Small Craft Advisor Back Issues

Back issues of Small Craft Advisor are $7.95 (price includes postage and handling). Click the covers for larger views.


January/February 2000 Issue# 1--32 pages

 
  • THIS ISSUE
    SOLD OUT

    Com-Pac 19 review reprint available for $6.95

    Article: Interview with David Omick-Sailing Alaska's Inside Passage in a Potter 14
  • Places to sail: Morro Bay, California
  • Boat Review: Com-Pac 19
  • Plan Study: Glen-L "Minuet" 15-foot plywood minicruiser
click to enlarge

March/April 2000 Issue # 2--40 pages

  • Article: Speed Q&A with Designer Stephen Baker
  • Article: Trailer Geometry
  • Article: First Annual Small Craft Advisor Cruiser Challenge at the Oakland Estuary. Twenty five Potters, Montgomerys and Capris in a showdown.
  • Boat Review: Venture 21
  • Plan Study: Stevenson Project's beautiful "Weekender"
  • Columns
click to enlarge

May/June 2000 Issue #3--44 pages

 
  • THIS ISSUE
    SOLD OUT

    Potter 19 review reprint available for $6.95

    Article: Seaworthiness Roundtable with John Vigor, Stephen Baker and Dudley Dix
  • Article: Places to sail-Wisconsin's Door Peninsula
  • Article: "Little Cruiser" 15-foot, Matt Layden-designed flat-bottom cruiser sails to the Bahamas
  • Boat Review: Potter 19
  • Plan Study: Arch Davis's "Penobscot" 17
  • Columns
click to enlarge

July/August 2000 Issue # 4--48 pages

  • THIS ISSUE
    SOLD OUT

    Nimble Boat's Peep Hen 14 review reprint available for $6.95

    Article: Epoxy 101, first do-it-yourself column by Capt'n Pauley
  • Article: Cedar Key-sailing Florida's historic "Nature Coast"
  • Article: Oldies but Goodies—Radio Direction Finders
  • Article: Building Devlin Boats' "Mud Peep" a DIY article with full professional instruction
  • Boat Review: Nimble Boat's big little Peep Hen 14
  • Plan Study: Glen-L 13, an open, centerboard catboat
  • Columns
click to enlarge

September/October 2000 Issue # 5--60 pages

 
  • THIS ISSUE
    SOLD OUT

    Catalina 22 review reprint available for $6.95

    Article: Epoxy 102, Capt'n Pauley
  • Article: Places to Sail-Three Sea Pearls and Black Puffin sail Florida's Marquesas Keys
  • Article: Hutchins Co. Profile, builders of Com-Pac Yachts
  • Article: Building Devlin Boats' "Mud Peep" part 2, an ongoing DIY article with full professional instruction
  • Article: Cruiser Challenge II This time a Vagabond+, a Catalina 22 and a Flicka join the Potters and Montys in head-to-head competition
  • Boat Review: the ubiquitous Catalina 22
  • Plan Study: Stevenson Projects' "Pocket Cruiser," a 14-foot gaff-rigged cat-cruiser
  • Columns
click to enlarge

November/December 2000 Issue # 6--60 pages

 
  • THIS ISSUE
    SOLD OUT

    Pacific Seacraft Flicka Review reprint available for $6.95

    Article: Hawaiian Pilgrimage (Dave Chamberlain sails from California to Hawaii in a 20-foot twin-keeler)
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: Build a Trailer Stand and a flare holder
  • Article: Building Devlin Boats' Mudpeep, part three of an ongoing series
  • Article: Barometric Pressure
  • Article: Places to Sail: Washington State's Orcas Island
  • Boat Review: The Pacific Seacraft Flicka
  • Plan Study: Jim Michalak's "AF3" 16-foot Sprit-Sail Sharpie Cruiser
  • Columns
click to enlarge

January/February 2001 Issue # 7--64 pages

  • THIS ISSUE
    SOLD OUT

    Nor'Sea's Montgomery 17 review reprint available for $6.95

    Article: Sixty-Five Miles Out—A Potter 19 offshore in the Northwest
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: Build a Cockpit Table
  • Article: Building Devlin Boats' Mudpeep, part four of an ongoing series
  • Article: Yakaboo & Frederic Fenger in the Caribbean (sailing canoe)
  • Article: Places to Sail: Annapolis
  • Boat Review: Nor'Sea's Montgomery 17
  • Plan Study: Jacques Mertens' "Vagabond Plus" a high-performance 19' 8" cruiser
  • Columns
click to enlarge

