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This molded mahogany plywood boat's hull was made in Canada in 1942. It was sent to the states and the sternboard was installed by the Magnavox Corporation. My father acquired it in 1963 for $60.
Recently completed Night Heron high deck strip-built from a CLC Kit.This is a modified high-deck with the deck re-drawn to preserve all the knee height of the high deck but substantially flattening out the deck center-line... in a style inspired by Nick’s Petrel.
Ken and Deb LaPorte recently finished building their first boat, a Melonseed skiff named TIME OUT. The design is by Marc Barto and available from The WoodenBoat Store. The hull is built from strips of sapele.
Niam Rogers built this Chesapeake Light Craft kit with help from his grandfather, Dave Racicot. Niam created the patterns using strips of Western Red Cedar, Alaskan Yellow Cedar and Walnut. Niam will use the boat on protected waters in and around Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
Lee Rea sent in his recently completed Ken Hankinson runabout, RETROSPECTIVE.
Andy Rockwood launched this John Gardner Surf Dory on June 24, 2001. He built the boat for Stuart Walker of North Muskegon, MI, who plans to use the boat on the Great Lakes. Andy built the boat using traditional methods with white pine planking on white oak frames.
"A delight to row, and fast" is how Stuart Pettingell describes his L.F. Herreshoff 17 pulling boat modified by John Gardner (found in "Building Classic Small Craft"). Stuart spent 11 months on the construction, launching the boat in July of 2001.
Bob Elliott led a group of seven students in building this Merrimack Skiff at Lowell's Boat Shop in Amesbury, Massachusetts in 2001. With agathis planking over sawn oak frames, this boat is just over 13 feet long with a beam of two-and-a-half feet.
Jason Corsini of Quiet Waters Boatworks in Riva, MD built this beautiful example of Cerny Yacht Design’s Hill 16. Using a unique strip plank method and sheathed in fiberglass, she is lightweight, dry, and seaworthy while powered with a 40 horsepower outboard.
Wood Duck 12 Hybrid, first time builder. Approximately 3 month build time.
Construction began December 5th, 1953 at Morse Boatbuilding in Thomaston, Maine delivered May 1st
"Learning Curve", a 24' cat ketch sharpie drawn by Karl Stambaugh.
