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BLUE BOAT
Year Built:
2005
Strip planked Western Red Cedar with two Mahogany layers vacuum bagged over, all set in West System Epoxy. This boat has been used as a cross Puget Sound commuter year round in all sorts of weather. Fast and seaworthy.
DOWN THE HATCH
Builder Name:
Mike B.
The deck of this CLC kayak is made of strip-planked Alaskan Yellow Cedar, Western Red Cedar and Nogal Peruvian Walnut - and the hull is made of stitch & glued 4mm Okoume plywood.
HIGH TIME
Year Built:
1920s
An original John Alden Indian, the HIGH TIME was purchased in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, in about 1955 by Max Putzel. She was already about 30 years old and looked it, but she was a fine boat, and he and his family sailed her on Long Island, Fishers, and Rhode Island Sounds for nearly 20 years.
Huntington Harbor
Builder Name:
Fred Soviero
I built Huntington Harbor from free plans from Spira International. It was lots of fun and paddles great, looking forward to the next build.
