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Boats

A Plucky Build-it-Yourself Design for Lake Sailing

The Goat Island Skiff is easy to build and fun to sail, and when the wind dies, it can be rowed as well.

Classic Boats in a Family-like Setting

Edgecomb Boat Works: a small yard with a family feel, specializing in classic wooden boats

Thrilling Sailing on a Flying Fifteen

A fast planing dinghy with a keel, the Flying Fifteen is a daysailing sports car.

Launching a Boat and a Career

A sardine carrier and a photo collection

Cooking on a Boat

In the galley kitchen with Annie Mahle

Adaptation in the Age of the Pandemic

Boatyards launched boats during the pandemic, but writer Peter Van Allen launched something even more important: his young son, teaching him wood-working and new ways to experience the outdoors.

Holly Martin

A young Mainer sailing around the world is following in the wake of pioneering women.

Newfoundland Trap Skiff

Walt Simmons of Duck Trap Woodworking has perfected the construction of versatile wherries for rowing and sailing

Building boats the way they should be

Eric Dow’s small boatshop has built a reputation for highly skilled work on smaller wooden boats.

Marionette

The role of the Dolphins 24 in the days of the sailboat design transition from wood to fiberglass.