1997 Issues

.....W1: January/February 1997
SOLD OUT Sailing Roxane • Oughtred Acorn Skiff • Falmouth working boats • Gear for gaffers: bowsprits • Deck seams with modern compounds • Building the Brock 24 • Grand designs: Cowhorn, Cocker & Cockle.

.....W2: March/April 1997
SOLD OUT Oulton Week • Electric Auxiliary engines • Sailing the Brock 24 • Building a Pocket Gaffer • Bowsprit fittings • Making breasthooks • Repairing glued spars • Sailing the Picarooner • Building the Cockle dinghy -1.

.....W3: May/June 1997
SOLD OUT Aboard the Matthew • Building a Chebacco boat • Sailing the Amethyst bawley • Building the Royal Shallop • Repairing topsides • Sailing the Little Auk • Taking the lines from a model • Building Cockle -2.

W4: July/August 1997
Thames Trad Boat Rally • Sailing the Finesse 24 • Restoring Maid of Lorn • Davey & Co • Stemhead fittings • Dee fishing boats • Sailing St.Laurence Skiff • Building Lady Betty -1 • Farrow & Chambers • Making half models.

W5: September/October 1997
Sailing Memory • McGruer Innovations • Making hollow spars • Marking waterline • Building Lady Betty -2 • Sailing Mallard • Pocket cruiser designs.

W6: November/December 1997
Sailing North Quay 17 • Boatbuilding on the Thames • Lugger Lessons • Laying canvas decks • Building a modern clinker pram -1 • Marsh Hawk.

1998 Issues

W7: January/February 1998
Sailing the Crabber  22 • Sailing the Beaumaris 24 • Commonsense yacht repair • Building clinker pram -2 • Sailing Oyster 16 & Winchelsea Lugger.

W8: March/April 1998
BB11 keelboats • Peter Freebody • Fitting out pocket gaffer • Gear for gaffers: stays -1 • Steaming ribs • Building the Chaisson semi-dory -1 • Sailing Spoonbill.

W9: May/June 1998
Restoring a Humber yawl • Sailing Sea Otter • Chaisson dory -2 • Gear for gaffers: stays -2 • Sailing Suffolk Beach Punt & Seahopper • Building Marsh Hawk -1.

.....W10: July/August 1998
SOLD OUT Eun Mara yawl • Broads yacht Dragonfly • Dragonfly blocks • Sailing the Lune Whammel boat • Building a Golant gaffer • GRP re-paint • Building Chaisson dory -3 • Bolger's Alert • Building Marsh Hawk -2 • Douarnenez 98.

W11: September/October 1998
Dixon Kemp steel yacht • Sailing the Drascombe Lugger • Tasma VI • Grey Seal • Pocket Gaffers • Lone Wolf • Chaisson dory -4 • Marsh Hawk -3.

W12: November/December 1998
Traditional boat charter • Sailing Kittiwake • Building Mehalah • Paying decks • Winkle Brig • Peter Gregson • Chaisson dory -5 • Marsh Hawk -4.

1999 Issues

W13: January/February 1999
Sailing Shilling • Make your own sails • Golant gaffer • Gear for gaffers: backstays • Chaisson dory -6 • Finishing Marsh Hawk • Orkney Yole.

W14: March/April 1999
Hereward: Cardnell Double-ender • Sea kayak • New wooden Folkboat • Gear for gaffers: mast fittings • Fitting out a Golden Hind • Chaisson Dory -7.

W15: May/June 1999  SOLD OUT
BOATS '99 SPECIAL • Sailing Romilly • Lechlade boats • Balancing a lugger -2 • Stitch-&-glue Heron • Tyrone's dinghies • John Wright: Amateur yacht builder • The story of Polly • Sailing the Catspaw dinghy • Making your own oars • Better boatbuilding with Jack Chippendale • Gear for gaffers: gaff saddles • Sailing the Eun Mara Yawl • Building the Eun Mara • Portsoy Festival

W16: July/August 1999
Sailing the Crabber • SKB Sails • Drascombe Modifications • Charlie Ward Steel Barge • John Welsford's Navigator dayboat • Haven Twelve-and-a-Half • Sharpening cutting tools • Natural knees for boatbuilding • Building the Eun Mara Yawl -2 • Phillip's Auction & Thames Traditional Boat Rally.

W17: September/October 1999
Water Craft Amateur Boatbuilding Awards • Boats 99 Review • Fitting out a Golden Hind 31 -2 • The story of Dulcie: a long-lived ex-lugger • Rot & how to prevent it • Easier ways to build wooden yachts • Designing your own boat: Plywoods software on test • Building the Sandpiper Skiff • Sailing Storm Petrel, a kit-built dayboat • Grand Designs: Andrew Wolstenholme's new Swallow • Building the Eun Mara yawl -3 • New Boats at the Southampton Boat Show

W18: November/December 1999 SOLD OUT
Earning Her Keep: 3 articles on boats which contribute to costs • (1) Pilot cutter Alpha on charter in the Western Isles • (2) Irene Jack, a schoolship for gaff rig sailors • (3) Cornish lugger Guide Me filming for the BBC • Fitting a junk rig to a Venus gaff ketch • The first new Sunbeam One-Design for 15 years • Making wooden yachts last longer • Making bits of boats: grabrails, cleats, gaff jaws • Building a boat for open-water rowing • Building the Eun Mara Yawl -4 • Jack Chippendale makes long drill bits • Routers for boatbuilding • Grand Designs: Selway Fisher's Baltic Lugger • Small boat gas cooker & International's teak treatments on test • Colin Archers predominate at Norwegian Wooden Boat Festival, Risor

2000 Issues

.....W19: January/February 2000 SOLD OUT
SOLD OUT Sailing the Yarmouth 23: a new cruising yacht • Phil Bolger's Fresh Thinking: a 7-page special on the USA's most innovative designer • Boom not Bust: Moray MacPhail on gear for gaffers • Alden's Appledore 16 under sail and oar • Build two tenders: it's cheaper than one • Taking the lines: recording the shapes of old boats • Alice Driscoll tests the Tideway 12-footer • Making a forehatch for a Golant Gaffer • Judy Brickhill sails Cornish Crabbers' new Piper One Design • A cabin table for a Golden Hind • Building the Eun Mara Yawl -5: making deckbeams • Weekend courses for amateur boatbuilders • Grand Designs: a commodious Canadian catboat • The Vogalonga in pictures: the great rowing race round Venice

W20: March/April 2000
Woodwind Boats: Judy Brickhill plays the Piccolo & the Oboe • Covey Island Boatworks: builders of the Westernman pilot cutters • Cuilding a steel Ebbtide 33 • Trying junk rig on a dinghy • Fitting the engine to a Golden Hind • Colin Buttifant's Broads yachts • Sailing the Islander dayboat • Taking off the lines: Greg Rossel has a cunning device • The restoration of Consuta, a radical copper stitched Victorian steam launch • Building Eun Mara - 6 • A smaller Beaumaris • American classic yachts in the Eggemoggin Reach Race • Water Craft's new Amateur Boatbuilding Awards at Boats on Show (17-20 May 2000 at Beale Park, Pangbourne, Nr. Reading).

W21: May/June 2000
SPECIAL BOATS ON SHOW ISSUE - see also www.boatsonshow.co.uk • Adrian Noyes' traditional wooden boats • Lovely Little Gaffers: the OGA's Class 3 • Building a steam launch at home • Sailing a Jolly Boat • Making clinker planking look right • Bossoms Boatyard • Building a pocket cruiser on the beach in Oman • Cathodic protection for wooden boats • Gear for gaffers: boom end fittings • Building Eun Mara Yawl - The Final Fit-Out • Grand Designs: Romilly for home building & a cat-yawl from the USA • Boats on Show: 5-page preview.

W22: July/August 2000
Charlie's Barge - The new Norfolk Trader 45 on test • Brest 2000: lookin forward to the great French festival of traditional sail • The First Sailors: the canoe-form craft of pre-history • Boats on Show... in pictures • Sailing the Kielder 12 dayboat • Clever Clinker Planking: a masterclass with Greg Rossel • Building the Ebbtide 33' steel cruiser yacht • Building and rowing the Annapolis Wherry • Turtle Magic: sail power, electric power, pedal power • Building Romilly Part 1: Dick Phillips' new stage-by-stage series • Thames Traditional Boat Rally Preview.

W23: September/October 2000 SOLD OUT
The Great Glen Raid - under sail & oar on the Caledonian Canal • Learning from Lily - Phil Bolger on the practical aspects of electric boats • Sailing the Sanderling, a Laurent Giles pocket cruiser • Finesse 28 in Scotland • The Barrow Boat Story • Rowing the Sprite & the Otter; two rowing skiffs from kits • Lessons from the Stone Age Sailors - part 2 • Grand Designs: Deben 5 Tonner • Three articles on strip plank boatbuilding: Greg Rossel's Strip Plank Primer; Selway Fisher Pinky Ketch in build & Building Romilly - part 2.

W24: November/December 2000
The boats the Scottish miners raced: the story of the Dysart Yawls • Kittiwake: a new kit-built double-ended dayboat, light enough for the roofrack • Building Sapphire: a new Broads classic in wood • Building Ebbtide in steel - 3 • An Old Captivity: husband & wife build a cruising gaffer • Blue Collar Boats: building a traditional American skiff • Back at Brest: the fantastic French festival in pictures • Grand Designs: an electric launch for the Thames & a new One Design for Canada • Living with Lily: Phil Bolger on the realities of electric boats • Building Romilly - sheathing the hull • Testing the Fyne Boat Kits sharpie... And our mail-order catalogue of boatbuilding books. (details tba)

2001 Issues

W25: January/February 2001
Living aboard a Morgan Giles in the Med • Sailing the Cove Boat • What it costs to build your own pocket gaffer • Gear for Gaffers: Blocks • Time & Tide: a different Dutch dayboat • Bring Boats & People Together: the Kees Pins story • Linnet & Bee: two recreational rowing skiffs you can build • Choosing & Using: Binoculars • The King Alfred Class: 3-masted Nigel Irens Expedition Boat • Building Romilly - 4 • And our mail-order catalogue of boatbuilding books.

W26: March/April 2001
Clinker Classics: new traditional wooden boats from Wootten Bridge • Boating holidays in the USA: Maine windjammers & islands; New Your canals • Building a Buehler schooner • Painting Boadicea • Continuing boatbuilding craftsmanship at Norway's Hardanger Fartoyvernsenter • Building an Aleutian Baidarka • Building Romilly - 5: The precedence in the building • Sailing Alerion • Bright finishes on test • Classic motor boats on Fritton Lake

W27: May/June 2001
Boating Holidays:on the River Thames in the UK and in the undiscovered Florida, USA • Colin Henwood's new Thames Launch • Building a traditional Orkney 3-sail yole • Sailing the Character Boats range • First stages of building the Sole Bay gaff cutter • Building Selway Fisher's Petite Brise • Grand Designs - Oughtred faering, Fisher steam launch plus reviews of the boats plans catalogues • Rowing the Virus yole • Building Romilly - 6: The Final Chapter • Save 25% on your Brittany Ferries fares to the new French festival: La Semaine du Golfe - toutes voiles dehors!

