The plans for this racing catboat were published in a two-part, how-to-build article in The Rudder (Dec. 1902 and Jan. 1903) from which designer Charles D.
Wood Duck 12 Hybrid, first time builder. Approximately 3 month build time.
DUFFY was commissioned by Dr. William Kidd and Elaine Kidd and built on Seattle’s Lake Union by the Adams Boat Company. Built to an Edwin Monk Sr.
Intended to get me out to where the fish were after spending an afternoon not catching anything from shore, but watching a fellow land one after another just beyond casting distance in the middle of the pond.Based off Andrew Waters’ “Trixie”, Richly Joined is the first boat I’ve ever built.
NOOTKA was built at Meares Island, Clayoquot Sound, B.C., in 1957 by Barney Williams, a shipwright and fisherman of the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation. As AVE MARIA, she served the Christie (Kakawis) Indian Residential School for almost 30 years.
Sea Otter was designed for an adult night school class I was teaching in boat building, in which nine boats were built at one time. Actually the principles of construction used in Sea Otter are the same as used in many of our larger designs.
