 200 designs previously published in Motor Boating. Famed ATKIN doubleenders, traditional off shore and coastal cruising yachts, row ing/sailing dinghies, utilities, and houseboats. Modification of existing de signs undertaken. $7 U.S., $9 Cimadian, $12 overseas airmail. Payment U.S. dol lars payable through a U.S. bank. ATKIN £ CO., P.O. Box 3005WB, Noroton, CT 06820. Commonsense design philosophy and straightforward construction practices demonstrating realistic ways regular folks can build rugged, safe, offshore cruising yachts. Why settle for less? Plans catalog
$7. GEORGE BUEHLER, Box 966W, Freeland, WA 98249.
15' DOUBLEPADDLE CANOE. Mine cost $100 for materials. Plans with full sized patterns, $20; with jigbuilt frames, $45. John Teitscheid, Star Rte. #2, Box 175, Crescent City, FL 32112. 904167 2933.
19thCENTURY ANTIQUE POND RACER, working wooden sailboat mod el. Original pinstriped sails, paint, stand, brass fittings, varnished deck. 9'7" length, 10'6" height. Photo on request. PA, 2154342817.
OVER 100 ANTIQUE BOAT PLANS. Prams to schooners, power and sail. Catalog $4, make checks payable to J. Freeman. T&J Plans Service, P.O. Box 69, Fort Dick, CA 95538.
GRAYMARINE ENGINE, 6cyl, gasoline, 120hp, G485. Completely rebuilt; short block. $800 F.O.B. FL, 8137872564.
SONCS OF THE SEA is a beautiful col lection of 14 traditional sailing ballads on cassette. A must for every sailor's sea
bag. Moneyback guarantee. Send check or money order for $9.95 plus $2 S/H to: Roz Brown, % ECHO LAKE PRO DUCTIONS, Dept. WB, P.O. Box 150518, Lakewood, CO 80215. 58 SALTY SEA SONGS: Two cassettes, songbooks. Including: "Drunken Sailor," "Blow the Man Down," "Santianna," "Paddy Doyle," "Rio," "Shenandoah"; $27. OSCAR BRAND'S Bawdy Song Cassette, $19. Love them, or instant re fund. 8002473262 or NY, 718 3439575.
FREE BOOK. EZIBUILD boatbuilding with ALUMINUM, RADIUS CHINE STEEL, 'GLASS, WOOD/EPOXY. Sail and Power boats 2070'. Huge range of NEW and PROVEN designs with GEODESIC AIROLITE®. Plans $30 FULLSIZE PATTERNS and detailed ppd. Send $2 for design brochure. plans. Custom hulls and decks. Over MONFORT ASSOCIATES, RR#2, Box 10,000 completed boats prove our de 416WB, Wiscasset, ME 04578. signs and methods. FREE BOOK sent bulk mail (allow 6 weeks) or include $2 CANOEKAYAK PLANS. Wood/can for airmail. Write or call BRUCE vas/fiberglass. Free catalog. TRAIL ROBERTS, P.O. Box 1086W, Severna CRAFT, 405W State, El Dorado, KS Park, MD 21146. 3015444311. 67042. SAN FRANCISCO PELICAN, 12'Dory Pram, standing lug rigged. Plans, book let, $25. GREAT PELICAN, 16' Mini Cruiser, trailerable. Plans, booklet, $35. M. Short, 203 Hawthorne Ave., Lark spur, CA 94939. 4159240685.
Build The Tadpole 8, complete 46page book, directions/illustrations. Send $12 to: K, BONNER, 5129 Ridgegate Way, Fair Oaks, CA 95628.
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R.H. BAKER CATALOG of traditional building plans. 60 pages, $8.Write: 29 Drift Rd., Westport, MA 02790. 508 6363272.
NEW CATALOG OF PLANS AND KITS by Tracy O'Brien. 9'9"26', for oar, pow er, and sail. Tapedseam construction. Study package $3, ppd. HEADWATER BOATS, 156 B u n k e r Creek Rd., Chehalis, WA 98532.
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BUILD A MODERN CLASSIC! No loft ing, fullsized patterns, easy construction. Thomkat 14; plywood/epoxy. Thomkat 15.5; wood/epoxy. Study plans, $5 each. Plans. $39 each ($75 with patterns). MILES YACHT DESIGN. 3501 50th Ave. N.E., Tacoma, WA 98422. CLASSIC MODEL BOAT PLANS; speedboats, cruisers, stepped hydros. Fullsized patterns and instructions. SASE to: Gary Griswold, 5245 W. Mercer Way, Mercer Island. WA 98040.
HUNDREDS OF PLANSPATTERNS KITSSUPPLIESPowerboatsSailboats. BUILD "LITTLE GEM," 13'6" x 4'4" RowboatsClassics. 8215'. Wood meth rowing skiff. Easytobuild, attractive flat ods for amateurs, professionals. Stitch
bottomed plywood design requires no jig or l o f t i n g . 55 hours to construct.
'n'glueAluminumSteelFiberglass. Catalog $5. HANKINSON ASSOCI Rows easily, yet stable and roomy. 795lb ATES, Box 2551W, LaHabra, CA 90631. capacity. 10 mph with 4hp outboard. 2139471241. Ideal f o r firsttime builder. Plans and instructions, $28. Study packet, 15 de signs for 1126' rowing, sailing, and pow er craft: $5. KEN SWAN, P.O. Box 267, Hubbard. OR 97032. 5039825062.
30LB WHITEHALL "CLASSIC 12." Tough, superlight Geodesic Airolite® construction. Plans, $26.95. Complete kit, $490. Easy to build; no lofting; 500 Ib capacity. Other designs available, including five great canoes from 7½', 8lb "Sweet Pea" to 16' "Snowshoe 16." Complete boats also available: Stimson Marine, Inc., RR #1, Box 524, River Rd., Boothbay, ME 04537. 207633
CANOE, KAYAK, HISTORIC DECKED CANOE plans. Sail your canoe. Send $1 for information to: ISLAND CANOE, 3556C West Blakely, Bainbridge Island, WA 981102205.
Complete lines for four traditional ca noes, 1218½'.Catalog, $2. FRANKLIN C E D A R CANOES, Box 175, Franklin. ME 04634.
ELVER—Over 1,000 builders have or dered plans f o r our doubleended, shoaldraft, trailerable 20' pocket cruiser. Stripplank and plywood/epoxy con struction, suitable for amateur builders. Plans, $79. Study plan package, $9. Catalog and photos, $5. STEVE RED MOND, P.O. Box 1605B, Burlington, VT 054021605.
7252.
MANUEL'S DORY, l 5 ' 9 " x 46". The classic dory made userfriendly..cartop pable, ultralight, ultrafast. Rows so smoothly, she's converted m a n y a slidingseat fanatic. Gluedplywood lap strake c o n s t r u c t i o n ; EASY b u i l d , DURABLE for generations. Capacity: 23 adults. Complete plans/patterns (no lofting) $49. Plans + Ultralight Boatbuilding by Thomas J. Hill, $65. MC or VISA welcome. THE 1 HILL FAMILY BOATBUILDING CO., RR #1, Box 2310, Huntington, VT 05462. 802 4342532.
THE JAMES WHARRAM DESIGN BOOK, a new catalogue (photos, draw ings, m u l t i h u l l data, technical history) of c a t a m a r a n s — 1 4 ' 6 3 ' . $7 ($9 Canadian), James Wharram Designs, Dept. WB. Greenbank Rd., Devoran, Truro, TR3 6PJ, U.K. American Stockist: Tom Miliano, Dept. WB, Box 35177, Sarasota, FL 342425177.
SHIP A N D BOAT PLANS. Model makers and boatbuilders can obtain copies of plans f r o m the National Watercraft Collection, the works of H.I. Chapelle, H.V. Sucher, the Historic American Merchant Marine Survey, and other collections at the Smithsonian Institution. A 250page catalog w i t h prices is available for $10 postpaid from: Ship Plans, NMAH 5010, Smithsonian I n s t i t u t i o n , Washington, DC 20560. Make remittance payable to the SMITH SONIAN INSTITUTION.
WHISP—A classic, finelined, highper formance ultralight 68lb, 16' rowing and sailing skiff. Uses only 3 sheets of plywood. Featured in WoodenBoat and Small Boat Journal. Easy to build; over
BUILD YOUR OWN BARTENDER. Salty, seaworthy, planing doubleender. 19', 22', 26', 29'. Plans sold by origina tor/designer. Send $5.00 for brochure. George Calkins, Box 222, Dept. WB. Nordland, WA 98358.
PICCUP PRAM, 11' x 4.5'. 100 lbs emp ty, 490 lbs loaded. 12 cu f t storage/buoy ancy. Jigless, tapedseam, multichined. Plans $20. Information on 8 designs, $ 1 . J i m M i c h a l a k . 118 E. Randle. Lebanon, IL 62254.
4,000 amateurs have ordered plans. Plans, $35. Or, try one of our other skiffs featured in Ultralight Boatbuilding. BLUEGILL, 16' outboard utility and family sailing skiff, $36. FLAPJACK, 14' sailing/rowing skiff, $34. TETRA, 10'
rowing/sailing dinghy, $33. (Catalog and photos, $5. STEVE REDMOND, P.O. Box 1605B, Burlington, VT 054021605.
BOAT PLANSPATTERNSKITS World Leader in designs for amateurs. R e g u l a r l y seen in WoodenBoat's "Launchings." SAILBOATSPOWER BOATSROWINC; BOATSDories CanoesDinghies—Workboats— Skiboats755'. WoodFiberglass SteelAluminumStitch'nglue. SAVE! Order GIGANTIC 168page DESIGN BOOK $4, airmail. FREE "Boatbuilding Supplies" catalog. "How To" epoxy man ual, $2. GLENL, 9152 Rosecrans, Box 1804WBIG, Bellflower, CA 90706. M C / V I S A . 2136306258. BOLGER CARTOPPER PRECUT KITS. Build this sclassy 11'6" x 4'0" x 100 lb epoxyencapsulated Rowboat/Motor boat/Sailboat, (or fun and profit!! Kits from $499. Brochure $5. G.F.C. BOATS, RD #1, Box 417B1, Cape May Court House, NJ 08210.
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CLASSIFIED EASY WORK! EXCELLENT PAY! Assemble products at home. Call for in formation. 5046418003, ext. 10060.
INSTRUCTOR, THE ROCKPORT APPRENTICESHOP, Rockport, Maine. Experienced wooden boat builder to help teach 14 apprentices all stages and
BUILD YOUR OWN LIGHTWEIGHT HIGHPERFORMANCE TOURING KAYAK. The new K158 is fast, stable,
methods of
and has good tracking. 15'8"x 25"x 26 lbs. Tortured plywood, stitch'n'tape. Plans, patterns, instructions, $32. Information, $2. Classes available. HER ITAGE WOODEN BOATS, P.O. Box
641, Bacliff, TX 77518. 7133391733.
BUILD RUSTY, 9 x 4'—Easy to build, plywood construction. Plans, station pat terns, 23 pages of construction notes, $32. Catalog of other designs, $2.50. STRAYER YACHT DESIGN, 4234
TRADITIONAL WOODEN BOATS 922'. Lines taken from significant and appealing oneofakind boats. $1 for brochure. THE ROCKPORT APPREN TICESHOP, P.O. Box 539W, Rockport, ME 04856.
CRADLE BOAT "BABYTENDER," 45 x 22". Classic lapstrake elegance for the newborn sailor. Complete plans include fullsized patterns for: planks, building
molds, backbone, transom, davits, etc.; construction notes and materials list. $45. Information package, $3. JORDAN WOOD BOATS, P.O. Box 194, South Beach, OR 97366 USA.
Lakeside Dr., Jacksonville, FL 32210. 25 INSTANT BOATS by Bolger. Character, elegance, simplicity; no loft ing or building jig is needed. 6' to 31'. Row, power, sail. $5 brings study packet. H.H. Payson & Co., Pleasant Beach, South Thomaston, ME 04858.
MasterCard and VISA welcome. Sorry,
CLASSIC DESIGNS: 24' to 38'. Eight
$5.00 airmail. Write: GAS SAVER/
wooden sailing cruisers. Information booklet with study plans, $12 U.S. cash
OUTOFPRINT marine and indus trial engine manuals. Call or write:
Gilbert Plumb, Box 718, Essex, CT 06426. 2037677351, for price and/ or availability.
