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PTF 3 FAST AND NASTY
Year Built:
1962
Since 2003 a crew of veterans have been restoring this 80 ft, 70 ton Viet Nam era PT boat at the Deland Navy Air Station Museum, creating a living tribute to the veterans who lived and many thousands who died serving our country.During restoration,PTF 3 continues to rest on it's cradle as a main
WILLOW
Builder Name:
Don Aupperle
CLC Annapolis Wherry, initially assembled in CLC-sponsored class, Port Townsend WA, 2012. Finished over summer and fall of 2013, launched January 2014. Stitch and glue construction, fiberglass added only in high-wear areas inside and out.
LUNA
Builder Name:
Eduardo Borba
LUNA is a beautiful skerry from CLC boats. I built it myself here in São Paulo Brazil. It’s probably the first of her kind to be built here.
BESAME
Year Built:
2005
My first boat and one I have enjoyed for almost ten years. Built over a year and a half, it was launched in 2005. It has provided many a nice night of quiet rowing on the Glenmore Reservoir in Calgary. It is a Cosine Wherry hull with a non traditional and lighter interior finishing.
MsBHaven
Builder Name:
Don Bishop
Don Bishop of Sanibel Island, Florida, designed and built this trailerable 22′-6″ Gaff cutter to explore America’s coasts and to cruise the Bahamas. The composite 800 lb. lead/glass swing keel provides 18″ and 5′-5″ draft. The hull is cedar strip and glass.
TASHTEGO
Year Built:
2012
TASHTEGO is a Caledonia Yawl built in 2012 by Tom and Susanne Regan at Grapeview Point Boat Works in Washington. She is owned by Irv Mac Dowell and Kathy Krepcio of Princeton, NJ and is homeported in Stonington, CT.
Romany 34 sailing catamaran
Designer
Woods Designs
This is a larger version of my 28ft Gypsy sailing catamaran and is a 34′ offshore cruiser. It has essentially the same cuddy as Gypsy as that has proven a comfortable size for a couple and occasional guests.