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Favorite Mods: Hauling Line

Installing an Electric Motor

Drinking the Wild Air

Favorite Mods: Simplifying "Modern" Boats

Results from the Costs of Small Boats Survey: Part 1

Favorite Mods: Custom Anchor Pulpit

Favorite Small-Boat Mods

Gaff Rig Trailersailer WELSFORD PENGUIN

Proas: Pacific, Atlantic, or Tacking?

Flash Poll: Sleeping Aboard

Plan Study: Marsh Duck

Best Sailboat for Exploring the Everglades

Part 2: Building Our 20’ Cabin Cruiser

Keep It Simple, Sailor!

Thanksgiving Paddle

Part 4 of 4: The Launch of Our Shantyboat

Barnacles and Brubeck

Part 3 of 4: More Paint, Then Interior Work

Boat Book Sale

Part 2 of 4: The Shantyboat Build is On!

Part 1 of 4: Building Our Electric Shantyboat

Giveway: EZ-Fillet

Boat Review: Windrose 18

Mini Sport Cruiser: Welsford Sweet Pea Design

MAPTATTOO GPS Review

Aging Into, Not Out of Boats

Neptune 16 vs Siren 17

Hold it Steady: Capes, Cruises, and Capsizes

Flotsam & Jetsam

Phil Bolger 11'6" Oldshoe

More Nautical Book Stacks

Abalone

Your Nautical Book Stacks

Rounding the Cape in a Dinghy

Nautical Book Stacks

Reader Boat: Mercury 15 "Ms. Zen"

Ranger 20 vs Com-Pac 19

External Versus Internal Challenges in Building (and using) a Boat

Building the West Mersea Duck Punt (Episode 16)

On Changing Stock Boat Plans

Do It

Lazing Along a Low Road

Flotsam & Jetsam (plus Radio Winners!)

Scamp Capsize Testing

Precision 165

Lite Boat XP20 vs Wayfarer

Unusual Sailing Spots

Plan Study: Pelegrin

Boat Review: Tiki 21

Emergency Radio

Building Our Camp-Cruising Dreamboat

Report from Cedar Key

A Quick Skiff for Grigoris

Varnished Truth

Potter 19 vs Marshall Sanderling

What's Up in Estuaries?

Down the Lazy River

Minimalist Long-Distance Cruising: Designing a Tacking Proa (PT1)

DIY Motor Mount

Reader Boat: Little Barrier Sprinter

Spooky Sailing Stories:

Norseboat Vs Sea Pearl

System Three QUIKFAIR Giveaway!

NORTH CHANNEL BY SMALL BOAT

Spooky Sailing Stories: Spirits of St. Augustine Lighthouse

Trailersailer Fender Bender

Gig Harbor Boat Works: Proud Builder of Small Craft

PLACES: Berg River, South Africa

Shantyboats

My First Boat

Spooky Sailing Stories: Haunted Houseboat

More Navigator vs Pathfinder

Traditions Over Trends: The Emiliano Marino Interview

Binocular, Horn and Gear Holders

Poll: Navigator VS Ilur

Tempus Fugit (Time is On the RUN)

Reader Boat: Lady Bug

Flotsam & Jetsam

Spooky Sailing Stories: Tahiti Ouija

System Three Giveaway

Spooky Sailing Stories: Red and Green

Spooky Sailing Stories: Escape from the Island of Doom

DIY Electric Outboard (Pt 4)

Spooky Sailing Stories: The St. Croix Swimmer

Spooky Sailing Stories: The Freemantle Pork Chop

Flotsam & Jetsam

Reader Boat: Sanibel 18 "Conscript"

THE SMALLEST BOAT TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD

Plan Study: RoG (River of Grass)

You Asked for More About RAVEN…

Spooky Sailing Stories

Boat Review: Great Pelican

Flash Poll: Pets Aboard?

Rainy Lake Trip

There's a Hole in My Boat

Harrowing Passage

Flash Poll: When Did You Start Sailing?

Costs of Small Boats Survey

Flotsam & Jetsam

Other Best Cruising Grounds for Small Boats?

