Small Craft Life 4
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From Michael Morin: My friend and I built a pair of Devlin Design 5 X 10’s for a fun project. Sourcing the 5’x10’ sheets of plywood wasn’t as hard as we thought it might be. They would have gone together a lot faster if we didn’t have regular jobs. As it is, my boat (red) took 2 years! Pictured on the sandspit in Morro Bay, CA
From Cathay Keough: The West Coast Trailer Sailors gathered at Terra Ceia, Florida, this weekend. Here's one of my favorite photos (that I took) from the event, taken yesterday morning (attached). As you can see in the photo, we had a variety of small sailboats, from handbuilt Pelican and Mud Hen styles, a Compaq Picnic Cat, Flying Scot, and more. We had about a dozen boats and many families over the weekend enjoying the wind and (somewhat chilly) weather on Terra Ceia Bay.
From Curtis Pack: Attached is a photo of my junk rigged Peep Hen. Taken last August 2025, sailing the OBX 130.
From Chris Waite: My pocket gaffer, Tit Willow;
From Jim Gossman: Goose’s ReGale Morro Bay, CA sail.
From Jim Kemp: I built this as a paddle craft, but I couldn’t resist the temptation to harness the wind.
From John Henderson: My wife and I sailing our Sea Pearl 21 cat ketch on Greenwood Lake, NY.
From Verenda Camire: My favorite view of Spirit, a 18-foot Malbec, is the sailor’s viewpoint — the cockpit and sail on a day’s sail into the sun on Kentucky Lake.
From John Oetting: Dermie a 10.5ft skin-on-frame “Wee Lassie” double paddle canoe variant with a Kayaksailor sailing rig on Lake Nockamixon in Eastern PA. Constructed from radiata pine stringers and steam bent red oak frames with 1050 denier ballistic nylon skin.
From John Hartmann: Enjoying a remarkable sunset and a sheltered anchorage aboard Mussels of Destiny after a long and memorably physical day on the Maine Island Trail.
From Chris Waite: Polly Wee that ‘Eccentric Mini-Raid Boat” clawing out of a creek in a brisk northerly with the South Downs in the background.
From Dan Mattson: My 15’ Peeler Skiff on Lake Entiat near Wenatchee, WA
From Rick Upson: Weta Trimarans racing, photo taken by a member of the Race Committee. I’m sailing on the Weta named Triumph in the foreground sail #1422. The Weta center hull is only 4.4 meters or 14.5 Feet in length plus the removable bow sprit which is almost 3 feet long and has a Gennaker on roller furling for going downwind. It is good for 1 or 2 adults, or one adult and several kids. The whole boat, sails up and ready to go, only weighs 275 pounds. My company is the Weta Dealer for Florida and near by States.
This year the Weta has been chosen as the one design for the US Multihull Championship aka the Hobie Alter Cup. Last year the Alter Cup was sailed on Hobie Waves. The Alter Cup is sailed on a different one design multihull every year. The Alter Cup will be hosted by the Columbia Sailing Club on Lake Murray, South Carolina, April 29th - May 3rd, 2026. If any of your readers want to compete on the Weta in the Alter cup or other Weta Regatta, I have charter Weta available, to charter for the duration of the Alter Cup and other Weta Regattas. I have a double Weta Trailer so I can bring my Weta and the Charter Weta to any Regattas in the South East.
From Rick Landreville: Catbox duck at Lake Eufalla OK
From Hugh Horton: Karen at he helm of Clam Girl, Black Skimmers behind.
More photos soon! —Eds
I love these photo blasts!
A good source for canoe sails and rigs is Balogh Sail Designs. For most canoe sailors, 45 sf or smaller is a good sail size. I have one of his smaller sails for my Adirondack Pakboat. As always, I am an advocate for fully battened sails.
One of the things I learned while I was active with Sebago Canoe Club is that a single leeboard is sufficient for canoe sailing. Nereid, when I finish setting up her rig, will also have this feature.