Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
The Gribble - Depends how you look at it Building the First Submarine - "Hello, this is the BBC. Can you build us a 17th century submarine" Kathy Mansfield tells an unusual tale of wooden boatbuilding. The Cornish Shrimper Revisited - She's been the UK's best selling pocket gaffer for over 20 years. Judy Brickhill finds out why. Trail & Sail: Rock - Chris Vincent-Bennett sails across Cornwall's beautiful River Camel to Padstow. Correspondence - When is a Raid not a Raid When it's the season of goodwill. Harlfs Haven - In Finland, a young social worker builds her very first boat, yet it's one of the most difficult designs around. Mike Hanyi has the story. A Lazy Man's Boat - That's how Derek Munnion describes his home-designed and built sailing canoe Sharpy. Drifting By - How Bossom's created a custom superstructure on a hull design from 1902. Kathy Mansfield went for a quiet cruise on the Thames. The Future is... Black. In Bobby Darin's immortal words: "Look out, old Mac is back!" Moray MacPhail suggests carbon spars for traditional rigs. Recommended Reading - Further study on skin-on-frame construction and Karli's Haven. The Coracle Centre - David Parker discovers a unique collection of these ancient craft... Gear - Reviews & Reports... and then he returns briskly to the present day to file his regular reports on the latest equipment, gear and clothing. Boats - Reviews & Reports - Reader David Austin falls madly, deeply in love with an American dayboat while our Mr Parker, far less easily smitten, dons his drysuit when he's told to think the unsinkable. Plus this spring's two new boat shows. Grand Designs - The new Antonio Dias daysailer finds inspiration in the 100 years old Kingston Lobster Boat, while our editor gets his from...Yachting Monthly Time & Tide - Those lazy, hazy, racy days of summer... Robin Benjamin goes racing with the lateen-rigged pointus of St Tropez, while also in search of the good life, aboard a fishing smack Vanessa Bird finds herself motionless in Maldon. Calendar 2003 - The year has hardly started yet already our diary is filling up with special events afloat. Subscribing to Water Craft - Go on, go on, go on... You know you want to, really.
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