Dan Phy: (ABOVE) The “Maestro At The Camera”—Don Person (who’s shot many SCA covers—Eds). (BELOW) A rare Guppy 13 at Havasu.
Dan Phy: (ABOVE) Montgomery 15 in Grand Tetons. (BELOW) My M-15 six working SF Bay in the summer—photo by Don Person.
Henry Rodriguez: (ABOVE) My Montgomery 17 Monita. (BELOW) My Venture Newport 23 Chiquita.
Ken Van Camp: In April 2016, I trailered my Islands 19 to the Nanticoke Harbor Marina in Maryland, and set sail on a solo 3-day-weekend excursion on the Nanticoke River. I spent the first night in Tedious Creek on Hog Island, and on the second day I was sailing the open water near the confluence of the Nanticoke and Wicomico Rivers when I came upon a pod of dolphins. Three of them broke off from the pod and followed my boat for more than 15 minutes. The attached photo shows just how close astern they were following me, and in a low-freeboard boat like the Islands 19 it was especially exciting.
Mathew Lane: (ABOVE) Eleanor, my Chesapeake Light Craft (CLC) Passagemaker dinghy, sailing on Lake Chicot in Southwest Louisiana. (BELOW) After launching Eleanor in early 2020, my son and I built and launched Flash, a CLC Cocktail Class Racer, on Christmas Eve 2021 on the Vermillion River.
Keith Hammitte: Raymond Pond, Maine. Matincus peapod, Susan skiff (I built the skiff at the Apprenticeshop in Rockland Maine) and upside down is a fox decked canoe I built in class with Bill Thomas.
Don Dill: (ABOVE AND BELOW) Several years back my eldest daughter and I took my banks dory on a 5 day trip up Casco Bay, Maine with a friend in his surf dory. Great memories.
Kitrick Nielson: (ABOVE )My dad takes a break from learning to sail. (BELOW) My wife on the helm in Black Canyon south of Hoover Dam
Llew Johnson: Jack L.’s Sun Cat 17 (Spaniel) with lateen sail. Jack was a prior owner of D. Herman’s Sun Cat 17 Muddy Duck pictured in Photo Flood PT 3. Jack, now in his 7th decade, is a true-believer in the simplicity and safety of a lateen rigged vessel, especially for “older” skippers that sail solo. Jack currently sails out of Birch Bay, WA.
Karl Brohan: Me in my Chesapeake 17 kayak on Lake Crescent in the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. I built the boat back in the 90’s with a light layer of epoxy filled glass then rubbed it out for thebright finish. It is a nice roomy boat and stable enough to park the paddle on its leash in the water and eat lunch.
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I would like to know more about Jack L’s lanteen rig for the Sun Cat 17. What is the sail area? Is it larger than the gaff rig? Is there a way to reef? How does the boat handle in comparison to the stock gaff rig...
I would like to know more about Jack L’s lanteen rig for the Sun Cat 17. What is the sail area? Is it larger than the gaff rig? Is there a way to reef? How does the boat handle in comparison to the stock gaff rig...
Ok Kitrick Nielson, what kind of boat is that and what is the story with the glass bottle hanging from the boom?!