March/April 2001 Issue # 8--64 pages

 
  • THIS ISSUE
    SOLD OUT

    Cape Dory Typhoon review reprint available for $6.95

    Article: Phil Bolger Interview
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: Install Lines and Ladders
  • Article: Building Devlin Boats' Mudpeep, part five of an ongoing series
  • Article: Yakaboo & Frederic Fenger in the Caribbean, part-2 (sailing canoe)
  • Article: Places to Sail: Williston Lake, BC. A Siren 17 in Canada's outback.
  • Boat Review: The Alberg-designed Cape Dory Typhoon, an 18' yacht
  • Plan Study: The Bolger "Micro" A functional cruiser on a 12' 2" waterline
  • Columns
click to enlarge

May/June 2001 Issue # 9--68 pages

  • Article: Three Years in a 12-Foot Boat-Stephen Ladd Interview. A voyage through the Americas
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: All About Holes
  • Article: Building Devlin Boats' Mudpeep, part six of an ongoing series
  • Article: My Catalina's Strange Sense of Balance-Mantis
  • Article: The Boat Buyer
  • Article: Places to Sail: Lake Superior's Apostle Islands
  • Boat Review: The speedy Triton Tandem
  • Plan Study: Chesapeake Light Craft's "Sassafras" 12-foot canoe
  • Columns
click to enlarge

July/August 2001 Issue # 10--72 pages

 
  • THIS ISSUE
    SOLD OUT

    Catalina Capri 16 review reprint available for $6.95

    Article: Living Aboard a 15-foot Sailboat: The Sea Biscuit Republic
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: All About Holes-Part 2
  • Article: Building Devlin Boats' Mudpeep, conclusion
  • Article: The Radio-Flyer Rudder-Bill Mantis
  • Article: The Shakedown Cruise—A Montgomery 17 is baptized at sea
  • Article: Places to Sail: A Potter 14 at Whiskeytown Lake, California
  • Article: Gail Stockdale-Profile
  • Article: Saaristo Boat-Preview
  • Boat Review: Catalina Capri 16
  • Plan Study: "So-Du-It!" a 14-foot ocean racer
  • Columns
click to enlarge

Sept/Oct 2001 Issue # 11--74 pages

 
  • THIS ISSUE
    SOLD OUT

    Precision 21 review reprint available for $6.95

    Article: The Larry Brown Interview
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: Save the Boat
  • Article: SCA Cruiser Challenge III
  • Article: Hunter Marine Profile
  • Article: Build a $30 Mast
  • Article: Places to Sail: Cape Lookout
  • Boat Review: Precision 21
  • Plan Study: S.F. Bay Pelican
  • Columns
click to enlarge

November/December 2001 Issue # 12--72 pages

 
  • THIS ISSUE
    SOLD OUT

    Com-Pac Suncat review reprint available for $6.95

    Article:Freighter Chasing
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: Windows
  • Article: Hugh Horton: Wet Exits
  • Article: Bill Mantis: The Bi-Tri
  • Article: Sailor's Circle
  • Article: Places to Sail: Carlyle Lake
  • Article: Larry Brown Interview—part two
  • Boat Review: Com-Pac Suncat
  • Plan Study: Spray 22
  • Columns
click to enlarge

Jan/Feb 2002 Issue # 13--72 pages

  • Article: Shane St. Clair Interview pt. 1
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: Marine Consignment Stores
  • Article: Hugh Horton: Multihullers
  • Article: Bill Mantis: Stability and Speed
  • Article: Places to Sail: Perdido Pass
  • Article: F-24 Preview
  • Boat Review: Santana 2023
  • Plan Study: Glen-L 17
  • Columns
click to enlarge

Mar/April 2002 Issue # 14--76 pages

  • Article: Shane St. Clair Interview pt. 2
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: Core Rot
  • Article: Hugh Horton: Klepper
  • Article: Bill Mantis: What We Can Learn From the Moth
  • Article: Places to Sail: Northern San Juan Islands
  • Article: Reader Boat-Ensenada 20
  • Boat Review: MacGregor 26X
  • Plan Study: Didi-Mini
  • Columns
click to enlarge

May/Jun 2002 Issue # 15--76 pages

  • THIS ISSUE
    SOLD OUT

    Tramp review reprint available for $6.95

    Article: David Omick Interview
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: In Praise of Cardboard
  • Article: Hugh Horton: Near Essentials
  • Article: Bill Mantis: The Past as Proa-Log
  • Article: Places to Sail: Navarre Beach
  • Article: Sails in the Solomons
  • Boat Review: Tramp
  • Plan Study: Tiki 21
  • Columns
click to enlarge

