Launchings

Martin Mittag, founder of the Wooden Boat Workshop of Norwalk, CT sent in this picture of 7 kayaks built at his workshop, during a three week project in the summer of 2003.

NAY NAY – Half Moon Lake Alberta

Electric powered picnic launch completed by Mark Heaton and Chris Mitskopoulos in August, 2007.

Paul Edgar sent these pictures of his recently launched MINOQUA, a 22′ Princess sharpie from B & B Yacht Designs.

Ed Lungren writes "With a nod to my forbears and amazement at final completion, FINNISHED swam September, 2002, in Lake Gogabic's healing waters. The Catspaw dinghy is carvel planked with local northern white cedar on white oak stem, keel, and frames.

Peter Oliver used a wide variety of wood in the construction his his Beach Pea, LITTLE WHIO.

This is my first build, David Beede’s Summer Breeze. Really enjoyed the whole process now I’m ready to start on another.Here’s a little slide show I made from start to finish https://youtu.be/iAkutwHGTIE

Chris Greer reports that he built SPROUT part-time over the course of two years from Arch Davis's plans for the Penobscot 14 dinghy.

David Smith spent two years building this Sharpie ketch OUTBOUND II, a modification of WoodenBoat plan #42. Launched on June 23, 2003, the hull, cockpit, and cabin are plywood covered in fiberglass cloth and epoxy.

21′ inboard utility. Sapele ply over Douglas fir frames. 1965 Ford inline 6 at 120 HP.

Irv, Murray, and Jan Herman adapted this 12' Whitehall from a 14' boat built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1890, and launched in on May 6, 2001. The Howard Chapelle drawings are in the Smithsonian Institution Maritime collection, National Museum of American History, Washington, DC.