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Aug 23, Reader's Boat Photos

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 09:08:55 -0400

Gallery of Readers uploaded Photos

Jun 19, The Sliding Bevel

Thu, 19 Jun 2025 02:52:43 -0400

By Robin Gates

The Sliding Bevel: A Boatbuilder’s Tool for Precision

For angles other than the perpendicular of the try-square and 45 degrees of a mitre-square, the essential measuring tool is a sliding bevel, Robin Gates tells us.

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Jun 18, Winter Bilge Issues

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 07:34:54 -0400

By Adrian Morgan

Winter Bilge Issues: Can a Classic Boat Spend Too Long Ashore?

Beware the score of too long ashore, Adrian Morgan warns us…

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May 13, How to Make Multipurpose Wax Oil

Tue, 13 May 2025 02:37:55 -0400

By Robin Gates

How to Make Multipurpose Wax Oil: Guide for Boat Builders

A Guide for boatbuilders on how to make multipurpose wax oil serving to lubricate tools and inhibit rust…

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Apr 16, Award Winning Junk Rigged Micro Yacht

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 02:54:01 -0400

By Nic Compton

Award Winning Junk Rigged Micro Yacht: Nikos Daroukakis’ Nootka

Inspired by an aboriginal mix of styles and boatbuilding philosophies, Nootka is a self-built, own-design combination of materials and techniques stretching from British Columbia to Ancient Greece.

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Apr 16, Close to the Water

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 02:48:25 -0400

BY BRUCE BATEAU

Close to the Water: Small Boats, Big Influence

Marty Loken may be an octogenarian, but it’s hard to keep up with the small craft maven.

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Apr 15, Free annual boating day at The Center for Wooden Boats

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:37:40 -0400

BY JASMIN THANKACHEN

Free annual boating day at The Center for Wooden Boats

Looking for a free, fun-filled family outing this spring? Mark your calendars for Sunday, April 27, 2025, as The Center for Wooden Boats (CWB) invites families from across the Puget Sound region to its 4th Annual Free Boating Day at the South Lake Union campus in Seattle.

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Feb 20, McKenzie River Drift Boat

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 02:45:58 -0500

See photos of the McKenzie River Drift Boat over the years

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Feb 19, How to Varnish Like a Pro

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:13:45 -0500

By Nigel Sharp

How to Varnish Like a Pro

Guide to Protecting Your Boat

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Feb 9, Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Sun, 9 Feb 2025 02:41:12 -0500

by Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Crowds flock to Australian Wooden Boat Festival

The crowds heaved at Hobart's waterfront for day two of the 2025 Australian Wooden Boat Festival.

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Feb 6, Derwent-class yachts

Thu, 6 Feb 2025 02:50:56 -0500

By Georgie Burgess

Contingent of historic Derwent-class yachts to race in the Australian Wooden Boat Festival

From about 1927, a fleet of wooden yachts with whimsical names were built in Tasmania for young people to sail on the River Derwent.

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Feb 6, 100 Year Old Victorious

Thu, 6 Feb 2025 02:44:56 -0500

By Nigel Sharp

100 Year Old Victorious: Coastal Exploration Company’s Yacht

Some boats are ornaments and designed to be so. But a 100-year-old working boat that is still working is truly a thing of beauty, Nigel Sharp tells us.

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Jan 31, Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 11:59:23 -0500

By Jan Hein

Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival: Snapshot of the 47th Year

In early September, tents and stages filled Washington State’s Point Hudson for the 47th Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival.

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Jan 29, Vertue – A modest little cruising yacht

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 03:11:04 -0500

by Nic Compton

Used boat review: Vertue – A modest little cruising yacht

For a 25-footer, the Vertue has a huge reputation and has conquered every ocean. So what makes this little boat quite such an enduring success?

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Jan 29, Victoria Classic Boat Show

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 03:05:25 -0500

By Jan Hein

Victoria Classic Boat Show Celebrates 45 Years

The classic boats were out and about at the late season events in Victoria, as the show celebrated it’s 45 years.

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Jan 17, How Are Wooden Boats Better for Our Health?

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 02:41:38 -0500

By Robin Gates

How Are Wooden Boats Better for Our Health?

Being on board a wooden boat certainly feels good, but is it true it’s better for our health?

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Jan 17, Sailing the North West Passage

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 02:36:22 -0500

By Will Stirling

Sailing the North West Passage:

Integrity’s Voyage from Alaska

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Jan 16, This Folkboat

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 02:39:53 -0500

DIETER LOIBNERJAN 14, 2025

This Folkboat Was Made Famous by a Pioneering Female Sailor

It carried the first female single-hander—Sharon Sites Adams— to Hawaii 60 years ago, and now awaits a makeover in Washington.

