Article by a member on small boat (6)
I believe the answer is:
sampan
'small boat' is the definition.
(sampan is a kind of small boat)
'article by a member' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'an' (indefinite article).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a member' becomes 'samp' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'an' put after 'samp' is 'SAMPAN'.
'on' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sampan that I've seen before include "Flat-bottomed Chinese skiff" , "Far Eastern rowing vessel" , "Small flat-bottomed boat in China" , "Small oriental rowing boat" , "Small Chinese flat-bottomed boat" .)