Issue #246 Sept/Oct 2015

Be sure to select PRINT or DIGITAL when you order. Sept/Oct 2015 How I Build a Boat - Finding beauty in simplicity by Willits Ansel The Rebirth of Skuutje WR60 - The rescue of an 1840 Dutch herring boat by Tjeerdo Wieberdink and Kees Hos Seamarks: Three Pivotal Designs by L. Francis Herreshoff - Part Three: The WHIRLWIND Debacle by Roger C. Taylor The Case for the Gaff Vang - An important line missing on most gaff rigs by David Soule Runabout Restoration - New life for a varnished classic: Part 1 by Paul Brackley A Sound Boat and Simple Living - Reflections on 10 years of voyaging on a traditional wooden boat by Bruce Halabisky Technology in the Boatshop - The state of the art by Brendan Riorden Getting Started in Boats: -A Small Outboard Motor Primer- Tear-out supplement by Jan Adkins Cover: VIXEN reached Hawaii in 2015 to "close the circle" on a 10- year circumnavigation by author Bruce Halabisky and Tiffany Loney, who had two daughters en route. The 34' gaff cutter designed by William and John Atkin, he writes, was ideally suited to the voyage. Photograph by Jay Johnson.     ———————————————————— “Your downloads are ready” will be the subject line of an email you’ll receive from us—once we’ve processed your digital order. That email has the link to click, so you can then download the file. This isn't an "instant" process, so if we're asleep, you may need to wait for regular business hours for us to process the order. Although we are quite timely, we may not be processing on weekends & holidays.