W28: July/August 2001
Sailing the North Quay 22 gaff-rigged pocket cruiser • Running on Rails: Danish designer Peer Brunn's Megin dinghy based on the hulls of Viking ships • Building Ebbtide 4: a cruising yacht in steel • Restoring Moorhen, a traditional Broads motor cruiser • Building the Sole Bay Gaffer - 2: a traditional-looking 20' Itchen Ferry cutter built using modern wood techniques • Hope in Ireland: the late John Kerr's own account of his last boating holiday, followed by tributes to this much-loved master boatbuilder & teacher • Sailing the Ha'penny: Alice Driscoll tries out an affordable & appealing family dayboat • Making Curved Coamings: from the USA Greg Rossel shows how to make the cockpit look classy • Varnishing: beautiful brightwork under a Mediterranean sun • Grand Designs: Swallow Boatworks design for sail & oar & Paul Gartside motorsailer • Time & Tide - at the Scottish Traditional Boat festival & the Thames Traditional Boat Rally

W29: September/October 2001 SOLD OUT
GREAT GLEN RAID SPECIAL FEATURE • The Man Behind It; Small Boat Design Seminar; This Year's Raid in Pictures • Sailing the new Orwell Corinthian • Gear for Gaffers: Untangling the mainsheet • Building a Bolger Micro in the Netherlands • Laser Levels make boatbuilding easier • King Alfred Class Update: How the 3-masted Nigel Irens dayboat lives up to the hopes of her young builders • A Beginner builds an Iain Oughtred Whilly Boat • Learning to build boats: review of shore courses for amateurs • Grand Designs: sail & oar craft for young people from Andrew Wolstenholme & John Welsford • Kathy Mansfield photo feature on the new French Festival: La Semaine du Golfe • Boats to see at the Southampton Boat Show, 14-23 September including Annie Hill's review of the new Dudley Dix-designed Cape Cutter 19 from South Africa.

W30: November/December 2001
SWEET LITTLE SIXTEENS: Three different dayboats small enough to build in the garage - Viking Maid, almost a Shetland One Design; Coquina II, a replica of Nat Herreshoff's own boat from Finland; The Islay Skiff, Selway-Fisher designed Scottish double-ender • NEW IN NORFOLK: The Womack Classic, a new Broads yacht from Colin Buttifant Boatbuilders & Harrier, a gentleman's river launch from the Native Yacht Company • HOUDINI: New Zealand designer John Welsford explains why he designed his sea-going dinghy & amateur builder Doug Jones describes how he built the first Houdini in the UK • PLUS: Boring the stern tube; drilling the most important hole in the boat • Grand Designs: Paul Fisher's pilot cutter & Phil Bolger's school schooner • Kathy Mansfield's photo album of Six Metres in action • Alan Bright rows the Mill Creek skiff from Fyne Boat Kits.

2002 Issues

W31: January/February 2002
THAMES CRAFTMANSHIP: Designed by Andrew Wolstenholme, build by Henwood & Dean Boatbuilders, photographed by Kathy Mansfield - a new electric river launch for the new century. AND: What is a Whiff? A Whiff is a smaller version of the classic Thames rowing skiff, as custom furniture maker David Jones discovered - along with much more - when he built his first boat. • WATERFRONT: Not boat building but boat buildings. Did you see Channel 4's 'Grand Designs'? (can't think where they got that title!) Our special section features the creekside oak-framed 'barnhouse' of Devon architect Roderick James. AND: From the USA, an amateur - and professional - boatbuilder's dream: the ultimate boatshop. • PRACTICALITIES: Gear for Gaffers; for Moray MacPhail's marathon series, it's practically all over bar the sheeting. Going for Gold: Mike Hanyi makes a name for himself on Coquina's transom. Boring the Stern Tube: it's even more difficult when the boat's already been planked but Paul Janes shows you how. • PLUS: Judy Brickhall sails the new Kittiwake Yawl & the lug-rigged Cove Boat. Alan Bright rows and sails the Joel White designed Shearwater built on one of Julian Burn's amateur boatbuilding courses. AND: Grand Designs (we thought of it first!) - French designer Gilles Montaubin describes Lili, his innovative winner of 2001 Great Glen Raid. • NOT FORGETTING: Advance information on Boats on Show 2002 - see also www.boatsonshow.co.uk - we'll see you there!

W32: March/April 2002
ELECTRIC DAYSAILERS: In the USA, Kathy Mansfield sails our Tony Dias designed cover boat and Mike Hanyi reports from Finland on Venla, a home-built trailer-sailer. • RESTORATIONS: Judy Brickhill sails - and sculls - Tomboy, the restored gaff cutter which is her son Dale's home afloat. • PRACTICALITIES: Birch Plywood for Boatbuilding - Mike Hanyi's assessment; Electric Power - two new off-the-shelf systems; Building the Eddtide - Steve Graham continues his series on building a cruising yacht in steel; • A Boardy Tale - Bernard Patrick has second and third thoughts about centreboards • How Instant is the Instant Catboat? - Dick Phillips and his students at the Lyme Regis School of Boatbuilding find out for themselves. • WATER FRONT: Building with Water & Light: Pete Greenfield meets M J Long, architect of the new National Maritime Museum Cornwall in Falmouth. • PLUS: Grand Designs features Tom Dunderdale's Apple • Time & Tide features • Essex Smacks. • AND ALL OUR REGULAR FEATURES BUT NOT FORGETTING: Our Amateur Boatbuilding Competition at Boats on Show 2002, Penton Park, Chertsey - 16-19 May - see also www.boatsonshow.co.uk

W33: May/June 2002
• SPECIAL BOATS ON SHOW ISSUE with THE PICAROONER REVISITED: Judy Brickhill sails an affordable GRP family dayboat based a traditional working boat from Devon • BRINGING BACK THE CAT: They are in France where Kathy Mansfield discovered Plume, a modern entrant for the Great Glen Raid • THE AWFUL TRUTH: Surgeon Chris Waite tests the home-designed pocket cruiser he built on the beach in Oman • BETTER TO HAVE LOVED AND LOFT: Designer Paul Fisher creates a coble for himself • THE SECRET SUPERYACHT: In the depths of winter, Kathy Mansfield takes to the Thames in a beautifully built electric saloon launch • LAUNCH OF A LONGSHIP: Susanne Altenburger of Phil Bolger & Friends finds a Viking longship built in Germany - to a Bolger design • HAND-SPLICED STANDING RIGGING: Colin Stroud does it himself • LEARNING AT LYME REGIS: Geoff Douglas takes a short course in yacht restoration • GRAND DESIGNS: They're all at it: Andrew Wolstenholme in Norfolk and Paul Gartside in Canada also design boats for themselves... • AND ALL OUR REGULAR FEATURES PLUS: Our preview of the boats, gear and people you'll see at BOATS ON SHOW 2002, Penton Park, Chertsey, 16-19 May - see also www.boatsonshow.co.uk WE'LL SEE YOU THERE!

W34: July/August 2002
• SAILING THE NORTH QUAY 30: Judy Brickhill goes east - well, to Kent - to try out a gaff cutter for serious yet comfortable cruising • THE SCOTTISH ISLAND CLASS: Kathy Mansfield reports on the resurgence of a classic cruiser-racer • THE LOWDOWN ON THE FRENCH CANALS: Robin Benjamin gives the view from the deck of his 24' (7.3m) sailing liveaboard • TRAIL & SAIL: In the first of a new series on delightful destinations, Chris Vincent-Bennett shares the pleasures of Pin Mill • SAILING THE SWALE PILOT: Meanwhile, back in Kent, we sent our Judy to sail JEP's affordable and practical family dayboat but she couldn't resist their little lugger too • BOATBUILDING SUMMERS: It took Fred Carr-Smith seven of them to complete his 24' (7.3m) Laurent Giles motor cruiser • GEAR REVIEWS & REPORTS: David Parker builds a Rapide boat trailer from a kit • GRAND DESIGNS: How Iain Oughtred re-thought his popular Ness Yawl and invented the gunter rig and Phil Bolger created a simple but shapely water-ballasted sharpie • WATERFRONT: What do you get when you cross a ferry, a washing machine, a bus, an ambulance, a Hawker Harrier jet .......? • PLUS BOATS ON SHOW IN PICTURES  • AND OUR AMATEUR BOATBUILDING AWARDS WINNERS  • AND ALL OUR REGULAR FEATURES.

W35: Sep/Oct 2002
• THE 3rd GREAT GLEN RAID: Raiders of the Lost Arts - Kathy Mansfield's photo-feature captures the action and the atmosphere of this competitive cruise in company; Mokka - the first of a series of studies of competing craft in the GGR; Locks, Lochs and Two Crews of Teachers - John Barker on what it's like to compete. • TWO MODERN LUGGERS: Build Romilly from a Kit - Steve Graham meets the home builders; Sailing St Valery - In the USA, Dan Segal tries out the prototype of Phil Bolger's water-ballasted lugger. • RE-DISCOVERING SAILING CANOES - How trans-Atlantic can you get? - In the US, Meade Gougeon & Hugh Horton have interpreted the sailing canoes of the British adventurer Rob Roy MacGregor, while the UK, Jeremy Burnett built & Judy Brickhill sailed his replica of American pioneer Henry Rushton's Princess. • PLUS: TRAIL & SAIL: Chris Vincent-Bennett visits Buckler's Hard * • BACKYARD BOATSHOP: A proper boatbuilder's bandsaw * GRAND DESIGNS: The Designer Monologues continue with Andrew Wolstenholme on his new Broads yacht & Paul Fisher on his fleet of sailing canoe designs. • PLUS OLD-ISH FAVOURITES AT THE SOUTHAMPTON BOAT SHOW AND ALL OUR REGULAR FEATURES.

