Launchings

Tiger Shark was built by Community Boat Building 5th graders from the Harvard-Kent School in Boston. They launched it this summer along with 11 other Periwinkles built by their classmates.

Doug Clough launched his Platt Monfort designed Nimrod 12 solocanoe in his hometown of Mystic, Connecticut. It is 11′6″ long and 34″ wide.

Tim Johnson built this 12′ Huntington Harbor Kayak from plans provided on the Spira International website. He writes that it was fun to build and now he wants to build something bigger. 

Seth Behn writes, "Knowing that having two would be both more economical to build and more fun in the water, these two Shellback dinghies were built by my father and I in his garage in Fort Lauderdale, Florida." KIM'S KETCH (with the blue stripe) was launched in early 2007 and TOUCAN DEUX was lau

Mark and Jane Serrianne love their 1953 Lyman Ideal, SHAWSHANK, that they recently restored and then launched on Chautauqua Lake, New York. SHAWSHANK, 13'2" × 4'8", had dry rot in the bottom, which they removed and repaired.

Skin on frame hybrid, ply deck, shape based on Kaholo CLC

This Chestnut Prospector canoe is a design by Ted Moores of Bear Mountain Boat Shop. Don Sandall of Edmonds, WA, built the boat using cedar strip construction, then fiberglassed the hull inside and out. He then gave the hull 8 coats of UV protecting varnish.

The Kara Elizabeth, a CLC Lighthouse Tender Peapod, was launched on Flagstaff Lake, ME on August 1st. This is my first build.

Father and son, Roy Davis Sr. and Roy Davis Jr., built this 15'10" lapstrake, flat-bottom skiff THE LONG POINT over about 15 months, from June 1999 to September 2000. Thomas J. Hill, of Burlington, MA is the designer. They power it with a 30-hp Mercury outboard.

A Skerry, from Chesapeake Light Craft plans