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A
Few Short Trips
Fortunately for us, Brian Anderson was looking
through his photos and found enough to make
a composite article about some river paddling
trips in Europe |
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The
Waterdog in Canada
When Craig Holm sent us his article about
building an Oughtred Grey
Seal, I asked him to write something
about some of their voyages. Here is the result. |
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North
Carolina Circumnavigation
Steve Earley has been out cruising in his
Pathfinder again and taking lots of pictures.
We are including a bonus Google Earth view
of his track & high points. |
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North
Carolina Cruise Photo Album
If you like great photographs of beautiful
boats, you will like these pictures Steve
Earley took recently. It is a fine example
of what we call "boat porn". |
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Skin-on-Frame
Kayaks on the Mississippi River
Joel Fleischer of Black
Dog Kayaks not only built the
kayaks that Kayak4AKure
used to paddle the entire river, he got to
go along for the first stage too. |
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Cormorant
& Vole at Cape Cod
In this vacation pictorial, Garth Battista
makes the case that a shallow draft boat like
his "Sea Fever" is the ultimate
cruiser. He might just be right. |
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Things
of a Traditional Nature
Almost 20 years ago, Roy McBride set off from
Capetown, South Africa in aboard a 37 foot
yacht to meet his young family in Brazil.
Here is their story. |
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Flint
on the Water
It's always good when a new design lives up
to expectations. Flint, a new design from
Ross Lillistone, was taken to the lake and
photographs were made. |
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Admiral
Dingy Attacked by Vampires
Well, Admiral Dingy has begun his circumnavigation
of the world in his tiny, orange boat by circumnavigating
Sabine Lake. It sounds as if this will be
entertaining. |
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Pathfinder
in Tangier Sound
If you have a boat half done, This story from
Steve Earley, with sunsets, a bit of rough
weather, good food and glorious sailing is
just what you need. |
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A
River Runs Through
Grahame Harris lives near the banks of New
Zealand's longest river and he often takes
his John Welsford designed Truant (Truantsea)
cruising there. |
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Finally,
Another Boater
When you are well into a boat building project
and still have a way to go like Bob Throne,
it is really nice to get to take a ride on
someone else's homebuilt boat. |
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A Trip
to Pittsburgh
Like any big city with a body of water, Pittsburgh
has quite a variety of boats. Sometimes you
have to be a tourist like Peter Vanderwaart
was to see them. |
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Sailing
the Goat Island Skiff
It's been more than a few years since Michael
Storer designed the Goat Island Skiff - enough
time to know that this boat will be built
for many years to come. |
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Overnight
- River Boat Style
Did you ever dream of piloting your own paddlewheeler
on a river cruise? That is exactly what Curtis
Pack, his father and son did recently. Here
is their story. |
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Up
the ‘Pokai’ in TruantSea
With his wife, Grahame Harris take TruantSea
on a trip to the scene of New Zealand boyhood
adventures - and finds it just as compelling
as he remembered. |
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OZ
PDRacer Speed Record
What do you do when you have taken your new
boat to a major show and there is too much
wind for anyone to sail? Michael Storer set
a new record. |
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Dive,
Dive, Dive!
Not too many boat builders choose to write
about a boat trip that ends with the boat
swamped and the builder soaked. Fortunately
for us Larry Pullon does! |
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A
Cruise on Lake Tarawera
Have you ever dreamed of cruising a mountain
lake ringed with hot springs? Grahame Harris
cruised on just such a lake in his navive
New Zealand. |
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Jackrabbit
Cruises the Baskatong
Burton Blais built a John Welsford Houdini
and cruises it in and around Ontario. This
is a pictorial essay with commentary compiled
from several such trips. |
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The
Pukaskwa Coast, July 10-21, 2006
I have to say that this is one of the best
adventure stories we have ever published.
Jose Joven has done a great job of making
us feel we were there. |
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Carping
the Diem with Capt. Ron
Whether he is waxing poetic or philosophical,
Stacy Smith sure has a way with words. He
makes a day fishing with a friend seem like
a two week vacation. |
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White
River Arkansas Outing
Larry Pullon and his brother were planning
a camping fishing trip on the Buffalo and
White rivers. Their plans did not work out
exactly, but they had a great trip! |
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Largest
Fish Caught From a PDRacer
This story from David "Shorty" Routh
is more of a heart-warming father/daughter
fishing story than it is a world Record trophy
fishing expedition account. |
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Cruising
with Yuko
There must be something special about Barrett
Faneuf's Navigator "Yuko". Mark
Delbrueck's photo essay is the second piece
on it in a month. |
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Pathfinder
in Ocracoke
With the combination of the seaworthy and
beautiful Pathfinder and the wonderful sheltered
water of Ocracoke bay, you realize Steve Early
is a lucky man. |
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Paradox
Enuf Launched
And sold. Yes, this is a story with a sad
ending. In his usual entertaining way, Derek
Clark tells the rest of the story about his
Paradox Project. |
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Piccup
Pram Trip Report
The Pacific Northwest is a beautiful place
to cruise and John Guppy made good use of
his Piccup Pram to explore a good chunk of
it. |
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