July/August 2002 Issue # 16--80 pages

 
  • THIS ISSUE
    SOLD OUT

    Hunter 170 review reprint available for $6.95

    Article: David Omick Interview Pt. 2
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: Deck Coring
  • Article: Hugh Horton: Near Essentials Pt. 2
  • Article: Bill Mantis: Classic Moths
  • Article: Places to Sail: Huntington, New York
  • Article: Sails in the Solomons Pt. 2
  • Article: Trailersailing the US
  • Article: $10 Roller Furling
  • Boat Review: Hunter 170
  • Plan Study: Ace 14
  • Columns
click to enlarge

Sep/Oct 2002 Issue # 17--80 pages

 
  • THIS ISSUE
    SOLD OUT

    Potter 15 review reprint available for $6.95

    Article: Hugo Vihlen Interview
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: Galley 101t
  • Article: Hugh Horton: Cedar Key
  • Article: Bill Mantis: Lutefisk: No Lye
  • Article: Places to Sail: Biscayne Bay
  • Article: Reader Boat-Potter 15
  • Boat Review: WW Potter 15
  • Plan Study: Wing-Dinghy
  • Columns
click to enlarge

Nov/Dec 2002 Issue # 18--80 pages

  • THIS ISSUE
    SOLD OUT

    Seaward Fox review reprint available for $6.95

    Article: Hugo Vihlen pt. 2
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: Galley 102
  • Article: Hugh Horton: Cha-Cha-Cha
  • Article: Bill Mantis: Rocker
  • Article: Places to Sail: Lopez Lake, CA
  • Article: Reader Boat-Sanibel 17
  • Boat Review: Seaward Fox
  • Plan Study: Cape Cutter 19
  • Columns
click to enlarge

Jan/Feb 2003 Issue # 19 (Lg. Format)

  • Article: 19-footChubby Commutes to Hawaii
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: Cockpit Locker Covers
  • Article: Hugh Horton: Seats for Sailing Canoes
  • Article: Bill Mantis: Seeking Perfect Small-Craft Rig
  • Article: Places to Sail: Desolation Sound
  • Article: Reader Boat-Precision 21
  • Article: Short on Strength on a Short Sailboat
  • Article: Build Stephen Ladd's Next Sailboat
  • Article: Trailersailing the USA
  • Article: Design and Build Your Own
  • Boat Review: WindRider 17
  • Plan Study: GP-16
  • Columns
click to enlarge

Mar/April 2003 Issue # 20

  • Article: 19-footChubby Commutes to Hawaii pt. 2
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: Tool Time
  • Article: Hugh Horton: Sailing Canoe Subtleties
  • Article: Bill Mantis: Seeking the Perfect Small-Craft Rig pt. 2
  • Article: Psyched Up, Not Out
  • Article: Design and Build Your Own pt. 2
  • Article: Trailersailing the USA
  • Article: Places to Sail: San Francisco Bay
  • Article: Making Fast for the Fast Lane
  • Boat Review: Dovekie
  • Plan Study: Lynx 14
  • Columns
click to enlarge

May/June 2003 Issue # 21

  • Article: Hilo to Honolulu
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: Boat Pox: Causes and Cures
  • Article: Hugh Horton: Rig for Bliss
  • Article: Bill Mantis: Seeking the Perfect Small-Craft Rig pt. 3
  • Article: Sven Yrvind (Lundin) Interview
  • Article: Trailersailing the USA
  • Article: Places to Sail: Lake Huron's North Channel
  • Article: Design and Build Your Own
  • Boat Review: Seaward 25
  • Plan Study: Skerry
  • Columns
click to enlarge

July/August 2003 Issue # 22

  • Article: Variations on the Potter 15
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: Lines Led Aft
  • Article: Hugh Horton: Verlen Kruger-Valerie Fons' Mother of All Journeys
  • Article: Bill Mantis: A Slightly Less-Than-Perfect Hull
  • Article: Sailboat Searching
  • Article: Sven Yrvind (Lundin) Interview-conclusion
  • Article: Trailersailing the USA
  • Article: Places to Sail: Bays de Noc
  • Article: The Rednose Blues
  • Boat Review: San Juan 21
  • Plan Study: DFPA Thunderbird
  • Columns
click to enlarge

