Links & Other Small Boat Resources
Boatbuilders
- Barefoot Wooden Boats
Builders of Ratty, a 20' cat-ketch and six pogies. Commissioned the Electric Launch 15, Barefoot 175 Raider, and the 18.25 Runabout. Gabriola Island, BC
- Bartender Boats
Commissioned and plan source for the Timbercoast Toller 22--builder of aluminum Timbercoast 22 trollers. Bellingham, Wash.
- Crusader Boats
Builders of the Stahl 29. Florida.
- Nomad Boatbuilding
Builders of the Nomad 16. Victoria, BC, Canada
- Abernethy and Gaudin Boatbuilders
Wooden new construction as well as restorations and custom interiors. Traditional 30 tonne ways. Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada
- Mark Wallace Shipwright
Mark Wallace Shipwright. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Tony Grove
Traditional wooden boats and fine wood working. Former Head Instructor at the Silva Bay Shipyard School. Gabriola Island, BC, Canada
- Hunter Bay Woodworking
Traditional wooden boats and fine wood working. Lopez Island, Washington, USA (co-builders of Tern)
- Hilmark Boats
Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
- Jespersen Boat Works
Sidney, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
- Covey Island Boatworks
Nova Scotia, Canada
- Barefoot Wooden Boats
Sailmakers
- Storch Sails
Independent sail loft, Nanaimo
- Leitch and McBride
Independent sail loft in Victoria, makers of Ratty's sails. Recommended.
- Storch Sails
Suppliers
- Sidney Boaters Exchange
Good source of used supplies of all kinds
- Barnacle Bill's Marine Consignment
53 Nicol Street Nanaimo, B.C.
- Naniamo, Harbour Chandler
Propane Bottle Wood Stoves
- Shipmate Stoves
Classic boat stoves and heaters, since 1881
- Navigator Stove Works
Orcas Island, traditional stoves
- West Wind Hardwood
Sidney, BC
- Noah's Marine
Kits, supplies
- Steels Industrial Products (Tar)
Victoria and Nanaimo. Excellent Service.
- West System
Epoxy
- System Three
Epoxy
- Epifanes
Varnish
- Classic Hand Tools
Hand Tools
- Lie-Nielsen
Hand Tools
- Sidney Boaters Exchange
Small Boat Events
- Silva Bay Maritime Festival
April Festival, Boat Launchings
- Shipyard Raid
2005-2009 Annual 7-day staged race for traditional sail and oar boats.
- Brentwood Bay Open Boat Festival
September Festival for traditional wooden open boats
- Silva Bay Maritime Festival
Small Boat Designs
- Paul Gartside
Nova Scotia, Canada
- Larry Westlake
Sunshine Coast: Traditional BC designs including handliners and handtrollers. Small boats built to order. Plans and instructions for home boat-builders
- WoodenBoat Plans and Kits
Plans and Kits at WoodenBoat
- Paul Gartside
Traditional Boats Plans Libraries
- British National Maritime Museum
Traditional Boat Plans from the British National Maritime Museum, Research Section
- Mystic Seaport Ships Plans Library
Mystic Seaport Ships Plans Library
- Swedish National Maritime Museum Collections-Archive
Traditional Boat Plans from the Swedish National Maritime Museum's Archive
- British National Maritime Museum
Rigs and Rigging, one lungers
Favourite Sites
- Power Chick Boatworks
Journal about building the Jigger, Sophie. Many photos.
- Island Eagle Seka Page
Chronicles Seka's construction and launch
- Hunter Bay Boat Project
The story of Tern's construction and expeditions
- Power Chick Boatworks
Small Boat Journals
Favourite Books
- How to Build a Wooden Boat
David C. "Bud" McIntosh
- Building Classic Small Craft
John Gardner
- Lofting
Allan H. Vaitses
- Elements of Yacht Design
Norman L. Skene
- Boats With an Open Mind
Phil Bolger
- 103 Sailing Rigs
Phil Bolger
- The Rigging Handbook
Brion Toss
- How to Build a Wooden Boat
