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CONTENTS
BARNACLE BILL MAGAZINE JANUARY 2016
BOATS
102 the alternative guide to family
sailing Part 1.
Our first part on how to get on the water
without remortgaging
18 SAILING CANOES 5 REASONS WHY
Cheaper than a boat and more luggable, why
you should conisder a sailing canoe?
24 overwater boats
We visit Mark Aplin, boatbuilder & tutor at
his Westmoreland workshop
28 sailing canoes buyer's guide
Not all canoes are built to sail...build or buy?
here's a few to consider.
54 BUILDING THE J.CAIRD, Seb Coulthard is
building the most accurate replica of Shackleton's
famous lifeboat ever
58 'Aileen Louisa' - an Aussie
'Swallow'? Mike Field's Classic 15' classic
clinker built dinghy
61 what happened to 'swallow' on the
trail of Arthur Ransome's inspirational boat
68 The oz goose - a 'mirror dinghy'
for the 21st C? In the 1960's a Mirror kit
cost less than 1/3 of its cost today and that
INCLUDES inflation! Could Mik Storer's 12ft
homebuild be the answer to making sailing
affordable again? First part of a MAJOR Barnacle
Bill Project to democratise sailing again.
72 WE TAKE A GANDER AT THE OZGOOSE.
82 Lake ta'a boat build
How a group of organisations, businesses
and enthusiastic volunteers came
together to build a fleet of 10 OZ Goose
Dinghies over a weekend, giving a community in
the Philippines the chance to learn to sail.
87 build a minimouse- free plans!
Gavin Atkin introduces his plans for the
minimouse, an ideal first build
Overwater Boats P24
Explorer Seb Coulthard discusses the James Caird P54
Ocean Explorer P76
The Oz Goose P68,72,82