9 The Gribble
We know what prizes mean.
10 A Weekend with Iain Oughtred
Mikhail Markov came from
Moscow and Kathy Mansfield
from Wallingford to Uitgeest in the
Netherlands to celebrate the
designs of the leading advocate of
clinker plywood boatbuilding.
15 Rainy Night in Berkshire
All the next day too.. But better
weather on the first two still brought
the visitors to the Beale Park Boat
Show in June.
17 It's Not About The Money...
A larger-than-usual number of entries
in our annual Amateur Boat Building
Awards and all built for the fun of it.
20 Water Craft's Cordless Canoe Challenge
A first for all of us: a knockout
tournament for boats driven solely
by cordless power tools. Moray
MacPhail puts down his
megaphone...
26 The Re-Charge of the Light Brigade
The leading designer of electric boats
Andrew Wolstenhome explains why the
winner won... 2012 entrants take note!
28 Build Your Own Outboard Skiff
Designer Paul Gartside sends full
plans with offsets for a practical
project for beginners to traditional
boatbuilding.
33 Going Coastal
Strictly speaking, Alice Driscoll didn't
but on Ullswater she discovered
Character Boats' Coast Whammel
certainly could.
37 Skin on Tin
Jeremy Harris built his innovative entry
for our Cordless Canoe Challenge
without using timber or plywood.
43 Skin on Frame
And Jo Moran's entry didn't use that
much wood either! In the first of
two articles, she describes how she
built her see-through Platt Monfort
Geodesic Airolite canoe.
48 Fit-Out
Finishing off always takes longer than
you might think, as Graham Neil
discovers when completing his Coot
dinghy kit from Jordan Boats.
52 Reviews
Our regular series of impartial
assessments of boat gear and books,
tools and technology
56 Join The Club
The Electric Boat Association, the
Old Gaffers Association, the Steam
Boat Association, the Dinghy Cruising
Association...
60 Grand Designs
Too wee for some? Designer Iain
Oughtred introduces Kotik, the new
big sister to Wee Seal
62 Design Your Own Motor Boat
For economical propulsion, says naval
architect Ian Nicolson, it's all about
a slender hull and a large prop... Is a
theme emerging in this issue?
64 Reasons To Be Cheerful
Yes, of course there are... as you'll see
at the Southampton Boat Show
66 Subscribing
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