Launchings

CLC kit, Jimmy Skiff II.Launched on July 8th 2023, built in home garage by Michael Selby with assistance from my wife Keren over a 2 year period.

David Calloway wrote that a couple of years ago, he was infected with the boatbuilding bug.  He spent many enjoyable hours looking for boats to build on the internet before he decided on Jim Michalak's QT design.

Built from 1/4" strips of red and yellow cedar, David Samuelsson's Cosine Wherry looks quite pretty on a beach in British Columbia. David referred to the book "Rip, Strip, and Row" by J. D. Brown in his construction of this boat.

Tom Wakefield built this 14′ Puddle Duck Canoe with plans from Gil Gilpatrick. He built the 45 lb hull from 1/4″ clear pine then coated it with fiberglas cloth and epoxy. The rails are from clear pine and mahogany.

MARILYN D has a 26' hull of intact cold-molded spruce. She was originally called IMPULSE and owned by Cabot Lyman, who used it as a commuter boat for 10 years, and was the original 'Jet' boat out of Lyman Morse. Mike Perlis and Lyman Morse restored her over the winter of 2001-2002.

ABIGAIL is a 'very enjoyable rowing boat" writes owner and builder Peter Kobylarz of Houlton, ME. She is a Grand Banks Dory found in John Gardner's Dory Book. Peter constructed her of hand-planed native pine.

Bob Bramble designed and built this 13′ sailboat, which he calls LITTLE BOAT to sail in the lower Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia.

PAMELA ANNE is a John L. Hacker 'Flapper' design that was developed back in the 1920's. The plans were originally published in Motorboating magazine about that time.

Joanie is a David Payne 17′ snapper boat design built by Denman Marine in Tasmania.She is built from full length book matched huon pine planking on celery top pine ribs and backbone. She has a lovely curved Tasmanian blackwood coaming and sprung teak decks and sole.

Michael Goodrich has read WoodenBoat for years and always wanted to send in his own new launching. When his son and daughter-in-law were expecting their own new launching with the birth of their first child, they asked Michael if he could build a co-sleeper for them.