Monthly: July 2009

During a recent cruise I was able to use my new "Solar Shower" from Duckworks, and it worked brilliantly. This "poison sprayer" fitted with a special shower nozzle is a perfect example of the creative solutions small-boat cruisers come up with.

I was wondering if some of you might share your own original or adopted ideas—any product, modification or technique that makes small-boat cruising more comfortable, safe or efficient. 

We’re going to be doing a seminar at the next Wooden Boat Festival on a simlar topic and it would great to have more input. As additional incentive, anyone who posts a comment below with an idea—however brief—will be in the running for a free Spyderco Ladybug Salt knife. We’ll pick one winner at random. Thanks—Eds

Buy any Spyderco knife from our online store this week and we’ll throw in a free Spydero Ladybug Salt keychain knife free ($51.95 msrp)—Eds

We’ve just started selling the late Robb White’s book of collected adventures, opinions and wisdom—Flotsam and Jetsam. Click here if you’re interested in ordering, —Eds

Anyone have any fun small-boat related photos from the summer so far? Feel free to post ’em. Here’s one from our recent trip to the San Juans. Photo is our Sparrow 16 at Watmough Bay on Lopez Island.–Eds