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A scaled version of the Guepard. The hull shape is original but the rigging is from Selway Fisher “Surf8”.
Sea Skiff. Free plans published in 1950's Plans here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3HJtuO1-n5adVVPRk5sdWxlUnM/view
Tabor Academy in Marion, Massachusetts, offers a one-semester "Practical Ship and Boat Design" course that "aims to get students comfortable with lines drawings by lofting a sailing model full scale," writes instructor David Bill.
I was gifted tuition to the WoodenBoat School for my 40th birthday and convinced my best buddy Seth to join me in John Karbott's Intro to Boatbuilding class (you can see this boat being built on the listing for the class).
MYSTIC was designed and built to be used in the thin waters of Westport MA. She is hard chined, flat bottomed, and has a full keel with an inboard rudder. She was built with local woods and re-purposed hardware. All of her rigging was hand made.
Sue Gaire’s first attempt at building a wooden boat turned out beautifully when she launched ARROW from a small beach at Ponce de Leon Park in Punta Gorda, Florida, last summer.
21′ inboard utility. Sapele ply over Douglas fir frames. 1965 Ford inline 6 at 120 HP.
OTTER’s inspiration is Philip Theil’s Escargot. She is, however, greatly modified to an “egg crate” assembly using Stitch and Glue. I had never used this method, but am SOLD!With all the plywoods used being saturated with thinned epoxy, here’s hoping for a long lasting build....
Jim Maas can fit his Sabotina dinghy into his minivan. Jim launched the 7′10″ Ken Hankinson design last July. He rows it on the lakes of eastern Pennsylvania. The hull is stitch-and-glue, built from okoume plywood. Jim took these pictures at Beltzville Dam.
This strip-planked Sea Island Sport Kayak was built by Paul Schriever of Fernandina Beach, Florida.
This is the launch of my cutter based a design by C P Kunhardt from 1885.
I have 7 International 110 in various states of disrepair that are looking for enthusiastic owner
Deja Vu is an adaptation of the original Catspaw Dinghy carvel plank design to strip plank constr
Built by professional Vermont furniture maker. In exceptional condition.