(no checks). Contact: F. GRAESER, N.A., Bellerive 19, Lausanne 1007, Switzerland.
COMPUTERDESIGNED
SMALL
CRAFT for amateur boatbuilders. Cedarstrip construction, W.E.S.T. Strong, light, roundbottomed. De signs for rowing, sailing, outboard. Information package and study plans,
$3. John R. Clark, c/o COMPU MARINE, P.O. Box 7565, Everett, WA 98201. COMMON SENSE DESIGNS. See our ad in the Boatbuilders' Section.
sturdy, as befits her Sussex beachboat ancestry, she offers jaunty performance and lots of room. Study plans, $15; port folio of designs, $4.50 (Maryland res
idents, add 5% sales t a x ) . WOLF BOATS, 5826 63rd Ave., Riverdale, MD 20737.
SHELLBACK SAILING DINGHY—New design by Joel White. Easy to build, lap strake plywood, using proven construc tion techniques of Nutshell prams. 11'2" x 4'4", 90 lbs. Very complete plans include all fullsized patterns, plank lay out plan, materials list. $75. Joel White, Brooklin Boat Yard, Brooklin, ME 04616.
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BOOKS BY MAIL WORLDWIDE. Send for our new 1990/91 Nautical list: The Book C h a n d l e r , 12 Fairfax PL,
no secondhand books.
Sailing/Power Dories: only $3.00/
LAURENT GILES LTD.'s JOLLY BOAT, at 14'10" is an ideal day boat. Safe and
OUTOFPRINT BOOKS: All maritime subjects. Send for latest catalog. W. Wiegand & Co., Box 563W, Glastonbury, CT 06033.
Dartmouth, Devon, TQ6 9AE, United K i n g d o m . P h o n e , 0803832448.
LOWCOST BOATS: "YOU CAN BUILD." FREE PLAN "Gloucester Gull" Rowing Dory: Brochure/Pho tos. (99) Boat Plans: Fishing/Surfing/
DORYSKIFFS, Box 720, Galveston, TX 775530720.
boatbuilding. Challenging
position requires motivated and flexible individual interested in education as well as boats. Salary negotiable. Write/call: The Rockport Apprenticeshop, P.O. Box 539W, Rockport, ME 04856. 207 2366071.
out-of-print books
THE SEA, THE SHIP AND THE SAILOR catalog upon request J. TUTTLE MARITIME BOOKS 1806 Laurel Crest Madison, Wisconsin 53705
NAUTICAL BOOKS5 FREE CATA LOGS/YEAR. Open shop with 10,000
outofprint books about boats. COLUMBIA TRADING CO., 504 Main
19' GARVEY: One of 14 designs in our new catalog of standard and semi
St. (Rte. 6A), West Barnstable, MA
02668. 5083628966.
custom plans. Plans, $50; plans and patterns, $89. Catalog, $3. Also see our ad in "Boatbuilders" section. ROBERT
BOOKS, CHARTS, C R U I S I N G
W. STEPHENS WOODEN BOATS,
GUIDES. Canada's largest selection of
P.O. Box 464, Searsport, ME 04974.
2075480129.
COSINE BOATS (see WoodenBoat No. 100). Design your own boat with my easytouse computer program, or build from my plans for 821' stripplanked rowing boats. Study plans, $10. For more information, contact: John Hartsock, 619 Sater Ln., Edmonds, WA 98020. 2067745846.
REQUESTS FOR PROPOSAI.S, NAVAL ARCHITECTS—THE OTETIANA COUNCIL INC., BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, is requesting proposals for naval architectural services for preser vation work to be done on the histor ically significant 75yearold schooner "Lotus." For information, write/call: Robert Bradfield, 6360 Shore Acres Dr., Hilton, NY 14468. 7169643668, home; 7164225947, business. An equal op portunity employer.
WOODEN BOAT BUILDER WANTED: Starting construction of 72' Herreshoff ketch. Apprenticeship graduates or ex perienced wooden boat craftsmen, send resume to: EXTERIOR WOOD, INC., P.O. Box 206, Washougal, WA 98671.
current nautical books. Catalogue de scribing more than 1,600 books with 400 photographs now available. Send
$4.00 to NAUTICAL MIND, Marine Booksellers & Chart Agents, 249
Queen's Quay West, Toronto, ON, M5J 2N5, 4168693431. ALSO at Unit #101, 1925 Bastion Square, Victoria, BC, V8W 1J1, Canada.
READ Steamboating, the bimonthly "how to" publication for steamboat owners, builders, and dreamers. Yearly subscrip tion, $18. Satisfaction guaranteed. Box 262W, Middlebourne, WV 26149. 3043864434; fax, 3043864868. MC/VISA. WoodenBoat Nos. 184 with binders. MI, 3136538356. alter 10:00 p.m.
CLASSIFIED DEER ISLE, MAINE2.6 acres, frontage on Southeast Harbor; southern expo sure. $64,500. Looking for classic sailboat
3036' as partial trade. RI, 401295 1243.
YACHT SURVEYOR Extensive background in wooden boat repair James M. Curry PRIVATE HOME for summer vacation, GloucesterBass Rocks, Massachusetts. Four bedrooms. Near ocean and golf course. Large yard with pond, abuts con
62 Kelseytown Road
Clinton, CT 06413
Finely crafted wooden spars; hollow or solid. Any type of construction. ELK SPARS, Bar Harbor, ME, 2072889045.
29' WOODEN MAST, boom, mainsail, heliarced crow's nest, ratlines. $175. IL,
3124770739.
(203) 6693119
serration area. July, August, September, $3,200/month; utilities separate. MA,
5082835812. A COLOR MAGAZINE about classic mahogany RUNABOUTS and CRUIS
WANT YOUR GOOD BOAT DELIV ERED? Call Roger Taylor, 220 South Main St., Rockland, ME 04841. 207 5967652.
D, 2801 Lac La Belle, Oconomowoc, WI 53066.
SHORTWAVE MARINE, 564 9th St.
S., Naples, FL 33940.
Now the Maine coast is no farther away than your mailbox.
Send $2 for sample issue
shipping. MD, 3017573896.
JASPER & BAILEY SAILMAKERS. 20 years of custom designed, handfinished, offshore, onedesign, and traditional sails. Sail repairs and conversions; sail washing and storage; used sail brokers;
sail and seamanship consultation/in struction; yacht canvas fabrication and repair. 64 Halsey St, Newport, RI 02840.
WoodenBoat Nos. 199, originals in good condition. $200 plus postage. Andrew Beliveau, 22 Capen St., Milton, MA
02186. 6176964567.
HERRESHOFF BOX SPAR, tapered head, varnished, 48'. Sylvia, CA, 4154353853 or 4154357693.
OVERHAUL YOUR GALLEY STOVE. Onehour video and parts list; $39.
WANTED: WoodenBoat Nos. 186. Terry Wright, 15815 South Lakewood Parkway W., #1085, P h o e n i x , AZ 85044. 6027598544.
WoodenBoat, complete set. $150, plus
boat builder will build, rebuild, or repair your project Experienced in all methods
of construction. $10/hour. MA, 413 5862007.
ERS. Restoration tips, boats for sale, fea ture stories, and lavish photography. $20 per year (6 issues); outside the U.S., $29 U.S. funds. CLASSIC BOATING, Dept.
Maine Boats & Harbors PO Box 758 Camden, ME 04843
HAVE TOOLS WILL TRAVEL. Wooden
4018478796. SAILS from England. ArunRockall Sails, Ltd., top quality. Prices you cannot beat Call/write: Ed W. Winn, 9½ East Myrtle
St., Alexandria, VA 22301, 703836 5462.
New Jersey Boat Restoration & Repair —Traveling Shop— —Expert Repairs— CLASSIC WORKS (908) 390 • 8557 MARINE SURVEYING. Prepurchase, insurance, and damage surveys. Con sulting for repair and restoration. WOODENBOAT SCHOOL Surveying instructor. N.A.M.S. certified. SAMUEL
57' SPRUCE MAST, KEELSTEPPED. All fittings, many extras. Excellent con dition. CT, 2038756246.
E. SLAYMAKER CMS, P.O. Box 252, Rockport, ME 04856. 2077854975. SOUTHERN BOATYARD for your project—Need a place to build or work on your boat? 6.5 acres. Halsey & Cannon Boatyard, Charleston, SC,
8038843000 or contact Robbie Cannon, 803 8849135.
DESIGN, FABRICATION, MAINTE
NANCE—Quality custom sails, canvas work, and boat cushions. Contact: Robin Lincoln or Meredith Eley. Center
WoodenBoat Nos. 192; $200 plus ship ping. VA, 8044723290.
Harbor Sails, P.O. Box 32, Naskeag Rd., Brooklin, ME 04616. 2073592003. MAINSAIL38.25' L, 18' F, 41' L, 9 oz. Traditionally made by Clark Sailmakers, triplestitched, 2 rows reel points. Asking
$1,500. CT, 2037670153.
MARINAS/CHESAPEAKE BAY. Growth opportunities. 3018224586. Wilford Land Co., Inc., P.O. Box 953, Easton, MD 21601.
FREE CATALOG—Sailmaking and can vas supplies, fabrics, hardware. Quality customdesigned sails, customtailored canvas products. Wholesale prices! MAINLAND SAILS, Box 623, Biloxi, MS 39533, 8002488119.
INFORMATION on sources, parts, ma terials, problem solutions. Send S.A.S.E. and $5 per question (cash, check, m.o.) to: ANSWER, P.O. Box 243, North Kingstown, RI 02852. You'll receive an swer or money back. To list gear, parts, materials (no boats): send description, condition, and $2. Please notify when sold. Clip and save ad.
NEW—COMPETITIVE
ANTIQUE & CLASSIC
BOAT PROGRAM Underwritten by Cigna Insurance Co.
GLOBAL MARINE INSURANCE 8007480224 for Boat Club or Association Members
ASH SHELL BLOCKS with bronze sheaves and strap. Guaranteed quality— US made. Manufactured for line sizes
¼", 3/8", ½", 58/". Send stamp for cat alog. BAINBRIDGE BLOCKS, 1101 Wing Point, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110. 2068425802. SAME QUALITY—SAME RESULTS NEW PRICE. Super wood bleach the restorers use. Two gallons, $40 delivered. Burton L. Norton Company, 01845 W. Leonard Rd., Grand Rapids, MI 49504. 6166771208. Fax, 6166771209.
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POLISHED BRONZE WINCHES. The Murray Winch has been the choice of serious offshore sailors for decades.
Murray Winches with their massive bronze castings are long lasting, are
easy to maintain, come with bottom handles, and are economical. Prices begin at $140. For information, call 8009333600, or write: THE WOOD EN BOAT SHOP, 1007 NE Boat St.,
Seattle, WA 98105. Dealer and OEM inquiries invited. RIGGING YOUR BOAT?—NEED HELP?—Call us, "We speak rigging!" Your best source for StaLok terminals, topquality wire (316SS), Harken furl ing, and hardware. Call for catalog,
8004581074. Fax us your need for a prompt quote at 8004430422. "Service is our name—Sailing is our game!" SAILING SERVICES, INC., 80 N.W.
73rd St., Miami, FL 33150.
OPEN BOAT SAILORS WE HAVE THE TRADITIONAL COMPASS FOR YOU Manufactured by Dirigo, compass makers since 1911, of the finest bronze and copper. Three inch card with gimbal, $108.00; make your
own box. With varnished mahogany box, as shown, $152.00. Please include shipping: $10.00 for 2day shipping; $16.00 tor overnight
shipping. Maine residents, please add 5% sales tax. Mail orders to:
Penobscot Marine Hardware P.O. Box 758 Camden, Me 04843 2072368622
ARABOL. If you have heard about it, but don't know how it is used, send $9.50 plus $.50 shipping for our paper which explains the uses and easy step bystep application instructions. If you want just the product, request our price list only, at no charge. A durable water proofing product used with canvas, muslin, or burlap for cabin roofs, decks, and exterior surfaces. Nontoxic, envi ronmentally safe. Easy to use, requires no experience or special tools for ap
plication. It offers huge savings over al ternative processes. Used by commercial fishermen for years. SEND TO: HAR BOUR ASSOCIATES, P.O. BOX 295, GETZVILLE., NY 140680295.
