Small Craft Advisor Magazine - March - April 2020

In this issue

Webb Chiles Interview • Cedar Key Small Boats • Seaworthy Camp-Cruisers • Little Boats on Isolated Australian Coast • Bolger's Oldshoe Design • Portage in the Salish 100 • AMF Sunbird • Custom Goat Island Skiff • Electric Propulsion • Sailing Into Geezerhood • Glen-L 14 Sloop • Capsize Preparation

SMALL BOAT CRUISE: Isolated Australian Coast

On the opposite side of north Australia from the Great Barrier Reef is a much less-known reef, hugging a rarely visited desert coast, offering soul-feeding beauty that is only amplified by the art of small-boat journeying.

9 mins

READER BOAT: AMF Sunbird, Lusty Slogger

On May 1, 2009, while riding my beloved Triumph Bonneville motorcycle on Interstate 40 in Asheville NC, I was struck from behind by a tractor-trailer rig.

6 mins

Seascape The Webb Chiles Interview

We caught up with famed sailor and author Webb Chiles just after he’d finished his sixth circumnavigation at age 77.

10+ mins

On The Beach at Cedar Key

The annual gathering of small craft happens each year on the first weekend in May. It is perfectly located on the tip of a peninsula tucked up in the panhandle of the Gulf of Mexico.

10 mins

THE PORTAGE

And Other Notes from Doubling the Salish 100

9 mins

My Experiment in Retractable Electric Propulsion

Electric outboard motors, the wave of the future, are a great way to propel small watercraft, since they offer several advantages over standard gasoline-powered outboards.

5 mins

CUSTOM GOAT ISLAND SKIFF

It turns out that I enjoy building and learning about boats even more than I enjoy owning them.

5 mins

Wood + Carbon Fiber

Are you having trouble getting good wood for your boat projects? You are not alone.

4 mins

Small-Boat Gear

DUCKWORKS BOAT PLANS

1 min

PLAN STUDY: Glen-L 14

Here is a sprightly sloop for sporty sailing the whole family will enjoy.

2 mins

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Small Craft Advisor Magazine Description:

Small boats, big adventure! The only magazine focused on small and trailerable sailboats, cruising, and adventure. Each issue features places to sail, how-to and modification articles, a plan study for the boat builder, and a feature-length review of a production sailboat.