From 1989 to 1995 there existed an almost-quarterly newsletter for paper boat enthusiasts. While the masthead slogan of the Paper Boater changed frequently, it at one time proudly proclaimed the publication to be:
"The World's Leading Journal of Cellulose-Based Naval Architecture."
We have collected a selection of the more pithy articles and features from the issues and offer you a choice of the following:
- J. J. Smith's reproduction of a Waters "New York Working Boat"
- Hookham's rolled newspaper wonder
- An ambitious school group builds a paper canoe
- Thoughts on Paper and Paper construction
- Results of the Paper Boater Humor(?) Contest
- Balloons & Boats? The Saga of "Professor" Donandson
- Paper Basics; a short tutorial on paper itself
- A paper boat from Holland
- Words AND Music to the "Age of Paper"
- Larry Westlakes "Paper Buoy" and a more recent update to his initial article.
- Report of a sort of high-tech paper composite canoe
- Waters & Sons paper rowing shells
- The Science of Moisture and Paper Boats
Unfortunately only selected back issues are available. Trust us, the above is the cream of the crop. It doesn't get much better than this.
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