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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
The Gribble - The Show Must Not Go On Cruising Down the River - Whether you hire a cruiser for the week or a river skiff for the weekend, the Thames can offer some idyllic boating holidays. Kathy Mansfield reports from home territory. The Art of the Boatbuilder - More from Kathy: a progress report on Colin Henwood's new Thames launch designed by Andrew Wolstenholme. Building a Traditional Orkney Yole - Len Wilson explains the construction - and the unique nomenclature - of the first new three-sail vole to be built in three-quarters of a century. Character Boats on Test - Now her family is even larger, Alice Driscoll returns to try out more family-friendly dayboats. Building the Sole Bay Gaffer - Paul Janes describes the first stages in the construction of David Rose's 20' (6m) Itchen Ferry pocket cruiser designed by Paul Gartside. America by Water - 2 - If the Thames is too tame for you, Greg Rossel suggests some alternative boating holidays in the wilds of Old Florida. Building Petite Brise - Maurice Burgess describes the construction of his third Selway Fisher design, a family dayboat in modern materials. Grand Designs - Iain Oughtred describes our cover boat, Paul Fisher just one of his eighteen steam launch designs and Pete Greenfield finds yet more inspiration for boatbuilders in the designers' stock plans catalogues. Recommended Reading - A magazine solely about boat designs and the best book yet on building American skiffs. Correspondence - Paul Gartside's views on strip planking in W26 really got them going - thank you, Paul, at last we have a real debate! Building Romilly - 6 - Dick Phillips reaches the final stages of building the modern classic by Nigel Irens Design. Boats - Reviews & Reports - Reviewing the Virus Yole plus news from the boatyards and backyards. Gear - Reviews & Reports - Antifouling late or varnishing early, we have some suggestions. La Semaine du Goife - Save on your Brittany Ferries crossing to the new French Maritime Festival in the Gulf of Morbihan with our special readers offer. Water Craft's Calendar of Events Subscribing to Water Craft
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