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ASTROPHEL
ASTROPHEL is a 33-ft wooden cutter built by George Bruigom, of Comox, BC.
Billy Too
Home built stand up paddle board built by Joe and Andrew Russell.
Billy
Home built rowing boat built by Joe and Andrew Russell using stich and glue method. Launched at Kingscliff, New South Wales, Australia.
GRACIE
This is Chesapeake Light Craft’s tandem wherry rigged as a single. I started working on it the spring of 2015, continued through that summer and then hit the pause button when work was interrupted by life (hernia surgery) and cold temperatures. I finished up the wherry this summer.
T-REX 617
Boy Scout Troop 617 in Columbia, Maryland, undertook building a Bevin’s Skiff to expose the Scouts to parts of a building project they would later face when doing their Eagle Scout projects.Working from an instruction manual provided with the kit from Alexa
HOPE
Hope is a semi-dory built according to plans supplied by John Karbott. She will be rowed and powered by a 5hp outboard on the Westport and Sakonnet rivers. This is my first boat. It took six months to complete, and was a perfect complement to my work as a psychologist!
SWIFTSURE
S/V SWIFTSURE is a Ben Seaborn design built by Blanchard Boat Works in Seattle, Washington, in 1948.