If your taste runs more to the traditional, and if your building skills are correspondingly more advanced, this 18-footer by Fenwick Williams might be worth considering. She’s only slightly larger...
Although designer Fenwick C. Williams is best know for his exquisite cruising catboats, his 24′ Gaff Yawl has proven herself to be an unusually fine combination of all the factors...
Few rigs charm the hearts of sailors as much as the schooner, and John Alden knew how to design cruising schooners that were fast and able, dry and comfortable. In...
While many young sailors get their start in small one-design racing classes, some kids are born cruisers, with more of Tom Sawyer than Dennis Connor in their blood. These youngsters...
Designer Karl Stambaugh has gone out of his way to ensure that this plywood pocket cruiser doesn’t look like a plywood boat. He drew the stem to stand proud, as...
Right where the great Passamaquoddy Bay empties into the even mightier Bay of Fundy, is Lubec, Maine, the easternmost spot in the United States. This is a land of swirling...
In 1908 B.B. Crowninshield was asked to draw up a one-design class of knockabouts to be initially know as the Manchester 17½. The class was to become one of the...
In the midst of the dark years of World War II, The Rudder magazine commissioned L. Francis Herreshoff to write a how-to-build article for a design that would give war-weary...
William and John Atkin designed this simple shoal-draft boat to sketches supplied by an experienced client, Commander Ed Hanks. Shore Liner is simply a large flat-bottomed skiff. Hanks, a knowledgeable...
Several different versions of the Malabar Jr. emerged from the offices of John Alden. The first, a 29½-footer available as either a gaff or marconi sloop, came out in 1924....
The V-bottomed yawl Sea Bird has occupied a legendary place in the annals of yachting since the first news of her launching in 1901. Conceived by Tom Day, founding editor...
Although the records indicate that no boats were built to this 1929 design, we are quite fascinated by its potential as a fast and able cruiser. We’re also impressed with...
Double-enders have long been held in high esteem as seakeepers, from Viking longships to pinky schooners and North Sea Pilot cutters. It shouldn’t be surprising, then, to see this remarkably...
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