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Launchings
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BANSHEE
Builder Name:
Andre Cloutier
Andre Cloutier took a course in March 2007 at the Antique Boat Museum in Clayton, NY with John Summers on how to build a 16/30 canoe. He took home the unfinished boat and continued working on it until the launch in early August 2007.
LOUDOUN
Builder Name:
Daniel Skira
Wood. Hard chine double planking bottom.
Building specifications:
Keel Pine pressure treated 3-1/2″ x 3-1/2″
Keel sole flat bar hot rolled steel flat 1/8 ″ x 2-1/2 ″
Frames sides Spruce/Hemlock/Fir 1-1/2″ x 2-1/2″
Frames bottom Spruce/Hemlock/Fir 1-1/2″ x 3″
KOOTENY TANDEM CANOE, MODIFIED
Builder Name:
Mike Magnusson
Mike Magnusson built this solo wood-strip canoe for his son Stephen, using cedar strip planking and ash for the trim and seats. He used maple and wenge for the mosaic design on the side, and lacewood for the bow and stern decks. Fiberglass cloth and epoxy cover the boat inside and out.
Te Mata’i
Builder Name:
Scott Joswiak
“Te Mata’i” was launched July 2021 on Tomahawk Lake in Woodruff, WI as the first retirement project of owner/builder Scott Joswiak. Starting as a Pro Kit in April 2020 and designed by John C. Harris of Chesapeake Light Craft, she is a modern version of a Tahitian Outrigger sailing canoe.
Charlotte
Builder Name:
paul cappiello
Solo canoe built to Thomas Hill’s plans for Charlotte. 4mm mahogany plywood planks with mahogany and hickory trim. Three year garage project working seasonally.Photo taken at Wasatch Lake in Poland, IN 8/2020
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Builder Name:
Ernst Glas
An Auklet, drawn by Iain Oughtred, built during past winter in the evenings, while hearing good music, finding a center between boat design, wood, music, my hands, tools and myself. It’s supposed to be a tender for my S/Y Rondine, driven by oars and an electric outboards.
PROSPECTOR CANOE
Builder Name:
Mike Elliot
Mike Elliott rescued this 35-year-old Chestnut Prospector canoe from a barn and restored it for David and Virginia Moore of Delta, BC, Canada. He used cedar to repair the hull, ash to replace the gunwales, and cherry for the new decks. The seats are hand-woven cane.
Sid Skiff
Builder Name:
The Traditional Small Craft Class at NWSWBB
Over 40 years ago, boatbuilder Ray Speck drew the lines for the Sid skiff. He was living in Sausalito, California, at the time and admired JAYNE, a skiff owned by the harbormaster, Sid Foster.
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