Crowdsource Boat Repair: Leaky Centerboard Trunk

Salish 100 or Bust

Custom Dodger

Living in a Pocket Cruiser

Installing Reefing Lines on Boom

Boat Review: Cal 20

Boat Names: The Ugly Truth

DIY Electric Outboard (PT 3)

The Making of Mouse—Part 3 of 3

Painting Your Small Boat

Motion Marian

The Making of Mouse—Part 2 of 3

The Making of Mouse, Part 1 of 3

Mantus Anchors

Legacy

MiniD Hits the Water

Old Man's Cove

Start of the North Carolina Challenge

Flash Poll: Consecutive Nights Aboard

Doing More With Less

Shop Tips: C-Clamps and Muffler Box

The Care and Maintenance of Swing Keels

Water, Wind and Wood

An Introduction to Overnighting:

5 Questions for Boat Designer Dudley Dix

Shedding Light with Deck Prisms

Reader Boat: A Farrier F-22 "Escapade"

Where a Boat Ranks

1/4-Life Crisis: 18-Footer Across the Atlantic

Sally Shoots the Wooden Boat Festival

Thomas Colvin's Final Design

How to Sail 8,000 miles with Your Spouse Without Divorcing

Tuffy on the Market

A Six-Pack of Boat Festival Favorites

Hello and Welcome to Sailing Simple

Hank or Furl?

A Folding Table for Tight Spaces

Reader Boat: DS20 "After School"

Your Boat Builds and Other Projects Pt 5

Your Boat Builds and Other Projects Pt 4

Your Boat Builds and Other Projects Pt 3

About Going Home

Radio Giveaway Update

Your Boat Builds and Other Projects Pt 2

The Bayesian Tragedy

First Cruise Aboard Little Mouse

Your Boat Builds and Other Projects

Red Bluenose Blues

AF4 Breve SKIDADL

Whatcha Building?

The Magic of Radio

Reader Boat: SailAbout

Basic Safety Training

Follow-up: Big Motorboats, What Gives?

Sailing to Battle Island

Pocket Cruising with a Toddler

Big Motorboats—What Gives?

Putt Putt the Mystery Boat

Flotsam & Jetsam

The Last Sail

Out There: Canoe Sailing

By Wind Over Water

Reader Boat: Montgomery 15

Irresistible Tidbits You Can’t Live Without

Auto Canoe

Small Advantages

Tubby Tugboat in Action

Mariner 19 Mini-Trawler Conversion

Flash Poll: Reboarding

Slot Canyons & Starry Skies

Cupboard Rack for Mini Trawler

DIY Electric Outboard (PT 2)

Downwind Sleigh Ride Interrupted

Improving the Old Balboa 20

Best Laid Plans

Three Years in a 12-Foot Boat (Foreword)

Pushing the Limits in a Com-Pac 16

Night Sailing

Camp-Cruising is Where Solar Truly Shines.

DIY Windscreen/ Windshield

Boat Review: Didi 23

Oh, How I Love Little MOUSE…

Boat Reviews and Tracking Down Designers

TILLER TO WHEEL

Flash Poll: Ways to Move Your Boat

The First-Ever SMALL BOAT FESTIVAL

Cruising Aboard Cosmos

The Infamous Southerly Buster

A Conversation with Stan Spitzer

Com-Pac 16: A Mini Keelboat

El Toro to Stockton

R2AK: Positions Available!

The Scowza Yowza

9 Days Sailing the Chesapeake Bay aboard the "Ghe Ho Dep," A Blockley Privateer 20- Foot Sailboat

Boat Review: San Juan 23

Vicari: My First Sail in a Catboat

Voyage of Tuffy: A Foggy Crossing and Some Final Thoughts.

The Ultimate Rig Part 1

What is it About Boats?

