No 81: May/June 2010 c o n t e n t s

WATER CRAFT

Left: Craftsmanship and creativity, afloat and ashore, Chris Perkins captures the appeal of the Beale Park Boat Show – see page 61.

Above: Open Day for the amateur boatbuilders of Nautiques Sèvres in Paris. Photograph: Bertrand Chazarenc – see page 17

8 The Gribble Don't stop thinking about tomorrow

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The Op-Ed Page Electric evolution: invention and inspiration at the Dusseldorf show

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Comment... Is it cheaper to build from new?

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From Little Acorns

Great Holidays Grow

Tim O'Connor loads his home-built Acorn skiff on to the roofrack and heads for the lakes of Limousin

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Finding Amateur

Boatbuilders' Heaven For Kathy Mansfield, the attraction of Paris in the spring is a visit to Nautiques Sèvres

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Build Your Own

12'

(3.7m) Outboard Skiff Paul Gartside presents full plans for an eyecatching maid of all work.

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All Boats

Have A Story To Tell

Wooden boatbuilder Gail McGarva tells the story of the revival of the lissome Cornish Pilot Gigs and how she came to build them.

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A True Little Ship

Not so much a backyard boatbuilder as frontyard boatbuilder, Jeremy White builds the characterful Weekender in the driveway.

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Cold Moulding at College Lars Herfeldt came to the Boat Building Academy especially to build his C G Pettersson runabout.

44The Workshop Colin Henwood of Henwood & Dean has more advice on getting a really professional finish. 47

Reviews And there's even an app for that...

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Subscribing to Water Craft... On paper, on-line...

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

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Grand Designs We are family... Paul Fisher of Selway Fisher Design presents a larger Felix electric launch and Matt Newland of Swallow Boats has a smaller version of his BayRaider

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Design Your Own

Motor Boat Skinny or chubby? Ian Nicolson addresses 'body issues'

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Calendar So that's where all those gaffers go.

61 Here Comes Summer... ...at last! We look forward to June's Beale Park Boat Show

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