Willow: 25 ft Custom Sloop

Builder Name:
Matt Greytak

Willow, a 25 ft strip planked sloop, is the third sailboat designed and built by Matt Greytak, after a 15 ft sloop and a 14 ft catamaran.  It is constructed with ½″ x 1 ½″ cedar strips sheathed in epoxy over plywood bulkheads.  The deck is plywood sheathed in epoxy with Interdeck non-skid paint. 

Small Craft

Handcrafted Cedar Strip Canoe- 18'

Master craftsman glued 1 “ strips over form, epoxied, varnished this strong but lightweight 50 lb cedar, holly and oak canoe. Bow & stern adorned with porpoises/duck appliqués. 600lb capacity.

Sailboats

1947 Cypress-On-Oak 46 ft Centerboard Ketch

Anchor Where Other Sailboats Can't! One-off design resembling a Munroe-sharpie, Montreal 1947. Always in fresh water. Cypress planks on white-oak frames over live-oak structure. Cast-iron external ballast. Long shallow keel, pierced by pivoting steel centerboard.

Power Boats

18' Port Townsend Skiff

"While Aweigh" is an 18' 6" Port Townsend Skiff, lovingly built and cared for, a head-turner on every ramp and one of the most fuel efficient power boats ever created. Launched in 2017 and with only 120 hours, she shows in almost new condition and is ready for a new chapter.

Power Boats

ORCA

ORCA-Own a fully functional wooden replica of the boat made famous in the movie JAWS. Currently under construction in the Open-Door Boat Shop in Bristol, RI for delivery in 2027. Watch the build on the YouTube Channel program Tips from a Shipwright.

Restoring an Old Skiff

Builder Name:
Ryan Mannion

I bought the boat in 2012 from the original builder in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was already more than twenty years old, and I had just moved into a small apartment with water access to New Haven Harbor. This was my first proper rowboat, and I was on the water constantly.