Category Archives: Plan Reviews

Designer Peter Hunt has created a wonderful little stitch and glue kayak well within the capabilities of the first time boat builder. I had a chance to see the Little Dubbers at the 2000 Wooden Boat Show in Mystic CT. Among the wonderful (and wonderfully expensive) stripper kayaks and finastkind wooden yachts, I was attracted to a small crowd of people who seemed to be enjoying themselves. In the middle of … Continue reading →

In 1999, an article in Boat Builder Magazine caught my eye. A trailerable cruiser, light weight, with spacious accommodations (for a small boat!) and low power requirements. And it got up on a plane with relatively low horsepower. Previously, all I had seen in this class of boat were heavy displacement style boats … wonderful in their own right … like Sam Devlin’s Surf Scoter and Ken Hankinson’s Coastal Cruiser. This was a … Continue reading →