contents WATER CRAFT w166 July/August 2024
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22 Build Your Own 22' (6.9m) Centreboarder Paul Gartside refreshes a favourite shoaldraft pocket gaffer designed to share space with intertidal wildlife.
29 Green Woodpecker Amateur Mark Walker took on an ambitious retirement project: building a solar-powered liveaboard to cruise the canals of mainland Europe.
35 Recycled Materials For Home Boatbuilding Flemming Sørensen builds a Welsford Whaler with the greenest credentials.
8 The Gribble Building the dreamboat.
9 DZ '24 It's the year when the two great French festivals of traditional sail combine in one fantastic week. Kathy Mansfield looks forward to Douarnenez.
14 Creating a Quiet Dispro In Canada, Tom Wood introduces 21st century propulsion to an innovative dayboat from the early 1900s.
19 Up Close & Traditional Colin Henwood celebrates the friendly Thames festival which brings wonderful wooden boats closer to the visitors.
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39 Building a Traditional Clinker Dinghy – 2 Peter Robinson reaches the most difficult stage for a beginner: planking his Paul Gartside designed dayboat.
45 A Gentle Man From the USA, Peter H Spectre who made his own significant contribution to the wooden boat revival remembers the designer Iain Oughtred.
50 The Shock of the Old Having rocked around the block, Moray MacPhail must now tackle tackles. 54 Grand Designs From France, designer François Vivier presents a lovely little lateener with a choice of Mediterranean rigs.
56 Design Your Own Boat Yacht designer Ian Nicolson cures a crosstrees problem on a wooden mast.
58 Join The Club A weekend rally with the dinghy cruisers and a tribute to one of our editor's favourite magazine editors. 61 Joining Our Club Welcome aboard, wherever in the world you sail boats, build boats or for now, just dream boats.
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