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Jan 14, Lake Rotoiti’s classic boat parade

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 02:55:20 -0500

By Rosalie Liddle Crawford

Lake Rotoiti’s classic boat parade

The second weekend in February will see a magnificent showcase of boating history as the 28th annual Lake Rotoiti Classic and Wooden Boat Parade takes to the water on Saturday, February 8.

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Jan 12, T2 in Australia

Sun, 12 Jan 2025 02:06:17 -0500

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Peter Richardson's T2 in Australia

Peter's T2 will be featured at THE AUSTRALIAN WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL.

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Jan 10, How to Build a Dinghy

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 02:53:04 -0500

By Jon Seal

How to Build a Dinghy: Traditional Craftsmanship

When they found a set of faded plans in Teignmouth museum, Jon Seal and Conor Magee had no idea that this build would lead them on such a fascinating journey

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Jan 10, Haida Sails

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 02:39:09 -0500

BY HAIDA SAILS RESURGENCE PROJECT WITH SIMON DAVIES

Haida Sails: The Breath of Cedar

Before stories were told, we Haida sailed the Pacific Ocean and the turbulent waters of Hecate Strait, navigating our way from Haida Gwaii, west across the open ocean to Hawai’i and Japan, and south to California and beyond.

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Jan 8, Legendary Lyman Boats still making waves on Lake Erie

Wed, 8 Jan 2025 12:34:18 -0500

By D'Arcy Egan | special to cleveland.com

Legendary Lyman Boats still making waves on Lake Erie

Thousands of legendary wooden watercraft from the Lyman Boat Works in Sandusky are still taming the waves of Lake Erie, even though the famous wooden boats first created in 1875 have not been made since 1973.

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Dec 27, Young boatbuilders to finish rowboat

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 02:33:13 -0500

BY HARPSWELL BOATBUILDERS

Young boatbuilders to finish rowboat, build lobster crates

Harpswell Boatbuilders will offer a class for youth ages 9-14 from January through May.

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Dec 11, Close to the Water

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 02:43:27 -0500

BY BRUCE BATEAU

Close to the Water: Escape to the Lake

I never want to go sailing on a lake. The boundaries are known, I can see the destination; the horizon of possibilities is limited.

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Dec 10, Women in Boatbuilding

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 11:32:07 -0500

By Classic Boat

Women in Boatbuilding: BBA Leading the Way for Inclusivity

Inclusivity at the BBA: Women outnumber men at boatbuilding course for the first time.

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Dec 10, Latest hand-built wooden boats from Boat Building Academy students

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 11:32:07 -0500

By Daniel Face

And away…! Latest hand-built wooden boats from Boat Building Academy students take to the water

The latest wooden boats, hand-built by students at the Boat Building Academy (BBA) in Lyme Regis, have been launched in the town’s historic harbour.

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Dec 7, Adventure in Kornati Islands of Croatia

Sat, 7 Dec 2024 02:18:31 -0500

By James Bende

Youth Embark on Adventure in Kornati Islands of Croatia

People say the three great reasons to be a teacher are June, July and August. Captain James Bender is a shop teacher in Redwood City who, for the past several years, has spent those three months continuing to teach through his Adriatic Maritime Institute in the islands of Croatia.

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Dec 3, Boatbuilder’s Notes

Tue, 3 Dec 2024 02:55:26 -0500

By Robin Gates

Boatbuilder’s Notes: How to Set Up a Honing Guide

Robin Gates’ guide, to setting up a honing guide…

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Dec 2, WOY 26

Mon, 2 Dec 2024 02:33:45 -0500

Christian Irrgang

WOY 26

Radical daysailer in visionary timber construction

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Nov 21, Nordic Folkboat used boat review

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:31:49 -0500

Nic Compton

Nordic Folkboat used boat review: One of the most iconic boats ever designed

Despite low headroom, spartan accommodation and a potentially wet ride, the Folkboat remains one of the most iconic yachts of the last 100 years.

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Nov 18, Boatbuilding & Yard News: Craftsmanship Around the World

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 11:28:47 -0500

By Steffan Meyric-Hughes

Boatbuilding & Yard News: Craftsmanship Around the World

Take a look at the latest projects underway – from all-wooden launches in Michigan, to Oban Skiffs in Scotland…

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Nov 8, Is Owning a Wooden Boat Worth It?

Fri, 8 Nov 2024 02:51:59 -0500

By Adrian Morgan

Is Owning a Wooden Boat Worth It? Adrian Morgan’s Classic Boat

Adrian Morgan questions who wouldn’t want a wooden yacht?

