2 • WoodenBoat 227

48 RopeSteeringforPowerboats Simple and affordable shop-made solutions Harry Bryan

54 TheSeaclipper10 A trimaran for the pure joy

of sailing Jim Brown

62 BENITO Discovered on YouTube, built by Skype Bruce Stannard

Features

33 RevisitingtheClassics The terrapin smack Reuel B. Parker

40 AnchoringUnderSail Sharpen your skills with

the motor off Bruce Halabisky

44 ALetterfromIndia Visiting Mumbai’s

Sassoon Dock Peter Neill

Page 54

Page 40

Page 78

Page 48

69 CatchingUpwithPeterKass Thirty years of wooden lobsterboats Matthew P. Murphy

78 TheRangerClass A wholesome sloop from Sydney John D. Little

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2 • WoodenBoat 227

48 Rope Steering for Powerboats Simple and affordable shop-made solutions Harry Bryan

54 The Seaclipper 10 A trimaran for the pure joy

of sailing Jim Brown

62 BENITO Discovered on YouTube, built by Skype Bruce Stannard

Features

33 Revisiting the Classics The terrapin smack Reuel B. Parker

40 Anchoring Under Sail Sharpen your skills with

the motor off Bruce Halabisky

44 A Letter from India Visiting Mumbai’s

Sassoon Dock Peter Neill

Page 54

Page 40

Page 78

Page 48

69 Catching Up with Peter Kass Thirty years of wooden lobsterboats Matthew P. Murphy

78 The Ranger Class A wholesome sloop from Sydney John D. Little

TOC227_03.indd 2 5/21/12 5:13 PM

2 • WoodenBoat 227

48 Rope Steering for Powerboats Simple and affordable shop-made solutions Harry Bryan

54 The Seaclipper 10 A trimaran for the pure joy

of sailing Jim Brown

62 BENITO Discovered on YouTube, built by Skype Bruce Stannard

Features

33 Revisiting the Classics The terrapin smack Reuel B. Parker

40 Anchoring Under Sail Sharpen your skills with

the motor off Bruce Halabisky

44 A Letter from India Visiting Mumbai’s

Sassoon Dock Peter Neill

Page 54

Page 40

Page 78

Page 48

69 Catching Up with Peter Kass Thirty years of wooden lobsterboats Matthew P. Murphy

78 The Ranger Class A wholesome sloop from Sydney John D. Little

TOC227_03.indd 2 5/21/12 5:13 PM

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ReadeR SeRviceS

116 How to Reach Us

117 Boatbrokers

120 Boatbuilders

128 Kits and Plans

132 Classified

143 Index to Advertisers

TeaR-ouT SupplemenT

Getting Started in Boats: Tools for Boatbuilding Greg Rössel

Number 227July/August 2012

WoodenBoat (ISSN 0095–067X) is published bimonthly in January, March, May, July, September, and November in Brooklin, Maine, by WoodenBoat Publications, Inc., Jonathan A. Wilson, Chairman. Subscription offices are at P.O. Box 16958, North Hollywood, CA 91615–6958;1–800–877–5284 for U.S. and Canada. Overseas: 1–818–487–2084.

Subscription rate is $32.00 for one year (6 issues) in the U.S. and its possessions. Canadian subscription rate is $37.00, U.S. funds. Surface rate overseas is $45.00, U.S. funds per year. Periodical postage paid at Brooklin, ME 04616 and additional mailing offices. In Canada, periodical postage paid at Toronto, Ontario (Canadian periodical Agreement No. 40612608, GST Registration No. R127081008).

U.S. Postmaster: Please send Change of Address (form 3579) to P.O. Box 16958, North Holly wood, CA 91615–6958Canada Postmaster: Pitney Bowes, P.O. Box 25542, London, ON, N6C 6B2, Canada.

Cover: In southern Australia, the 44' Peter Kass–built lobsterboat

BENITO cruises her home waters. Via Skype,

the owner oversaw the boat’s construction at

the Maine-based John’s Bay Boat Co.

See page 62.

