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.

It’s almost summertime and while the livin’ probably won’t be noticeably easier, it may possibly be drier in Cornwall where our May/June WaterCraft will be on its way to subscribers from 20 April.

• SKIFFIEWORLDS 2025 – As rowing clubs around the world adopt the kit-built St Ayles Skiff, more of them send crews to the tri-annual championships. Kathy Mansfield looks forward to Stranraer, Scotland, in July: Click to see

• TURNING THE TIDE – Is there a future for traditional wooden boatbuilding in Spain? Daniel Caparrós Torres looks for answers along the Cantabrian coast. Click to see

• THE WITHY BOAT – Boatbuilder Jon Seal searches the Somerset Levels in England for a little-known workaday craft with a long history: Click to see

• BUILD YOUR OWN 22’ (6.7m) GAFF SLOOP – In the USA, designer Paul Gartside finds respite from today’s chaos by drawing an unpretentious little cruiser to take him away from it all – even if only temporarily: Click to see

• NEW WAYS TO BUILD WOODEN BOATS ­ – From CAD to CNC to today’s social media, Dan Lee has a fresh approach to wooden boatbuilding and communicating it to tomorrow’s builders, writes Colin Henwood: Click to see

• A PROPER LITTLE CANOE SHOP – Marc Fovargue Davies finds a slower pace of life at Alick Burt’s rural workshop in Peterborough, UK: Click to see

• MAKING FLAT-BLADE OARS ­– Boatbuilder Geoff Bowker shares a stage-by-stage woodworking project as an intro to ‘real’ boatbuilding: Click to see

• PLUS… 

Caroline Kocel and Ben the Boatbuilder report progress on building their ocean-going Gartside gaffer • Peter Robinson finishes the ‘fitted furniture’ of his traditional sailing dinghy • Naval architect Ian Nicolson revisits the Viking longships’ rudders • Dudley Dix, designer of the Cape Cutter 19, introduces his Didi 27 ‘Gentleman’s Sportsboat’ • And gaffers gather; Maine dinghy cruisers get wet; and Cornwall’s riparian environmentalists bring out the dead… boats.