Not on AMAZON (SIX ISSUES USA $38US; CANADA $39.50)
REVIEWED BY JERRY POWLAS
Water Craft magazine is a little different. It is a publication from “across the pond” that has all the mystique that a lilting English accent gives to the spoken word. The magazine characterizes itself as a “magazine about practical and affordable boats.” This is certainly true from their local viewpoint, but from the viewpoint of a North American reader, it is a magazine that features beautiful yachts and small boats with a great deal of character. Boats with gaff and lug rigs and lapstrake hulls share the pages with Marconi rigs and fiberglass hulls. You won’t see the Euro-look boats with bucket handle travelers in this magazine. It offers stories about more traditional boats, some with traditional plank-on-frame construction, some in steel, some in glass. Not all the boats are small, but the emphasis is definitely on smaller, affordable boats.
A fair amount of the content is about people building their own boats. The workshop pictures are of remarkably high quality, the equal of the boat and yacht photos which are also excellent. While the paper and photographs are coffee-table quality, the articles range from workshop stories to thoughtful boat reviews. It is a little different.
Water Craft is published six times per year, and is available in most countries, including the United States and Canada. You can probably tell that we liked it.
Water Craft subscriptions and sample copies for U.S. and Canadian readers are available from ArrowHeart Publications Ltd., P.O. Box 496, Boothbay, ME 04537. Phone: 800-804-7670.
