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Bill Walker built this semi-vee skiff starting in fall of 2014 and launching in May of 2016. After building nine other stitch and glue boats, Bill designed and built this skiff himself. It is constructed of meranti Bs-1088 plywood with select pine trim.
BTD Frej
On 8/13/2016, Suzanne Nye launched her Bjorn Thomasson Design Frej kayak in Fleming Island, Florida. Her husband Mark, built the kayak using western red/Alaskan yellow cedar strips for the hull/deck and sapelle plywood for the cockpit coaming and bulkheads.
FLORA B.
We launched FLORA B., a Chesapeake Light Craft Wood Duckling kayak built from a kit, on August 20, 2016, with great fanfare. Flora and her father built her over the course of a year of part-time (very part time) construction and finishing.
HANALEI and WAILUA
The two 14-ft. Glen-L “Can-Yaks,” launched on July 30, 2016, at the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard, CA. Boats are framed in Honduras mahogany, planked with 6mm Okoume plywood, and everything is sealed up with a single ply of 3.8-oz. glass cloth and epoxy resin.
Ozona Pram
We launched the Ozona Pram demo this last May and it debuted at the Cedar Key Small boat Meet 2016