W36: Nov/Dec 2002
• SAILING: 
BRENDAN: Did you see her at the Southampton Boat Show? Kathy Mansfield sails the new Dutch-built double-ended cat yawl which combines several influences to create a distinctive pocket cruiser. • RAID FINLAND: Mike Hanyi organised his own cruise-in-company under sail and oar. • A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP: Adrian Edmondson was so taken with these American classics, he had one built overthere and shipped over here. Judy Brickhill sailed her on the best day of the summer.  • BOATBUILDING: 
BUILDING the EBBTIDE: Our amateur builders, Steve and Annette Graham, plate up the sides of the keel of their steel cruising yacht. • THE FAERING IN THE FRONT ROOM: Winner of this year's Amateur Boatbuilding Awards, Paul Bentley took that phrase 'home building' quite literally. • TIRZA'S DREAM: Don Martin tells the story of a Dutch girl who went to Venice to study gondolas, came
back, built one and now 'plies for hire' on the canals of Amsterdam. • DISTRACTIONS:
DOWNTIME IN DOUARNENEZ: Emily Mansfield takes her mind off her impending exam results.
PLUS: TRAIL & • SAIL: Chris Vincent-Bennett visits Europe's largest manmade lake  • BACKYARD BOATSHOP: boatbuilding from the grind up  GRAND DESIGNS: Phil Bolger's low-power motor cruiser & John Welsford's smallest cruising boat...
AND ALL OUR REGULAR FEATURES.

2003 Issues

W37: Jan/Feb 2003

• THE FIRST SUBMARINE: When do you think the first sub appeared on the water or disappeared under it? The Victorian era? Not so, it seems. In 1621,Dutchman Cornelius Drebbel had one built in London ­ clinker-planked and powered by 12 oarsmen ­ which disappeared beneath the Thames at Westminster and reappeared 3 hours later at Greenwich! 400 years later, ooden boat craftsman Mark Edwards was commissioned to built a working replica for the BBC tv programme "Build the Impossible" ­ Kathy Mansfield tells the full
story of The Drebbel. plus • THE CORNISH SHRIMPER REVISITED: What makes her the best-selling pocket gaffer? Judy Brickhill finds out & • ROCK CHECKS: What to know before you trail west to this popular ­ and posh ­ sailing destination  KARLI¹S HAVEN: How a social worker in Finland built her first wooden boat ­ choosing one of the hardest designs around  • A LAZY MAN's BOAT: Designing & building a
ballasted sailing canoe  •: CRUISING DOWN THE RIVER: in an elegant electric launch from Bossoms Boatyard  CORACLES IN WALES: The oldest type of working boat still working • CARBON SPARS: Catching on in traditional boats, says Moray MacPhail.
And in our regular features GRAND DESIGNS: A new daysailer from Antonio Dias and classic cruising yacht designs from Yachting Monthly & BOATS: Two new spring boat shows  GEAR: In praise of Palm Sanders  • TIME & TIDE: Lateen rigs in France; Smacks in Maldon...
And finally • THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM CORNWALL OPENS AT LAST!

W38: Mar/Apr 03

WHO SAYS THEY CAN¹T BUILD EM LIKE THAT ANY MORE? SEE OUR CELEBRATION OF WOODEN BOAT CRAFTSMANSHIP with Do you want a new wooden boat or work done on your old one? You¹ll need to MEET THE CRAFTSMEN in our guide to the accredited members of the Wooden Boatbuilders Trade Association  ARCTIC TERN ­ she¹s a dayboat but is she
traditional or modern? Kathy Mansfield finds out BUILDING A TRADITIONAL CLINKER DINGHY ­ amateur boatbuilder Colin Galloway really tests his joinery skills OFF THE BEACH is how they sail the traditional luggers of Beer inDevon, so that¹s how Judy Brickhill did it when she test-sailed Adrian Noyes¹ new build CUSTOM CRAFTSMANSHIP IN MINIATURE ­ Steve Graham meets maritime modelmaker and historian, Malcolm Darch  What¹s that up in the air? Is it a bird? Is it a plane? At the NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM CORNWALL it¹s a boat 
plus  GRAND DESIGNS featuring Ian Oughtred¹s new Egret-style sharpie and Stevenson
Projects¹ Friendship-style pocket cruiser, the Weekender.

W39: May/June 03

THE 2003 SEASON STARTS WITH TWO NEW BOAT SHOWS ­ Boats on Show, Chertsey, 16-18 May and the Beale Park Boat Show, Pangbourne, 6-8 June ­ both withtheir own lakes where you can try out canoes, rowing skiffs, sailing craft, river launches, electric boats... And at the Beale Park Show, real wooden boatbuilding craftsmanship, professional and amateur with the entries in Water Craft¹s own Amateur Boatbuilding Awards on display ­ and maybe even on the water.PLUS BOATS FROM THE BLUE ­ Sailing a family dayboat from the Isles of Scilly THE BOAT IN THE FAMILY ­ Not much restoration needed with a classic McGruer 8-Metre SEVERN SALMON BOATS ­ How rescuing one forgotten working boat started a fleet JACK TAR ­ Building an American-designed trawler yacht in Britain BUILDING A CANADIAN CANOE ­ If you have not built a boat before, make it easy on yourself THE HITCH-HIKER¹S GUIDE TO THE VOLGA ­ Dories were designed to sit on ship¹s decks; even the massive barges of the Moscow canal THE BUOYANCY TEST ­ How stable is the Suffolk Beach Punt? SAILING MISS SIMPLETTE ­ Crossing to Estonia in a modern interpretation of a Chesapeake Skipjack-style dayboat and in LIVING DREAMS, we pay our tribute to her colourful French designer, Daniel Z Bombigher who sadly passed away earlier this year. Plus GRAND DESIGNS featuring Phil Bolger¹s re-think of Thomas Fleming Day¹s famous Sea Bird yawl and Paul Fisher¹s new steam launch for open New Zealand waters.

W40: July/August 03

BOATBUILDING CRAFTSMANSHIP ON THE THAMES ­ Consuta, one of the river's fastest umpire launches is fully restored and in steam again... And we preview the 26th Thames Traditional Boat Rally at Fawley Meadows, Henley, 19-20 July ­  PLUS PHOTOGRAPHING BOATS ­ She's as pretty as a picture but how pretty are your pictures? How to take them and how to send them ­ even didge ­ to Water Craft THE OYSTER IS THEIR WORLD ­ Judy Brickhill assesses the beautifully-built GRP dayboat SAIL CALEDONIA ­ What the 'raiders' did when they returned to the Great Glen MUDLARK'S GHOSTS ­ Restoring a Fenwick Williams version of L Francis Herreshoff's classic sharpie Meadowlark BUILDING A CELTIC LUGGER ­ We didn't know Alice Mary would win Water Craft's annual Amateur Boatbuilding Awards when we asked designer/builder David Platten to describe in detail how he did it 'EPOXY FOR BEGINNERS ­ If you think amine blush is the first symptom of the male menopause, you really do need to read David Parker's new series 'GEAR FOR THE GOLANT GAFFER ­ How Mark Corke fitted out his popular home-built pocket cruiser 'WHY NOT BUILD ONE? ­ Concluding the story of building an American-designed trawler yacht in Britain DESIGNING SMALL BOATS ­ Ian Nicolson begins a new series for amateur designers who don't have a computer! And  GRAND DESIGNS featuring James Wharram's latest ethnic double canoe LORD, DIDN'T IT RAIN! ­ A two-pager on Boats on Show, the first of the year's spring boat shows (we'll have the Beale Park Show in W41) GEAR, BOOKS, CALENDAR ... 

W41: September/October 03

In our SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003 issue

WHAT THE LOCALS SAIL Alice Driscoll arrives at the Beale Park Boat Show to sail the latest version of the Lymington Scow and immediately the sun disappears, the clouds gather and the wind picks up... Judy Brickhill ventures to north Norfolk to discover the Stiffkey Cockle, a dayboat so popular, so practical and so well priced there¹s a 2-year waiting listPLUSFRIENDS OF REAL BOATS REUNITED Old friends and new boats gather once again at Beale Park and the weather¹s great until Water Craft decides to do a boat test € also at Beale: WATER CRAFT¹S AMATEUR BOATBUILDING AWARDS € la SEMAINE du GOLFE Kathy Mansfield has the pictures and Moray MacPhail has the story € THE DEVON LUGGER Reader Chris Finch gives his verdict after his first year of ownership € BUILDING A CELTIC LUGGER 2 No-one was surprised when Alice-Mary won our top prize at Beale; home designer/builder David Platten describes the fit-out € CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE BOATBUILDING KIND Ian Sharpe¹s garden workshop was plenty big enough for making model boats but then he decided to build a Whilly Boat in 1:1 scale € EPOXY FOR BEGINNERS David Parker continues his series on everything you wanted to know about epoxy but were too stuck up to ask € DESIGNING SMALL BOATS Ian Nicolson¹s series for amateur designers who don¹t have a computer.

W42: November/December 03

In our NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2003 issue

Altenberger of Phil Bolger & Friends Inc uses US case studies to describe doing it the easy way € THE LAZY MAN¹S WAY TO BUILD BOATS: While in Moscow, Mikhail Markov built boats alone ­ until his friends told him to share the satisfaction € THE FLEET¹S ALL HERE: At King Alfred School in LondonYES, YOU CAN BUILD YOUR OWN BOAT ­ Four full length features to provide inspiration for backyard boatbuilding: € DO-ABILITY: Susanne , pupils, parents & teachers wanted to help Boatbuilder in Residence, John Barker, build 3 Expedition Boats €  LOCATION, LOCATION... Steve Graham on where to build your own boat when you¹ve nowhere to build your own boat. PLUS RAIDERS OF THE FAR NORTH ­ Kathy Mansfield  reports on the Blekinge Raid in Sweden & Mike Hanyi describes Raid Finland 2003  € I¹VE STARTED SO I¹LL FINISH  ­ over 4 enjoyable years, GP Andrew Wright spent his spare time building a pocket classic designed by Paul Gartside... and then Judy Brickhill took her sailing €
€ DOES MY BOTTOM LOOK BIG IN THIS ­ What lies beneath Bernard Patrick¹s pocket gaffer Molly Cobbler € EPOXY FOR BEGINNERS ­ David Parker organises a bonding session € DESIGNING SMALL BOATS ­ Ian Nicolson¹s series for amateur designers who don¹t have a computer.

