In the Gweek midwinter, the editor can do little backyard boatbuilding. Hence the springy March/April issue, in the mail to subscribers around the world from 19 February; in stores from the 25th

• BUILDING AN OUGHTRED DOUBLE-ENDER – For the amateur, builder, the chosen design should meet many criteria but above all, be pretty. For Ewan Kennedy, the pocket cruiser was just right. click to see
• ON THE WATERFRONT – Woodbridge Boat Yard is a proper traditional yard with its eyes on the future, writes Marc Fovargue-Davies: click to see
• BUILD YOUR OWN 16’ (5m) FAMILY LAUNCH – Paul Gartside has just the boat to take your ‘bubble’ for a sunny-Sunday river trip: click to see
• CLASS OF 2020 – Fulfilling a long-held desire to learn real boatbuilding, Simon Holman enrolls at the Boat Building Academy: click to see
• A NEW TRANSOM FOR AN OLD BOAT – Serious surgery: wooden boat builder Dick Phillips of Willow Bay Boats on a major repair: Click to see: click to see
• BUILDING A WOODEN CRUISING YACHT – Jerry Eardley extricates his gaffer from his home boatshop for a long haul south: click to see
• RAIDING INTO 2021 – With fingers firmly crossed, Kathy Mansfield looks forward to Sail Caledonia, the ‘Scottish Raid’.: click to see

• PLUS… Moray MacPhail on the engineering of mast stays • In Alaska,Ellen Massey-forgets the bear essentials • Ian Nicolson sheds light on boat windows • Colin Henwood on wooden boat ailments and how to cure them • And in Grand Designs, Paul Fisher presents a dayboat with a great backstory…