Our friend Mike Ellis of Rich Passage (Minto dinghy) fame is putting together a small boat show in cooperation with the Kitsap Harbor Festival in Port Orchard (Bremerton), Washington. If you’re interested in attending or exhibiting, you can find more information here. —Eds
25 Feb
Reader Michel Boulet made us aware of this interesting video blog about an ambitious small-boat sailor.
Coincidentally, we’ve already been working on an article for the magazine about a sailor who circumnavigates Britain aboard his Cape Cutter 19. —Eds
14 Feb
Nice blog here from Steve Earley on his Welsford-designed Pathfinder Spartina, and his adventures around North Carolina, etc.—Eds
12 Feb
One doesn’t see too many movies centered on or around small boats and sailing, but there are a few.
Maybe the best family movies related to small boats are the Swallows and Amazons classics Coot Club and Big Six. Plenty of little boats and adventure.
The most visually stunning sailing sequences I’ve seen are in Polanski’s Knife in the Water. You can freeze the movie at any time and it will look like a carefully planned still photo.
It’s not totally about sailing, per se, but the new movie Canvas was entertaining and it featured our own friend and subscriber Frank Debesa’s Nimble 20. (See SCA issue #45)
And there’s always the movie Riddle of the Sands based on the marvelous book by Erskine Childers. Problem is I can’t find it on DVD domestically. Still holding on to my VHS even though I’ve ditched the VCR.
Let us know if you have any favorites.—Eds
26 Feb
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