 

2004 Issues

W43: January/February 04

In our January/February 2004 issue

LUNA ECLIPSED: Kathy Mansfield reports on Tom Moore's Moonshadow, a new Norfolk Broads cruiser-racer which out-shines Luna, his grandfather's old boat and in NORMAL FOR NORFOLK, Kathy photographs the classic craft in the Yare Navigation Race with which Moonshadow competes • COOL FOR KITS: Boats you can build at home do not have to be unsightly boxes; we look at the svelte sail and oar Swallowboats range •  BUILDING A CELTIC LUGGER - 3: David Platten describes the final stages of building of his award-winning daysailer and in SAILING ALICE MARY, he then invites Judy Brickhill to test sail her •  FROM KAYAKS TO KIT BOATS: Our Man in Maine, Greg Rossel, makes a welome return to Water Craft with a thoughtful study of the legacy of the first backyard boats •  NICE BOAT; SHAME ABOUT THE ENGINE: Professional wooden boat builder Adrian Noyes explains how he fitted a new Yanmar diesel in his own Maurice Griffiths classic cruising yacht

 

W44: March/April 04

In our March/April 2004 issue

le NOUVELLE VAGUE des BATEAUX TRADITIONNELS: Naval architect Francois Vivier designs small boats for modern wood construction which capture the spirit of traditional Breton workboats, says Charles Payton • The RAIDER FROM THE NORTH: How Sigbjorn Windingstad sailed and rowed his old Norlandbat into a very respectable 2nd place at Sail Caledonia 2003 • STEAM DREAMS: A Lakeland steam launch rebuilt ­ beautifully ­ for the Thames by Peter Freebody & Co; David Parker makes a working steamboat model in the winter evenings • the AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN AMATEUR BOATBUILDER: Wolf Huber from Munich entered Water Craft¹s Amateur Boatbuilding Awards with his minimalist yet elegant little skiff; here are some he built earlier • Kathy Mansfield meets Sandy Macdonald who builds traditional Scottish ZULUS FOR TODAY and in Grand Designs, Paul Gartside creates an Expedition Boat for an inland voyage.


 

W45: May/June 04

In our May/June 2004 issue

ON THE WATER...THE BEALE PARK BOAT SHOW Our preview of the spring show for small boats beside the Thames at Pangbourne, 11-13 June ● NOT ALL CATS HATE THE WATER: Judy Brickhill sails the Wharram Tiki 21 ●  A CHANGE OF PLACE AND PACE for Ullapool Boatbuilders; Kathy Mansfield has their story ●  SJEKTES AND THE CITY: How boating writer Adrian Morgan left London to build Norwegian double-enders in Scotland ●  SWEDISH PILOT BOATS: More double-enders, this time sprit-rigged contenders in the summer¹s sail & oar Raids.ON THE STOCKS...THE CLASS OF 2004 are laying the keels of fresh careers at the Boatbuilding Academy, Lyme Regis, says Steve Graham ●  BACK TO THE BASICS of boatbuilding: Henry Lenham builds a skin-on-frame Umiak ●  BUILDING THE SAILING CANOE SARA: Richard Powell¹s modern interpretation of the late Victorian canoe yawl ●  EPOXY FOR BEGINNERS: Two, four, six, eight, laminate... says David Parker.

W46: July/August-04

In our July/August 04 issue

WAY OUT WEST! TO THE EXOTIC ISLES OF SCILLY where Annabel Lee and the Coverack Ladies B crew took part in the World Pilot Gig Championships ● TO THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM CORNWALL where Petra Greenhalgh visits the new exhibition to celebrate Olympian achievements afloat ● TO CAPE COD USA where Kathy Mansfield sails the Tony Dias-designed Arey's Pond Daysailer and previews this year¹s WoodenBoat Show ● TO MYSTIC SEAPORT USA where Ships Plans curator Maria Bernier introduces a handful of their hundreds of small boat designs. MEANWHILE, BACK EAST, WE DISCOVER... THE WORLD OF THE LOBSTER; Ron Valent sails a new dayboat supplied in kit form ● HOW TO BUILD THE COOT; Joe Rielly constructs the clinker plywood Andrew Wolstenholme cat-rigged dinghy ● SALTERNS BOATBUILDERS TELA, a sprightly gaff sloop sailed by Judy Brickhill ● ALL ABOUT EPOXIES: David Parker and SP's Martin Armstrong finish the have more answers than you have questions. NOT FORGETTING... TWO NEW GRAND DESIGNS from New Zealand designer John Welsford and how to create your own grand design with Ian Nicolson

W47: September/October-04

In our September/October 04 issue

● SAIL CALEDONIA 2004 ­ As ever, Kathy Mansfield comes back with some magnificent pictures of the competitive cruise in company under sail and oar and in HOW DOES LE SEIL SAIL? Mike Hanyi describes what he calls the ideal Raid boat. ● WE WERE ALL THERE BUT WHERE WERE YOU? A trio of articles to show you what you missed at this spring's BEALE PARK BOAT SHOW ● Not forgetting Water Craft's own AMATEUR BOATBUILDING AWARDS ● And in A PROPER SWALLOWS & AMAZONS BOAT, this year's First Prize winner Jon Whetstone explains how he did it. ● NEVER MIND, THE SOUTHAMPTON BOAT SHOW STARTS 10 SEPTEMBER. We show you where to find Water Craft's advertisers and have test reports on two showboats ­ the NORTH QUAY 19 and the new Character Boats' POST BOAT. ● MEANWHILE, GETTING AWAY FROM ALL THIS GLAMOUR... David Parker starts a new series on TRAILING & SAILING, Water Craft's art editor Peter Goad starts a new series on BUILDING THE CAPE HENRY 21 and editor Pete Greenfield starts a new series on... ● NOT FORGETTING...A GRAND DESIGN for an ocean-voyaging junk-rigged pocket cruiser from Selway Fisher designs, the LOWESTOFT YOLE built by two boatbuilding students and a Pro-Am confrontation of jigssaws in GEAR.

W48: November/December-04

2005 Issues

W49: January/February-05
In our January/February 05 issue

VARIATIONS ON THE SHARPIE ­ Mark Fitzgerald of Chuck Paine Yacht Design describes his slender and slippery schooner-rigged sharpie Floridays and Mike Hanyi reports on Wabi, Gilles Montaubin's latest cat-rigged dayboat which, strictly speaking, may or may not be a sharpie but at Raid Finland, no-one could keep up with her long enough to find out. ONLY A VICAR WOULD CHOOSE A BOAT FOR ITS POTENTIAL AS HIS OWN COFFIN ­ Kathy Mansfield goes tight-tacking with Norfolk's Rev Nev. THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL ­ It is when you make your own 1:6 scale copper boat nails and roves to fasten planks of home-made plywood less than 1mm thick, says full-size-boatbuilder Dick Phillips when he meets boatbuilder-in-miniature Len Slater. WHEN YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY BUILT A RIVER THAMES SKIFF, WHERE DO YOU TURN FOR YOUR NEXT PROJECT? Furniture maker David Jones went to Oslo to learn about Viking Ships and then came back to build one himself ­ at the bottom of his garden in Hounslow. REMEMBER THAT JAUNTY LITTLE JUNK-RIGGED POCKET CRUISER DESIGNED BY PAUL FISHER WHICH HE DESCRIBED IN W47? Well, as promised ­ if a little late ­ Nick Croome now gives a blow by blow account of her build, one piece at a time. ALL THIS AND... TWO NEW PULLING BOATS designed by Iain Oughtred... HOW TO DESIGN YOUR OWN PULLING BOAT with Ian Nicolson... THE COLOURFUL JANGADAS OF BRAZIL with Kathy Mansfield... GEAR & TRAILER T/L/C with David Parker...

W50: March/April-05
In our September/October 04 issue

WE CELEBRATE THE 50th ISSUE OF WATER CRAFT WITH A WHOLE SHOVELFUL OF ARTICLES ABOUT STEAM BOATS... STEAM ON THE THAMES - Kathy Mansfield is on home territory with this album of lean and elegant craft whose brasswork outshines their brightwork • BUILDING URSULA - Julian Garratt worked alongside professional wooden boatbuilder Bob Fenton to build his own steam saloon launch • DESIGNING FOR STEAM - From Canada, Paul Gartside marries modern thinking to time-honoured proportions • THE AGE OF STEAM - even the editor gets involved, finding inspiration in short sea coasters and the steam tugs that used to tow or push Tom Puddings. PLUS... TRAILING & SAILING - David Parker helps you get ready to roll • ELISABETH - Rik Homan's delightful lifeboat-style dayboat from the Netherlands • SAILING SWALLOW - Judy Brickhill tests Andrew Wolstenholme's ply-epoxy dayboat. AND LOTS OF BOATBUILDING... BUILDING SWALLOW THE TRADITIONAL WAY - Over in the Netherlands again where a clinker version of Swallow was Jan Smit's first-ever boatbuilding project • LEARNING FROM THE LONGSHIPS - David Jones continues construction of his modern Viking vessel • BUILDING THE CAPE HENRY 21 - Our Art Editor Peter Goad is already planking up his plywood pocket gaffer. NOT FORGETTING... GEAR, DESIGNING YOUR OWN BOAT, BEAUTIFUL PEAGREEN BOATS... IN FACT, ALL OUR USUAL FEATURES.

W51: May/June-05
In our May/June 05 issue

IF SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL, IS REALLY SMALL REALLY BEAUTIFUL? In France, Kathy Mansfield gets the l’eaudown on water-ballasted versions of tiny workboats with tall rigs • LOVE ME TENDER At Beale Park, Alice Driscoll sails beneath a novel crab claw sail in an innovative hybrid between lifeboat and tender • ROOM AT THE TOP Inspired by Phil Bolger’s Queen Mab, Christer Bystrom has room to build not one but two boats in the family room of his 3rd floor apartment in northern Sweden PLUS... TRAILING & SAILING David Parker is on a roll • INTRODUCING THE NORSEBOAT In the USA, Mike Hanyi tries out the new Chuck Paine-designed dayboat, ideal for Sail & Oar Raids and camp cruising • A WHALEBOAT FOR THE 21st CENTURY When age finally overtook his venerable Montagu Whaler, George Trevelyan imported a GRP Whaleboat hull built by Edey & Duff in the USA to be fitted out in high-tech fashion by Henwood & Dean on the Thames. FITTING OUT & FIXING UP... FITTING OUT SARA Richard Powell, originator of Robbins Timber¹s hollow mast system, makes the spars for his own sailing canoe • FITTING OUT URSULA Same theme; different propulsion Julian Garratt installs the steam plant • REPAIRING STRIP PLANK It¹s an amateur-friendly method of boatbuilding but how easy for an amateur to repair? Colin Freeman is forced to find out. NOT FORGETTING... GEAR, DESIGNING YOUR OWN BOAT, BEAUTIFUL PEAGREEN BOATS... AND... OUR PREVIEW OF THE NEW BEALE PARK THAMES BOAT SHOW, 10-12 JUNE

W52 July/August-05
In our July/August 05 issue

IT'S ALWAYS THE QUIET ONES which have most appeal when you aim for environmentally-friendly boating: sailing boats, rowing boats and electric boats. UNDER SAIL we have: THE NEW KITTIWAKE 16 ­ Dick Phillips sails the latest gaff-rigged GRP family dayboat from Roger Wilkinson • la SEMAINE du GOLFE ­ Kathy Mansfield joins the fleet of small craft at this novel week afloat on the Gulf of Morbihan plus UN MATELOT ANGLAIS, Roger Barnes of the Dinghy Cruising Association, describes sailing at la Semaine ­ and being papped! UNDER OAR... Well, to be honest not so much in this issue but we do have a wonderfully colouful feature from Kathy on la VELALONGA, the international sailing race around the lagoon of Venice which presages la VOGALONGA, the rowing race through the Venetian canals ­ for which you'll just have to wait for W53! UNDERWAY with only the sounds of the water... one of the UK's leading boat designers, Andrew Wolstenholme, offers his CURRENT THINKING ON ELECTRIC BOATS, from simple dinghies with electric outboards through purpose-designed launches up to an 85' (26m) solar-powered passenger craft. PLUS... RESTORATION DRAMAS ­ Sometimes it pays to let the professionals do it. For example, the BEAVER-STERN RIVER LAUNCH rebuilt from stem to stern and the little POCKET GAFFER so pretty they restored her twice. NOT FORGETTING... TRAILING & SAILING ­ David Parker is going foreign • ON THE BALL ­ Our editor gets hitched • GRAND DESIGNS ­ Ideal for the Morbihan: a new cruising dinghy from New Zealand designer JOHN WELSFORD. AND, OF COURSE GEAR, DESIGNING YOUR OWN BOAT, BEAUTIFUL PEAGREEN BOATS...