Photograph by Peter Champion

pages 16/17

depaRTmenTS

5 Editor’s Page Bonus Content

8 Letters

16 Currents edited by Tom Jackson

28 Fo’c’s’le How Not to Anchor David Kasanof

74 In Focus Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta Cory Silken

87 Designs Shore Liner and Gunkholer:

Shoal-draft cruisers Mike O’Brien

90 Wood Technology Why Specific Gravity,

Not Density? Richard Jagels

92 Launchings… and Relaunchings Robin Jettinghoff

99 The WoodenBoat Review • G.L. Watson John Rousmaniere

• VaSa Tom Jackson • Metal-cutting blade Kevin D. Porter • Books Received

109 Calendar of Events

144 Save a Classic ONDINE, POCAHONTAS, and

MARION M Maynard Bray

Page 69

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July/August 2012 • 3

ReadeR SeRviceS

116 How to Reach Us

117 Boatbrokers

120 Boatbuilders

128 Kits and Plans

132 Classi�ed

143 Index to Advertisers

TeaR-ouT SupplemenT

Getting Started in Boats: Tools for Boatbuilding Greg Rössel

Number 227July/August 2012

WoodenBoat (ISSN 0095–067X) is published bimonthly in January, March, May, July, September, and November in Brooklin, Maine, by WoodenBoat Publications, Inc., Jonathan A. Wilson, Chairman. Subscription of�ces are at P.O. Box 16958, North Hollywood, CA 91615–6958;1–800–877–5284 for U.S. and Canada. Overseas: 1–818–487–2084.

Subscription rate is $32.00 for one year (6 issues) in the U.S. and its possessions. Canadian subscription rate is $37.00, U.S. funds. Surface rate overseas is $45.00, U.S. funds per year. Periodical postage paid at Brooklin, ME 04616 and additional mailing of�ces. In Canada, periodical postage paid at Toronto, Ontario (Canadian periodical Agreement No. 40612608, GST Registration No. R127081008).

U.S. Postmaster: Please send Change of Address (form 3579) to P.O. Box 16958, North Holly wood, CA 91615–6958Canada Postmaster: Pitney Bowes, P.O. Box 25542, London, ON, N6C 6B2, Canada.

Cover: In southern Australia, the 44' Peter Kass–built lobsterboat

BENITO cruises her home waters. Via Skype,

the owner oversaw the boat’s construction at

the Maine-based John’s Bay Boat Co.

See page 62.

Photograph by Peter Champion

pages 16/17

depaRTmenTS

5 Editor’s Page Bonus Content

8 Letters

16 Currents edited by Tom Jackson

28 Fo’c’s’le How Not to Anchor David Kasanof

74 In Focus Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta Cory Silken

87 Designs Shore Liner and Gunkholer:

Shoal-draft cruisers Mike O’Brien

90 Wood Technology Why Speci�c Gravity,

Not Density? Richard Jagels

92 Launchings… and Relaunchings Robin Jettinghoff

99 The WoodenBoat Review • G.L. Watson John Rousmaniere

• VASA Tom Jackson • Metal-cutting blade Kevin D. Porter • Books Received

109 Calendar of Events

144 Save a Classic ONDINE, POCAHONTAS, and

MARION M Maynard Bray

Page 69

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2 • WoodenBoat 227

48 Rope Steering for Powerboats Simple and affordable shop-made solutions Harry Bryan

54 The Seaclipper 10 A trimaran for the pure joy

of sailing Jim Brown

62 BENITO Discovered on YouTube, built by Skype Bruce Stannard

Features

33 Revisiting the Classics The terrapin smack Reuel B. Parker

40 Anchoring Under Sail Sharpen your skills with

the motor off Bruce Halabisky

44 A Letter from India Visiting Mumbai’s

Sassoon Dock Peter Neill

Page 54

Page 40

Page 78

Page 48

69 Catching Up with Peter Kass Thirty years of wooden lobsterboats Matthew P. Murphy

78 The Ranger Class A wholesome sloop from Sydney John D. Little

TOC227_03.indd 2 5/21/12 5:13 PM

July/August 2012 • 3

ReadeR SeRviceS

116 How to Reach Us

117 Boatbrokers

120 Boatbuilders

128 Kits and Plans

132 Classi�ed

143 Index to Advertisers

TeaR-ouT SupplemenT

Getting Started in Boats: Tools for Boatbuilding Greg Rössel

Number 227July/August 2012

WoodenBoat (ISSN 0095–067X) is published bimonthly in January, March, May, July, September, and November in Brooklin, Maine, by WoodenBoat Publications, Inc., Jonathan A. Wilson, Chairman. Subscription of�ces are at P.O. Box 16958, North Hollywood, CA 91615–6958;1–800–877–5284 for U.S. and Canada. Overseas: 1–818–487–2084.

