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Milestones
for Pangur Ban
Over the years, we have posted several links
to Dale Austin's website and his sharpie project.
In this article, he takes time to reflect
on his multi-year project. |
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A
Houdini in South Africa
John Welsford was delighted to get this letter
from Herco van de Erve and we are delighted
that he is sharing this great dinghy cruising
story with us. |
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Whoopi
- 25' Rocket Gaffer
Here is another delightful pocket cruiser
from Flavio Faloci. It is a design competition
entry like his last
one. The pictures of the model
alone is worth seeing. |
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A
Few Short Trips
Fortunately for us, Brian Anderson was looking
through his photos and found enough to make
a composite article about some river paddling
trips in Europe |
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The
Barquito Folding Dinghy
We no longer sell plans for this clever little
boat but you can get them online. David Brinker
built one and he tells all about it in this
article. |
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It's Thanksgiving...
... here in the USA and we are taking the
day off to celebrate with our family for which
we are thankful. Here is our oldest daughter
with her youngest boy. |
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Using
Pigment Pastes
Not many people know about this method for
fairing boats - it involves using pigment
in successive colors with your fairing compound.
Warren Messer reports. |
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Dakota
(age 11) Builds a PDRacer
With this column, we welcome Michael Storer
to Duckworks as a regular columnist. This
time he reports on 11 year old Dakota and
her Oz PDRacer project. |
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California
Origamis
These unique little folding dinghys are turning
up all over. Steve Chambers has built two.
He used one as a tender for his Potter 15
then gave it away. |
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A
Trip to Mecca
When a wet Kokopeli got Jim Thayer to rethink
Lake Powell as a destination and focus on
Port Townsend instead, Steve Axon went along
and filed this report. |
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Jim
Michalak's Newsletter
Jim Michalak posts a newsletter every two
weeks and we think it is worth a look. He
generally features a design, posts an essay
and includes prototype news. |
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Canoe
Restoration
Lowell 'Ratty" Shipe is a true craftsman
but also a man of few words. When he sent
a bunch of photos of one of his projects I
figured they ought to be seen. |
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The
Waterdog in Canada
When Craig Holm sent us his article about
building an Oughtred Grey
Seal, I asked him to write something
about some of their voyages. Here is the result. |
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Smith's
Boat Shop
Jill Brown has written about Pelican saillboats
in these pages before. This time she relates
the history of the Smith brothers' boatshop
in the Pacific Northwest. |
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A Drop-in
Sail Rig
Michael Storer designed a simple drop-in sail
rig for a canoe or kayak more than ten years
ago and finally he is getting some good feedback
from Trevor Killmier. |
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Brian
Builds a Drift Boat
When David Nichols got to Brooklin, Maine
to teach a boatbuilding class at the WoodenBoat
School, he found that Brian Neely was building
one of his designs. |
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The
Taming of the Shrew
What do you do if you are given an old, fiberglass
boat that is unsafe on certain points of sail?
If you are Bob Booth, you give it a new rig
while restoring it. |
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An Easy
Canoe/Kayak Cart
My friend and neighbor, Steve Lansdowne, has
talked about many of his clever Gizmos
in these pages before. Here is a closer look
at his Canoe/Kayak Cart. |
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Toy
Boat
Author and Duckworks contributor Brian Anderson
is always cooking up something new and interesting.
This toy boat for his daughters is no exception. |
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Origami
Launched
Like all projects, Bruce Raddatz's Origami
had a few dissappointments, but he can't complain
about the looks of this clever and unique
little folding dinghy. |
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Adjusting
Rowlocks Vertically
At 6'-5", Chris Partridge is about "average"
size. But no matter what size you are, you
need to pay attentiion to this often overlooked
aspect of rowing. |
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Motorwell
Modifications - Part 4
This is the last of this series. As usual,
Rob Rohde-Szudy not only gives us lots of
details but he also steps back for a clear
overview of the subject. |
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Building
Harmonica - Part 7
Bill Nolen's Harmonica project got stalled
by some health problems, but he got the boat
finished and in the water - even if someone
else is using it now. |
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i550
Sportboat
Do you want a go-fast boat but don't have
much of a budget? This hot number by designer
Christopher Beckwith was conceived just for
the home builder. |
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Mystery
Boat
Maybe you can help Pete Chast figure out what
this boat is. It is a 12 foot scow similar
to a Topper and it has a Topper sail, but
may not be it. Take a look. |
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Building
the 10 ft Nuthatch - Part 2
This is the second part of Warren Messer's
series on building this simple stitch and
glue pram. In it he talks about how to do
a nice job on rails and corners. |
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EasyB
- a Solo Canoe
Skip Johnson was really happy with the way
his EasyB solo canoe came out so I asked him
if he could make free plans available to Duckworks
readers. He did. |
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North
Carolina Cruise Photo Album
If you like great photographs of beautiful
boats, you will like these pictures Steve
Earley took recently. It is a fine example
of what we call "boat porn". |
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North
Carolina Circumnavigation
Steve Earley has been out cruising in his
Pathfinder again and taking lots of pictures.
We are including a bonus Google Earth view
of his track & high points. |
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Book
Review: A Speck on the Sea - Epic
Voyages in the Most Improbable Vessels
- by William H. Longyard
Author and Duckworks contributor Brian Anderson
takes a close look at a book of high sea adventures.
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King
Canvasback
Think a skin on frame boat can't be beautiful?
Just take a look at the King Canvasback that
Jeff Potwin built from common materials. It
is a thing of beauty. |
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Everglades
Challenge 2007
In this story, Noel Davis talks about the
Everglades Challenge as he saw it and he tells
it in his own clever and humorous style. It's
definitely worth a read.
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McInnis
Boat
Here is new plan by designer Matt Langerfeld
for a traditional hunting and fishing boat
- a la Walter McInnis - but done using the
stitch and glue method. |
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Skin-on-Frame
Kayaks on the Mississippi River
Joel Fleischer of Black
Dog Kayaks not only built the
kayaks that Kayak4AKure
used to paddle the entire river, he got to
go along for the first stage too. |
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Of
Todd’s two Mariah’s,
a Mad Hatters Starlet Day, Bawley John, and
Mark’s magnificent Victory
In Where the Winds Blow this month,
Mark Steele includes info on several models
and their builders. |
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