September/October 2003 Issue # 23

  • Article: Robert Burgess Interview
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: Mast Raising How-To
  • Article: Hugh Horton: Mother of All Journeys pt. 2
  • Article: Bill Mantis: Some Aspects of Aspect Ratios
  • Article: Cedar Key Small-Boat Meet
  • Article: Trailersailing the USA
  • Article: Places to Sail: Lake Powell
  • Article: Filed But Not Forgotten
  • Boat Review: Marshall Sanderling
  • Plan Study: Dinky
  • Columns
click to enlarge

November/December 2003 Issue # 24

  • Article: Robert Burgess interview PT2
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: Install Deck Tile
  • Article: Hugh Horton: Mother of All Journeys pt. 3
  • Article: Bill Mantis:Leeboards Spars & Sails
  • Article: SCA Cruiser Challenge IV
  • Article: Trailersailing the USA—Pensacola
  • Article: Places to Sail: Baja California
  • Article: Larry Brown's New Microcruiser
  • Boat Review: Catalina Capri 22
  • Plan Study: Instant Canoe
  • Columns
click to enlarge

Jan/Feb 2004 Issue # 25

  • Article: Wings and a Prayer-Charles Whipple
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: VHF Radio Review
  • Article: Hugh Horton: The Mother of All Journeys
  • Article: Bill Mantis: Sunfish Lateen-The Perfect Sail?
  • Article: Trailersailing Pirates
  • Article: Trailersailing the USA—Catalina Island
  • Article: Places to Sail: Bahia Honda, Florida
  • Article: Comparing Three Catboats
  • Boat Review: Sea Pearl 21
  • Plan Study: Tread Lightly-13-foot Minicruiser
  • Columns
click to enlarge

March/April 2004 Issue # 26

  • Article: To Chidiock Titchborne-John Simpson
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: GPS Review
  • Article: Hugh Horton: Mother of All Journeys-conclusion
  • Article: Bill Mantis: Tsar Class Sailboats
  • Article: Magic Carpet-Phillip Teece
  • Article: Calibrating your Anchor Rode
  • Article: Trailersailing the USA-The San Juans
  • Article: Places to Sail: Great Salt lake
  • Article: Riding Out Hurricane Hugo-Brian Gilbert
  • Boat Review: Victoria 18
  • Plan Study: Tideway 14-Minicruiser
  • Columns
click to enlarge

May/June 2004 Issue # 27

  • Article: Pocket Cruisers and Potent Currents-Philip Teece
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: GPS Plotters
  • Article: Hugh Horton: Hugh Horton’s Dream Dinghy Cruiser
  • Article: Bill Mantis: OK and Contender Dinghies
  • Article: Potter 19 Keel Retrofit
  • Article: This Cat Has Nine Lives
  • Article: Trailersailing the USA-The Road Home
  • Article: Places to Sail: Pacific Northwest
  • Article: Simply 12 Volts
  • Boat Review: Neptune 16
  • Plan Study: Uncle John’s Skiff
  • Columns
click to enlarge

July/Aug 2004 Issue # 28

  • Article: Grandpas Win Everglades Challenge
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: PDAs & Laptops
  • Article: Hugh Horton: Hugh Horton’s Dream Dinghy Cruiser 2
  • Article: Bill Mantis: Planing
  • Article: Hunter 216 Preview
  • Article: Pine Island Sound
  • Article: Chubby’s Pacific Coast Odyssey
  • Article: Places to Sail: Flathead Lake, Montana
  • Article: No Leaping Required—Mast Raising
  • Boat Review: Corsair 24
  • Plan Study: Welsford’s Navigator
  • Columns
click to enlarge

Sept/Oct 2004 Issue # 29

  • Article: Three Good Boats
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: Project Daydream
  • Article: Hugh Horton: Hugh Horton’s Dream Dinghy Cruiser 3
  • Article: Bill Mantis: Sailing Canoe Evolution
  • Article: B. Frank Franklin-In search of BEER Article: Rudder Failure
  • Article: Build Brown’s Mini-Hoiuseboat
  • Article: Chubby’s Pacific Coast Odyssey 2
  • Article: Places to Sail: Tomales Bay, CA
  • Article: Design Challenge Winners
  • Boat Review: Montgomery 15
  • Plan Study: Dix’s Argie 15
  • Columns
click to enlarge

Nov/Dec 2004 Issue # 30

  • Article: Jerry Montgomery Interview
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: Replace Rotten Bulkheads
  • Article: Hugh Horton: July 04 Cruise
  • Article: Bill Mantis: 120 sq ft Gaff Rig
  • Article: B. Frank Franklin- Incoherant Notes
  • Article: Cruiser Challenge VI
  • Article: Design Challenge Final
  • Article: Chubby’s Pacific Coast Odyssey 3
  • Article: Places to Sail: Arkansas River
  • Article: Petunia Dinghy
  • Boat Review: Catalina (Capri) 18
  • Plan Study: John Welsford's Swaggie
  • Columns
click to enlarge