W53 September/October-05
In our September/October 05 issue

For our SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2005 issue, we welcomed a GUEST ARTISTE ­ while Water Craft's regular Art Man, Peter Goad, spent the summer lazing at the Porth Navas Yacht Club, graphic designer LOO HILLIER manfully drove our Big Mac... Here's what she designed: They say that sails in Wales are usually when it hails, so what better place to look for THE PERFECT STORM? Matt and Nick Newland of Swallowboats have done their jaunty double-ended Storm dayboat at 15' (4.6m) and 17' (5.2m) and now there's a 19' (5.8m) version, which Judy Brickhill sailed...... in Wales. HOW WAS IT FOR YOU? The spring boat show near Pangbourne has re-invented itself as the BEALE PARK THAMES BOAT SHOW but that doesn't mean it's now all about floating caravans nose-to-tailing up and down the river, says Pete Greenfield. And don't tell him that when it comes to backyard boatbuilding THE LABOUR AND THE WOUNDS ARE VAIN. He wants you all to join in with his hymn of praise to the entrants in Water Craft's AMATEUR BOATBUILDING AWARDS 2005. Talking of backyard boatbuilders... THE SHIP THAT FLEW is a classic children's book by Hilda Lewis about a model Viking ship which grows to full size and... But backyard boatbuilder David Jones had not even read it when he decided he needed to lift his own miniature longship right over his house. LA VOGALONGA ­ no, not the Velalonga, that's the race under sail on the Venetian lagoon, which we featured in W52. This is the Vogalonga which happens one week later and is a race through the canals of Venice under oar for every kind of rowing boat you can think of, from Gondolas to Cornish gigs and American whaleboats. Kathy Mansfield was there with her camera. GROW YOUR OWN BOAT Steve Graham visits a course where you can build a traditional Irish currach from grown hazel 'wands', timber from a demolition contractor's skip and old bedspreads from the local charity shop. And you thought you couldn't afford to build your own boat! PLUS... GRAND DESIGNS ­ this time featuring a fast and fascinating pedal-powered river skiff created by.... Nick and Matt Newland of Swallowboats. AND TOOLS ON TEST, GEAR, DESIGNING YOUR OWN BOAT, BEAUTIFUL PEAGREEN BOATS... BUT NOT FORGETTING OUR PREVIEW OF THE SOUTHAMPTON BOAT SHOW, featuring a brand new wooden pilot cutter under construction and a new GRP double-ended dayboat... called Storm.... from Matt and Nick Newland of Swallowboats. (What the hell: they've had so many plugs already, you may as well go to www.swallowboats.com)

W54 November/December-05
In our November/December 05 issue

In our NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2006 issue, we celebrate the start of the BACKYARD BOATBUILDING SEASON with.... THE BEST OF THREE? In modern wooden boatbuilding ­ ie not going into the wild woods with your trusty axe but going into the wild epoxy vendors with your trusty credit card ­ there are a few main ways to build a boat. There's clinker plywood which is glueing overlapping planks of plywood together. There's cold moulding, which is effectively making your own boat-shaped piece of plywood by glueing veneers together. And there's strip planking which using small-section strips of ... er... planking to create the hull shell. So which method is best for the amateur? We asked backyard boatbuilder David Burdett to compare and contrast. It was clinker plywood for amateur Tony Deane when he began BUILDING A NESS BOAT, the Iain Oughtred designed double-ender, in Australia. It was plywood seam-batten construction for Water Craft's elusive Art Editor Peter Goad when he was BUILDING THE CAPE HENRY 21, his pocket gaffer. It was plywood 'egg-box' construction for boat designer Arend Lambrechtsen when he created LITTLE NELL as the ultimate Raid boat. What's a Raid? John and Lainey Widdaker have been on 5 Raids around Europe so they ought to know. Their most recent was Raid Finland: a long way to trail a boat so they flew there and hired one. PLUS... GRAND DESIGNS ­ An electric launch for the Lake District created by Andrew Wolstenholme and John C Harris designs a plywood sailing pram for kit builders. AND ROUTERS ON TEST, GEAR, DESIGNING YOUR OWN BOAT and this year at the Southhampton Boat Show, HAD THEY RE-INVENTED THE SHALLOP?

W55 January/February-06
In our January/February 06 issue

NEW YEAR, NEW LOOK! Not so new that you will not recognise our JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2006 issue when it appears in all good UK newsagents from 15 December but we are putting out the flags to celebrate our 10th year of publication. We¹ll also have a brighter cover colour and more easily-read fonts inside. And there¹ll be more emphasis on our favourite themes: Designing Boats, Building Boats and Using Boats. DESIGNING BOATS: From Devon, Ed Burnett introduces his gaff cutter Frolic and from Canada, Paul Gartside presents a 4-seasons motor cruiser. And Steve Graham meets Graeme Hawksley, designer of an innovative hybrid diesel-electric auxiliary drive for his new steel Wylo cruising yacht. BUILDING BOATS: In the UK, Chris Yardley restores a virtually written-off Heron dinghy. In Amsterdam, Paul and Froukje Hamaker give their baby Livia the right start in life with a Cradle Boat. At college in Cork, Anne Barry builds a Œbaby bagger¹ ­ a strip-plank version of a New York Bay sandbagger. And we announce Water Craft¹s annual Amateur Boatbuilding Awards to be held at the Beale Park Thames Boat show in June. USING BOATS: Regular contributor Dick Phillips and irregular art editor Peter Goad sail the CAPE CUTTER 19. Kathy Mansfield presents Sail Caledonia in pictures ­ and a close-up of Juan Pablo Olaberria¹s Raid boat inspired by a traditional Spanish batela. ALL THIS and camellia oil, sailmakers¹ sewing machines and a steam outboard.

W56 March/April-06
In our March/April 06 issue

A RAID? WHAT'S A RAID?: It's the question sailors have been asking since Charles-Henri le Moing introduced these competitive sail-and-oar cruises-in-company 10 years ago. Here he explains how they started, how they grew and where they're going. THE OLD MASTER: It's over 70 years since Bob Budge began building boats on the Thames and at Peter Freebody Boatbuilders, he's building them still. HAVE A BREAK. HAVE A CAT KIT: James Wharram and Hanneke Boon have created a new GRP ­ yes, glass ­ catamaran you can build from a kit and trail to distant waters. Judy Brickhill had to sail her and inevitably picked a blowy day. BUILDING A TRADITIONAL FAERING: Amateur boatbuilder Colin Galloway builds one of Iain Oughtred's Scandinavian-style designs the old-fashioned way. BUILDING A MODERN SAILING CANOE: The inspiration may be Victorian but the techniques Jeff Broome used to design and build his prize-winning entry in our 2005 Amateur Boatbuilding Awards are very much of today. TAN TINGO: Kathy Mansfield discovers a modern Dutch version of the classic American Nahant Dory. BUILDING THE CAPE HENRY 21: The very model of a modern gaffer ­ the boat, that is, not our artman Peter Goad who sends this progress report on all those little jobs you just have to finish before you can turn the epoxy-plywood hull right side up. PLUS Matt Newland designs a modern Raid boat in GRAND DESIGNS, David Parker tests and inflatable roofrack ­ and much more in GEAR, Ian Nicolson continues his series on DESIGNING YOUR OWN BOAT and our editor explains how you can enter our 2006 AMATEUR BOATBUILDING AWARDS at the Beale Park Thames Boat Show.

W57 May/June-06
In our MAY/JUNE 2006 issue...

Now, we don't want to get you too excited but the BEALE PARK THAMES BOAT SHOW ­ see www.bealepark.co.uk ­ is nigh-ish, so we've produced a preview of what you'll see there. Naturally, we've highlighted our own AMATEUR BOATBUILDING AWARDS at which backyard boatbuilders, who have been told to get out more, come to win great prizes from Marineware Ltd and Axminster Power Tools (there's still time to enter if you're quick!) And as if that isn't enough stimulation enough, on the Water Craft stand you'll also be tempted by a wide selection of BACK ISSUES. Plus, of course, the latest issue, which includes...THREE BOAT REVIEWS, THREE DOUBLE-ENDERS: Alice Driscoll sails Swallowboats' STORM 17; Judy Brickhill sails Simmons & Broome's WEE SEAL and Kathy Mansfield sails the David Moss-built SEA OTTER 25. • VAPEUR EN VACANCES: Julian Garratt explores French waterways in his steam launch • GUBBY & THE HEIR ISLAND SLOOP: Anne Barry describes the development of a delightful Irish dayboat. NOT FORGETTING THE PRACTICALITIES... Kathy Mansfield catches up with the build of a beautiful wooden ketch in THE PINKY'S PROGRESS • Jeff Broome concludes the construction of his award-winning plywood SAILING CANOE • David Parker tries out the new generation of cordless power tools in the BACKYARD BOATSHOP • Ian Nicholson discusses the installation of an outboard motor in his series DESIGN YOUR OWN BOAT • Paul Fisher introduces a fleet of clinker ply Thames skiffs in GRAND DESIGNS.
LOOK FOR WATER CRAFT no 57
IN ALL GOOD NEWSAGENTS FROM 27 APRIL
AND PLEASE COME TO SEE US AND MANY OF OUR ADVERTISERS AT THE BEALE PARK THAMES BOAT SHOW, 9-11 JUNE NEAR PANGBOURNE

W58 JULY/AUGUST-06
In our JULY/AUGUST 2006 issue...