YACHT BLOCKS available in teak and ash, bronze sheave, stainless fittings. 3" block handles up to ½" line. Single $29, single becket $31; double $48, double becket $50. Delivery ppd. TRADITION
AL SAILING SUPPLY, P.O. Box 189, Sealevel, NC: 28577.
clenching irons; 3/16" bronze carriage
cutwaters, steppads, etc. Mitch, 612 4726122, M N.
to: THOMAS SUPERHORN, Box 5604, Lynnwood, WA 98046. 2066525789. Dealer and OEM inquiries invited.
TRADITIONAL BRONZE PORTS Oval, Elliptical, Round, Square 10 x 21'—2 x 5" Custom Work Available
DOOR MATS, ROPE FENDERS, and other neat, knotted salty sailors' stuff
for all occasions. Send SASE to THE KNOTTED UNE, 9908 168th Ave. N.E.,
Redmond, WA 980523122. 206 8852457. CUSTOM OARS—World's largest selection of new guideboats and acces
sories. INDIAN POINT GUIDEBOATS, 732W Midland Ave., Midland, PA 15059. 4126435457.
Catalog $5
ROSTAND RI, Inc. BOX 737, DEPT. WB CHEPACHET. RI 02814
In R I, 4019494268
TRADITIONAL BRONZE FITTINGS
shell blocks, hollow cleats, chocks, spin
bolts; canoe plans; clear white cedar. Price list available. NORTHWOODS CANOE SHOP, RFD #3, Box 1182A, DoverFoxcroft, ME 04426.
ROWING THROUGH INCREASED
RANGE OF MOTION! Fits all standard ½" sockets! MADE IN USA! Satisfaction guaranteed. Send $19.95/pair, plus $3 shipping, or $1 for information sheet,
Tons of hardware and engines for classic ChrisCrafts: Windshield brackets, vents, gauges, tuneup kits, exhaust elbows, props, motor mounts, Iva lights, gaskets, flagpoles, rubber flooring, bilge pumps, "M," "K," and "H" series engines, V8s,
& HARDWARE. Bristol Bronze man u f a c t u r e s an e x t e n s i v e l i n e of Herreshoffpattern fittings lor all sizes of classic/traditional boats. Herreshoff
CANOE HARDWARE: ½", 11/16", 7/8" canoe tacks; 3/8" oval brass stem bands;
BRONZE SUPERHORN—EASIER
naker pole fittings, turnbuckles, and much more. For catalog, send $3 to BRISTOL BRONZE, P.O. Box 101,
Tiverton, RI 02878. 4016264995. VARNISH FOOD, merely wiped on, re stores dull varnished or painted finishes. Formulated to beautify, protect, extend life of most marine surfaces. Satisfaction guaranteed. 12oz concentrate, $10.95
SPECIALIZED INSTRUMENTS & BOOKS FOR BOAT DESIGNERS. Finest weights, splines, ship curves, planimeters, scaled human form tem
plates (available again!), and more, including over 50 important titles on
design theory and practice. Catalog, $1. WATERLINES Inc., Box 1534W, Southold, NY 11971. 5167651960.
ppd. THERMO COUSTICS, Box 1116. Jamestown, NY 14702. "ANYTHING & EVERYTHING TEAK."
The largest selection of TEAK ACCES SORIES, MOLDINGS, UNIQUE FUR NISHINGS & LUMBER, along with Marine Hardware, Epoxy Glues, and
Finishes at LOW DISCOUNT PRICES. FLOORING: Pyramid and corrugated Send for FREE CATALOG. The Teak Connection, 2391 S.E. Dixie Hwy., Stuart, FL 34996. 4072870463, or call toll free 800274TEAK. BRITISH COPPER BOAT NAILS & TACKS, $9.50/lb. Roves, $10.50/lb. Volume discounts. Ray Speck, 206— 3854519, WA.
CUT FUEL COSTS, EXTEND RANGE. Improve engine efficiency. Supple mentary carburetor filters blowby gases. Reduces oil in bilge and exhaust emissions dramatically. Guaranteed re sults. Gas or diesel. CONDENSATOR, 86 Ridges Ct., Portsmouth, NH 03801. 6034360411.
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classic styles. Blackribbed, 6' wide; $16/running ft. White pyramid, 3' wide; $14/running ft. Brown or black pyra mid, 4' wide; $14/running ft. FREE CATALOG—Classic inboard speedboats for sale, refinishing supplies. Worldfa mous Epifiines varnish, only $14.75/liter for 6 liters! "ChrisCraft Red" stain, $8.50/pint; copper bottom p a i n t , $29/quart; "ChrisCraft Mahogany" bilge paint, $35/gallon; 6cyl ChrisCraft en gine manual, $8; ChrisCraft decals. $21.95/pair; 6, 12volt bilge pumps; throughhull fittings, windshield mold ing, books, steppads, flag poles. MC/VISA. MITCH LaPOINTE'S CLAS SIC BOAT CONNECTION, 1733 Gull Ln., Mound, MN 55364. 6124724814.
MARINE FASTENER CATALOG. Stainless steel. Handyman kits. Discount prices. RUSTY BOLT, Box 708C, North Attleboro, MA 02761.
CLASSIFIED INVENTORY LIQUIDATION, RE DUCED PRICES: SILICONBRONZE, NAVALBRONZE BOLTS AND MIS CELLANEOUS FASTENERS. Finhead, carriagehead, hexhead, 3/8—7/8", long lengths. Send SASE for inventory list, prices, or call: William Asbar, 258 E. Sunny Sands Rd., Cathlamet, WA 98612. 2068494204.
WOODENBOAT SCHOOL is looking for complete/partial rig and or sails for our new John Marplesdesigned 23' Constant Camber trimaran. The rig from a Hobie 21, Hobie Supercat 20, or Hobie 18 would be ideal. Any leads
MARINE PLYWOOD. Fir marine ply TEAK, MAHOGANY, ASH, PURPLE wood (fine Douglasfir) ¼", 3/8", ½", 5/8", ¾", HEART, ZEBRAWOOD. Complete
can be forwarded to Rich Hilsinger, Director, WoodenBoat School, Box 78, Brooklin, ME 04616, 2073594651.
¼", 3/8", ½", 5/8", ¾", 4 x 8. Elegant teak marine plywood, ¼", ½", ¾", CYPRESS LUMBER, all sizes and grades;
5/8", ¾", a nd 1". Sheet sizes 4 x 8, molding millwork facilities; thin lumber, 4 x 10, 4 x 12, 4 x 16, 4 x 18. 4 x 20. marine plywood. Custom swim plat Handsome Philippine ribbon stripe, or forms. GUARDSMEN WOODWORK, rotarycut mahogany marine plywood. Mays Landing, NJ 08330. 6099651411.
55364. 6124726122.
4 x 8, width full 16". Teak veneers front and back. Teak plydeck (teak with holly lines for decking, etc.), 4 x 8 x ¼". Most of our products are sold in full sheets, half sheets, or precision cut to size, avoid ing waste to you. Solid teak and ma hogany, also. Shipping by UPS, common
40' LWL AUTHENTIC PILOT CUT
CORP., WB, 24 Broadway, Somerville,
WANTED: MAHOGANY R U N ABOUTS 1628', any condition. Paving fair prices. Will transport. Mitch LaPointe, 1733 Gull Ln., Mound, MN
delivered. Frederick Gerretson, 3204 S.W. 75th St., Gainesville. FL 32608. 9043717429.
carrier, USA. BOULTER PLYWOOD
FREE DISCOUNT WOODWORKING TOOLS AND SUPPLIES CATALOG. Best prices for over 3,000 brand name products. Trendlines, Dept. WBT1, Box
TER in excellent condition. Hanss, Uhlandstr. 7,6200 Wiesbaden, Germany.
MA 02145. 6176661340.
0611300687.
bf. ME, 2073742383 or 207326
6447, Chelsea, MA 02150. 800 3666966.
WANTED: Sitkaspruce Lightning mast. ME, 2072364521, after 8:00 p.m.
1" RED OAK, 200'. Liveedged; $1.50/ 8704.
QUALITY YACHT PORTRAITURE. Guaranteed. Call or write for our new brochure: ShipShapes, 461 Mill St., Worcester, MA 01602. 5087534850.
WANTED: Repairable liveaboard over 40', free. Anywhere USA. Retired
boatwright, P.O. Box 61, Taft, CA 93268. WANTED: ChrisCraft barrelback, good condition, 1620'. Pictures, please. F.V. Eldik, Hoflaan 3. 3632BT Loenen. Netherlands. Fax, 01131294080430. WANTED: MAHOGANY INBOARD RUNABOUTS, all sorts. Send specifi cations, price, photos to BOYD'S BOAT YARD, P.O. Box 9, Canton, CT 06019. 2036934811, 8:005:00 EDT.
OVER 800 NAUTICAL VIDEOS for sale
and rent. Call Seven Oceans Video, 23 Warner St., Newport, RI 02840. 401
WANTED: 17' Thompson Sea Lancer
and trailer in good condition. MI, 5177925647.
ATLANTIC WHITE CEDAR—recently acquired, large supply, top quality. MESSING ABOUT IN BOATS? Do it MARINE WOODS—Teak, mahogany, in topquality, 100%cotton, silk juniper, marine plywoods, etc. No min screened Tshirts featuring original imum. Olyve Hardwoods, Wilmington, drawing and famous quotation from
NC. 9196864611 or 8002211413. The Wind in the Willows. Short sleeve,
WANTED: WoodenBoat Nos. 2530. Individual issues or bound volume. ( all collect, 8133678989, evenings.
$15.50, light blue or tan; S, M, L, XL. Long sleeve, $19.50, light blue; M, L, XL. THE DESIGN WORKS, Dept. WB, P.O. Box 3394, Silver Spring, MD 20918.
WANTED: AeroJet motors: Borum in board boats; literature, information, or parts. WI, 7154242148.
CLASSIC "INDIAN" SLOOP POSTER —publisher direct, 50% discount. "Indian," P.O. Box 1058W, Kennebunk
8460001.
port, ME 04046.
WOODWORKING TOOLS, books, oar locks, large brass hinges, more. S.A.S.E. for lists. Owen Cecil, Box 634, Osconda,
Runabout Renaissance: The Rebirth of the Wooden Pleasure Boat, visits present builders of ChrisCraft, HackerCraft, Gar Wood, and many others. Includes historic footage. (30 m i n . VHS)
MC/VISA/CHECK, $29.95 + $3.05 S/H. VIDEOCRAFT, INC., Box 1504, Grand Rapids, MI 49501. Fax or mes sage, MI, 6162357598.
TEAK, MAHOGANY, WHITE OAK lumber and others, 4/5", 8/4", 16/4"; kiln dried rough or surfaced. Call or write for prices. HARTWOOD, P.O. Box 323, East Golden Lane, New Oxford, PA
KNOTFREE NORTHERN WHITE CEDAR planks, strips. Long lengths, wide widths. Spruce spars and masts.
MI 48750.
Ship anywhere. CEDARMILL, P.O. Box
70, LaGrange, ME 04453. 207943 5162, evenings.
17350. 7176244323. BENDING WHITE OAK. Call, fax, or write Jim Niedermeyer USA, P.O. Box
6737, Portland, OR 97228. Phone, 503 2226496; fax, 5032226498. NORTHERN WHITE CEDAR, long lengths, planks and strips, 2024'. Brightwind Farm, RD #1, Box 79A,
Cherryfield, ME 04622. 2075462829.
ANTIQUE HALFHULLS. Send photo to P.O. Box 764, Schenectady, NY, 12301.
QUARTERSAWN white oak, cherry; prime quality. Matthew Newman, Red Hat Woodworking, MA, 508867 3318.
PORT ORFORD CEDAR AND PACIFIC YEW. Custom bandmilling. 1050 'H' St., Fortuna. CA 95540. 7077252361.
100% IRISH OR JUST A "WEE BIT." Share the fun! Highquality, allcotton, neongreen Tshirt with screened de sign. S, M, L, XL, $16 postpaid. PRIVA TEER GRAPHICS, 512 Viewmont, Benicia, CA 94510.
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SAIL BEAUTIFULLY in lakes, ponds, pools, hottubs, bays, or sounds! Finely crafted, traditional solid wood hulls. Built by sailors—guaranteed you'll love the way they sail. Fun for all ages. LOA from 10" to 28". Kits or finished. $19 and up. Call or write for free brochure: 2069667245; TIPPECANOE BOATS, 4305 Nordum Rd., Everson, WA 98247.
