Restoring a fine old boat can be as satisfying as sailing one – and the Boatwork Season starts with our November/December issue, mailed to subscribers from 16 October.
• DOUARNENEZ AT FORTY – It’s 40 years since Bernard and Michelle Cadoret launched the French festival of trad boats; an anniversary Kathy Mansfield couldn’t miss: Click to see
• EASY RAIDERS – Andrew Wolstenholme and Colin Henwood take their Kite to the English Raid on typical East Coast waters in very untypical East Coast weather: Click to see
• WOODEN BOAT WELCOME – The first stand we saw at September’s Southampton Boat Show was the Wooden Boat Stage surrounded by wooden boats, writes Cat Holman: Click to see
• BUILD YOUR OWN 16’ (4.9m) SCOW SLOOP – In the USA, a reader inspired by Texas scow schooners asks Paul Gartside for plans of one he can build in his garage: Click to see
• CREATING A NEW WORKSHOP – What small boat builders really need and what they don’t: Colin Henwood shares his experience and fellow WBTA members share pictures: Click to see
• BETTER GET ON WITH IT! – Helen Calascione remembers how her father Ewart Baldwin began building his first boat, a classic Victorian steam launch, at the age of 76: Click to see
• THE BOAT WHICH CAME IN FROM THE COLD – Jake Reich begins the restoration of his pre-1920s Broads Yacht with transom repairs which inevitably lead to more: Click to see
• PLUS…
Cat Holman sees Otter Surfboards being custom-made in wood • Our Jane Austen heroine Miss Emily Warrington on Unladylike Indignities Afloat • Designer Ian Nicolson rethinks the Ubiquitous Boathook • In Grand Designs, Andrew Wolstenholme designs a Modern Catboat and Martijn Van Engeland shares plans for an Electric Runabout • The OGA’s Gaffling Championships • And a fleet of British Traditional Dayboats you can charter – in Thailand.
Founded in 1997 by Pete Greenfield, previously editor of Classic Boat and The Boatman, WaterCraft magazine is an independent international bi-monthly. It’s aimed at the boat enthusiasts who want to do it, not dream about it, presenting appealing boat designs from around the world and practical articles about all aspects of boatbuilding, in the boatyard and in the backyard. WaterCraft regularly features wooden boats and ‘green’ boats, with plans for home boatbuilders in every issue. WaterCraft looks at tradition for information, not replication and to the future for inspiration and innovation.