50 Still Fishing The dragger RICHARD & ARNOLD Randall Peffer at age 89
56 Paul Gartside and the Design Spiral Creating new boats of Michael Higgins timeless beauty
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Features 28 The Ohio Pound-Net Boat A rugged tool for Lake Erie’s William John Kohler fishermen Page 78
33 Revisiting the Classics The Sea Bright skiffs
Reuel B. Parker
40 A Stand-up Paddleboard in Plywood How to build the Kaholo, Geoff Kerr Part 2
64 Legends of the Rips In search of the New England Stan Grayson bassboat 72 Building a Vertue Cutter FLYING FISH is a small cruiser Jack Bassett with a long reach
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78 Woodstoves for Wooden Boats Page 72
Comfortable heat for Brendan Riordan cold-weather cruising
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Reader Services 108 How to Reach Us 109 Vintage Boats and Services 111 Boatbrokers Page 64
114 Boatbuilders 121 Kits and Plans
Departments
125 Classified
5 Editor’s Page The Sincerest Form of Flattery
135 Index to Advertisers
6 Letters 11 Fo’c’s’le Why Do We Do This? 15 Currents 84 In Focus An Irish Sailing Raid
TEAR-out supplement David Kasanof
Getting Started in Boats:
edited by Tom Jackson Nic Compton
88 Wood Technology Pressure-Treated Wood— Richard Jagels Update 90 Designs The Ocracoke 20—DIY Mike O’Brien Carolina sportfisherman
94 Launchings… and Relaunchings
Pages 16/17
Robin Jettinghoff
101 The WoodenBoat Review • Working Sail Jenny Bennett Randall Peffer • The Mortal Sea Ken Textor • Classic Coloring • Books Received 136 Save a Classic HEART’S DESIRE and PENCHANT Maynard Bray
Considerations for a Dinghy— Towing, Rowing, and Stowing Matthew P. Murphy Cover: SKYLARK is a traditionally crafted 14' lapstrake daysailer built at WoodenBoat School, where her designer, Paul Gartside, has taught. Born in England, Gartside now lives in Nova Scotia. Page 56. Photograph by Phil Schirmer
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