55' CHRISCRAFT CONSTELLATION,
1967 CHRISCRAFT 32' CRUSADER.
1957. 18month restoration; new decks, designer interior. Lavishly equipped; full a/c, heat. Three staterooms; owner's stateroom with queen waterbed, 2 set
IL, 7083554125.
1957 CHRISCRAFT SEDAN CRUISER with 1988 Volvo Penta, less than 200
tees, transom windows. Radar, VHF, depthsounder, watermaker, and much more. Kohler generator with Perkins 4107. Two GM 671 turbo diesels. May very well be the best wooden ChrisCraft in existence. $250,000 and worth every penny. Located FL, 9044618401 or 18' CLASSIC CATBOAT, 1950. 9048292735. Beautifully built and maintained. Sleeps FOLKBOAT, 1960. Mahogany, oak; sec 2. New Yanmar diesel; large inventory. ond owner. Needs interior cosmetics. $12,000. MD, 3017452301 $8,500. MD, 3011758045. 41' CHRISCRAFT CONQUEROR, 1961. Twin Chryslers, generator. Microwave, electronically equipped, many extras. Stored inside. Excellent condition. $29,500. NY, 5163251855. FOLKBOAT, CheoyLee Frisco Flyer,
1958. Solid teak; professionally rebuilt 1990 for blue water. Diesel & Dragons! A classic, durable beauty. Asking $17,000. Will deliver East Coast. NC, 919 2669619, evenings. 60' GAFFRIGGED CUTTER, 1911. A fine example of a sailing vessel from the Edwardian era. Teak con struction. $95,000. David, 133 El Altillo, Los Gatos, CA, 408374 0217.
ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC BOATS OF ALL KINDS are available from DJ. Charles, Pinetree Enterprises, RR2, Orillia, Ontario L3V 6H2, C anada. 7053261049, evenings.
10' WOODEN ROWBOAT, lines similar to the Catspaw dinghy. Built 1987, only used one season. Cedar on oak, copper riveted and bronze fastened, Honduras CHRISCRAFT AND CENTURY mahogany transom. Asking $1,100. Will RUNABOUTS AND UTILITIES for build to suit. ME, 2073268704. sale, restored and unrestored. Complete restoration services by R. Scott MacKercher, 925 Industrial Park Dr., Whitehall, MI 49461. 6168938187. WAYNE'S MARINELake Hopatcong, NJ. NOW FEATURING THE NEW HACKERCRAFT RUNABOUTS. We have many old wooden speedboats for sale, too. Most of them are ChrisCraft runabouts up to 28'. Restorations are our specialty. Send for list or Hacker Craft literature. 6 Blanche Dr., Lake Hopatcong, NJ 07849. 2016633214.
anywhere. $6,000. Southern CA, 2133968420. 30' CHEOY LEE KETCH, 1964. Vol vo engine. Very good condition. Connecticut, 2032698622. HERRESHOFF H28 SLOOP, 1955. Superb condition. Extensive inventory; new Volvo diesel, 1990 Hild sails, RDF, VHF, Loran, depthsounder, refrigera tion, sailing dinghy, new cushions. The only thing this boat needs is a new own er! $12,500. 5162263399, days; 5166611467, evenings.
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CEDAR ('glass) CANOES. Rugged, handlaid, no maintenance. Finest quality available. Eight traditional models from two quality Canadian manufacturers. Sizes: 13'8"18'. Send for color brochure, specifications,
1929 CHRISCRAFT 28', upswept; re price list. Ship anywhere; 3year war stored to original 1990. CT, 203589 ranty. Write or call: AMERICAN TRADERS, 627 Barton Rd., Green 4998 or 2035833662. field, MA 01301. 4137739631 or 800 7827816. 34' PROFESSIONALLY BUILT WINSLOW stripplanked fironoak hull FREE DIRECTORY of quality used boats available. Monel fastened, s/s floors, full for sale by owners. All sizes; power and iron keel, deckbeams in, and ready for you to finish. Built of the finest, to go
30' PACEMAKER SEA SKIFF, 1963. 270 Palmer V8, 1973. Boat is in excellent shape; always in the water, housed in boathouse most of its existence. Fully rigged with all perks and electronics. Asking $12,500. NY, 5167957140.
17½' CENTURY RESORTER, 1965. Mint! 240hp Ford, 255 hours total, nev
er in salt water. Everything original, in cludes heavyduty trailer and cover. Will deliver in New England. $15,000 ME 2072765256. P.O. Box 251, Seal Harbor, ME 04675. 15' RANGELEY LAKE GUIDEBOAT, 1986. Cedar on oak. Excellent condition. Includes trailer and oars. Photo in WoodenBoat No. 86, page 98. $2,500 or best offer. NY, 7165941621, evenings. 27' DICKERSON SPORTFISHERMAN, 1972. One of a kind; refurbished 1987. 226hp Palmer, Loran, depthsounder. $7,500. SL Michaels, MD, 3018225115, after 7:00 p.m.
39' ATKIN INGRID SLOOP. Excellent hull. Located at Pacific Marina, Pun tarenas, Costa Rica. $27,500. Write; Howard, Apartado #44, Quepos, Costa Rica. 506770424.
WHITEHALLTYPE ROWING CRAFT, 1892. Cedar, oak; spoon oars. Beautiful and unique. $5,000. MD, 3014758045.
HUGE, MULTICOLORED, MAYAN IN DIAN H A M M O C K , handwoven. Beautiful, comfortable. $49 plus $6 ship ping. To order, call 6056733704, SD.
hours. In excellent condition. Must sell;
asking $7,000. ME, 2074748163.
sail. Never any commission. Selling? Call for free Book Value Quote: American Boat
Listing, 8002472332; 5167640420.
11'5" SAILING DINGHY, L. Francis Herreshoff design, No. 54. Cedar on oak, copper riveted, mahogany transom; Sitkaspruce spars. Built 1988 by Henri Gignoux. 1989 trailer. In water. $4,000.
ME, 2077672925. 12' FLATBOTTOMED SKIFF, Harry Bryan design. Cedar on oak, built 1989. $800. ALSO available are two building jigs ready to go for the Joel White designed 9'6" Martha's Tender skiff. $70 each. WoodenBoat School, P.O. Box 78, Brooklin, ME 04616. 207 3594651. H55, HERRESHOFF's beautiful an swer for extended shorthanded cruis ing. Wood/epoxy system. Well found,
ready. $45,000. NY, 5162618735.
HERRESHOFF SCLASS, recent $30,000 total rebuild. Distress sale, $8,000. MA, 6176390630. 25' BEAUTIFUL SPARKMAN &
STEPHENS SLOOP, built by Derecktor, 1952. Westerbeke diesel, under 60 hours. Painstakingly maintained; Al condition. Pictures and specifications on request. $17,500. CT, 2037670423.
1 2 ' 1 0 " JOEL WHITEdesigned and built "Pooduck Skiff" prototype. Glued lapstrake mahogany plywood construction, simple and strong like the renowned Nutshell Prams. Versa tile rig allows sailing with jiband mainsail, or mainsail alone. Pivoting centerboard and rudder. Sails, rows, and scullswell. See WoodenBoat No. 99, "Launchings." $2,500. Brooklin Boat Yard, Brooklin, ME 04616. 207359
42' CHINESE SAILING JUNK, 1959. Built in China; solid teak planking over steambent ribs. New Perkins diesel, 4.3 Westerbeke generator. 75% restoration by pro boat builder, needs completion or partnership financing. Norma,
2236.
2079984228, ME.
CLASSIFIED 42' GRAND BANKS, 1972. Twin Ford Lehman diesels, stabilizers, 650gal diesel, 240gal water, 7.5kw Onan gen erator, auxiliary 5kw, refrigeration with holding plate. 2 heads, 2 staterooms. Boston Whaler dinghy with outboard on davits. Lying Culebra, Puerto Rico.
IS IT TRUE...Boats for $43 through the government? Call for facts! 504 6495745, ext. S10060. 38' SLOOP, 1959. Documented; strip planked. Sleeps 6; head, galley. Avon liferaft, Graymarine, extensive equip ment. Newport Beach, California. Mooring ownership included. $44,950, offers. CA, 7149567935.
34' CUSTOMBUILT CLASSIC Asking $85,000. 8097423568 or fax, CRUISER, built 1930. Cypress log keel 8097248037. with cypress hull. Transom, lower cabin, rear deck area rich in mahogany. 16' OLD TOWN RUNABOUT, 1961. Outboard rudder is oak. Powered by Excellent condition. 1986 Johnson 40 23' STAR, solid hull. Good sails; needs 109hp Graymarine flathead six with hp, low hours. All gear. $3,500 or best new mast. Keel removed. Asking $500. 600 hours. Oneofakind vessel and offer. ME, 2076336530. WI, 7153562693. beautifully maintained. $54,000 or best offer. Contact: Jan Fast, 7088790355 SOMEONE WANTS YOUR BOAT or 7088509850. SOMEONE HAS THE BOAT YOU WANT!! Call Dreamboat Database, 37' YAWL, 1929; completely restored. 8004323282, 24 hours for FREE in 25hp Volvo diesel, sails, depthsounder, formation packet. Buy, sell, or trade!! VHF, head, bilge pump. Much more! MD, 3016485360. 1951 CHRISCRAFT 19' racing run about. Also more ChrisCrafts, Centurys, and Dodges. CT, 203589 4998 or 2035833662. 36' WILLIAM HAND KETCH, built 1981 at Brooklin Boat Yard, Maine. White cedar over white oak. Gaff rigged. Similar to #6 in Taylor's Good Boats. Sleeps 4; Loran, 27hp diesel. $60,000. MA, 6177343884.
40' CHRISCRAFT CONSTELLATION, doublecabin, 1966. 427s FWC, 6.5kw generator, full canvas, electronics.
33' CHRISCRAFT, 1948, twin engine.
Excellent hull; interior needs some
All original. Excellent condition. $10,000 or cash and trades. NY, 3154836608.
work; good mechanically. Sacrifice at
$11,000. NY, 5165866826 or 516 5887925.
15' SALISBURY POINT ROWING SKIFF, sprit rigged, with daggerboard.
28' EASTERN JERSEY SKIFF, flying bridge. Lapstrake mahogany hull, teak decks. Cabin with dinette, galley, bunks, dual stations. Rebuilt FWC Daytona 400. Original; Bristol condition. $12,500. NY, 5162268007.
Cedar over oak, mahogany seats and
trim. Two sets oars, mooring cover. Built by Lowell Boat; likenew condition. Dale, 6179339000, days. 27' CROSBYDESIGNED CUTTER, built 1940. Partially restored. Mahogany
STEAL THIS BOAT! 38' David Stevens sloop "Mora, "1975. Professionally main tained in excellent condition. Sabb diesel. $29,500 (US funds). The Dory Shop, P.O. Box 1678, Lunenburg, NS, B0J 2C0, Canada. 9026349196. 23' VIKING DOUBLEENDER, center board sloop, 1959. Recent refit, stainless steel centerboard trunk, galley. Dolfin inboard, low hours. Teak decks, 5 sails; sleeps 2. Solid. Asking $3,200. NY, 5166541262.
27' TUMLAREN, 20SquareMeter, Knud Reimers masterpiece. Strip planked cedar over oak. NO IRON, bronze fastened, teak deck. 4 new Doyle sails, 4hp outboard. Fast, graceful, head turner. Excellent condition. $8,500. MA, 6176392547.
ATKIN 23. CA, 6197562482.
25' MacKENZIE BASS BOAT. FWC, new engine and gear. Runs great. $7,900. NJ, 6097421900.
37' EGG HARBOR SPORTFISHER MAN, 1967. Twin Crusaders, 350 hp, 400 hrs. Lived aboard 1989. Fiberglass flying bridge, AwlGrip. Must sell. $21,500. CT, 2037461525, evenings.
1905, 28' EXCELLO, highspeed launch; mint condition. 1941, 26' Hutchinson; 1946, 17' Deluxe Runabout; 1947 Custom 20; 1973 Century Coronado; 1951, 18' Riviera; 1937 Comet; 1967 Supersport. Forestport Boat Co. Inc., River St., Forestport, NY 13338. 3153924898. 30' CROCKER KETCH. Good condi tion. CT, 2035262261, evenings.
over oak, bronze fastened. 25hp
Universal. Sleeps 2. Needs mast Asking $8,000. MI, 3138323562.
