MORNING WOOD is a Chester Yawl I built from a Chesapeake Light Craft kit (CLC). She was slow in the making as I acquired the Whitehall kit in 2007. The box followed me through several moves and I started working on her in 2014, a few hours here and there, schedule permitting.
The Mebo 12 is a new versatile nesting dinghy I designed and built last winter and spring.
A modern iteration of Philippine double outrigger canoe. Adapting to present-day construction method, the wooden facetted hull still has the silhouette of the Austronesian “Bangka”.
Two-berth weekend cruiser designed in 1931 for cruising the western Solent. Oregon pitch pine planking on English oak and elm frames. Mahogany brightwork in cockpit and interior. Deck planks of mahogany and elm.
Completed Chester Yawl, from plans at Chesapeake Light Craft. This is a working boat, intended for rowing by one or two on lake Erie. It has a work boat finish. The gravel beaches on this part of Lake Erie are very hard on the finish.
This is a 64 page construction guide for building a class legal PDRacer from PolySail International. The guide includes plans and is illustrated with multiple photographs taken as the prototype was being built over a period of six days.
THE SHEIK received trophies for Best Race Boat and the Judges’ Choice award at the ACBS Chesapeake Bay Chapter’s 30th Annual Antique & Classic Boat Festival in June 2017.
Driftwood’s hull is constructed of marine mahogany covered by fibreglass. The keel, stem, gunwales, benches, and spray rails are made from Sapele. It’s a Candlefish 13 Devlin Design that uses the stitch and glue construction method.
