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20′ Riviera. Designed by Glen-L. Cold-molded with mahogany surface planking. 350 Mercruiser direct drive. Built by John M Neels.
Wood Duck 12 - Built at the WoodenBoat School in August, 2018 and completed in September 2018.
My Chesapeake Light Craft Sassafras 16™ is shown here, in the Delaware Water Gap, on its first launch for an overnight cam
Stretched version of Caledonian Yawl (with approval of the designer Iain Oughtred stretched by 2'6")
David Stevens, a Nova Scotia boat builder, took the lines for the schooner BONNY (30'LOA, 8'beam) from a derelict boat in saw in a field on Bush Island. He built her as a work boat for his own use in his declining years.
Cedar strip kayak called The Spirit from a kit sold by Newfound Woodworks. Sleek and fast!
Wood canvas canoe built 2010 at WoodenBoat School under instruction from Jerry Stelmok. Launched September 10, 2012 Sabine Bay Pensacola Beach Florida.
NIMBUS is one of three Mighty Mac’s built by Ned McIntosh, younger brother of Bud McIntosh in 1961. Ned is well known for the dozens if not hundreds of Merry Macs he built in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Like the Merry Mac the Mighty Mac is a hard chine, plywood built boat, but more substantial.
Recently completed Night Heron high deck strip-built from a CLC Kit.This is a modified high-deck with the deck re-drawn to preserve all the knee height of the high deck but substantially flattening out the deck center-line... in a style inspired by Nick’s Petrel.
A 16 ft clinker canoe of larch on oak from John Gardners 'Classic Small Craft'. The cubbies aft and fore form watertight compartments.
Newfound Adirondack Guide Boat - New 16'-2" long, 36.75" beam with (2) 8' Shaw & Tenney oars.
This original Herreshoff 12 1/2 was one of the last to come off the line of Herreshoff Manufactur