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Nov 6, Classic IDRA 14s Radiate From Clontarf With CY&BC 150th Approaching

Wed, 6 Nov 2024 11:36:25 -0500

Afloat.ie Team

Classic IDRA 14s Radiate From Clontarf With CY&BC 150th Approaching

The Irish Dinghy Racing Association and other clubs may have made some of the significant input into the formation of the IDRA 14 Class way back in 1946.

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Nov 6, 1930 47' ACF LIBERTE

Wed, 6 Nov 2024 04:08:27 -0500

Oct 27, "RÉMY"

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 12:18:05 -0400

Matthias Beilken

"RÉMY"

Sebstbau retro-classic sports boat BM 31 is the first of its kind

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Oct 27, Meet 17-Year-Old Shipwright

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 03:52:56 -0400

Michael Mashburn

Meet 17-Year-Old Shipwright Charting His Own Course In Islip: 'A Dying Tradition'

Liam McEvoy is sailing into uncharted waters.

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Oct 25, Problem with Water

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 12:25:51 -0400

By Dave Selby

Dave Selby’s Problem with Water:

Drinking Alcohol at Sea

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Oct 25, Port Townsend’s Wooden Boat Festival

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 12:20:06 -0400

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Port Townsend’s Wooden Boat Festival

The Unmovable Feast. Scores of wooden boat festivals flaunt polished brass and blinding varnish, but none have the hippie-go-lucky vibe of Port Townsend

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Oct 21, Make a splash by building your own sustainable wooden paddleboard

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:19:09 -0400

By Andrew Diprose editor@dorsetbiznews.co.uk

Make a splash by building your own sustainable wooden paddleboard at the Boat Building Academy

Students will be able to create their own sustainable wooden paddleboard thanks to the newest ‘short’ course from Dorset’s Boat Building Academy (BBA).

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Oct 21, 12th Annual Wooden Boat Show on the Manteo Waterfront

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 02:09:55 -0400

The Outer Banks Voice

12th Annual Wooden Boat Show on the Manteo Waterfront

The 12th Annual Wooden Boat Show annual event is held on the last Saturday in October each year.
This year it is on Saturday, October 26 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Oct 20, Georgetown Wooden Boat Show

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 13:21:39 -0400

By Lauren Leibman lleibman@thepostandcourier.com

For some, Georgetown Wooden Boat Show provides a refuge from reality

GEORGETOWN — David Mauney’s handmade boats invoke a sense of awe that comes from a place beyond the detailed craftsmanship.

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Oct 15, The 35th Annual Georgetown Wooden Boat Show is only days away.

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:41:35 -0400

Scott Harper/GAB News

35th Wooden Boat Show takes place this weekend

The 35th Annual Georgetown Wooden Boat Show is only days away.

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Oct 13, Grand Forks dentist’s family-built speedboat

Sun, 13 Oct 2024 04:24:38 -0400

By Brad Dokken

Grand Forks dentist’s family-built speedboat hits the water after 18-year journey

The story of the “B7 Victory” actually begins in 2006, when Paul Bothun, a Grand Forks dentist, purchased boat plans from Glen-L Marine of Moscow, Idaho.

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Oct 10, Port Aransas Wooden Boat Festival

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 14:21:51 -0400

Port Aransas Wooden Boat Festival

WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL

Port Aransas, TX
October 25 – 27, 2024

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Oct 8, Guide to Moulding Planes

Tue, 8 Oct 2024 13:24:27 -0400

By Robin Gates

Guide to Moulding Planes: Boatbuilder’s Notes for Traditional Tools

Here’s a traditional tools guide for boatbuilder’s by Robin Gates… welcome to the world of moulding planes.

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Oct 8, Maldon Regatta 2024

Tue, 8 Oct 2024 13:18:30 -0400

By Classic Boat

Maldon Regatta 2024: Racing Smacks, Gaffers & Bermudian Boats

The Maldon Regatta has hosted competitions for Smacks, MFOB’s Gaffers, Traditional and Modern yachts for generations. This year we saw some brilliant racing…

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Oct 8, Boat of the Month

Tue, 8 Oct 2024 10:27:50 -0400

Paul Molyneaux

Boat of the Month: Outer Fall

“There’s something personal about wooden boats,” says Jimmy Tripp, owner of the Outer Fall, ready for launch. “They have a soul.”

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Oct 5, Davistown Putt Putt Regatta & Wooden Boat Festival

Sat, 5 Oct 2024 07:09:38 -0400

Alec Jones

Davistown Putt Putt Regatta & Wooden Boat Festival

Celebrate the nautical spirit of the Central Coast at this outdoor event.

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