Number 222
September/October2011
56 SheathingaPlywoodDeck
A durable surface of fiberglass cloth and
BrionRieff
epoxy
Page 44
Features
30 Buildingthe12'Peapod
Part One
ArchDavis
38 ShoalDraft
Part Two—Cruising in the
DanMacNaughton
shallows
62 SlowbyDesign
44 TheDrawknife
A pre-industrial tool for
today
JimTolpin
A 1936 Knud Reimers 75-Square-Meter
and her influence on a generation
SandraGorter,with
of Kiwi sailing
Philip Thiel’s quiet and
ChrisCunningham
simple boats
72 TheEnysBirchbarkCanoe
48 BACCHANT,RANGER ,and
FIDELIS
Page 48
A late-1700s treasure rediscovered in a
stone barn in England HenriVaillancourt
MatthewP.Murphy
Page 62
84 UffaFox:MadmanorGenius?
Page 56
2 • WoodenBoat 222
Part Two: Free as air
NicCompton
ReadeR SeRviceS
104 How to Reach Us
110 Boatbrokers
Page 38
113 Boatbuilders
depaRTmenTS
121 Kits and Plans
5 Editor’s Page
Thin-Water Cruising
126 Classified
8 Letters
11 Fo’c’s’le
Succumb to Temptation
13 Currents
143 Index to Advertisers
David Kasanof
edited by Tom Jackson
25 Apprentice’s Workbench
Molds and Setup—Part 2
Hollowing Carvel Planking
Harry Bryan
69 Designs
Davis 50' Ketch: An able
Robert W. Stephens
boat for sail training
80 In Focus
Australia’s 18' Skiffs
92 Launchings…
and Relaunchings
99 Wood Technology
Pining for a Prime
Southern Pine
Elisa Krey
Karen Wales
Richard Jagels
101 The WoodenBoat Review
• Classic
Bruce Stannard
• Fine Woodstrip Canoe
Building
Dan MacNaughton
• New or Noteworthy
• Books Received
107 Calendar of Events
136 Save a Classic
MADDY SUE —An Early
Picnic Boat
TeaR-ouT SupplemenT
pages 16/17
Getting Started in Boats:
Marine Radios—
Operating VHF radios
David Wyman
Cover: On Maine’s
Eggemoggin Reach,
Arch Davis sails
his newly launched
12' Peapod design.
Instructions for
how to build this
boat appear
in this issue.
See Page 30.
Photograph by
Benjamin Mendlowitz
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