Launchings

Chris DeFirmian is a woodworker in Santa Barbara, CA who uses his dinghy LARK to transport himself and his tools to jobs about the harbor. LARK is equipped with a center-lifting hatch to keep his tools dry.

Andrew Green recently took to the water in Wisconsin in his Wee Lassie.

Two Skin On Frame Kayaks, “Sisuemchanceka” is a 19′6″ x 22″ beam Greenland kayak built from following Chris Cunnighams “How to build a Greenland Kayak” book.

My Boat is patterned after the boat I saw in the Ogeechee river as a kid, these boats were built by various builder in south Georgia half a century ago, they were unique in their design and performance, built back before outboard motors were common these boat were built to paddle in the small riv

Red cedar strip-built Freedom 17 canoe designed by Steve Killing. Followed Ted Moores’ book “Canoecraft” religiously as this is my first boat. Ash inwales and outwales, cherry yoke and thwarts, Port Orford Cedar with walnut accented decks. Paddles carved from maple.

I built this cedar strip version of a CLC Annapolis Wherry over an 18 month period & about 1500 hours. Rather than buying the recommended “drop-in” rowing rigs I constructed my own assemblies in both the single & double configurations. The boat is a sweet & composed row!

Matthew Sheffield built this Sand Dollar dinghy designed by Arch Davis in 2004. He keeps in the Ware River in Gloucester, VA, where he uses it for fishing and crabbing. He writes that it is as much fun to use as it was to build.

Geoff and Jean Lee wanted a boat that they could row and sail with equal ease in the open waters of Biscayne Bay, Florida. They found the design for this 18' William Chamberlain Gunning Dory in John Gardner's book The Dory Book.

After seeing Mystic Seaport Museum's ANNIE A.

At the age of 12, Kevin McDonnell decided he wanted to build a boat. He sought advice from a family friend, Steven Schoeck, who had already built several boats. Steven agreed to help, provided Kevin did the work.