Launchings

This section of our web site, an extension of the Launchings department of WoodenBoat magazine, is dedicated to sharing news of recently launched wooden boats built or restored by our readers. If you’ve launched a boat within the past year, please email us at launchings@woodenboat.com, or post your news here.
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MISS BRENDA

Builder Name:

Brian L Canady, Sr

Hannah's Paddleboard

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Hannah Dumser

Sixteen year old Hannah Dumser is at it again. She and her dad just completed a 12′6″ Kaholo paddleboard kit from Chesapeake Light Craft.

GRANNY PRAM

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Paul Riedl

Paul Riedl built the rowing version of the 9'6" Granny Pram designed by Iain Oughtred of Findhorn, Scotland. He used conventional glued-lapstrake construction using marine okoume plywood, oak, and epoxy.

NUTSHELL PRAM

Builder Name:

Art McRobbie

Art McRobbie of Edmonton, Alberta, outfitted his Nutshell Pram with a forward-rowing mechanism. Art can reached at mandamcrobbie@shaw.ca.

St.Nicholas - Boat of Peter I (Russian Emperor)

Builder Name:

Alexander Boytsov

Handwork.

EFFIE-B

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Restored by Eddie Boudreaux

"This formerly unnamed Smith Island crab skiff had been out of the water for 14 years, had become home to about 80+ carpenter bees, and was almost burned," writes Eddie Boudreaux. During the winter of 2009-2010, Eddie restored her and relaunched in June 2010 as EFFIE-B.

GRIETJE

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Jeroen & Zefanja den Haan

Joli Boat Philip Thiel GRIETJE launched in The Netherlands at 4th of April 2020. Recently received propulsion and steering system. Now on her first holiday.

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B45 Kia Kaha

Builder Name:

Warwick Buckley

The Borealis 45 “Kia Kaha” is a light weight performance cruising yacht, intended for anything from leisurely coastal sailing, to long distance ocean passages.

MAMACITA

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Lou Kirby

Wood Duck 10 hybrid with cedar deck

A GROUP OF PIROGUES

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Students of Pine Forest HS, Pensacola, F

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.