My first build was a Farrier F-22 which was featured as a Reader Boat in SCA #100. It’s a wonderful multihull sailboat that requires a significant time commitment for full enjoyment. So for my second boat project I wanted a design that is much simpler, with the possibility of using some of the advanced materials and techniques I learned to use while building the Farrier. I wanted a boat I could row or sail from a trailer after work: simple to set up, light in weight and having decent performance. I looked no farther than the pages of Small CraftAdvisor and decided to build Michael Storer’s Goat Island Skiff.
The Goat Island Skiff is classic—minimalist and modern all at the same time. It’s a nice-looking boat with an up-to-date design that lends itself to some experimentation with high-tech materials. I spoke with Clint Chase, who sells CNC GIS kits, at the Maine Boat Builders show. Clint suggested that a Goat could benefit from carbon spars for less weight aloft. The plans for the mast call for “Spar Oregon,” which should be Douglas fir. The closest thing I could find locally was spar-grade Sitka Spruce which sells for $10 a board foot at the boat-lumber store. (At the time, I was not aware of the option of searching through spruce 2x10’s at my local lumberyard for clear and tight-grained wood.) I was accustomed to paying 60 cents for native lumber at the local Mom and Pop sawmill. A factor of 16 or 17 times higher on materials got me thinking about a carbon fiber mast as Clint Chase suggested.
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A HEAD FOR RUBATO
I dislike port-a-potties. I'm not too fond of poop in any form, really, being non-scatological by nature.
THE ARTFUL SAILOR
Ain' nothin' new about using sails as nautical billboards. The ancients painted all sorts of signs and symbols on their sails.
Twin Keels
OUT WIHUEIRIJE with Howard Rice
Cedar Key 2022 Windy Boat Meet
Cartop Cruising
A New Trailer
THE BIGHTS
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Overlooked by the masses, admired by owners—there are good reasons the Rhodes 22 has been in production for over a quarter century.
Another Favorite Mod
The always creative Tom Luque sent us details on one of his favorite modifications
BLOODY TUESDAY
“Although the author if indeed he even used his real name) calls this story fiction, we arent so sure. You be the judge. Eds
CRUISING ISLE ROYALE
I sle“ Royale on Lake Superior is one of my favorite places to cruise. Established as a National Park in 1931, Isle Royale is located about 20 miles off the North Shore of Lake Superior near the Minnesota/Canadian border.