Not, you understand that we’ve given up boatbuilding entirely for the summer – the epoxy cures beautifully in this heat, after all – but this is the issue when we take our own advice in W57 to get out more. Thus, Judy Brickhill goes sailing in the brand new DRASCOMBE DRIFTER 22 and Rick Powell launches SARA, his home-designed and built sailing canoe. Kathy Mansfield is everywhere: splashing down the Kentish Stour in the miniature paddle steamer MONARCH, looking forward to sporting a flowery hat at the 29th THAMES TRADITIONAL BOAT RALLY – 15-16 July – and to enjoying the moules and Muscadet with all the matelots at DOUARNENEZ 2006 – 27-31 July. On a more responsible note, Kevin Desmond takes an overview of ‘green’ boat restoration, from choosing timbers for traditionally built craft to replacing the power plant. And talking of power plants – and paddling – Glyn Lancaster-Jones introduces his designs for a brace of miniature sidewheelers, including Beat and Marthe Bolzern’s LIBERTY BELLE, ‘the smallest paddle steamer in Switzerland’, while inventive as ever, Phil Bolger and Susanne Altenberger come up with a pedal-powered paddle-propelled canal cruiser. But if you prefer ‘proper’ paddling, amateur boatbuilder – and entrant in our amateur boatbuilding competition at Beale Park – Tim O’Connor describes how he built his traditional-looking lapstrake – aka clinker – canoe. All of which only leaves David Parker trying out polyurethane adhesives and the editor blethering on about Uncle George’s Perfumed Garden…… Well, it is summer, after all. Join Uncle George and his London & North Eastern Railway ferrets – don’t ask –
LOOK FOR WATER CRAFT no 58
IN ALL GOOD NEWSAGENTS FROM 22 JUNE

W59 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER-06
In our SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2006 issue…

BOATS: Up A Lazy River… this year’s show at Beale Park was too darn hot – what better reason for on-water boat shows! • Up a lively loch, in fact several: Sail Caledonia, the Scottish raid, was the most exciting yet and as ever, Kathy Mansfield was there • Sailing the Longshore 19: Dick Phillips re-encounters a Scottish-style GRP pocket cruiser to find she’s now all grown up…BOATBUILDING: The Class of 2006: Steve Graham returns to the Boat Building Academy at Lyme Regis to photograph some inspiring student builds • The Competition of 2006: Water Craft’s own amateur boatbuilding awards features more rowing boats than usual, which would probably please … • The crew of the Trinity House Vessel who built their own Cornish Pilot Gig on board ship – and had to cut it into three parts to get it out of their workshop! And still with the merchant service…. • When master mariner Tony Haslett retired to France, he began building our cover boat: a traditional little carvel gaff cutter. DESIGN: From the USA, Reuel B Parker introduces a sleek pocket cruiser: his easy-to-build 23’ (7m) Seabright Skiff • Over here, naval architect Ian Nicholson continues his series for budding boat designers • In Scotland, the new SeaRaider from Swallowboats, which we introduced in Grand Designs W56, is put to the test – and she passes superbly! ALL WHILE David Parker tries out new tools and boat gear and the editor tips the Southampton Boat Show promoters the Black Spot.
LOOK FOR WATER CRAFT no 59
IN ALL GOOD NEWSAGENTS FROM 24 AUGUST

W60 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER-06
In our NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2006 issue…

You’ve heard about designer clothes but what about designer boating magazines….? Thirty-some years since her design, PHIL BOLGER’S magnificent centreboarder Moccasin is still inspiring today’s builders and sailors; Kathy Mansfield reports • Designer/builder LUKE POWELL goes back to the sailing pilot cutters of the 1800s for his inspiration; Anne Barry hitched a ride on Agnes • Two modern interpretations of the classic Victorian sailing canoe: IAIN OUGHTRED has been re-thinking his Wee Rob and MacGregor • It’s turn over time for the DUDLEY DIX designed plywood gaffer which Peter Goad is building in his backyard • And talking of plywood gaffers, the great French designer FRANCOIS VIVIER has come up with one of the prettiest pocket cruisers we’ve seen But that’s not all… Tony Haslett continues the tale of his own pocket gaffer en France • Kathy Mansfield revisits the Scottish Traditional Boat Festival and finds it’s better than ever • Nigel Vear builds a dinghy from a kit for his daughter • David Parker is plane spotting • Dick Phillips sails a GRP Cornish Lugger • And second time around, we get right the next episode of designer IAN NICOLSON series on designing your own boat.
IN ALL GOOD NEWSAGENTS FROM 26 OCTOBER

W61 JANUARY/FEBRUARY-07
In our JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2007 issue…

It’s our 10th Anniversary Issue but do we go all soppy about it? Not jolly well likely! Instead we concentrate on giving you. BOATS: Do you remember MUDLARK’s GHOSTS back in W40? After a 7-year restoration of his Herreshoff-designed Meadowlark sharpie, Ian Scott, economist turned exorcist, has finally laid them to rest. • Perhaps you remember another sharpie? In W38, Iain Oughtred described his modern plywood sharpie based Ralph M Munroe’s famous Egret. Well, she’s now built and sailing and Judy Brickhill was the one sailing her. • You’ll probably not remember Summer Haze unless you were a meticulous reader of the old humour magazine Punch. Before WW2, Punch illustrator Arthur Watts owned the traditional Cornish lug & mizzen ‘hobble boat’ at Padstow and now his son, boatbuilding teacher Simon Watts has taken off her lines in Cornwall in order to built her replica in Canada. BOATBUILDING: A plywood sharpie? That was what a traditional British wooden boatbuilder might call a pointed box…. until he was asked to build one. In his own words – sometimes also pointed – clinker craftsman Adrian Noyes explains in HAIKU: FROM THE KEEL UP how he learned to love flat bottoms…. Well, not love exactly. • Much smaller, much simpler and most definitely much higher, in a gash in the wind-grieved Apennines of Italy, Steve Langdon built his first boat: a Joel White-designed Nutshell pram… DESIGN: On the cover of that very first issue of Water Craft, 10 Glorious Years Ago (well, we didn’t promise not to mention it at all) we had Kathy Mansfield’s photograph of an appealing Acorn 13 sailing dinghy designed by Iain Oughtred Since then Iain’s reputation as a designer of wholesome clinker craft has spread around the world. That Acorn was so appealing Kathy bought the boat; who better to profile her designer? • After the success of Swallow Boats’ SeaRaider at the 2006 Sail Caledonia raid, Matt Newland introduces her new little sister BayRaider. And his so-far-anonymous car-topper. And Ian Nicholson explains the maths behind the sail plan in his series DESIGN YOUR OWN BOAT.

GEAR: As ever, David Parker tries out new tools and boat gear but this time he also provides an in-depth assessment of the very latest ELECTRIC OUTBOARD MOTORS.
IN ALL GOOD NEWSAGENTS FROM 21 December

W62 MARCH/APRIL-07
In our MARCH/APRIL 2007 issue…

AT LAST! It has taken us ages, we’ll admit but we now have Dick Phillips’ review of arguably one of the prettiest of pocket gaffers, the John Atkin-designed MAID OF ENDOR; is she really the only one in Europe? • Still with pretty boats (which we are most of the time), where better to see them than the great French sail festivals? In this issue, Emily & Kathy Mansfield recall LAST YEAR IN DOUARNENEZ • We have pretty boats in Cornwall too: Simon Watts came to measure what’s left of his father’s old traditional hobble boat and is now BUILDING SILVER THREAD at his workshop in Nova Scotia, Canada • Are you building a pretty boat? If you are, don’t forget that 1 May is the last day for entries in Water Craft’s AMATEUR BOATBUILDING AWARDS at the Beale Park Thames Boat Show. 8-10 June. On the subject of boatbuilding… Father and son Tim and Michael O’Connor describe how they built A MATCHED PAIR OF STITCH & TAPE KAYAKS to paddle down the Thames • David Parker tries out some serious JIGSAWS FOR THE BACKYARD BOATBOATBUILDER. And there’s more… Jeff Broome, a previous prizewinner in our Beale competition, takes his home-designed and built SAILING CANOE CRUISING IN SCOTLAND • Kathy Mansfield explores the unbearable lightness of boating in THE CAPSIZE TEST • And three leading boat designers, ANDREW WOLSTENHOLME, ROGER DONGRAY and PAUL GARTSIDE are thinking small. And pretty! All this and another London Boat Show?
IN ALL GOOD NEWSAGENTS FROM 23 MARCH

W63 MAY/JUNE-07
In our MAY/JUNE 2007 issue…

THE BEALE PARK THAMES BOAT SHOW IS NIGH…WELL, IF YOU CALL 8-10 JUNE NIGH. And though it may not be the biggest or longest boat show in the world (see www.bealepark.co.uk), it has to be one of the most relaxing: a little lake not far from Pangbourne where ‘Water Craft boats’ can show off and yet more ‘Water Craft boats’ ashore in our annual amateur boatbuilding competition, plus lots of other friendly exhibitors and no-one on roller skates hustling you to take out a magazine subscription, nice food stalls, a decent bar, trees for shade, grass for picnics, free car parking… and all a very easy drive from the M4. You’ll love it and we have a full preview And just like the Show, in this issue we have large and little, traditional and modern…. Kathy Mansfield meets Ron Henderson who built CAPELLA, a serious 29’ (10m) cruising gaffer in his own backyard • Judy Brickhill sails the new 10’ (3m) LIMPET, a Roger Dongray designed lug-rigged dinghy you can build from an affordable pre-cut kit • A long way from Beale, vver in Nova Scotia, Simon Watts finishes SILVER THREAD, a replica of his father’s traditional hobble boat in Cornwall • Away in the opposite direction, Mikhail Markov from Moscow takes his sons cruising the islands of Finland in an IAIN OUGHTRED NESS BOAT • While back in the UK, furniture maker David Jones launches his replica VIKING LONGSHIP and John Hall builds GANNET, an Oughtred sailing dinghy All this plus GRAND DESIGNS from Selway Fisher and Duck Trap Woodworking, Peagreen Boats from Orkney and David Parker’s a lumberjack… well, not exactly but he’s still OK.
IN ALL GOOD NEWSAGENTS FROM 26 APRIL

