DATESY
Boatbuilder Donn Costanzo builds a pocket cruiser named DATESY using Harry Bryan’s Katie design.
No. 303
March/April 2025
WoodenBoat 303 features a pocket cruiser, Biloxi Luggers, how to make a deep-reach cam clamp, a Lawley Tender, Benoît Cayla and the art of itinerant boat restoration, historic small craft of the upper Great Lakes, and a U.S. Navy whaleboat.
In This Issue
Features
Biloxi Luggers
Biloxi luggers have a heritage that began with sailing vessels in the middle of...
A Deep-Reach Cam Clamp
A simple deep reach cam clamp for holding lapstrake planks firmly together for fastening.
A Lawley Tender
The builders of Lawley tenders set a high bar with their attention to details...
Free as the Wind
The Breton shipwright Benoît Cayla has led a string of remarkably efficient and intense...
Windows on a Lost World
The early-20th-century transition from rowing craft to motor-driven boats in the upper Great Lakes.
GREMLIN
GREMLIN, a 26′ motor whaleboat originally built for the U.S. Navy in 1942, was...
Departments
The Art of Visual Storytelling
Nic Compton’s article and Nedjma’s images tell a story and so does Peter Brauné’s...
Letters to the Editor: Mar/Apr 2025
Photographer J.S. Johnston, Stan Grayson, SULTANA project, photos of John S. Johnson, Leo Goolden, and TALLY HO.
OAR LEATHERS
OAR LEATHERS prolong the oars life protecting them from the metal of oarlocks, stitching...
Curved Gaff Jaws
A rugged bending jig is crucial to the making of curved gaff jaws custom...
Bent and Broken
A wood-species identification mystery solved.
Launchings: Mar/Apr 2025
Launchings March April 2025 dedicated to sharing recently launched wooden boats built or restored...
Divinite 8.50
Designer Eric Henseval has created a simplified trimaran structure with modern good looks, the...
The Last Days of the Schooner AMERICA
The Last Days of the schooner AMERICA, a lost Icon at the Annapolis Warship Factory...
The Rogers Collection of Dockyard Models
The Rogers Collection of Dockyard Models at the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Volume III.
ELEANOR III
In the antique auto world, this would be known as a “barn find,” and...
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