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PATIENCE
Builder Name:
Richard Malerba
PATIENCE is a cedar strip hybrid 12′ Wood Duck Kayak. She is glassed in and out, and weighs in at 45 lbs. This was my first atempt at strip building. It was labor intensive but highly rewarding.
SWEET HOME CHICAGO 2
Builder Name:
Jack Henkel
I built this boat from a kit purchased from Chesapeake Light Craft. I have built 4 wood strip boats previously. I built a kayak, a canoe, a row boat and a sail boat. My saying is “never build your last boat”.
HELENA
Year Built:
1913
I sold HELENA in 1985 after about ten years of owning and cruising in it. Then I bought it back in 2012 and began restoration work.
CHARI
Builder Name:
Richard Friesen
The boat is a mahogany strip over cherry and walnut frame skiff with maple accents and walnut gunnels. The seats and breasthook are sapelle with maple accents. This was my first build and was built without a plan.
FLYING ZUCCHINI
Builder Name:
Wayne Kaler
Wayne Kaler built this 11′6″ Car Topper skiff designed by Phil Bolger, in an airplane hangar in Oakland, California. Fittingly, he called it FLYING ZUCCHINI. He enjoyed sailing and rowing the boat on San Francisco Bay.
SMAUG
Year Built:
2015 - 2017
SMAUG is an original design loosely based on the 15' Rundgatting/Snipa, a Swedish inshore fishing boat, built by Herman Persson in 1940. The lines were taken off by Bertil Andersson.