On the Newstand and Digital Library Now - January/February 2025 Issue No. 302 Preview
SALLY
Hello, my name is SALLY. I am a Ten-Meter class sloop. The ten meters are not my length but a formula that has to do with several of my dimensions. It’s a design rule that became popular in the 1920s so skippers didn't have to argue about handicaps.
SUNDANCE II
SUNDANCE II was built in 1975 at a yard in Essex, CT on lines from Nathanael Herreshoff’s sailing dinghy GARYOWEN [1926], which was in turn drawn after Design #568 [1901], “Colonia Sailing Dinghy.” In the late 1970’s SUNDANCE II was transferred to a series of museums where she fell into disrepai
POGO
Joe Greeley launched POGO, a Footy model designed by Flavio Faloci, in 2015. Since then, she suffered severe damage in an accident in 2017 and spent the last two years “on the hard” undergoing repairs.
TREEBEARD
TREEBEARD is a custom designed and built 20′ gaff rigged sail boat. I designed at the Arques School of Traditional Boat building, and built it in my garage over a period of 6 years. The frames are bent white oak, and the planks and decking are douglas fir.
DECISION
Thanks for the inspiration your magazine has given me to undertake a boat build. I started subscribing one month after your “Getting Started In Boats” section launched, and I have been a faithful reader of every issue since.
ORCA
This is my prototype wooden boat built from 2012 to June 2019, with length 5m, width 2m, weight 1 ton, 75 hp, boarding capacity is 7.
Raindrop 2
A family member built this boat in Louisiana in the early sixties. I remember many early mornings fishing from it as a kid. I spent over 2 years restoring this 54 year old boat along with the original motor that I now use in Panama City, Florida.