W64 JULY/AUGUST-07
In our JULY/AUGUST 2007 issue…

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE 30th THAMES TRADITIONAL BOAT RALLY with two special features by our regular photo-journalist Kathy Mansfield • THIRTY YEARS LATER… Kathy’s pictures capture the enduring appeal of the ‘Thames Trad’ competition • MR FREEBODY’S SUBTLY SUPERIOR SLIPPERS: They may take their styling from between-the-wars sports cars but Peter Freebody’s modern slipper launches have several hidden advantages. ON WIDER WATERS: Dick Phillips and Peter Chesworth try out Matt Newland’s new BayRaider, a swift & spritely family dayboat with the added security of water ballast • MAN WITH A MISSION: In Ireland, Anne Barry meets Nigel Towse, one of the prime movers in the revival of traditional craft and craftsmanship in West Cork • THERE’LL ALWAYS BE WOODEN BOATS says 81 year old master craftsman Clifford Adams; David Parker went down the mean streets of Looe to meet. IN THE WORKSHOP: BUILDING TREVISKEY – Nigel Gray builds a classic little carvel-planked Cornish workboat – in Northumberland • BUILDING MACGREGOR – Alan & Beryl Bright begin construction Iain Oughtred’s new version of clinker plywood sailing canoe. • FITTING OUT THE CAPE HENRY 21 – Building his pocket cruiser, our erstwhile Art-man Peter Goad is now considering his creature comforts (still, as everyone says, he’s wonderful for his age). GRAND DESIGNS: French designer Francois Vivier has the knack of creating characterful traditional-looking Breton dayboats using modern wooden boatbuilding techniques • From Australia, Michael Storer introduces his so-simple-it’s-very-clever Goat Island Skiff.
IN ALL GOOD NEWSAGENTS FROM 28 JUNE

W65 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER-07
In our SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2007 issue…

SEE HER AT THE SOUTHAMPTON BOAT SHOW: It wasn’t just that she’s a proper pretty little gaffer (as they say in Cornwall), Dick Phillips was seriously impressed by the sparkling performance of the new Shilling dayboat from Willow Bay Boats • THE BEST ‘BEALE’ YET: The Beale Park Thames Boat Show, the UK’s best show for family dayboats, wooden boats, electric boats and steam boats, just got better, as did…• Water Craft’s AMATEUR BOATBUILDING AWARDS, our own competition for backyard boatbuilders which we run every year at the Beale show • THE SILENCE OF THE AMPS: Neil Trevithick goes hybrid boating on Graeme Hawksley’s diesel-electric powered cruising yacht • MORBIHAN IN MAY: la Semaine du Golfe is the ultimate festive cruise in company, says Kathy Mansfield and her beautiful pictures prove it.  
MEANWHILE, IN THE BACKYARD: Alan and Beryl Bright complete the hull of their Iain Oughtred sailing canoe • After years of dreaming about it, Philip Archer builds an American DUCK TRAP WHERRY which is almost as curvaceous as the violins he makes for a living • Chris Waite remembers the home-designed proa he built on the beach in Oman.  
PLUS DESIGN YOUR OWN BOAT, GRAND DESIGNS, PEAGREEN BOATS AND OTHER REGULAR FEATURES, including new style reviews (what do think is the best camera for the backyard boatbuilders?) and the first of a new series of reports from the most active clubs and associations.  
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W66 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER-07
In our November/December 2007 issue…

RACING BETWEEN THE REEDS: Low on freeboard, high on canvas, Colin Buttifant’s new build is a classic Broads yacht with the emphasis on racing, not cruising. Kathy Mansfield couldn’t wait… • CRUISE IN COMPANY: And she covered the Scottish raid: Sail Caledonia the length of trhe Great Glen • DESIGNING & BUILDING A HUMBER BARGE YACHT: Built for cargo carrying, not speed, the bluff-bowed, straight-sided keels and sloops of Yorkshire provided the inspiration for Julia and Tony Sharples’ commodious cruiser • CREWS IN COMPANY: The three Nigel Irens designed Expedition Boats built by the students and staff of King Alfred School in North London have proven their worth but when two of the craft took part in this summer’s Sail Caledonia, it was their most challenging expedition yet
AND KIDS ARE SETTING THE PACE IN THE BOATSHOP TOO…. In Texas, they are supervising Lee Wince’s meticulous build of a CLINKER PLYWOOD Iain Oughtred dayboat • In Cornwall, JO’s BOYS are helping her to build the new LIMPET BOAT KIT • And in Spain, Bosco Plana’s students have built a brace of traditional double-enders using modern techniques.
ALL THIS PLUS… We feature wholesome motorboats from Paul Fisher, Francois Vivier and Paul Gartside in GRAND DESIGNS • The editor tries out Scary Sharpening in REVIEWS • And in JOIN THE CLUB, you’re encouraged to Go Gaff, Turn Electric and Raise Steam – now that would be hybrid power.
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W67 JANUARY/FEBRUARY-08
HERE’S A GREAT START TO THE NEW YEAR
with our January/February 2008 issue…

Lots of pretty boats, lots of practical articles and lots to think about as we cover an aspect of small boat safety which has been little discussed in the mainstream boating press.
THE PRETTY…. THE FIRST JUMBO FOR OVER 100 YEARS: She’’s our cover boat and as you see, not elephantine at all. Judy Brickhill sailed her in St Ives. • EVERYTHING HERE IS HANDS ON: Amateur boat restorer Ian Scott visits the IBTC where they teach the professionals how to revitalise beautiful boats • SILVERY LIGHT: Kathy Mansfield sails a fascinating Dutch clinker planked dayboat built throughout in aluminium • LE MILLE SABORDS: Kathy again, this time in Brittany at the massive annual sale of secondhand boats.
THE PRACTICAL… CLINKER PLYWOOD IN PICTURES - 2: In Texas, Lee Wince is begins planking his Iain Oughtred dayboat • JOBS FOR THE BOAYS – 2: In Cornwall, Jo Moran and her young sons are also putting the ‘skin’ on their kit-built Limpet dinghy. • LAID DECKS FOR THE CAPE HENRY 21: Peter Goad puts the lid on his modern gaff cutter •
THE THOUGHT-PROVOKING…. So if you fell overboard from your dayboat when no-one was around to help, how would you get back on board? Peters Chesworth & Greenfield try it out for real… using Chesworth Junior as the guinea pig, of course.
NOT FORGETTING THE REGULARS… IAN NICOLSON continues his masterclass in designing your own dinghy • REVIEWS evaluates roof racks for boats (no, not like that), lifejackets for dogs and rowing machines for over-weight editors • GRAND DESIGNS features Iain Oughtred’s simplest canoe and Jean-Francois Garry’s simplified coastal cruising yacht • JOIN THE CLUB goes electric cruising in Canada, down the slip in Cumbria and sorts the Simples from the Compounds.
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W68 MARCH/APRIL-08
In our March/April 2008 issue…


MEET THE TALENTED MR PHILLIPS: Is there no end to the man’s versatility? In this issue Gentleman Boatbuilder Dick Phillips begins a new series on building ROXANE, the iconic modern lugger designed by Nigel Irens, using modern strip-plank boatbuilding techniques and... • Gentleman Boat Reviewer Dick Phillips tries out the cover boat, a 6M WELSFORD WHALER built by Simmons & Broome Ltd in Dorset • While Judy Brickhill, the Lady who Loves Luggers, sails the new DEBEN LUGGER from Anglia Yacht Brokers… Who says boating mags can’t do test sails in winter? • Meanwhile up in the sky: Is it a bird? Is it a float plane? Is it Kathy Mansfield, over in British Columbia, flying down to the SHIPYARD SCHOOL ON SILVA BAY (yes, it is) • While we’re getting away from it all, share Tony Langmead’s IONIAN IDYLL • And join him on the pull… with Karen… in Reviews.
ON THE PRACTICAL SIDE: In the north of Sweden, Christer Bystrom spends the long winter DESIGNING & BUILDING A RAID BOAT • In the east of Texas, Lee Wince is ready to start FITTING OUT THE IAIN OUGHTRED FULMAR • In Japan, they make BEAUTIFUL CHISELS AND PULL SAWS and Matthew Platt explains how to use them… in Oxford.
NOT FORGETTING: The MEGAN DINGHY, the latest GRAND DESIGN from Tom Dunderdale of Campion Design • BACKSTAYS & BUMKINS, the latest instalment in designer Ian Nicolson’s series on DESIGNING YOUR OWN BOAT • Electric power brings new life to a Broads cruiser, boilers bring new life to steam boats and Ms Wolstenholme brings new life to the OGA in the Lakes….in JOIN THE CLUB • We welcome your entries in WATER CRAFT’s 2008 AMATEUR BOATBUILDING AWARDS • And why all the nice girls love a sailor.
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W69 MAY/JUNE-08
In our In our May/June 2008 issue…


IF YOU CAN’T RIDE TWO HORSES AT ONCE, YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE JOINED THE CIRCUS…
the politicians say. There’s also quite a bit of two-horse-riding going on in the May/June issue of Water Craft. For example…
WANT TO BUILD A 12’ (3.66m) SAILING DINGHY FROM A PRE-CUT PLYWOOD KIT?
We review not one but two new entries into the growing kit boat market. Judy Brickhill sails the new CORMORANT, Seashell Boats’ re-think of the old Cornish Crabbers catboat and Alice Driscoll trips the light fantastic in the super TROUPER from Swallow Boats.
EVER WONDERED HOW PROFESSIONAL WOODEN BOATBUILDERS DO STRIP PLANKING?
We have the answer… twice over. Down in Dorset, Dick Phillips starts planking a custom-built version of Nigel Irens’ iconic 28’ (8.5m) ROXANE, while up in the Lake District, Phil Swift is stripping – look away now, ladies – his own 16’ (4.9m) SHILLING.
DO YOU HAVE A TASTE FOR RESTORATION DRAMAS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC?
On the Chesapeake, Ian Scott reflects on the enduring appeal of America’s ANTIQUE & CLASSIC BOAT SHOWS and over here, John Castell admires James Palmer’s superb restoration of the 27’ (8.2m) KESTREL, built Cowes 1891 which he bought for just £1.
ALL THIS AND WHAT KATHY MANSFIELD DID LAST SUMMER WITH THE MORAY FLOTILLA
AND NOT FORGETTING OUR REGULAR FEATURES: Boatbuilding tips from the WATER CRAFT WORKSHOP; gear and gizmos, books and tools in REVIEWS; a new electric launch in GRAND DESIGNS; the penulitimate episode of DESIGN YOUR OWN BOAT (though Ian Nicolson has a new series to follow); JOIN THE CLUB; PEAGREEN BOATS….
PLUS OUR PREVIEW OF THE BEALE PARK THAMES BOAT SHOW

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W70 JULY/AUGUST-08
In our In our JULY/AUGUST 2008 issue…


THE BOYS ARE BACK, YOUNG AND….. WELL…. YOUNGISH. In darkest Cornwall, Jo Moran’s three lads, Brendan, Aidan and Finlay, are helping our resident multi-tasker to finish their LIMPET SAILING DINGHY KIT from Seashell Boats. In Wales, a group of teenagers, boys and girls, new to boats and boatbuilding, built a Nigel Irens’ dayboat at their summer BOATSKWL. And in Dorset, young shaver Dick Phillips continues his build of Nigel Irens’ ROXANE IN STRIP PLANK and though it’s only the third episodes of the series, he’s already sheathing the hull…. Who said strip planking was slow?
FROM YOUNG BOATBUILDERS TO OLD BOATS…. The world’s oldest One-Design is the Dublin Bay WATER WAG and Alice Driscoll, in Sri Lanka for the World Enterprise Championships, found a fleet of the venerable craft in Colombo. Immediately after World War II, the young PHIL BOLGER, stationed in Tokyo, came across the YAMATO BOAT and its hull features have influenced some of his designs to this day. As they have the SELWAY-FISHER YAMATO BOAT designed for home builder Richard Gardner. And talking of Selway-Fisher designs and home boatbuilding – terms synonymous to many – Kathy Mansfield has re-visited organic gardener Iain Tolhurst’s PINKY built entirely from sustainable timbers.
AND TALKING OF KATHY MANSFIELD – don’t we all; often – she’s also looking forward to the BREST FESTIVAL (11-17 July) and the THAMES TRADITIONAL BOAT RALLY (19-20 July). There are, of course, all the regulars – Grand Designs, Reviews, Join The Club, Design Your Own Boat – and almost in the Stop Press, JACK CHIPPENDALE is teaching LOFTING – again!

