Mebo 12
Builder Name:
Klaus Metz
The Mebo 12 is a new versatile nesting dinghy I designed and built last winter and spring.
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L20 Trimaran
Designer
Lorenzo B. Acompañado II
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”.
BONITA
Year Built:
1935
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.
Ella I
Builder Name:
Carl Longnecker
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.
Redneck Duck
Designer
David Gray
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
Year Built:
1985
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
Builder Name:
Grant Wiesner
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.
GRAVY
Builder Name:
Alex Vandertol
GRAVY is the first boat I’ve ever owned. I saw one of designer Berkeley Eastman’s micro tugs at the waterfront boat museum / restaurant at Disney Springs and fell in love. GRAVY is the Candu Junior model.