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Cattail
Builder Name:
Students in the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's 2017 Rising Tide After-School Boatbuilding Program, under the direction of CBMM Lead Educator Matt Engel
Cattail is a reproduction of a railbird skiff from the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s small boat collection. The original was built around 1900 for McIlvain Biddle of Philadelphia.
WHILE AWAY
Builder Name:
Bill Cavanagh
WHILE AWAY is an 18′ PT Skiff, built by Bill Cavanagh on Cape Cod from a kit supplied by Port Townsend Watercraft. Built in the shop of DMC Boats in Falmouth MA, she is strong, light weight and very fuel efficient.
UFFDAH
Builder Name:
Charlie Ferguson
My first boat to build (and first woodworking project in 50 years). Built to teach my grandsons sailing on lakes in Georgia and they seem to be taking to it. The CLC kit was straightforward, with just enough challenge to make you know you’re building a boat.
BLUE BUNNY
Year Built:
2017
BLUE BUNNY is a slightly lengthened Egret skin-on-frame kayak, just under 6 meters long (19' 3"), weighing 16 kilograms (35 lbs.). Clear cedar covered with a polyester skin, one coat of epoxy, and one coat of house paint. The rubrail is nylon rope.
BINADAC I
Year Built:
1968
BINADAC I was designed by Frank Carius, built in 1968 by Emslie “Bim” Clark, and launched in 1969.
ROLLING STONE
Year Built:
1975
Cold-molded construction of Honduras mahogany built in 1973-75 at the Stone Boat Yard, Alameda, California. She resides in Germany since 2004.
Solo Quick
Designer
Trevor Paetkau
The Solo Quick blends efficiency, weight carrying capacity and beauty. Paddlers will find that her lean entry and minimalist profile make for a surprisingly quick and versatile hull.
PIRATE
Year Built:
1926
See also R-Boat “Pirate”, and “PIRATE: A new chapter for a storied Ted Geary-designed R-boat,” by Scott Rohrer in WoodenBoat magazine No.