NEW CLASSIC 18' WHITEHALL ROW ISLANDER, 32' LOD, 1939. Gaffrigged, BOAT, bright finish. Port Orford cedar doubleended cutter. Port Orford cedar 31' SEARUNNER TRIMARAN, inboard. lapstrake, oak, cherry, mahogany trim; on white oak. Henderson main, 7 head 1980. Professionally built, Gougeon copper, bronze hardware. Peerless work sails. Excellent condition. Monitor wind WEST System. Loaded, much equip manship. $3,950. Warren Brown, MN, vane; 10' hardshell dinghy with sail rig; 8' inflatable; 9.9hp Yamaha 4stroke; ment. $30,000 (negotiable) or barter. 28' S H E P H E R D , b u i l t mid'60s. 6129411303. 5hp Nissan. Titan VHF, SatNav, EPIRB, NC, 9192784342. Mahogany. Twin Chrysler 300hp gaso Walker knotlog, depthsounder, knot line engines. Excellent condition. meters. $25,000. Beaufort, NC, 919 $50,000 Canadian funds. Located 3643383. Toronto area. Contact Michael Smith, 4166759500. CHEOY LEE ROBB 35' SLOOP, 1968. Allteak hull and deck. Atomic4. Five 26' McKENZIE CUTTYHUNK, 1972.
berths; recent survey. Good condition,
330hp Chrysler FWC; Loran, fishfinder, CB, VHF, halftower/controls, pulpit.
always admired. $25,000. South Jersey, 6097844783.
$7,000. MA, 6175852644. 42' ELCO DECKHOUSE CRUISER, 43' ELDREDGEMcINNIS KETCH, 4'6" draft, 1964. One owner. Westerbeke 4107; inside wheel, tiller. Excellent cruis er/liveaboard. Two heads, sleeps 8. Request brochure. $54,000. Located Florida. N C , 7047659078.
26' LUDERS 16, 1960. Fully restored; needs winches, sails. Asking $4,000. NY, 5166611218 or 5186233351. 50' COLIN ARCHER KETCH, 1962. Massively built. New aluminum spars, s/s rigging. Must sell immediately.
$25,000. CT, 2032550332.
EARLY 1940s STAR. Fair condition, complete with a suit of sails. $500 or best
offer. NH, 6035431807. 20' CHRISCRAFT RUNABOUT, 1947. GM 305, V8, 50 hours. Hull, upholstery good. Trailer. $12,500. Located Lake Tahoe, CA, 4152831386, evenings. 34' HINCKLEY, built 1950, sloop rig. Cedar on oak. New spruce mast, stand ing rigging, 1980. Bottom refastened 1988. Westerbeke 4107 rebuilt 1988. $18,500. PA, 2155248900, days; 2156442390, evenings.
1933. Fully restored. Original brass, bronze. Exceptional quality and appoint ments throughout. $65,000. Call for de tails, 2034543826.
34' HINCKLEY SOU'WESTER CUS TOM SLOOP, 1946. Mahogany on oak. Good condition. $27,000. NY, 914967 7467.
SEIZED CARS, trucks, boats, 4wheelers, motorhomes; by FBI, IRS, DEA. Avail able your area now. 8056827555, ext. C2396.
20' CANOE YAWL EEL. Garden design. Open canvas dodger. 4hp Evinrude, trailer. Varnished mahogany hull, Gougeon WEST System cold molded.
$8,000 or best offer. OR, 5036202933.
1930 CHRISCRAFT 26', upswept. All original; in water 1990. $28,000. CT, 2035894998 or 2035833662.
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CLASSIFIED 36' NORWEGIAN SLOOP, 1958.
39' HANS PEDERSEN flyingbridge
Mahogany, oak, bronze. Large cabin,
cruiser, built 1962; refuted 1971. Twin diesels. Excellent condition. Asking
teak deck. Many major upgradings 198990, including Universal diesel. Well equipped. Beautiful, classic yacht in good condition. $25,000. RI, 401423 2410. 26' PRIVATEER SLOOP, 1939. Brass fit tings; trailer. Good condition. $6,000. OH, 2169676594.
$19,500. AL, 2059627302. 33', 1909 JOE LEYAIR HISTORIC ST. LAWRENCE RIVER L A U N C H . Beautifully restored 198789. Only rarely
in water since restoration. Photos avail able on request. $70,000. ON, 6137457259.
15' SAILING DINGHY, 1986. Strip planked, coldmolded construction. Includes sail, oars, trailer, cover. $3,500. MI, 6169453559. 24' AMPHIBIETTE SLOOP AE1, built Mount Desert Yacht Yard, 1957. Sleeps 4. Sails in good condition. Mercury 75. Very sound. Asking $4,000. Washington, DC, 2029664109. 22' CHRISCRAFT, 1949, mahogany Sportsman. Concours condition. First place winner in Tahoe Wooden Boat Show. Original 130hp engine and rechromed hardware. $37,500. CA, 9169298866. 1962 WOODEN XBOAT, built by Johnson Boat Works, White Bear Lake. Minnesota. Dacron sails, trailer. Best of fer. MN, 6129349622.
22' PULSIFER CASCO BAY HAMP TON, 1981, hull #1. Good condition, needs engine. Trailer. Asking $3,900. P.O. Box 372, Kearny, NJ 07032. 201 25' ERIC JR. Sound and seaworthy coastal cruiser designed by William 9915703, days. Atkin, built 1929. Alaska cedar over oak. Same owner since 1960. Volvo diesel, Loran, VHF, depthsounder, castiron stove. $13,950/offers. OR, 503223 4022. 47' BREWERDESIGNED KETCH, 1987. Custom epoxy/stripplank con struction on laminated frames with teak decks to the same design as the
37' GAFFRIGGED CENTERBOARD KETCH, Culler's "Spark," built 1974. Mariner 47. Fully found with FWC Cedar on oak. 45' LOA, 10'1" beam, diesel, furnace, radar, SatNav, etc. 3' draft (board up). Sleeps 5. Full 6' $110,000 Canadian funds. Maritime headroom; 130hp gasoline engine.
Ship & Yacht Brokers, New Brunswick,
5066341672; fax, 5066322044.
from 15' to 18'. Engines: 6cyl
Easy singlehander! $20,000. CT, 203 5353768.
Graymarine, V8 Fireballs. Rudders, skegs, propellers, rpm gauges, many other parts available. Will locate parts and hulls. Scottie, OH, 4194835540.
LAST CHANCE! Completely restorable 19' Lyman Islander and trailer; $1,000. ALSO—1955, Century Viking lapstrake
LYMAN HULLS AND PARTS. Hulls
inboards. Saco River Boatworks, ME,
Vdrive available. 1,200 hours of pro fessional restoration have brought this
boat to perfect condition. Full cover and
dinghy. Survey April 1991. $6,000, ne gotiable. MI, 3133292414.
custom trailer. $55,000. NC, 704 6445325.
LIGHTNING #3073. All wood; sails, fit tings. NY 2123954119 or 516 6762224. 1957 ARISTOCRAFT TYPHOON, 13'.
35' CHINESE JUNKRIGGED SCHOO NER, 1979. Cypress planking and oak frames. New bottom. 21hp diesel, VHF, Loran, refrigeration, self steering vane, hotwater heater and pressure system,
extensive spares inventory. Great live aboard/cruiser. Owner transferred in land. $32,000. Located northwest
Florida, 9047631329. 42' TROJAN, 1971, enclosed aft deck. Twin 300, 3zone a/c, electric heat, much more, Unbelievable; must see! Negotiable. NY, 5164224780, evenings.
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offers welcome. NY, 7167633133. 1958 CHRISCRAFT, 19' CAPRI. Original KFL engine; rechromed, pro fessionally refinished 1989. New cover; Shipmate, 4wheel trailer, spare
tire/wheel. Stored inside. $12,500. Why? Too many toys! NY, 5185610998. 1958 LYMAN, 17'. Outboard 40hp
1928, 22' CHRISCRAFT triple; 1931, 26' ChrisCraft triple; 1940, 19' Chris Craft barrel; 1949, 22' ChrisCraft Sportsman; 1956, 21 'ChrisCraft Capri. Delavan Lake Boat Shed, W I , 4147285438.
15' BOLGER CATBOAT "Cynthia J," 1988. Ultralight, fast, shoal. Sleeps 2. Trailer, motor, cover. Excellent. $1,800. NY, 5185849065. 42' BILOXI SCHOONER, 3' draft, cy press hull. 271 Detroit. Last of its kind!
28' ELDREDGEMcINNIS SAMURAI See WoodenBoat No. 37, page 80. $24,000. SLOOP. New deck; diesel, electronics, Jude, LA, 5043943530. much more. Ocean capable; $25,000. NEWLY constructed 26' Stadel Pilot J. HANNA GULFWEED 27 KETCH, sloop, 70% finished. Includes hardware, 1952, hill keel. Atomic4, UHF, Danforth binnacle, many extras. Well maintained. sails, diesel, extras; $28,000. 32'
Twotone mahogany, greentinted wind shield; 50hp Mercury, trailer. $4,000.
NY, 5188696382.
28' HUTCHINSON SEDAN, 1938. Roll down windows, modern power and V drive. Original Chrysler Crown with
26' DANISH FOLKBOAT, US59; 1959. Five sails, outboard, custom road trailer,
16' THOMPSON WOOD/CANVAS CA NOE. Needs some restoration. $2,400,
17' OLD TOWN CANOE, wood and canvas. Full sailing rig. Nice! $1,500. FL, 8136276938.
Sea Skiff, fully preserved. Both run abouts have rebuilt 60hp Graymarine
MA, 6176390630.
16' THOMPSON LAPSTRAKE RUN ABOUT, 1953, serial #17427. Original cushions; trailer. Overhauled 35hp Johnson. Stored inside. $3,500, offers. Ml, 6169727599.
Chrysler. $7,500. CT, 2036934811.
1954, 18' LYMAN ISLANDER. Fully re stored and detailed. 1951, ChrisCraft
2072846913.
42' ALDEN OFFSOUNDINGS YAWL, 1939. Hull good; new diesel, fuel tanks, Shipmate stove. Asking $39,500. Chuck, CA, 2138342830 or 2135189689.
Mercury, 1971. Good top, curtains, cash 23' CHRISCRAFT HOLIDAY, 1962. Not ions. $2,400. Why? Too many toys! NY, in water since restoration. 240hp 5185610998.
with 6cyl Graymarine; for parts, but complete. Mike, MI, 6168945573.
SIXMETER, Boyddesigned coldmold ed, racing rigged. Looks great but needs $10,00014,000 structural work. $2,500.
47' TRUMPY, 1947. Good condition. Well equipped. Will sell to highest offer. NY, 5165814918, evenings.
40 WOODEN BOATS FOR SALE IN 30,000sq ft warehouse/showroom. ½ mile from Interstate, Cincinnati, Ohio. Buyers/sellers, call: Antique Boat
Connection, 5133216664.
Lapworth sloop, sailed from Hawaii; $18,000. Hanan Marine, WA, 206 5474424.
Sleeps 3. $8,500. NY, 5163244406.
22' LYMAN ISLANDER, 1964. 30 hours
on 120hp Graymarine 6. Full canvas, cuddy cabin. Yard maintained, excellent condition. Good or best offer. Located Duxbury, MA. RI, 4016834887.
30' DRAGON, 1942. Complete restora tion in 1985, WEST System, still great condition. Fully equipped. $10,000. For details, 5143878201, Quebec.
CLASSIFIED 36' S P A R K M A N & STEPHENS SLOOP, built by Red Nimphius, Nimphius Boatworks. Yanmar diesel, 200 hours. Very sound and beautiful boat. $26,000, firm! SC, 8037282790.
SCHOONER, exoyster schooner built 1928, Delaware Bay, New Jersey. 87' LOA; oak on oak. Presently surf clam ming daily from Atlantic City. Offered
for sale or trade. NJ, 6098866616; fax, 6098611005.
JOHN ATKIN'S OWN 1988 "Ninigret."
1965 CHRISCRAFT 22' CAVALIER CUTLASS SKIFF, hull #17. Completely restored to Bristol condition 198586. Full canvas top, curtains, covers, etc. Compass, depthfinder, gas sniffer. $24,000 with custom trailer. $22,000
22' x 6'8" (beam) x 1' (draft) utility/bass boat. See photo in WoodenBoat's
without trailer. Minneapolis, MN, 6124764626, weekdays.