Jan/Feb 2005 Issue # 31

  • Article: Can You Cope With Fog?
  • Article: Capt'n Pauley: Fix Rusty Keels
  • Article: Hugh Horton: Killbear Canoe Rendezvous
  • Article: Bill Mantis: 120 sq ft Gaff Rig
  • Article: Catboat Trawler Conversion
  • Article: M3 Experimental Trimaran
  • Article: Small Craft Festival
  • Article: Chubby’s Pacific Coast Odyssey 4
  • Article: Places to Sail: Marquesas Keys
  • Article: Convert Potter 15 to Lateen
  • Boat Review: Northwest 21 
  • Plan Study: Arch Davis' Laughing Gull
  • Columns
click to enlarge

Mar/April 2005 Issue # 32

 
  • THIS ISSUE
    SOLD OUT

    Ranger 20 review reprint available for $6.95

    Article: Kentucky Lake
  • Article: Handle High Winds in a Small Boat
  • Article: Twin Keeler Survives Dismasting
  • Article: Fix Leaking Hull-to-Deck Joint
  • Article: 10-Foot Ocean Crossing Yankee Girl by Marlin Bree
  • Article: Straights of Mackinac "The Last Bastion of Freedom"
  • Boat Review: Ranger 20 
  • Plan Study: The Jolle Class
  • Columns
click to enlarge

May/June 2005 Issue # 33

  • Norseboat 17.5 Review
  • Klamath Lake
  • Tackling Shallow Water
  • Potter 19 in Rough Weather
  • Build a Tool Box Galley
  • Finnish Rowboat
  • Add a Bow Awning
  • Small Boat Electrical System
  • Thimble - A Kid's Boat
  • New Design Contest
  • Amas for Canoe or Kayak
  • Performance Rigs
click to enlarge

July/Aug 2005 Issue # 34

  • Larry Brown's Ultimate Minicruiser
  • Watertribe Everglades Challenge
  • Boat Test: Swallow Boats' Storm 17
  • Guppy 13
  • Build a Model First
  • Fix A Screeching Hatch
  • Cruising the Everglades
  • Race Tips from Jerry Montgomery
  • Jacques Mertens' Adelie 14 Design
  • MacGregor 26M Review
click to enlarge

Sep/Oct 2005 Issue # 35

  • Potter Yachters Saltspring Island
  • Sail New England
  • Marlin Bree's "Persistence"
  • Selway Fisher's Evening Swan
  • Rhodes 22 Review
  • BEER Cruise Roundup
  • Ericson 25 Owner Boat
  • Serendipity Dinghy
  • Plugs, Molds and Tooling
click to enlarge

Nov/Dec 2005 Issue # 36

  • Cruiser Challenge VII
  • Precision 18 Close-up
  • Greers Ferry Lake
  • Philip Teece Sails to D'Arcy Island
  • How-to Control Sail Twist
  • Welsford's Walkabout Design
  • The Minto
  • Com-Pac Eclipse Review
  • Replace Handrails
  • Build Devlin's Nancy's China
click to enlarge

Jan/Feb 2006 Issue #37

 
  • THIS ISSUE
    SOLD OUT

    Aquarius 23 review reprint available for $6.95

    Greatest Small Sailboats Ever
  • Understand Mast Rake
  • Wooden Boat Festival Photos
  • Welsford's 21-foot Circumnavigator
  • Aquarius 23 Review
  • Tenkiller Lake
  • Viking Boat Test
click to enlarge

Mar/Apr 2006 Issue #38

  • Skiff America Power Cruiser
  • Drascombe History
  • Sail Care
  • Canoe Trip Quetico
  • Hunter 25 Review
  • William Atkins' Red Onion
  • Racing Kayaks
  • Build a Companionway Drop Board
click to enlarge

May/Jun 2006 Issue #39

  • 500 Miles in a Potter 15
  • Solo Cruiser Design Contest Entries
  • Build a Mast Crutch
  • Single Blade Paddles
  • Reader Boat: Cape Dory Typhoon
  • Plan Study: Tom Tucker's Lyra
  • Sail the Everglades
  • Boarding Ladders
  • Ranger 26 Review
click to enlarge

July/Aug 2006 Issue #40

 
  • THIS ISSUE
    SOLD OUT

    Siren 17 review reprint available for $6.95