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50 Restoring BACHELOR BUTTON The overhaul of a Sakonnet One Design

Evelyn Ansel

60 The Abeking & Rasmussen Legacy A somewhat-random sample

Matthew P. Murphy

63 Henry Rasmussen The origins and American connections

of Abeking & RasmussenDetlef Jens

72 Aboard WESTER TILL A postwar cruising yawl from Abeking &

RasmussenTyler Fields

76 A Shop-Made Cordless Tool Dresser Accurately restore bevels on chisels and

plane ironsHarry Bryan

FEATURES

22 Periwinkle Junior A simple skiff and an excellent first boat,

Part 1John Rowse

28 Blue River Table Fine dining on the River Fal

Nic Compton

34 Building TARDIGRADE “A touchable dream”

Gregory Roscoe

46 Sakonnet One Designs The community built around

a beloved fleetMara Lozier Shore

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READER SERVICES

Number 265

November/December 2018

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DEPARTMENTS

8 Editor’s Page Abeking & Rasmussen:

Connecting the dots

10 Letters

14 Currents edited by Tom Jackson

82 Review Wake of the MAY QUEEN Anne Bryant Sea Change Matthew P. Murphy Books Received

90 Launchings…and RelaunchingsRobin Jettinghoff

94 Wood Technology Moisture Cycling in Wooden Boats

Richard Jagels

96 Designs: Review IDEA 21: A fast weekender

Tad Roberts

102 Designs: Sketchbook AEAEA: A 39'4" solar-electric

research trimaranLaurie McGowan

128 Save a Classic CURLEW: A sedan cruiser by Wicks Bros.

Maynard Bray

TEAR-OUT SUPPLEMENT Pages 16/17

Getting Started in Boats Other People’s Boats WoodenBoat editors and Jan Adkins

Cover: Nat Benjamin’s Periwinkle Junior

design is an excellent first boat, one that

student boatbuilders at Community Boat

Building in Boston, Massachusetts, regularly

build to learn practical math and teamwork while having fun in

boats.

Page 22Photograph by Carol Crawford

81 How to Reach Us

107 Brokers

110 Builders

115 Kits & Plans

119 Raftings

121 Classifieds

127 Index

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