SMALL CRAFT ADVISOR CONTENTS


20 MORE WILD PLACES Intrepid open-boat cruisers share another install-


ment from their Alaskan explorations.


26 BALLASTING A POTTER 15 A Potter owner adds significant ballast in a clean


Page 60 and thoughtful manner.


28 ROLLIN’ DOWN THE RIVER Writer and photographer, Charles Scott reports on


his 85-mile canoe trip.


34 SMALL-BOAT SCULLING Sculling expert, Dave Bacon, shares some tips and


suggestions for this artful propulsion method. Page 42


37 THE MAKING OF A YOUNG SAILOR An essay on how one young sailor was encouraged


to chart a course on the water.


39 ANNIE Te story of one mostly forgotten but still histo-


ry-making little boat.


60 BOAT REVIEW: SPARROW 16 We revisit our original review of the Sparrow 16, but


include a few new photos and comments. Page 20


DEPARTMENTS AND SHORT FEATURES 6 Reader Mail


10 Dix on Design: Water Ballast Pt. 4 by Dudley Dix 12 Small Craft Cruise: Force 5 North Channel t by John Kaandorp 16 Reader Boat: Jewell Called Umami by John Hartmann 18 All the Boats: Yankee Girl by John C. Harris 42 Shallow Draft: Shantyboats You Can Build by Marty Loken 44 Have You Seen This?: Bedsheets to Tarps by Robert Ellis 46 Events Calendar by Dave Scobie 48 Nautical Narrative: The Voyage of Varuna by Paul Guajardo 50 Out There: Let’s Talk About It by Howard Rice


53 Cartop Cruising: Life, Dinghies a Skiff and Octo by Hugh Horton


54 Tech Bights: Solar Cruising by Jerry Culik 58 Plan Study: Devlin’s Lichen


60 Boat Review: Sparrow 16 Revisited 82 Artful Sailor: Rickshaw Dolly by Emiliano Marino


On the cover: Wild Places explores a stranded iceberg near Alaska’s LeConte glacier. Photo by Carolyn Pritchett


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Te fear of death follows fom the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.—Mark Twain SMALL CRAFT ADVISOR 5


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