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CHARI
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
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
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.
Caravelle Skiff
Tandem Row & Sail | CartoppableSpecifications:
- Overall Length 14′ 4″
- Waterline Length 10′ 10″
- Beam 48 1/2″
- Draft (board up/down) 5"/27″
- Depth amidships 14 3/4″
- Bare hull weight 115 lbs
Goat Island Skiff
Fast / Lightweight / Easy-to-BuildSpecifications:
- LOA 15′ 6″
- LWL 14′ 9″
- Beam 5′
- Draft (board up/down) 4″/36″
- Depth amidships 20″
- Sail Area 105 (lug) 14 sf (sprit)
Compass Skiff
Easy To Build | Cartoppable | Build With The FamilySpecifications:
- LOA 9′ 6″
- LWL 8' Beam 49″
- Draft 3″
- Depth amidships 17 1/2″
- Power 6 hp outboard
Echo Bay Dory Skiff
Fun / Lightweight / Simple & ClassicSpecifications:
- LOA 11′ 7″
- LWL 8′ 6″
- Beam 48 3/4″
- Draft (board up/down) 5″/27″
- Depth amidships 14 1/2″
- Sail Area 50 (lug) 45 sf (sprit)
Key Features:
Wabnaki
This was my first wooden boat project and it took me 4 months to finish it. I’ve used abachi and iroko for the strips
WABNAKI
This was my first boat project and it took me 4 months to finish it. I used two types of wood: Abachi and iroko. I’ve cut 6mm thick strips and no cove & bead, every strip was beveled manually to match each other.