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On Monday, 8 August 2016, my Redmond Whisp rowing skiff TICKLE BEE became for the first time a sailing skiff.
The Center for Wooden Boats recently launched the newly restored Blanchard Jr Knockabout (BJK) Pamela in Seattle, WA. This project focused on providing young people the opportunity to learn traditional boatbuilding skills over the span of the last two years.
Sam Schaner built this 16'10' cedar-strip kayak, designed by Joe Greenley of Redfish Kayaks, using Western red cedar, basswood, walnut, and oak. It is the Spring Run model, 16'10" long with a beam just under 2 feet.
Richard Hudak, of Hilo, Hawaii, built this gleaming 16′ canoe from sugi cedar. He cut the tree down and milled the wood himself. He made the gunwale and seats from sprice, and the rails, stems, and breasthooks from koa. He made the paddle from Portuguese cypress, spruce, and sugi cedar.
CREUZA DE M+ä was based on the design of a French Gig built in 1796. She is a participant in the international Atlantic Challenge rowing contests, which bring together young people from all over the world for several days of rowing and community on the water.
Robert Fraser used the designs of older C-4s to create this class boat. A C-4 class boat for Canada cannot be more than 20' long (6.1 meters), must have a minimum beam of 2'6" (76 cm), and weigh at least 68.34 pounds (31kg).
Doug Clough launched his Platt Monfort designed Nimrod 12 solocanoe in his hometown of Mystic, Connecticut. It is 11′6″ long and 34″ wide.
Dennis Williams believes this 11' skiff to have built sometime in the 1950s. It was restored by Fabian and Sachs restorations. It was a sailing skiff, which Dennis had converted to a rowing skiff. He uses her in the West River at Shady Side, MD.
Frank Crumbaugh spent most of Summer 2015 at the WoodenBoat School. He brought home a Fundamentals Class Catspaw dinghy, finished her over the Winter 2015-2016, and launched on 25 August 2016.
Boatbuilder Douglas Brooks led eighteen students at the University of Illinois in building a 21-foot Shinano River boat, a traditional design from Niigata, Japan.
Construction began December 5th, 1953 at Morse Boatbuilding in Thomaston, Maine delivered May 1st
"Learning Curve", a 24' cat ketch sharpie drawn by Karl Stambaugh.
