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Scott Ames class at Pine Forest High School in Pensacola, FL spent the school year building pirogues, which he describes as Cajun canoes. The boats are 12-16 feet long depending on how well they did their scarf joints.
Columbia Dinghy. Classic lapstrake dinghy from early 1900’s designed by Herreshoff.
Last August, on Lake Erie, in Erie, Pennsylvania, Carl Longnecker launched his new 15′ Chester Yawl, built from a kit by Chesapeake Light Craft. The boat is stitch-and-glue construction.
This Didi 23 was built over the course of 2 years and 4 months. She was launched in October of 2022. She has a couple of modifications from the original design. First, I added a sugar scoop transom, extending her length by 20 inches.
15′6″ Cottage cruiser. Local red cedar, cherry and white oak. Hand woven cane seats.
Tom Hill designed this Charlotte lapstrake canoe, named FIDDLEHEAD by builder Bob MacEwen of Brunswick, ME. With a length of 11′6″ and beam of 2′4″, she weighs only 27 pounds.
Adam Birtwistle of Swan River in Perth, Australia, recently finished building a Melanesia Outrigger sailing canoe, designed by James Wharram. He spent a year on the contruction.
L. Jan Childers took a six-hour canoe and tripled it. He writes that he built the canoe from plans in WoodenBoat, and then key adding until he had a sailing trimaran. Launching her in july 2012, Jan won a special award at the Cape Fear Community College for his innovative idea.
Bedard Yacht Design’s F1430 sit on top kayak, strip plank version, adapted with a Mirage Pedal drive.
Sweet-lined Acorn skiff designed by Iain Oughtred, completed in 1999 but still like new.
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Rocklady, Sam Devlin design for builder/owner John Calogero, Sr.
Fiberglass bottom, trailer. Built in 2005 by Old Wharf Dory Company in Wellfleet, MA.
