Some pictures of a just completed build of a Coastal Rowing single that I will row on local waters on both sides of Vancouver Island, where I live.
“ZipKit” was the first prototype completed in the development of the Glen-L ZipKit. A complete wood parts kit offered by Glen-L Marine.
Launched my Skunk Island Skiff sailing version built from plywood and pine. Douglas fir mast, spars and oats. Stainless steel fasteners and hardware.
This is the 16ft version of the Sponge Docks Skiff Serie, built in wood/epoxy, specifically Meranti Hydrotec. She has a side console and a new Suzuki 40hp which got her up to 32mph.
This is an Arrow 14 geodesic canoe designed by Platt Monfort. I used spruce for the stringers, gunwhales, and rub rails, oak for the ribs, cutwaters, and keel, mahogany for the breasthook and knee stems, cherry for the gussets, and maple for the thwarts. The skin is 30 gauge vinyl.
Over a pandemic winter Carl Frey built the NOELLE Q, an 8′ long, 26-pound kayak (19″ beam) from his own plans.
1929 single headsail cutter commissioned by A.F. Loomis, designed by Linton Rigg, built by Casey Baldwin. Currently undergoing restoration at Cutts and Case shipyard in Oxford, MD. I acquired her from Mr.
Rooster Class #750, YANKEE DOODLE, completed July 2021, in Conroe, TX. Launched July 10, 2021 at East Ferry Landing (Narragannsett Bay), Jamestown, R.I.
