Contests:

Duckworks Design Contest #5
"Economy River Cruiser"
DEADLINE - December 31, 2004
Over $1000 in Prizes!

Projects:

Bölja
Magnus Ericsson

SkiffAmerica #6
Kilburn Adams

Slot and Tab GV17
Claus Bak

Voyage To Accomodation Part 1
by Steve Bosquette

RC Models
Mak, Sui-Shing

Picara
David Davis

6 Meter Whaler
Bob Dalziel

Littler Breton
Dave Richards

Slot and Tab Canoe
Claus Bak

Janette
Ross Lillistone

Articles:

Dog Bone Scarfs
by George Wright

Giving Birth to "Ethel"
by David Brodie

Applying Epoxy Coatings Underwater
By Paul Oman

PDRacer
A new design for messabouts
By David "Shorty" Routh

My Father Could
Make a Boat Dance
By Jon Rieley-Goddard

Gatherings

April Tools
Wooden Boat Challenge
by Rick Crook

Summer does exist!
By John Welsford

Raid Finland
by Christer Byström

Vintage:

from Small Boat Journal
Californians Still Love the Sea Mew

from Small Boat Journal
Plywood and Epoxy Tanks
By Paul Butler

Excerpts:

Paddle Sporters are Boaters Too!
by Wayne Spivak
US Coast Guard Auxiliary

Messing About In Boats
Impatience And a Paddle
By Mark E. Lacy

High School Project with a Difference:
Building 2 Shuttle 31 catamarans
Excerpted from Ocean Spirit Magazine
By John Shuttleworth

Designs:

SEA MEW
design by Fred W Goeller, Jr.

Galatea
design by Weston Farmer

If you can use a calculator
you can design a boat…
Part II
by Morten Olesen

Mikesboat
design by Jim Michalak

Columns:

Odds and Ends on Sail - by Alvan Eames

• Running Rigging

John's Tool Crib - by John Cupp

• You Don't Need A Weatherman

Ahoy - (Guest Column)

• Hammocks - by Malcolm Forbes
• Neighbors - by Graham Finney

Bayside Boatshop - by Ross Lillistone

• Modest Knowledge

• The Desire for Boats

• How Full is YOUR ‘Lucky Bag’?

From the Drawing Board - by John Welsford

• SANDPAPER - An abrasive relationship

Obsolete Outboards - by Max Wawrzyniak

• Issues of Empowerment and Reliability

Tales from Geezer Boatworks
- by Paul Browne

• The Pelican Pete Stories
  Part II - Life On the Bounding Waves

Reviews:

Sun Dog
By Keith Lawrence

Outings:

Launching our Two Sheet Skiff
Rick Malagodi

Lil'Jon Sails!
by Rick Cunningham

The Arts

"Sea Fever
by John Masefield

Reports:

We have reports this month from: Wojetk Baginski, Dave Robertson, Ken Abrahams, Jeff Blunck, Max Wawrzyniak, Chesapeake Light Craft, Bill Pettit, and Bruce Hector.

Letters:

There are letters from: Michael Hunt, Roger Wilson, Paul Butler, Rick Steingress, Chris Partridge, David Romasco, Donald K. Johnson, and Chris Stewart.