CRADLE BOAT

Builder Name:
Stu Fyfe

Stu Fyfe of Brewster, Massachusetts, launchged this 54" Beach Pea Baby Cradle just about the time of the launch of his grandson, Owen James Fyfe.

WAGEMAKER RUNABOUT

Builder Name:
Chuck Nagy, Burn Pile Restorations

Chuck Nagy of Burn Pile Restorations rescued a 50-year-old Wolverine, model no. 2, made by Wagemaker Boats of Grand Rapids, Michigan.  He turned a derelict hull with no transom or seats, and a five-foot crack down one side, into this beautiful fishing skiff.

THE OTHER WOMAN

Builder Name:
Gary A. Dean

Gary Dean of Wadsworth, Ohio writes that he is sure that his wife is not the first woman to name her husband's project THE OTHER WOMAN. Gary spent nine months with this other woman, taking Ted Moores Rice Lake Skiff design and creating a shapely beauty. .

TIKI 1

Builder Name:
Rick Granger

Rick Granger built this Chesapeake Light Craft Wood Duck 10 over six weeks in the winter of 2010-2011.  The 10' hull weighs just 34 pounds and is made from 3mm okoume plywood, with a deck of western red and white cedar strips.

VERBOATEN

Builder Name:
Scott Lloyd and Eric Weissberger

Eric Weissberger and Scott Lloyd built this Karl Stambaugh–designed weekend skiff in somewhat more than that weekend, actually it was more than a year.  VERBOATEN was built from the plans using stitch-and-glue methods on okoume plywood, and then giving the hull 3 coats of epoxy.  Eric plans to us

SPLENDOR

Builder Name:
Mestre Miranda

SPLENDOR is based on the saveiros design (from saveleiro, used on the rivers of Portugal to fish for savel/shad). For Brazilians, saveiros are used not only for fishing but to transport merchandise and passengers.

SILENT MISTRESS

Builder Name:
Geoff Shallard

Since Geoff Shallard spent two years living in the basement with his Henley 18, his wife named the new boat SILENT MISTRESS. Geoff used balsa composite panels in the stitch-and-glue construction. She is powered by an electric outboard motor.

KIKI

Builder Name:
Rex Rothing, Gwen Tisdale, Bob Clinefelter

Reminiscences about racing war canoes at summer camp gave Rex Rothing and Bot Clinefelter the idea to build a war canoe (or two) of their own.

Strip-built Canoe

Builder Name:
Hugh Groth

Hugh Groth has built seven canoes but this is the first strip-built one, and the first one he designed himself. He designed it specifically for he and his wife to use together, moving the stern seat forward to improve balance.

PENGUIN CLASS DINGHY

Builder Name:
Adrienne and Kip Keller

Adrienne Keller and her father Kip launched their Penguin sailboat in October of 2007, the first boat either of them had built. Kip sailed Penguins, which were designed by Phil Rhodes, as a youth in upstate New York.