Building the West Mersea Duck Punt (Episode 15)

Small Boat Tech and Gear Reference Articles Worth Saving

23 Years of the Skerry: A Retrospective

ToyBoat

Bouncing Back

Don't Waste Epoxy

Places: Horn Island Cruise

A Tale of Two Yachts

Boat Review: Three Bargain Boats

Voyage of Tuffy: Slipstream Thoughts

Watch Standing Technology

Articles You Might Have Missed

Best Sailing Movies Ever

"Tuffy" Leaves Alaska

Small-Boat Cruise Planning Tools

Flotsam & Jetsam

Typical Day Aboard "Tuffy"

Cruising Dinghy Sailors

MAINTAINING AND RESTORING YOUR BOAT TRAILER

Independence Day, 2024

Practical vs Romantic Boat Buying

Boatbuilding Plywood Specifications

Burgee Etiquette

Flotsam & Jetsam

Voyage of Tuffy: Starting for Home

Classified Ads

Texas 200 the Wrong Way

Working on the Chain Gang

Backing Plates

Strategic Small Boat Voyaging

Haven 12 ½: A Timeless Classic

Voyage of Tuffy: Glacier Bay National Park

Boat Classifieds

Even as a Kid I Liked to Travel Distances

My First Night Passage

Why We Love Electric Boat Motors

Shackleton and Frito Pie

Flotsam & Jetsam

Voyage of Tuffy: Juneau!

Sailing Terminology in Perspective

Oh the Places She'll Take Me

Dock Walk II - Roche Harbor, San Juans

Notes on Anchoring

Building the West Mersea Duck Punt (Episode 13)

Suffering Spontaneity’s Consequences

I Refuse to Join

A Postcard From B. Frank Franklin

Flash Poll: Bows & Sterns

Flotsam & Jetsam

The Smallest Boat on the River

Reader Boat: Tubby Tug

Tuffy Enters Alaska

Come Along, Friends, for a Dock Walk…

Reconsidering the Square rig

Wag-Bag Stowage Underway

How Dare You!

Cumberland Rover: Dover, TN

MiniD Houseboat Update

Sailing Canoe Algonquin

Magic Carpets to Dream Worlds

Race to Alaska: An Insider Interview

“Inside” the Inside Passage

Money-Saving Tip: Caulk Tube Dowel

Birth of the Twelve: A Travel-Sized Sail and Oar Skiff

Lug-Rig Reefing

Mystery Boat: 11-Foot Skiff

9 Days of Sail Camping on S/V Ghe Ho Dep

Building the West Mersea Duck Punt (Episode 12)

9 Days of Sail Camping on S/V Ghe Ho Dep

A Sailing Skill as Good as Gold

Tuffy Makes it “Inside”

The BeTriton: Unconstrained by Convention

The Creek is Up

Flotsam & Jetsam

PLAN STUDY: Expedition Rowboat

Potter 14 vs Com-Pac 16 vs Montgomery 15

SCAMP Full Tour, Tips & Tricks

Trailer-Sailor Trepidations

The Future of Small-Boat Production

Rudder Repair

It's Complicated

Flotsam & Jetsam

Watery Escape

Flash Poll: Tender Types

It's a Matter of Time

Building the West Mersea Duck Punt (Episode 11)

Tuffy to Alaska

Plan Study: Sponge Docks Skiff

Best Sailboats by Category

Traditional Boats of Great Britain’s Coast (Part 2 of 2)

Traditional Boats of Great Britain’s Coast (Part 1 of 2)

The Simple Johnboat

Reader Boat: Mikesboat, "Northern Gannett"

Sailboat Caracolito

Book Sale...

Mystery Boat:

More Micro Cruisers

A Late Winter's Sail

Hat-Tip Tuesday

Cranky's New Craft

Places: The Apostle Islands

New Design: DIVINITE 4 3/4

Sail Matters

July - September 2024 Calendar

Review: Sea Sprite

Flotsam & Jetsam

Mark Ye Well Her Bulwarks

Boatbuilding Woods

More of Your Boat Builds

OBX 130

Flash Poll: Small-Boat Events

12-Foot Custom Cruiser

Small Boats and Survival: The Andre-Francois Bourbeau Interview

Pedalboat Palooza!

Inches Over the Bottom

BOAT VS. HYDRILLA

I Liked the Book Better

Here's What You're Building

Whatcha Building?

"Twill Do"—Sailboat Becomes Displacement Cruiser

The Case for a Bigger Boat

Small-Boat Cruising Comforts

TUFFY Preps for Alaska

Building the West Mersea Duck Punt (Episode 10)

SOLO AROUND TASMANIA & ACROSS BASS STRAIT IN A 13' OPEN DINGHY

To Tow or Not to Tow

DIY Hobo Stove for Small-Boat Sailors

Flash Poll: Sailing Grounds

Composting Head

Boats for Sale!

