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Pecadero
Here is a Jeff Spira designed Pescadero I recently completed. It was designed as a light tackle tarpon hunter for the central gulf coast of Florida. The boat performs better than expected and makes an ideal fishing platform.
Goat Island Skiff
The Goat has become known worldwide for being a simple to build and simple to sail that delivers.
NEW MOON
A Thomas Gillmer-designed, 27′ sloop based on his popular Blue Moon design and Falmouth Quay Punts. Cedar on oak, 'glassed plywood decks.
"It'll Do"
On Saturday August 12, 2017 at Green Lake in Dedham, Maine I launched, with my daughter Jackie and her husband Ryan Francini my Jericho Bay Lobster Skiff that I named “It’ll Do”. I purchased the plans from WoodenBoat Magazine and began construction in February.
Spira Designed Pescadero
Here is a Jeff Spira designed Pescadero I recently completed. It’s a Carolina style dory style that's been customized for fishing the central west coast of Florida. The boat performs well and makes a great fishing platform.
Swansong (Irish Gandelow)
This is a flat-bottomed 16-foot fishing boat called a gandelow (see WB 249 and 250) used in the Shannon river estuary of western Ireland.
Emily E
Chesapeake Light Craft Passagemaker pram dingy, the Emily E, with her namesake, builder’s daughter, on beach on Peaks Island Me at the launch ....