Pulling Boat, Liz
Built at The Nautical Arts Workshop. Quarter inch Okoume plywood was used for the lapstrake planking. The transom, gunwale and seats are made of cherry. The paint is from George Kirby.
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Built at The Nautical Arts Workshop. Quarter inch Okoume plywood was used for the lapstrake planking. The transom, gunwale and seats are made of cherry. The paint is from George Kirby.
One off design. 3/8" AC ply lapstrake hull, copper rivets/ rove, reverse stem.
I chose the Spira International Tillamook Pacific City dory design for my first build. Aside from the remarkable feeling of splashing a boat built with your own hands, this boat is a deeply personal accomplishment for me. One of my ancestors, Capt.
JULES was launched on the island of Kauai this spring and Rob paddles her in the ocean waters behind reefs — primarily for fishing. with the outrigger, she is “stand up safe” and wonderful to fish from.
Jim Earl modified Edwin Monk's plans for this Curlew sloop by giving it a gaff rig, instead of Marconi, and carvel planking, instead of lapstrake. He found the design in Monk's book "How to Build Wooden Boats, (Dover Pub, 1992).
Stephanie Alley launched this flat bottom skiff, PYXIS, on July 17, 2004. The design for PYXIS is based on the skiff SILAS by J. A. Emmett and was built by Sam Temple of Blue Hill, ME. It is built of cedar planking on whiteoak frames.
Don Brophy writes "While searching for a Lyman, Everett Foster happened across an aricle in WB on MacKenzie Cuttyhunks.
COLLEEN WAGNER is the name of this lovely 28' sharpie built by the Marine Carpentry Class at the Wood Construction Center of Seattle Central Community College.
Thanks for the inspiration your magazine has given me to undertake a boat build. I started subscribing one month after your “Getting Started In Boats” section launched, and I have been a faithful reader of every issue since.
A CLC Noreaster Dory built in an apartment garage. She will be fitted with a sloop rig soon.
43.5′ Herreshoff NY-30 class (1905). 43′6″ LOA, 30′ draft, framing: white oak.
15', gunter rigged yawl, hinged mast, built 2019, epoxy plywood construction. $10,500.