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After 7 years combining job in corporation with work in shipyard I launched MarUla, a trailerable classic cruiser.
Solar powered electric launch using CLC Southwester Dory plans. She has a 3-hp Torqeedo motor mounted in a well as well as Torqeedo solar panels. Shaw and Tenney oars and a sprit rig provide towing and sailing options as well. A Norwegian tiller runs fore and aft.
F. Daniel Fry of Williamsport, PA, worked part-time over two years to complete his sailing dinghy from Paul Gartside's Riff design. Western red cedar strips were used to build her.
Glen Rahtz has been busy: he built three canoes and launched an outboard skiff that he restored over the course of 2010-2011.
John Rhyne launched this Great Auk design kayak on August 31, 2003 near his home in Tennessee. The design is from Nick Schade's book, "The Strip-Built Sea Kayak." John used pine and Western red cedar in the construction.
Ron Breault built this boat to use as a tender to MARIONETTE, hence the name ’TEER. Though he launched her “in the last century” his enthusiasm for ’TEER has not waned and he showed her at the 2009 WoodenBoat Show, where she looked just gorgeous.
This is a 3/4 size Dipper designed by Sam Devlin. Just built for fun as a little show boat. I Enjoy cruising up and down the AuGres River in AuGres, MI. People actually come out of their houses to take video as I cruise by.
EL GATO is a 12'6" Phil Bolger designed catboat built by Ross Mason between May 2002 and October 2003. Ross launched EL GATO on November 25, 2003. He used 1/4" plywood covered with epoxy resin and fiberglass cloth. He built the hollow 16' mast from 8 staves as described in WB issue XXXX.
Jerry Mathieu and Roland Desmarais designed and built this Chog 18, based on lines taken from a Westport Skiff, a design that has been around for 60 years. This hull is 17' 10" long with a 6' beam. It has 3/8' okoume plywood on the sides and -+ composite fir plywood on the bottom.
This boat was built to use in the sounds and inland waters of eastern North Carolina. Framing is douglas fir, with marine plywood planking for the hull. Two layers of 10oz fiberglass cloth were added to the hull for strength and durability. Powered by a Yahama 90hp two stroke.
JoAhna K is a 58 foot heavy displacement, double ended William Garden motor yacht built 1952.
1958 Fenwick Williams 18' wooden catboat with tender and new 2023 galvanized trailer with stainle
SOLD January 2026 NO more inquiries