Subscription rate is $32.00 for one year (6 issues) in the U.S. and its possessions. Canadian subscription rate is $37.00, U.S. funds. Surface rate overseas is $45.00, U.S. funds per year. Periodical postage paid at Brooklin, ME 04616 and additional mailing of�ces. In Canada, periodical postage paid at Toronto, Ontario (Canadian periodical Agreement No. 40612608, GST Registration No. R127081008).

U.S. Postmaster: Please send Change of Address (form 3579) to P.O. Box 16958, North Holly wood, CA 91615–6958Canada Postmaster: Pitney Bowes, P.O. Box 25542, London, ON, N6C 6B2, Canada.

Cover: In southern Australia, the 44' Peter Kass–built lobsterboat

BENITO cruises her home waters. Via Skype,

the owner oversaw the boat’s construction at

the Maine-based John’s Bay Boat Co.

See page 62.

Photograph by Peter Champion

pages 16/17

depaRTmenTS

5 Editor’s Page Bonus Content

8 Letters

16 Currents edited by Tom Jackson

28 Fo’c’s’le How Not to Anchor David Kasanof

74 In Focus Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta Cory Silken

87 Designs Shore Liner and Gunkholer:

Shoal-draft cruisers Mike O’Brien

90 Wood Technology Why Speci�c Gravity,

Not Density? Richard Jagels

92 Launchings… and Relaunchings Robin Jettinghoff

99 The WoodenBoat Review • G.L. Watson John Rousmaniere

• VASA Tom Jackson • Metal-cutting blade Kevin D. Porter • Books Received

109 Calendar of Events

144 Save a Classic ONDINE, POCAHONTAS, and

MARION M Maynard Bray

Page 69

TOC227_03.indd 3 5/21/12 5:13 PM

July/August 2012 • 3

ReadeR SeRviceS

116 How to Reach Us

117 Boatbrokers

120 Boatbuilders

128 Kits and Plans

132 Classi�ed

143 Index to Advertisers

TeaR-ouT SupplemenT

Getting Started in Boats: Tools for Boatbuilding Greg Rössel

Number 227July/August 2012

WoodenBoat (ISSN 0095–067X) is published bimonthly in January, March, May, July, September, and November in Brooklin, Maine, by WoodenBoat Publications, Inc., Jonathan A. Wilson, Chairman. Subscription of�ces are at P.O. Box 16958, North Hollywood, CA 91615–6958;1–800–877–5284 for U.S. and Canada. Overseas: 1–818–487–2084.

Subscription rate is $32.00 for one year (6 issues) in the U.S. and its possessions. Canadian subscription rate is $37.00, U.S. funds. Surface rate overseas is $45.00, U.S. funds per year. Periodical postage paid at Brooklin, ME 04616 and additional mailing of�ces. In Canada, periodical postage paid at Toronto, Ontario (Canadian periodical Agreement No. 40612608, GST Registration No. R127081008).

U.S. Postmaster: Please send Change of Address (form 3579) to P.O. Box 16958, North Holly wood, CA 91615–6958Canada Postmaster: Pitney Bowes, P.O. Box 25542, London, ON, N6C 6B2, Canada.

Cover: In southern Australia, the 44' Peter Kass–built lobsterboat

BENITO cruises her home waters. Via Skype,

the owner oversaw the boat’s construction at

the Maine-based John’s Bay Boat Co.

See page 62.

Photograph by Peter Champion

pages 16/17

depaRTmenTS

5 Editor’s Page Bonus Content

8 Letters

16 Currents edited by Tom Jackson

28 Fo’c’s’le How Not to Anchor David Kasanof

74 In Focus Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta Cory Silken

87 Designs Shore Liner and Gunkholer:

Shoal-draft cruisers Mike O’Brien

90 Wood Technology Why Speci�c Gravity,

Not Density? Richard Jagels

92 Launchings… and Relaunchings Robin Jettinghoff

99 The WoodenBoat Review • G.L. Watson John Rousmaniere

• VASA Tom Jackson • Metal-cutting blade Kevin D. Porter • Books Received

109 Calendar of Events

144 Save a Classic ONDINE, POCAHONTAS, and

MARION M Maynard Bray

Page 69

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