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Launchings
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Sailboats - Cruising
COASTER (originally COASTER III) back in the water after 37 year restoration
Builder Name:
Pendleton, Wiscasset, Maine
ANGELA K
Builder Name:
Steve Warning
Steve Warning of Kelso Washington built the ANGELA K to Harry Bryan's Handy Billy design. Using batten seam construction, Steve used cedar planking over white oak frames and backbone. He made the floors from purpleheart wood and used mahogany for the trim and seats.
SPIRIT OF BIG ISLAND
Builder Name:
Merv Shaw
Merv Shaw bought the plans for this Weekender Pocket Yacht more than 25 years ago. He started building the boat 10 years ago, and finally finished in late 2010. SPIRIT OF BIG ISLAND is 19′6″ gaff-rigged sloop designed by Stevenson Projects.
WREN
Builder Name:
Andy Bradbury
WREN was built on our patio in Chapel Hill, NC. It only took about 20 months longer then the 2 months I originally promised my wife. This was my first attempt at boat building and now I'm ready to leave my job as a nurse, head back to school, and figure out how to make a livelihood of it.
LESLEY KAY
Builder Name:
Ed Mahoney
Though he describes himself as a man with little money and no experience, Ed Mahoney decided the first boat he built would be a big one: a Didi 38 designed by Dudley Dix.
Dad's Wake
Builder Name:
Ray Oatley
- Sailing skiff
- Length: 15′
- Beam: 5′
- Designer: Warren Jordan. Builder: Ray Oatley. Owner: Ray Oatley. Photographer: Sandi Oatley
- Launched: May 19, 2018
- Place of use: East coast.
VALENTINAAAH
Builder Name:
Bert van Baar
Stretched version of Caledonian Yawl (with approval of the designer Iain Oughtred stretched by 2'6")
Manasek
Builder Name:
Honza Chobotnice Basta
Manasek was traditional construction - in old times used by Scouts in Czech republic. It was easy to build — just from three wide boards. It was paddled by double blade paddle.
WIND
Builder Name:
Unknown
This rowing/sailing dinghy is based on George Cockshott’s 1913 design done for the British Boat Racing Association.
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OLIN STEPHENS 6-METRE RACING SLOOP
Historic 1929 Olin Stephens 6-metre racing sloop. Located near Lake Champlain.
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1936 Blue Moon Alden Design Cutter/Sloop, A classic well worth saving!
Designed by: John G. Alden (Naval Architect). Alden Design No.
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