3005, Noroton, CT 06820 for further
38' SLOOP, RHODESDESIGNED, 1940; rebuilt Nimphius Boatyard, 1986. White oak, mahogany. Fully equipped.
"Launchings "Sept./Oct. 1988. Com plete with new Caulkin's galvanized trail er, 1987 40hp Evinrude oilinjected outboard. Write Atkin & Co., P.O. Box
109 Graymarine. Hardtop, cuddy, spare parts. $1,250. NY, 5163992622.
50' CUSTOM TRAWLER—Beginning 1948 CHRISCRAFT CUSTOM 20' RUNABOUT, completely restored top
information.
to bottom, including rebuilt original MBL. Gougeon WEST System bottom, all hardware complete and redone.
11' SKIFF; $700. MA, 4135862007.
Custom trailer, waterline cover. Perfect! $27,500. MD, 3012510058.
Stored indoors. Must sell. $20,000. Joanne, IL, 3129430449.
1959 CHRISCRAFT, 30' hardtop Sea Skiff Cruiser. Excellent. Twin ChrisCraft KL: Total restoration J une 1991. New, New, New! Complete, original, and gor
20' CHRISCRAFT CUSTOM, 1949.
geous! $24,000. Long Island, NY. 5163995035, evenings.
Restored 1988. $22,500. NY, 315 8937101. 42' RHODES CUSTOM SLOOP, "HI QII," 1958; classic ocean racer. Double planked mahogany, Monel keel and fittings; restored 1990. New sails, elec tronics, centerboard. IMS rating cer tificate; won numerous races. Beautiful, bright hull. $75,000. NY, 9148346243.
23' SILVERTON SEA SKIFF, 1958. FWC
54' 1912, PCLASS RACING SLOOP
17' THOMPSON LANCER EXPRESS,
"Hayseed IV." Built by Wood & McClure, City Island, NY; extensively
1963, with cuddy cabin. Trailer, 100hp Evinrude, accessories. Well maintained.
rebuilt 197886. Mahogany over oak, siliconbronze fastenings. Awlgripped, sheathed in fiberglass. The current owner has lavished her with meticu lous care and attention, including complete racing inventory. Canadian
$2,700. Photos available. NY, 315 4578190.
$90,000. 9024699343, days; 902 4773774, evenings. keel/centerboard, shoaldraft sloop; prototype for new fiberglass Stuart knockabout. Well maintained, recently overhauled; in strong, tight condition. Fully equipped. $19,000 to approved
buyer. Bill Harding, MA, 5087480334, days.
22' CHRISCRAFT SEDAN, 1948. Always in fresh water, northern Mich igan. Excellent condition. Send for pic tures, information. $18,000. Gary Aufranc, 2415 Sir Douglas, Hamilton, OH 45013. 5138942502.
25' LYMAN INBOARD. Restored; tan canvas. $5,000. CT, 2036555900, days.
canvas. Very economical. Good fishing boat. Beautiful condition. Trailer avail able. $7,000. NJ, 9088421987.
STILL FOR SALE! 26' STADEL GAFF RIGGED PILOT SLOOP, 1952. Mahogany on oak. Atomic4. Nice boat, traditional lines. Price reduced to sell at $5,900. MN, 6126460631. "Kyeri, "40' HINCKLEY/OWENS CUT TER, 1956. Circumnavigated. $20,000. Cathy Robie, ME, 2078656978.
7448, days; 6175454843, evenings.
19' TEAK LADY, varnished teak sloop, 1959, MINT; $12,000. 23' STONE HORSE, 1931, rebuilt, excellent; $6,500. 24' CULLER SHARPTOWN BARGE sprit yawl; $1,500. 31' FRIENDSHIP SLOOP, "Dictator," 1973; $25,000. 37' Alden U.S. ONEDESIGN, 1946, orig inal; $7,500. 45' HERRESHOFF sloop,
16' JOHN LITTLE CATBOAT, 1987. 6 hp Evinrude 1988. See "Launchings. " September 1990, March 1988. Beautiful, able boat. Jack, NY, 5162937045 or
strake; $2,500. 30' MacKENZIE BASS BOAT, 1967, diesel; $14,000. Restoration projects: 44' Herreshoff NYYC 30; $4,000. 47' Herreshoff NORTHEAST HARBOR 30; $4,000. Also sails, bronze fittings, etc. NY, 5167347409.
5163663143, evenings.
1957 SWIFTCRAFT RUNABOUT.
$20,000 in receipts. New decks, chrome, etc. Chevy 327, FWC. Black topsides, 24' HANKINS CABIN SKIFF, 1972. 80 hp Lehman Ford diesel, low hours. VHF, depthfinder, etc. Two bunks, head; full
thiness plus comfortable onboard liv ing. Included: sunny galley, bathtub, twin beds. Large canopycover aft for outdoor entertaining; pilothouse for ward. Powerful twin Westerbeke die sels, generator, sailing dinghy, full electronics. $60,000. MA, 617545
daysailer/racer, built 1955. Very sound; recent survey. $1,900, offers. OH, 216 6519038.
HERRESHOFF BUZZARDS BAY 14 SLOOP. Cedar, bronze, oak. Welling Boat Co., MA, 5083561123.
6173325300.
design was constructed rocksolid at Quincy Adams Yard in 1964. Converted by Chester Crosby of Osterville to plea sure cruiser, the rechristened "Edward M. Crosby" offers incredible seawor
27' INTERNATIONAL 3METER,
Sacrifice, $22,500. MD, 3016866505 or 3016867621.
25' LYMAN SLEEPER, 1965, K7442, soft top. Original 220hp V8, needs replace ment. Hull sound. Cape Cod, MA,
between Naushon Island and Woods Hole, this classic EldredgeMcInnis
strong cruiser, $18,000. 18' LYMAN, lap
28' LOA, L. Francis Herreshoff daysailer, 41' CHRISCRAFT CLASSIC CRUISER, 1950. Doubleplanked solid mahog any. Twin Perkins diesels, 5kw Onan generator. Stove, refrigerator, Lectra San head, TV, a/c, VHF, radio, depthfinder. Excellent condition.
its life as "Charles Olsen," private ferry
Good condition. Boat and trailer; $2,000 or best offer. FL, 8137491964.
1928 HERRESHOFF FISHERS ISLAND 31. Original design and layout. Only 2 owners. Asking $35,200. Excellent con
design. Excellent condition; twoowner boat. Consistent Friendship Sloop 25' LYMAN LAPSTRAKE, 1964. 188hp, Regatta winner. Teak decks, Atomic4; V8 Graymarine; marine radio, depth sleeps 2. Cape Cod stove, copper sink, sounder, anchors, life preservers. Soft head, full inventory. Great daysailer or top; full mooring cover, more. $10,900. weekender. Located Essex, MA $14,000. VT, 8024963526. CA, 7147608841. 30' MOTORSAILER "SEA SAILOR," 1974. Solid teak, diesel engine. Hong Kong built, professionally maintained.
20' KINGSTON LOBSTERBOAT, cat ketch; classic lines, 1975. Cedar on oak, bronze fastened. Cradle. MA, 617491 8436. 1957 CHRISCRAFT, 17' RUNABOUT. 425cu in Oldsmobile engine, marine transmission, heavyduty trailer. $4,500 or best offer. OK, 4057224079. 40' ED MONK TRICABIN WOOD CRUISER, built 1966. 671 GMC diesel, 3.5 gph at 8 knots; lull electronics. Documented. $53,000. AK, 907239
2227.
22' FRIENDSHIP SLOOP, 1968, Roth
dition. NY, 7187297115.
Bristol condition. Best offer. Nimphius Boat Company, WI, 4142934465.
44' CUSTOM DOWN EAST CRUISER, Bob Lane designed, built in 1976 by Bob Rich. Flying bridge, "3208N" Caterpillar, generator, heat, windlass, extensive electronics, autopilot. Two staterooms, 2 heads, dinette; well main tained and fully equipped. Ted Kelley, CT, 203536 9333.
34' JOHN ALDEN YAWL, sheathed with epoxy/fiberglass. Graymarine, Shipmate stove; completely equipped. Sailed this past season. Too many boats! $9,700 or best offer. MA, 508372 8618. 30' TAHITI KETCH, 1947. Original gaff rig. Yanmar diesel, trailer. $19,000. LA,
5152831307.
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CLASSIFIED RARE 14' mahogany doublecockpit PENN YAN, 1955. On trailer with 35
42' FISHERS ISLAND MOTORSAIIER, built 1959; repowered 1982. Splendid liveaboard cruising boat. Many extras. $35.000. Ralph Deaton, NC, 919249 1180.
hp Evinrude. $2,750. FL, 9045213207. 23' MacKENZIE CUTTYHUNK, 1951. 156 Crusader 6cyl. Beautifully restored. Fully equipped, cradle, 4wheel Load Rite trailer. Asking $17,000. MA, 39' ELCO CRUISER, 1937. Twin Palm 4135865911. ers. Cedar hull, varnished, painted, ready to show off. Sound. $42,000. FL, 36' ELCO CRUISETTE, 1949. Fully in 3057921016. tact. Seamaster engines rebuilt 1988.
KINGFISHER, exceptional recreational single shell, designed by Graeme King
Needs some restoration work and cos metics. $3,000. PA, 2158494016.
50' LOA, ATKIN KETCH, 1980. $120,000. CA, 6194357061. 1960 RIVA, TRITONE, 26'. Mahogany, twin 350 Chryslers. Just refinished, ex c e l l e n t c o n d i t i o n . $58,000. I L , 7082958404; W I, 4142459636.
for WoodenBoat. Imported wooden oars.
24' SKIFF CRAFT HARDTOP, 1989 model. 175hp OMC Cobra I/O. New
$1,400. CA, 4153315403.
custom Haul trailer. OH, 6144942377.
46' MATTHEWS DOUBLECABIN, 1929. Gas; liveaboard. Sound, but needs
30' CHRISCRAFT CONSTELLATION, 1965, mahogany. Twin 283 engines. Excellent condition. Photos available. $18,500. TN, 6159952828.
work. Located Maryland. $10,000 or best
offer. FL, 3057222858, evenings/week ends. 28' LYMAN, 1965, hard top. Rebuilt twin 195 Graymarines. New transom. Excellent condition. $12,500. MI, 313 7945414. 25' AMPHIBICON SLOOP, b u i l t
Mount Desert Yacht Yard, 1958. Sleeps 4. Sails good condition; 72 Johnson. Sound. Asking $4,200. ME. 207
2765242.
READY TO GO NOW! Bahamian sloop, 34 x 12 x 4', 1957. Perkins 4107 diesel, installed 1989. Vessel maintained to high standards; very livable. Asking $30,000.
42' WILLIAM HAND KETCHRIGGED 17' THISTLE #179, original. Hot
construction. Fresh water only. Twin 327s, 6.5kw Onan generator. Sleeps 6. Full canvas. Excellent condition. Recent survey. $18,500. Rex Coen, PA, 412 4313030; fax, 011504422083.
29' AUTHENTIC CHINESE JUNK, built Hong Kong 1958. Offers. OH, 1937, ELCO 40' CRUISETTE; nicely re stored. Twin Chrysler Royals. $25,000. 4194744110.
FL, 3053247240.
molded. Mint condition. New sails, extra set. White hull, varnished trim and interior. Trailer. Shown in WoodenBoat No. 47. Philadelphia, 215
34' CHRISCRAFT CAVALIER. 1966, classic cabin cruiser. 12' beam; wood
MOTORSAILER, 38' LWL; Franklin G. Post, builder, 1933. Much recent work, including 90hp diesel repowering.
Also, 1962 Eastern lapstrake Sea Skiff, with 115hp Johnson, $1,000. NJ, 201
5791223.
5255035 or 3017784323.
16' CRUISERS INC. LAPSTRAKE RUN ABOUT, 1960. All original; stored in doors. Excellent condition. $4,500. MD, 3016567301.
42' MATTHEWS CRUISER, 1948. Twin Ford Lehman 6D380, 120hp diesel,
cedar planking. New canvas, NY,
Sound character boat; documented. Asking $33.000. NY, 5162984614.
15' SEBAGO, outboard. Oak frames, 6072576375 or 5183592789.
1974. Radar, Loran, VHF, etc. In water; running. Sacrifice at $12,000. N J ,
1953, 19' CHRISCRAFT CLASSIC RAC
6099272415.
