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A River for the Running
Wooden boats on Idaho’s protected Middle Fork of the Salmon River
The Middle Fork, one of the first rivers protected under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, is one of the steepest descents I had ever rowed. My arms ached and my legs cramped as we threaded our drift boats through Hell’s Half Mile, Velvet Falls, Murph’s Hole, and a dozen other rapids that had no names.
CAPTAIN KIDD is hull # 1298 and was built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. in 1936. She was likely the last Herreshoff 12 built with oak trim. Over her long lifetime, her transom had been replaced in mahogany, hardware had been lost and mis-replaced and her oak trim painted.
CRICKET is an 18 foot wooden catboat with a bowsprit and a small jib. She is rigged with a spinnaker halyard but we have never tried to fly a spinnaker on her. She is framed in oak and planked with mahogany.
From 2007 until 2014, Small Boats was exclusively an annual publication by WoodenBoat magazine. Small Boats Magazine is continuously expanding its digital archive and adding select articles from these publications to its website. Explore the most recent articles below!
Nelson Zimmer designed his Utility Launch to shuttle people between towns and fishing camps in Canada’s North Woods. Powered by a small diesel motor, it’s efficient and elegant, and what he regarded as a “good, common-sense little boat”.
The Outer Banks 26 is the newest and longest of the three Outer Banks cruisers from B&B. They are designed for economical cruising for a couple, with the 26 providing more features and additional room for multi-week adventures.
Over the last 40 years the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding has taught Boatbuilding and Marine Systems skills to more than 1,600 students. Applications are now open for October 2022.