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On July 1, 2013, William K. Wills launched 12-TOO in Urbanna, Virginia. He built the 12′4″ Yankee Tender skiff from WoodenBoat Plan #400-011 available from The WoodenBoat Store.
Lightweight (35 lbs.), easily portaged, solo canoe. Cedar strip/epoxy kit from Newfound Woodworks in Bristol, NH. Perfect for flyfishing with a fairly wide beam and relatively flat bottom. Tracks well with a keel and very little above water exposure to be blown around by the wind.
Andrew Green recently took to the water in Wisconsin in his Wee Lassie.
This is a kit-built stitch and glue kayak from the friendly folks at Chesapeake Light Craft, Annapolis, MD. The hull is constructed of okoume marine plywood. I elected to tackle the hybrid version which incorporates the tri-color cedar strip deck.
Erick and Ann Singleman took the plans for Iain Oughtred’s Wee Rob Double-Paddle Canoe and modified them so the two of them could paddle it together. They added a second seatback, raised the coaming, and made the placement of the seats adjustable for 1 or 2 paddlers.
Rob Richard sent these photos, taken by Ray Forbes, of a Kingfisher canoe built at WoodenBoat School during the summer of 2003.
Jeff Spira has news from Iceland. He writes, "Geir Gislason and August Hinriksson recently launched this new 11' stitch-and-glue skiff. It has 1/4" plywood frames and 1/4" plywood covering. The design is a Spira International Mission Bay plan, available from Spira International, Inc., P.O.
Gleaming, screaming, and dreaming! That's JULIA ROSE in a nutshell. With her 500 C! Big Block Chevy engine, Roy Peake's runabout has gone as fast as 75 mph. Her perfectly glistening topsides will turn heads, and inspire a few dreams, everywhere she goes.
Saturday, 2 March, 2013. This date will remain engraved forever in the mind and heart of Gian Paolo Ferrari: “To The Storm” is a Start 80 entirely self-made by this man who lives in the hills of Moneglia (Genoa) and it was launched after 8 years of hard work.
I began to build the Annapolis Wherry (named SOLACE) during the WoodenBoat School class at Chesapeake Light Craft during the week beginning April 8th, 2013. Rowed for the first time on November 2, 2013.
S/V Labora was built in 1939 in Esbjerg, Denmark, as a traditional Danish Hajkutter—one of the fa
1958 Fenwick Williams 18' wooden catboat with tender and new 2023 galvanized trailer with stainle
All original parts. Original owner. Always winterized indoors. Trailer and cover.
MORNING SONG is a Lyle Hess Falmouth Cutter built over a 25 year period and launched new in 2016