ER. Completely restored 1990. Fine de
DICKERSON 35, fullkeel ketch, 1964. Mahogany/oak/bronze. FWC diesel. Well equipped for cruise/liveaboard.
Recent improvements. Exceptional Dickerson! $32,500. ME, 2077291639. 35' COLDMOLDED CUTTER, full keel. 2cyl Volvo diesel. Handsome, sound; needs cosmetics. $22,000. NC, 9193430898. 1945 24' BLUENOSE SLOOP, Halifax built. Classic; William Roue onedesign.
TUGBOATS: Two woodenhulled 97 footers. One national landmark, launched 1930. $5,000/each OR agree to continue restoration. Write: Tugboats, 207 Highland Ave., Winchester, MA
01890.
1929, 2 6 ' C O L O N I A L . C e d a r / mahogany. Very good condition; fully equipped. $12,995. Located Ottawa. Ontario. 6132366498.
1941, 30' MAHOGANY SLOOP, built New Bedford, Massachusetts. Pro fessionally restored, rebuilt Atomic4 engine, new shaft, instrumentation. New 45' mast. Call for full list of details.
$9,000. MD, 3012541393, days.
Pine on oak. Excellent condition. Dinghy, cradle, custom tarpaulin includ ed. $7,500 U.S. funds. Toronto, ON, 4162392892. 46' L.F. HERRESHOFF KETCH, 1963; engine and hull rebuilt 1990. Restora
tion needs completion. Rare and beautiful. Over $50,000 recently in vested. Sistership featured in Wooden Boat No. 98. Make offer. Located Derecktor Yard, Mamaroneck, New York. FL, 8133537559.
1946 WHEELER SUNLOUNGE. 40'. Dual stations, twin Ford Seamasters. Recent extensive upgrading. Comfort able classic cruiser. $16,500. MA, 508
7482296 or 5087480738, after 5:00 p.m.
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1929 CONSOLIDATED 65'. Speedway class New York commuter, "Mohican. " Twin, operating 1940 Detroit 671 diesels. Exterior restoration virtually complete. 50' AL MASONDESIGNED version of White cedar hull original and sound. the famous "Cogge" ketch, built 1974. Interior needs restoration. History fully Sails and rigging 1986, 471 Detroit documented. Asking $70,000. NY, diesel. A heavyduty vessel in good con 5162779367, evenings. dition. $65,000. Call John, 302645 3872, Delaware, for specifications. CHRISCRAFT, GAR WOOD, HACK ERCRAFT, and other fine vintage ma 17' HERRESHOFF BUZZARDS BAY 14, hogany runabouts are our only business built 1980. Sails, boom tent, outboard at Boyd's Boatyard. We sell only legit bracket. $3.000. ME, 2077674333. imate antiques, not replicas or repro d u c t i o n s . P r o j e c t t r i p l e c o c k p i t 28' JOHNSON LAKER, 1915. 4cyl ChrisCrafts start with a 1927, 22' at Kermath. Completely restored. Lake $3,000. Turnkey twincockpits start at Winnipesaukee, NH, 6032793119. $12,000 for ChrisCraft 1955. 19' Capri. Over 40 are in stock at one location. BUILDING MEADOWLARK? Masts, Send S.A.S.E. to Boyd's, P.O. Box 9, Can sails, trailer, ballast; $500. NB, Canada, ton, CT 06019. 2035934811, 8:005:00 5064724490. EDT.
tailing; excellent mechanical. $39,000. NY, 2122651527, evenings.
1903 KINGSTON LOBSTERBOAT "Solitaire," 20' racing model. Main and mizzen masts, gaffrigged, handsome hull design. Restored in 1968; excellent condition. $10,000, negotiable. NH,
6036796707. 1966, 33' OWENS MARGARITA MOTORYACHT, flyingbridge sedan. Twin 225, 6.5kw Onan. Doubleplanked mahogany hull; three years spent restoring. Topsides need some work. Asking $15,000. OH, 2162465395, evenings; 2164338324, days.
RESTORED 1936 OLD TOWN GUIDE CANOE, 16'. Excellent condition.
Asking $1,500. CT, 2037440385, evenings.
32' CHINESE ARTIFACT, SHOW QUALITY. "Mandarin Star" was hand crafted in China; is SOLID TEAK; totally restored in 1991. Must sacrifice at $37,300 OR BEST OFFER. FL, 904 4921578.
CLASSIFIED 31' R I C H A R D S O N , 1940. Twin Chryslers, 6cyl. Excellent condition.
Mahogany on oak frames. $6,000. NY, 5183996449. 44' HERRESHOFF NEW YORK 30, 20½' FANTAIL LAUNCH, circa 1905. Boat and motor by Palmer. Wood ex cellent condition. Gardiner, ME, 207 5824139. GAFF CUTTER, built 1876, 47' (60' with bowsprit). Very rare opportunity to obtain a beautiful, historic boat with known history. Constructed of 2"oak on oak frames. Lying U.K. east coast and in need of renovation. $25,000 U.S. funds. Brian Thorogood. 01144234
1905. Hull totally rebuilt; no interior. Beautiful classic, turns heads. ME, 2078826350, evenings; 2074433311, ext. 3447, days.
52' MALAHIDE TRAWLER. Mint con dition. Rolls Royce engine. Immaculate interior with 3 gorgeous wood state rooms, 2 f u l l b a t h s , saloon, etc. 23'6" STONE HORSE SLOOP, 1963. Pilothouse and flying bridge. 6 knots/2.6 Recent overhaul; in excellent condition gph; 10 knots/5.2 gph. At Seaport throughout. Sailaway for $10,900. ME, Marine, 1 Washington St., Mystic, CT 2077994537, leave message. 06355, 2015369681. Asking $139,000. Patty Curtis, NY, 3154371641; fax, 1937, 26' CHRISCRAFT CABIN CRUIS 31514373634. ER. New $600 tarp. Must sell. $2,500. LA,5155227941. 1947, 27' CHRISCRAFT DELUXE, en
871104 or 01144234327575; fax, 01144234271045.
dosed sedan cruiser. Mostly original; rather nice. $3,500 or best offer. NJ,
9083419638, evenings.
12' LAUNCH, early 1900s. Excellent original condition. Eclipse lcyl engine; all hardware. $5,500. MI, 6169475230. 16' CAPE COD CATBOAT. Trailer, out board. Very pretty; great family boat. $4,500. NH, 6038350171, after 5:00
p.m.
28' OWENS SEA SKIFF HARDTOP, 1966. 225hp, Loran C, Spurs cutter, cov ers. Excellent condition. $8,000. CT, 2035995125. 1962 CENTURY RESORTER, 16'. All original skiboat, fully found, surveyed at $25,000 minimum. 1991 First Prize winner in first show entered, Boston, March 1991. V8, 170hp Graymarine, 260 hours. Perfection, fast, showquality condition. New vinyl, decks, windshields rechromed and s/s electropolished; Epifanes varnished. Total history, man uals. Asking $19,000, trailer included. No finer boat anywhere. MA, 617
5857723.
35 'CUTTER, 1936. Pitch pine on oak. Sound hull, rig, and engine. New sails. Proven circumnavigator, ready for more. Excellent liveaboard cruiser. $42,000. NM, 5052893300.
25' LYMAN, 1962. Sleeps 2. Blue canvas top. Graymarine Fireball V8, 188 hp; remanufactured spring 1990. Located lower Hudson River, NY Enure boat in excellent condition. Must he seen! Must sell, $5,000 or best offer. Chappaqua, NY, 9142389580.
35' SPARKMAN & STEPHENS/ 17' LAPSTRAKE CANOE. New condi tion; mahogany, cedar over ash. Break down paddles; w h i l e w i t h natural interior. $1,900. Gard Callanen, RD #1W, Industry, PA 15052.
LAWLEY Weekender sloop, 1939. Very good condition. Large cockpit; wide teak decks. Cabin 6'2" headroom, sleeps/cruises 4 people comfortably. Strong, fast, and beautiful. 9'5" beam; 5'6" draft; 27' LWL; 55' mast. $15,000 or best offer. ME, 2073891796. 36' TROJAN T R I C A B I N , 1965. Documented, very good condition. Full electronics, swim platform. Excellent hull. $14,000, or best offer. MA, 508 2813391.
1941, 16' C E N T U R Y S E A M A I D . Tandem trailer. Recent restoration. Asking $6,500. OH, 4197985523.
CLASSIC WOODEN BOATS—Devlin designed "Winter Wren, "23', pretty gaff rigged sloop. Sleeps 2. Complete with outboard and gear. $5,500. THISTLE #347, roomy daysailer or fast racer. Needs cosmetics, paint included. $650. Boats located Long Island, NY. Call Charlie, MA, 5083782560.
VHF, depthfinder, RDF, 40hp Perkins, autorecharger. No finer boat in exis tence. $43,200, f i r m . Wayne, TX, 5128884792. days; 5129917450, evenings. 41'1" TOPSAIL SCHOONER, 1983,
"Fourth of July, "Coaster III. Douglas fir over oak, teak decks. VHF, Loran, SatNav, heavyduty autopilot, depthfind er. Brandnew Yanmar diesel. Just re turned from cruise to East Coast via
Panama. $97,650. CA, 4152343322. 1955 ATKIN 38' ForenAft cutter. Professionally built, cedar on oak. Tanbark sails Westerbeke auxiliary. VHF, depthsounder, Loran, Canon. Copper nickel bottom. Surveyed March 1991. San Francisco Master Mariners boat. $28,000 firm. CA, 4153731878.
" S t r a d i v a r i u s " 34' S H A N N O N DESIGNED SLOOP. All bright ma hogany and teak. Wood/epoxy; frame less. Sleeps 6. Four sails, instruments, VHF, autopilot, diesel. Stooping head room, galley, head; much more. Call for details by lax, 6045991278. 30' R H O D E S K I N N E Y CLASSIC SLOOP, 1960. Meticulously built by a m a s t e r b u i l d e r f o r his own use. Joinerwork/craftsmanship of this caliber is a dying an. This oneowner/builder vessel has been maintained in original Bristol condition. Mast be seen! $21,500.
NY, 9145917784.
34' CHRISCRAFT SEDAN. All original, fully restored. New electrical wiring, twin 145hp engines, onboard Kohler gen erator. Must sell; best offer. NY, 212 4818240.
34' WELLS KETCH, 1964. All teak;
34' CHRISCRAFT CAPTAIN, 1955, doubleplanked mahogany, express cruiser. Twin Hercules. Sleeps 6. Fresh water boat, upgraded 1990 for ocean. New: head, s/s stove, Halon system, VHF, u p h o l s t e r y , m a n y extras; rechromed. $18,900. ME, 207439 5373. 1956, 26' CHRISCRAFT Continental, twinscrew MCLs; $11,000. Restored 192930, 16' Dee Wite; $1,500. 1963, Century Coronado Gullwing, hardtop; partially restored; $7,000. Olde Tyme Boat Shop, P.O. Box 703, Saugatuck, MI 49453. 6168571086.
15½' SAILING/ROWING DORY, 1986, Gardner designed. Traditional construc tion/epoxy. Dark green with bright in terior. Includes sail, ash oars, galvanized
trailer. $2,500. CT, 2034570163. DRAGON 29', Walsted. Mahogany on oak. Sails, trailer. Finish removed; hull good. WI, 4146528178. 26' LYMAN HARDTOP CRUISETTE, 1971. 225 Chrysler, full cover, complete electronics, raisedpanel cabinetry, solid teak decks, fully equipped; $22,500. Koroknay's Marine Woodworking, spe cializing in Lyman restorations, repairs, and factoryspecified parts. OH, 4198840222.
40' CHRISCRAFT, 1946. Good condi tion. Updated, rewired; 12VCold Plate
refrigerator. Ready to sail. $30,000. Toronto, 4164802216, evenings. CONTROVERSY 30, 1967. Five sails, trailer. Very roomy boat. $14,000. NB, 5067556126. 31' PACEMAKER SEDAN CRUISER, 1966. 220hp Crusader, FWC. Original owner always. Stored inside; classic con dition, with no rot. One in a million! The woodenboat you've been looking for. Turnkey and sailaway. Make offer. MA, 5086742331.
22' SHARPIE KETCH. Fine, little ship for accomplished waterperson. Make
offer. Will trade for something smaller. Sail today. Sheepscot River, Maine. Ted,
2077295571.
