Night Heron Kayak

Builder Name:
Christoph Harlan

Christoph Harlan of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, kept a blog of the six-month construction of his Night Heron kayak kit that he launched in April.

Night Heron Kayak

Builder Name:
Stirling Cummings

Despite working at times “at a glacial pace” for two years, Stirling Cummings of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, finshed and launched his 18′ Night Heron kayak on a cold windy day in February 2012 on Jordan Lake, near Chapel Hill.

A-K SUNSHINE

Builder Name:
Greg Henzel

Watch out for Greg Henzel and his two young daughters rowing around in A-K SUNSHINE on Puget Sound near their home in Gig Harbor, Washington.

SUSAN JOY

Builder Name:
Carl Frey

SUSAN JOY is a Newt design by Warren Jordan of Jordan Wood Boats of South Beach, Oregon. Carl Frey of Stamford, Connecticut, modified the 11'-design from a kayak to a rowboat by installing removable outriggers.  The outriggers extend the beam of the boat from 29" to 42".

PETER THE GREAT

Builder Name:
Randall Kleeman and his class at the Anglo-American School of Moscow

Randall Kleeman led a class of 12 students at the Anglo-American School of Moscow, Russia, in the construction of PETER THE GREAT, an Iain Oughtred Whilly boat design. The boat carries 80 sq ft of sail and weighs about 140 lbs.

Lawton Tender

Builder Name:
Dean Lohse

Dean Lohse of Jacksonville, Florida, is a recent graduate from Warren Barker's Fundamentals of Boatbuilding class at the WoodenBoat school.

Wood Duck Kayak

Builder Name:
Paul Newman

Paul Newman of Melbourne, Australia, just built a Wood Duck 12 Kayak from a Chesapeake Light Craft kit. He spent about 12 months on the stitch-and-glue plywood construction. The finished 12' boat weighs just 40 lbs. Paul will paddle his Wood Duck on the many waterways of his state of Victoria.

MARY T

Builder Name:
Bill Rintala

I built my John Welsford designed Houdini cat yawl in my garage. It took almost five years. The boat is constructed of okoume marine plywood, douglas fir and mahogany. The multi-chine hull was built with sawn plywood frames and douglas fir stringers.

BELLA

Builder Name:
Oliver Ilg & Sterling Yachts

Bella is a Duck Trap Wherry built for our family outings and she was named after my daughter's nickname. The construction method is glued lapstrake and I used 6mm Cedar plywood for the planking and Cedar on the brightwork.

CHARLIE M

Builder Name:
Dave Calloway

David Calloway wrote that a couple of years ago, he was infected with the boatbuilding bug.  He spent many enjoyable hours looking for boats to build on the internet before he decided on Jim Michalak's QT design.