Ross Lillistone Wooden Boats

Here is a twenty second clip showing First Mate sailing to windward on an enjoyably fresh day. This should give some indication of a number ...

I am approaching sixty-five years of age and for most of my life I have spent my nautical leisure hours sailing a dinghy of one sort or anot...

Since publishing the previous article about Fleet and Fleet , and their respective performance under outboard power, I've been asked by ...

My introduction to “reading” the shape of a boat’s hull by viewing a lines drawing came from watching over Dad’s shoulder as he read ...

The very first Phoenix III  built - Paul Hernes' Willy Wagtail (photo courtesy Paul Hernes) Mike Schuit wrote asking:- Sorry if t...

Hugh Blank purchased plans for First Mate  in 2009, and after seven years of building (interrupted by a very heavy work schedule), launc...

This is a re-print of a very short article I wrote for an Australian magazine about fourteen years ago. I tend to cringe when I re-read my w...