49 'x 12'6" x 6' SLOOP, Lawley designed and built 1905. Marconi rig. Partially restored. Sleeps 6. Beautiful sailer. CT, 2032427588.
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CLASSIFIED 18' CHRISCRAFT, 1916, rare runabout Superb condition. Lakeworthy. Original wood, refinished; chrome excellent; re
built, one of 12. Two new Chrysler en gines. Galley, flying bridge, generator; fully equipped. $19,000. Marie, 718 8495644, NY.
upholstered cockpit. 250hp Chrysler
engine. Original engine available. Trailer. Photo on request. $11,900. MN, 2188272545.
65' CITY ISLAND TRAWLER, Army T boat, built 1944. 12V71 diesel, 1011 knots, 8 gph; 17'6" beam, 7' draft. Very comfortable classic for work or play. For sale or trade. $39,500. WI, 715735 5139.
CROCKER SLOOP, DESIGN #253, 1963. 30'6" x 27'8" x 10' x 5'. Large cocpit, stripplanked cedar, mahogany interior, wheel. Volvo diesel, autopilot. $15,000. Call lor details and pictures. CA. 2134333892 or 2138515495. 13' LYMAN O U T B O A R D . 1957. Watertight beauty: Needs work. Optional trailer. Trade or best offer. Lake George.
New York. MA, 6172391605.
45' CHRISCRAFT CONNIE. 1968. Twin 330hp Chryslers. Sleeps 8. Electronically loaded; Camper bridge. Superstructure fiberglassed. Ideal cruising/liveaboard. $34,000. Located Long Island, 5164752648.
40' HEAVILY BUILT SCOW "Lily of Tisbury," 1980. Classic workboat, recent ly cut sails. New standing rigging, chain plates, drive shaft, shaftlogs. Aquadrive, engine beds. 20hp Chinese diesels. ( 1 ) new, ( 1 ) 40 hrs. Documented coastwise. ME, 2072445203.
16' M A H O G A N Y CHRISCRAFT CAVALIER, inboard runabout, 1950. Wood and motor excellent condition. Speed 28 mph; spot, RPM, oil gauge, and ammeter operating; new battery. All original. Holds 46 passengers. Try
it! $8,000. Quebec, 4186520815, evenings.
ARABIAN 18' CENTURY, 1957. Gray marine V8. Rare, special boat. Com pletely restored. $8,600. ME, 207 2369547.
14' "PORT" LAUNCH, Lawley built 1910, from yacht "Mic Mac." 4cyl
Graymarine. $2,300. MA, 6173290842. 4 6 ' LOD S C H O O N E R "Sophia Christina." (See WoodenBoat No. 99, page
66.) Built 1983 by Freya Boat Works, Brewer design, U.S.C.G. certified. 24 tons. Excellent condition. Details: Freya Boat Charter. 4206 B r a n d Circle, Anacortes, WA 98221. 2062939416.
36' SCHOONER, NEW. Under con struction. Hull, deck complete. Engine in. Beautiful work! Asking $25,000. Newman Marine, ME, 2072445400.
36' OWENS CRUISER, 1960. Fair con dition. $5,200. NY, 5184396969.
34 ALDEN SLOOP, Barnacleclass, Maine built 1946; refastened 1985. Great cruiser. Large cockpit, overnight accom modations for 4. standing headroom. Much extra equipment, Loran. Auto helm, etc. Engine needs rebuilding (original Graymarine light4). Sacrifice
at $15,400. ME, 2073594651, days (ask f o r Carl). "Jimco,"40' MONKDESIGNED CLAS SIC, 1947. Heavily built, cedar on oak. Twin 504 Cummins, s/s tanks, full elec t r o n i c s . Teak decks; boat cover. Outstanding ride and performance. Licensed lor charter. $80,000 or best offer. OR, 5039943140.
RECESSION LOWERS PRICE OF THIS TREASURE TO $40,000. 1917 Consolidated Speedway Launch, 32'. Custom built; we've owned since 1923. Oak framing, mahogany planking, deck, trim. A truly HISTORIC BOAT. Starr,
31' HERRESHOFF MARINER KETCH, 1971. New sails; overhauled 20hp Albin diesel. M a h o g a n y over oak h u l l . Beautiful inside and out; a connoisseur's classic. $48,500. Moes Marine. Box 13.
CT, 2036554078; NY 518499 1649. 30' FRIENDSHIP SLOOP "Downeaster," Lash Brothers, 1963. Cedar on oak, bronze fastened. Skiff included. $26.000. Forrester Valle. 278 Shepherd Hill Rd.,
Vermilion, OH 44089. 2169674221.
Washington, ME 04574. 2077851752, evenings. 16' GAFFRIGGED SAILING SKIFF, built by Ed Crosby, 1969. One of a kind, fluted transom, internal tiller. New tan bark sail. $5,500. MA, 5085407709.
1957, CHRISCRAFT 24', semienclosed. Very good condition. New paint and var nish summer 1990. Pictures available. Sam Pennise, NY, 6075692242.
33' ALDEN MALABAR, launched 1959; built Newport, California, by master builder, Pedersen of Vikings Port, for his personal boat. Always maintained in mint condition. Now in Marina Del Rev, Los Angeles. Ready to sail! $36,000, trade. Randy, CA. 2138272727.
1942 U.S. NAVY CAPTAIN'S GIG, 26'. 4cyl diesel; runs. Needs cosmetics. CA, 2138305621.
16' CUSTOMMADE BOAT. Oneofa kind collector's item. Liberty style im
ported from Kilada, Greece. Handmade, all wood; never in water. No motor. $5,995. will talk. Ask for George, NY, 9148966537.
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62' LOA WILLIAM GARDEN KETCH, 1965/77. Draft 5'6".beam 14'. 1½" ma hogany on steambent oak frames. 85 hp Perkins. 3.5kw Onan. Complete electronics. Sleeps 7. Double bed in mas ter stateroom. Stern davit with 1 1 ' Boston Whaler; 14hp Johnson. Built in Barcelona by master boatbuilders. Maintained to highest standards, assur ing beauty and performance for years to come. 1990 surveyed at $175,000, sac rifice $125,000. MA, 5082243989, 69 p.m.
29' WOODEN DYER, designed by Nicholas Potter, N.A. Completely re stored 1985. Gougeon WEST System hull. 6cyl Ford. Asking $20,000. MA, 5088665026.
BOLGER S H A R P I E , 29' catyawl Skillygalee, designed and built of best available materials for present owner. Fully equipped; in new condition. $7.900. CA, 4157985985.
28'6" CATBOAT "Lady Jane. "Fiveyear rebuild completed 1987; like new. Westerbeke diesel; Randolph spars; Sperry 650sq ft sail. Will stand strict sur vey. Spring sacrifice, $34.000. Marion, Massachusetts, 5087481655, lor details.
27' FAY& BOWEN longdeck runabout; 25' Fay & Bowen Torpedo launch; Lozier f a n t a i l l a u n c h ; 1956, 22' Shepherd runabout: Peterborough ca noe; 25' Consolidated Speedways; 1935, 20' Dodge, Lycoming 225class racing e n g i n e . NY, 5186569070 or 5187938921.
2 1 ' LYMAN. Excellent condition. 318 FWC, depthfinder, VHF, s/s tank, cush ions, camas. $5,500. CT, 2039347216. 26' SEA BIRD YAWL, 1933, hard chined. Fresh water. Well maintained and equipped. Trailer. $6,000. OH, 2166476492. 35' BLUENOSE SCHOONER, gaff rigged. Nova Scotia built 1938. Sound condition, sleeps 4. 25hp Graymarine, Shipmate stove, VHF. Classic. Lots of fun! $9,000. MA, 5089221944.
1917 CLASSIC MONTEREY, builder Genoa; canoesterned design. Original 8hp Hicks in good running condition. Monterey ready for coastal cruising. $9,500. For more information: Fred Gow, P.O. Box 285, Santa Barbara, CA 93102.
CLASSIFIED 50' W I L L I A M H A N D CLASSIC MOTORSAILER, 1940, custom built. Twin Cat diesels, 2 generators. Three s t a t e r o o m s , 2 f u l l heads. A/C, washer/dryer, 2 refrigerators, 1 freezer. Beautiful cruising or liveaboard. $35,000. FL, 3057433727. 1926 ALDEN YAWL "Sirena, "41' LOA, 31' LOD. Cedar on oak; diesel, low hours, 6' 1½" headroom. Sailing dinghy. Well maintained. $16,500. Mark, FL. 3052944606.
1936 HUBERT S. JOHNSON, RARE MODEL, 36' lapstrake cruiser. Only one left in existence. Restored insideout to superb condition. Coast Guard ap proved. Twin engines recently over hauled. Truly a Rolls Royce of boats and a classic in her class. Cruise in style and comfort aboard the most attentionget ting yacht in any port. Worth far more than my listing price of $55,000. Must see to appreciate. NY, 5163992614.
38' KAURI WOOD, tripleplanked cut ter. A r t h u r Robb design, built New Zealand, 1939. Currently undergoing interior refit. leaving Hawaii, must sell! Why not buy it here and sail the Pacific? $37,000, offers. HI, 8088333647. GET ON OUR MAILING LIST. Classic 14' WOOD PUSSY CATBOAT. 1963, mahogany speedboats. Delivery avail daysailer. Coldmolded mahogany. able. Color photos. What are you look Excellent condition. Trailer. $900 or best ing for? Call Mitch—if we don't have offer. CT, 2036519674, evenings. it today, we'll let you know when we get 1928, 28' CATBOAT. Stored inside. one! 1954 17' ChrisCraft Deluxe Utility, Refastened, refinished. New 50hp $2,900; 1947 17' ChrisCraft Deluxe r un BMW diesel. MA, 5089451870. about, $1,500; 1955 24' HackerCraft t r i p l e c o c k p i t , $11,000; 1954 18' Sportsman, $8,000; 1955 20' Holiday, $12,000; 1948 17' Resorter, $2,500; 1936 17' Deluxe runabout, $2,250; 1948 22' Sportsman, $9000; 1955 19' ChrisCraft Capri, $9,500; 1950 19' ChrisCraft rac ing runabout, $28,000; 1956 21' Capri, $9,500; 1937 21' ChrisCraft Sportsman, $3,000. TRADES CONSIDERED. Mitch INTERNATIONAL 110 FOR FREE. No LaPointe, 1733 Gull Lane. Mound. MN date; needs work. Trailer. MA, 617 55364. 6124726122. 8944016.
28' KING'S CRUISER SLOOP, 1957. 28' LOA, 21'6" LWL, 7' beam, 4' draft. African mahogany on oak frames. Numerous parts to finish, including: mast, boom, s/s rigging, keelbolts, singlecyl Volvo diesel. Sorry, no sails! Stripped to bare h u l l , many new laminated frames. Needs new house, deck, interior. Requires dedicated effort, but rep resents a w o r t h w h i l e project. Call for more d e t a i l s , MA, 617864 1910. 24' CHRISCRAFT, 1963, lapstrake skiff. All wood in good condition. Oak cradle. Needs new engine. Located Avalon, NJ, 3026540592, evenings. 37' GAFFRIGGED YAWL, built 1903. Needs extensive restoration to return to classic form. Unquestionably a w o r t h w h i l e project. Located in Maryland. Call Ken, 3019889170, evenings.
(TWO) 1963 PACEMAKER flyingbridge sedans in water. ( 1 ) 30', 270 Palmer, good wood, good running. (2) 32', re built twin 350 Chews, not completed; rebuilt transmission; needs wood work. Must go together! Forked River, NJ, 6096932021.
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45' MATTHEWS, 1968. Tricabin, en closed afterdeck. Twin Detroit diesels, generator; all electronic equipment. Bristol. Excellent liveaboard. $65,000. OH, 4195360717. 29' NORWALK ISLAND SHARPIE HULL. Probuilt, epoxy system. Hull, deck, cabin, cockpit, ballast, etc. all com plete. Great buy at $12,000! WV, 304 8722012, evenings. 30' CHRISCRAFT SEASKIFF. Twin en gines. Great family boat Extras. $4,995. MD, 3012242771.
49' USCG DEADRISE HULL #1261, 1942. Very good condition; rebuilt 1987. Mahogany decks and cabins, white oak galley. 653 GM diesel. $29,000. VA, 8044872511. 35' ROSBOROUGH PILGRIM HULL. Pettegrow Boat Yard, Ship Harbor, Southwest Harbor, ME, 2072558740.
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