Launchings

Andrew Green recently took to the water in Wisconsin in his Wee Lassie.

Glued lapstrake Phoenix III designed by Ross Lillistone. Built over a period of 3 years, with most of this occurring during the 2021 COVID Pandemic.

Adam Birtwistle of Swan River in Perth, Australia, recently finished building a Melanesia Outrigger sailing canoe, designed by James Wharram. He spent a year on the contruction.

I launched my boat July 27, 2015, I started the build on December 4, 2014. I have 814 hours in the build. The boat performs very Well. I installed a new 70 HP Yamaha 4 stroke outboard with the command link instrument package. The boat reached 29 MPH at 6200 RPM. Getting 5.4 MPG of fuel.

FISH TALES was built from scratch and is substantially all mahogany. A 19 gallon gas tank is beneath the bow deck, along with an anchor hatch. The center console is mahogany and the Captain’s seat is a design borrowed from older Boston Whalers. The boat is powered by a 70 hp Yamaha outboard.

“Inspired by Mathew Murphy’s article, ‘A Solo Canoe for Double Paddle’ (Small Boats 2007), a 10′6″ version of Harry Bryan’s Fiddlehead is now being paddled around the bays and beaches of the Bucklands Peninsula” in New Zealand, writes Tony Hinde.

Just launched May 15, my Point Comfort 23, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.The glass over marine ply hull is to plan, but the interior is mostly mine, including the steam bent white oak t-top frame and marine ply cover, and teak covered vertical surfaces.

RIVER PRINCESS was launched in June 2004. Builder and owner Rodney Collard writes "This design was drafted on paper from photographs from WoodenBoat magazine. We read up on stitch-and-glue construction.

Eric Russell first launched DAMFINO in October 2003 to be used as a touring canoe. He added the sail rig over the winter and relaunched her in April 2004, recycling an old Dyer Dink Sail. Don Meisner is the designer, he began construction in 1999.