Making Fire

The Amazing, Historic Watercraft of Norway

Are you for the men from Provence or the men from Brittany?

Boat for Sale?

Old Age and Old Boats

Flash Poll: Shallow Draft?

Flotsam & Jetsam

Building the West Mersea Duck Punt (Episode 9)

Denmark: Birthplace of Beautiful, Seaworthy Small Boats

DIY: Gimballed Stove

Making Your Own Oars

Reminiscing on Little Boats and Big Ideas

Launching Long Steps

The Art of Doing Nothing

Cockpit Table

Daysailer to Cruiser

Springtime Dreaming…

The Key

Small-Boat Seaworthiness Test

DIY Electric Outboards

Building the West Mersea Duck Punt (Episode 8)

Dream Team: Smitty & Ray Richards

The Prettiest Boat In The Fleet - 'Fair Wind' a Welsford Pathfinder

Our Island Escape Boat Design Contest

Mast Floats: the $40 Insurance Policy

Small Craft Therapy

A Mirror Dinghy Microadventure

CASTING BRONZE PINTLES

Flotsam & Jetsam

The Worst Boat You've Owned

Building the West Mersea Duck Punt (Episode 7)

Island Escape: Entry #10: Richard Sims

I Can't Buy This Boat...But Maybe You Should

Tiller Tamer and Rocket Stove

Flotsam & Jetsam

Island Escape: Entry #9: David Nghiem

Island Escape: Entry #8: Peter Noble

Island Escape: Entry #7: John Epping

A Northwest Version of Atkin's “Rescue Minor”

Love Those Traditional Boats of Ireland

Island Escape: Entry #6: Peter Noble

Island Escape: Entry #5: Gregg Onewein

Island Escape Entry #4: Robert Cornwell

Easy-Up Mast Raising

Flotsam & Jetsam

Island Escape: Entry #3: Skip Johnson

Building the West Mersea Duck Punt (Episode 6)

Island Escape Entry #2: André-François Bourbeau

The Late, Amazing Iain Oughtred…

April - June 2024 Calendar

Discovering the Wilds in a $400 Yacht

Near-Shore Anchoring Using an “Anchor Buddy”

Lugs and Jibs: An "Autumn Leaves" Update

Flash Poll: Favorite Small-Boat Adventure Book

Shakedown Breakdown

Island Escape Entry #1: Skip Johnson

Get Ready for the SMALL BOAT FESTIVAL

A Word from John Welsford…

Building a Dory in a Tight Space

Boat Review: Wee Seal

Miniature Worlds

Flotsam and Jetsam

Building the West Mersea Duck Punt (Episode 5)

Sandglass and Bell

Flotsam and Jetsam

Modifying Outboard Length and Sealing Chainplates

We Found Our Dreamboat Project!

Building the West Mersea Duck Punt (Episode 4)

Adventurer's Tiny-Boat Atlantic-Crossing Dream Ends in Tears

Flash Poll: Your Dream Small-Boat Cruise

A Real Bluewater Boat

Two-Hour Galley Box

It Looks Fun Out There

On Being Stranded on a Desert Island

Building the West Mersea Duck Punt (Episode 3)

Island Escape Boat Design Contest

Reader Boat: Balboa 20

Perfection? Never, Ever!

Nine Days Solo In The San Juans

Building the West Mersea Duck Punt (Episode 2)

Flotsam & Jetsam

Building the West Mersea Duck Punt (Episode 1)

Brief “Next Dreamboat” Follow-Up…

Boat Trailers: A Naval Architect's Viewpoint

Daydreaming About Raised-Deck Classics

B. Frank Franklin

Going Small

SCAMP Builds and Camps

C-Dory 16 Angler

Reader Boat: San Francisco Pelican

Small Craft in the Spotlight at the Seattle Boat Show Feb 2-10

New in 2024: A Major SMALL BOAT FESTIVAL

Flash Poll: How often do you sleep aboard?

Caught by A Monster Outgoing Tide

How I Draw Boats

4 Trailersailers Went to Sea

Flotsam & Jetsam

Places: Roosevelt Lake, Arizona

Shop Tips

Reflections Upon the Catalina 22 as a Motorboat

Boat Review: Spindrift 22