Launchings

After taking Thom McLaughlin’s class on building pond yachts at the WoodenBoat School in 2009, John Stoudt spent the rest of that year into the early winter of 2010 working on this model.

This is my first boat, a Penobscot 17 designed by Arch Davis. I built the boat with a bright finish cypress/teak deck, cypress faced sheerstrake, and white oak coaming, rub rail and flooring. A slight modification was made to the width and curve of the sheerstrake.

When designing The Ashes Solo Day, I imagined a boat where the paddler could stand to look over brush, or apply leverage to push through a mat of grass.

Re-launching of a 9 ft. Ken Douglas lapstrake row boat after some minor repairs, paint and varnish.

Scotland Island, on Pittwater, a large body of water about 30 miles north of Sydney, Australia, is the home port of this 20' Oxford rowing shell designed by Chesapeake Light Craft.

River Wrights Boat Builders in Hartford, CT is a no-profit program that teaches career skills and life skills to at-risk teens. Vi Beaudreau oversees the project, which was started by a graduate of the Apprentice Shop in Rockport, ME.

Passagemaker Dinghy. May 27, 2017, Lake Moultrie, SC.

I had built some plywood boats before but after two weeks at the WoodenBoat School in August 2017 it was time for a more ambitious project. I begun building in October 2017 and finished LILY an year later.

A Dudley Dix designed Cape Henry 21′ that I recently built and launched for a Paris based customer. 3/8″ Okoume ply over ply bulkheads and Southern Yellow pine stringers, sheathed with 4oz glass on the bottom up to the first lap.

I started designing her in June of 2008. I had to put her up each fall to work on Christmas presents among other projects, but launched her this past weekend.