Saw this shot over on Stuck In Customs.

Of course a pretty picture, but then I looked closer at the stern of the red boat. I've never seen a design like that... good for breaking seas from astern??? Anybody know anything about that kind of layout?

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Always hard to believe that you can bend wood like that:

It's pretty common to see contests or discussions about building a "one sheet boat" - a boat that uses just one standard 4x8' sheet of plywood for the basic hull materials.

Here's a slightly different take on it than some I've seen, which seems to produce a nice little craft to row around in.

Building a One sheet boat - More DIY How To Projects read more »

In what I hope is a continuing trend, I would like to bring you a guest post from Windborne in Puget Sound. Some great work and good details of a project many of us have or will need to tackle at some point. read more »

A cousin's family owns this beautiful, restored ChrisCraft. All I really know about it is that it was restored in Michigan by a person who does it professionally.

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This is a little different take on "stitch and glue" using canvas strips glued for the joints instead of thickened epoxy. I kind of like that idea. Canvas has been used for decades on boats (especially as deck covering) and is still popular with some builders. Put the canvas on, add some paint as "filler" and away you go. read more »

Classic and very pretty looking boat for sale. I don't think they build them like that anymore.

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Adventure. Frugality. Balance. A New Life

Bryan Lowe of Escargot fame, has moved his web site and expanded to cover a wide variety of ShantyBoat information. read more »

Pete Culler on Wooden Boats: The Master Craftsman's Collected Teachings on Boat Design, Building, Repair, and Use

The insights and wisdom of the late, great. boat designer and builder.

Renowned as one of the last and best of the old-time. boatbuilders, Captain R. D.'Pete' Culler. provided a guiding light for the wooden boat revival in. the 1970s. His designs are classic melds of elegance. and utility; his workmanship was akin to artistry; and. his teaching and writing a blend of clarity, good sense,. insight, and humor. This book brings together the complete. texts of Culler's classic works Boats, Oars, and. Rowing and Skiffs And Schooners, along with articles from. The Mariner's Catalogs and a selection of his timeless. boat designs.

About the Author

John Burke has been a professional. boatbuilder, a correspondent to WoodenBoat magazine, and. vice president of the Traditional Small Craft Association. He. works as a captain for Maine State Ferry Service. read more »

It's been a while since I've heard from DB and his nice little Origami Dinghy Barquito. Yesterday I got this nice video showing a Origami sailing away... looks like great fun!

In DB's words:

"It may not be crusing in a nutshell, but it was sailing in one." read more »