WATER CRAFT No 79: January/February 2010 c o n t e n t s

43The Capable

Pocket Cruiser

Suddenly last summer, François

Vivier

, the French designer of

‘modern traditional’ boats, invited

Kathy Mansfield to go sailing in

Méaban, his practical little gaffer.

Photograph: Charlie Hussey

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The Gribble Point and shoot

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The Op-Ed Page

Where should wooden boats go?

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Comment...

Sailing a cat-ketch; driving a motor boat

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Matt Newland’s

Tricks with Light

New pocket cruiser, new reviewer.

An envious Tony Langmead sails the new BayCruiser from Swallow Boats.

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Boats You Can Build

Designer Paul Gartside continues his series with complete plans for a traditional round-stern workboat.

Above: Iain Oughtred with his St Ayles Skiff for Scottish Coastal Rowing – p22. Left: François Vivier's capable pocket cruiser for kit construction– p43.

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How To Revive An

Old Sport In Several

Uneasy Lessons

Joint enterprise: Alec Jordan and the

Scottish Fisheries Museum are set to revive Scottish Coastal Rowing in...

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The St Ayles Skiff Iain Oughtred’s simple but sexy double-ender for kit construction and in...

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Just How Did I End Up

Doing That?

Chris Perkins explains how his enthusiasm for the Scottish Coastal

Rowing Project resulted in 5 weeks building the prototype and a craving for sponge puddings

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The Workshop Nick Coppin makes adjustable footrests for his sail and oar dinghy and Adrian Noyes assembles a professional’s steambox.

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The Water Craft Guide to the WBTA

First find your boatbuilder with our complete listing of the members of the Wooden Boatbuilders Trade

Association and their specialisms.

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Reviews

Using International’s Schooner Gold

Varnish at Peter Freebody & Co.,

the Metabo drill/driver in Adrian

Noyes’ workshop and an exquisite

Lie Nielsen rabbet plane in the editor’s backyard. Not to mention a new book on the Lancashire nobbies.

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Remembering

Ralph Bird...

... the quiet craftsman who built

29 gigs to revitalise West Country

Pilot Gig rowing.

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The Clovelly Scull

Chris Partidge tries out the innovative rowing boat for open water which gives you time to stop and stare.

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Grand Designs

New Zealand designer John Welsford takes inspiration for his capable ocean-going dayboat from a west country working boat.

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Design Your Own

Motor Boat

Naval architect Ian Nicolson has clever ways with the mid-section which enhance stability.

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Join The Club

Get more from your boating with one of these active associations.

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Set fair for Seafair

Kathy Mansfield looks forward to the small boat gathering which brings

Morbihan to Milford.

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Calendar

Looking forward to a whole new boating season.

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