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Motorboats - Outboard
Tango Skiff 16
Builder Name:
Bill Karmis and Sheila Van Sickle
My Girfriend and I built a Tango skiff and launched last fall its a great performing little skiif and the extended sponsons in the back by the motor act as built in trim tabs so it does not sqaut at all as it comes up on plane. A Suzuki 20 scoots it along and about 29 mph.
Motorboats - Outboard
TIPSY
Year Built:
1940
1940 Witchcraft Runabout sold through Sears, Roebuck and Co. I assume it was made in 1940 because the numbers 40 are stamped upside down on the inside side of the transom. Deck, gunwales & transom are mahogany.
Harry Bryan Trout launched in North Carolina
Builder Name:
Mike Brooks
Vee Bottom garvey designed by Harry Bryan launched after 3.5 years building. Used for fishing shallow inland waters around Capelookout, NC. White oak frames with locust floor timbers and deck (sole) beams. Bottom double diagonal 7/16 juniper.
Transport 9.9
Designer
Tracy O'Brien
The Headwater TRANSPORT 9.9 is an easily Car-Topped Pram Dinghy with a constant deadrise 10 deg. V-bottom Planing Hull with lifting chine strips. Bow and stern seats provide level flotation if the hull is swamped, and also provide dry storage if watertight closures are installed.
HONEY BEE
Builder Name:
Stonewall Boats
Stonewall Boats of Westport Massachusetts has launched "Honey Bee". Stonewall's 4th hull and 3rd of the "Honey" design. Honey Bee was built for John McDonald of Vineyard Haven Massachusetts. McDonald is a long time lover and owner of wooden boats.
2024 Rhode Runner
Builder Name:
Brian Daniels
“Rhode Runner” is a stitch and glue wooden craft reminiscent of the 1950’s style runabouts designed by Chesapeake Light Craft. Brian Daniels built the runabout over the winter of 2023/24 and was launched on May 29, 2024 on beautiful Higgins lake, Michigan.
SHADOW
Builder Name:
Stewart Nelson
SHADOW of Gig Harbor, Wa USA. Maiden voyage April 14th, 2024. For his 3rd wooden boat build Stewart Nelson chose the SQUIRT, a Glen L. Design. The 10′ craft is outfitted with a 15hp outboard motor.
Covid Boat
Builder Name:
David Pfeiffer
When Covid hit I realized I would have time to build a boat. So, I did, a Glen-L zip caught my eye and I got started. I wanted the look of the boat, but I also wanted to go fast so I over built and put on a bigger than suggested motor.
HONEY BEE , a 1957 Speedicraft runabout
Builder Name:
David M Jones and Morris A(Pete) Jones Jr
In the summer of 2008, David M Jones of Suwanee Georgia was given a 1957 Speedicraft designed by Otis Borum of Jacksonville Florida. The Honey Bee’s deck, transom and 25 percent of her hull were rotten. Dave approached his Father, Morris A.