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W71 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER-08
In our In our SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2008 issue…


BOATS OR BOUNCY CASTLES? Is the Beale Park event still a proper boat show or more of a nice day out for the family? We ask exhibitors and visitors. This year’s AMATEUR BOATBUILDING AWARDS: even if the professionals are bringing fewer boats, Water Craft’s backyard boatbuilders still put on a great show. And after the Show, professional wooden boat builder Ian Richardson from Orkney took his latest traditional 3-sail yole on a VOYAGE TO THE HEAD OF THE THAMES.
OUT THERE WITH THE DOLPHINS: no, we didn’t do it in Photoshop; when Judy Brickhill sailed pocket cruiser Jessie & Zac, she really did make a new friend. Meanwhile, back with his own pocket cruiser after a guest appearance driving our Big Mac, Peter Goad is FITTING OUT THE CAPE HENRY 21. And talking of boatbuilding, from Northern Ireland Holger Loze tells the story of the building of THE FIRST SPRIT-RIGGED WORKBOAT ON LOUGH NEAGH FOR 60 YEARS. While at the opposite end of the scale, designer Andrew Wolstenholme believes in STARTING THEM YOUNG as he helps a class of primary school children to build a whole fleet of miniature paddle boats.
Not forgetting the regulars… our REVIEWS column tries out a new electric outboard and a very affordable bandsaw. THE WORKSHOP tests some new environmentally friendly rust removers. JOIN THE CLUB reports on Green Steam and a Rally for backyard boatbuilders who are really not a club at all, so there. In GRAND DESIGNS, Arch Davis introduces the shapely Penobscot17 dayboat. And in the first of a new series, Ian Nicolson’s DESIGN YOUR OWN MOTOR BOAT could not be more timely as he considers low-power propulsion.
All this and… yes, more boat shows! Ian Scott reports on THE MAINE EVENT (now that really is a proper boat show) and we all look forward to THE SOUTHAMPTON BOAT SHOW.

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W72 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER-08
In our In our NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2008 issue…



From trimming transom bevels on the front cover to an ad for a beautiful bandsaw on the back, the November/December Water Craft is THE BOATBUILDING ISSUE. Just look…

AM BATA means ‘the boat’ in Gaelic and that’s what 4 senior students at Plockton High School in Scotland built, transom bevels and all; Terry Williams has followed the project • Meanwhile, in the Deep West, Jo Moran’s student boatbuilders, her three boys aged 5 to 9, have finished their project and taken the LIMPET DINGHY SAILING for the first time. Down in Dorset, professional wooden boatbuilder Dick Phillips is adding bilge keels to his STRIP PLANK ROXANE while over in Kent, Michael Terry is watching his dream come true: WBTA member Alan Staley is building him a NEW BLOSSOM GAFF CUTTER.
But proper boatbuilders don’t just build new boats, they also restore old ones. And few restoration projects can have been as superbly realised as Alistair Garland’s rebuild of ISLAY, A CAMPER & NICHOLSON J-CLASS TENDER of 1922 Kathy Mansfield talked with the man who made the Award-winning rebuild a reality, owner Adam Toop.
But what about boat design... We have two articles, both originating in Chesapeake Bay. Prolific designer Jay R Benford introduces Friendship, a 21’ (6.55m) clipper-bowed gaff sloop with a much modern underwater profile.. And Ian Scott interviews Karl Stambaugh, creator of a wide range of shoal water dayboats and cruisers for amateur building.
Then there are the regulars… REVIEWS tries out Gorilla glue, a floating laptop bag and two new Bosch power tools which seem designed for boatbuilding. THE WORKSHOP has a clever way to get the boat on top of the car– and off again. JOIN THE CLUB has the story of the Solar Civil Servant and Ian Nicolson’s DESIGN YOUR OWN MOTOR BOAT continues to be years ahead of those triple-decker bidets you see at boat shows.

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W73 JANUARY/FEBRUARY-09
In our In our JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2009 issue…


It was bound to happen. With so many wooden boatbuilders tempted by the traditional appeal of his small wooden boat designs and the practical advantages of lightweight, clinker plywood construction, we would seemingly publish an unofficial IAIN OUGHTRED SPECIAL …. And W73 January/February 2009 is it!  


World Ladies Enterprise Champion and cover girl Alice Driscoll starts us off by ‘comparing and contrasting’ THREE OUGHTRED FAMILY DAYBOATS (Acorn 15, Tammie Norrie and Gannet), all about the same size and profile but with very different beams • In Scotland, award-winning amateur boatbuilder Chris Perkins is BUILDING THE SPONTANEOUS BOAT, an exquisite little Oughtred canoe called Stickleback • And when film-maker Giacomo de Stefano and his friends wanted to assess the environmental damage being done to Italy’s longest river in their UN ALTRO PO project, they chose an Oughtred Ness Yawl to sail and row the 400-plus miles from Venice to Torrino.
Still in Venice and firmly resisting the temptations of those ‘Deaf in….” puns, Kathy Mansfield is surrounded by the clamour and colour of THE VELALONGA RACE for traditional craft on the Lagoon…. • Before getting away from it all aboard the whaleboat from Henley in THE FIRST VENICE RAID • Also getting away from it all, well the Water Craft office, Jo Moran is cultivating a taste curly gaffs, bluff bows and oude jenever (if not smoked herrings) at the DUTCH TRADITIONAL BOAT SHOW.
But what’s happening in the boatshops, we hear you cry. Rather a lot. Adrian Noyes is MAKING PLANKING SCARFS • Proud owner Michael Terry is watching Alan Staley’s team fit out his NEW BLOSSOM GAFF CUTTER • And at last… at last… Dick Phillips is ready to turn over the hull of ROXANE IN WOOD.

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W74 MARCH/APRIL-09
In our In our MARCH/APRIL 2009 issue…


SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL has emerged as the theme of Water Craft number 74. Not least because we’ve reprinted an excellent article by Moray MacPhail with that very title, first published 14 years ago, which now seems more relevant than ever. Even so, it seems many readers are ahead of him as the WBTA BOAT BUYING SURVEY by Alison Kidd and Peter Williams shows. As does canoe builder John Floutier’s recollections of his SAILING CANOE CRUISE IN COMPANY IN THE WESTERN ISLES

Back to the present yet still celebrating small boats… Up at last year’s Sail Caledonia Raid, Kathy Mansfield was much impressed by the doughty performance of the 14’ (4,3m) GRP DEVON YAWL, as was Jo Moran down in Cornwall, sailing the similar-sized and equally gutsy GRP BRISTOL JOLLY BOAT. Smallest of them all (in this issue) is Chris Perkins’ latest home boatbuilding project, the 10’ (3m) STICKLEBACK CANOE designed by Iain Oughtred.
So much for the tiddlers… In darkest November, Dick Phillips sailing in Secret, a PROPER GAFF CUTTER. She’s a 20’ (6m) Edwardian-style ‘gentleman’s cruising yacht’ which feels like boat half as big again yet you can build her from a pre-cut plywood kit. Equally accommodating, literally, is the beautiful 20’ (6m) Laurent Giles Sandpiper SURPRISE which Tom Naismith spent 7 years building in his garage.
So much for yesterday… Our series Grand Designs has two unusual craft to fire your imagination: NIGEL IRENS explains the thinking behind his 15-knot ELECTRIC SPEEDBOAT which made her debut at the London Boat Show and Australian designer Michael Storer introduces his RADICAL RAID BOAT which will make her debut at the Beale Park Thames Boat Show…. on the Water Craft stand.
All this and… The frustrations of the editor trying to start building a boat in his backyard may actually launch a new magazine: is the world ready for CLASSIC SHED?

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W75 MAY/JUNE-09
In our In our MAY/JUNE 2009 issue…


“Events, dear boy, events” prime minister Harold Macmillan supposedly replied when asked what were the biggest obstacles to progress. If he had said it (he didn’t), it would show the old boy knew little about boating. In the boating world, events make stuff happen…
And many of those events happen in the months of May & June, which is why, in the new issue, Kathy Mansfield looks forward to two of them. La SEMAINE du GOLFE, is a week long series of races for seven fleets of boats on the Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany, a gathering famous amongst the British sailors of the Old Gaffers Trailer Section for each evening’s hospitality in a different small port. Another week-long event, SAIL CALEDONIA is even more arduous: racing under sail and oar from the North Sea to the Atlantic along the Great Glen, with Scottish hospitality each evening. The editor is not a racing man (he wouldn’t survive the hospitality) so he previews the much more relaxed gathering of wooden boatbuilders, amateur and professional, at the BEALE PARK THAMES BOAT SHOW; in fact, this year, though our Amateur Boatbuilding Awards, which are a feature of the show, have attracted more entries, we’ve made them even less competitive!
And for all these events and others, you have to get the boat ready…. Boats like SERENA, the 100 year old launch converted from steam to electric which was such an eye-catcher at Beale last year. Boats like the plywood WOOD DUCK CANOE, built by Chris Perkins from CLC plans ideal for the UK-HBBR’s Raid from Lechlade to the Beale show. Boats like Swallow Boats’ new BAYCRUISER making her debut at Beale. Boats like the exquisite EAST COAST CATBOAT built by Peter Graham which made her debut at Beale two years ago. Or the equally finely-finished ELECTRIC SPEEDBOAT Alice Driscoll tried out, though she needs a lake the size of Windermere, not Beale – the speedboat, that is, not Alice.
Some boats will not be on the water this spring, though Dick Phillips’ svelte 30’ (9m) strip-plank ROXANE is now well into the fitting out stage. Of course, you shouldn’t launch CRADLE BOATS, even when they are clinker-planked. And the editor’s new CHEBACCO BOAT is no further advanced than a toast rack of building moulds, though you can see the boat which provided the inspiration (and the moulds) on our stand at Beale.

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