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LA PALOMA
Year Built:
1938
Built 1938 at Fisherman’s Wharf San Francisco by Dominic LaBruzzi.
Re-purposed in 1950s by High School Industrial Arts teacher.
Re-powered 2005 from Hicks single cylinder to Perkins 107 (Westerbeke 52) four cylinder.
ELIZABETH
Year Built:
2016
ELIZABETH is a Saint Lawrence River Skiff based on the 19th-century original ANNIE in Mystic Seaport’s collection. Her owners began construction in 1984 by giving birth to the builder and painstakingly raising him for eighteen years.
VERONIQUE
Builder Name:
Carl Frey
VERONIQUE is a 14′ Dacron skin-on-frame canoe based on the Geodesic Aerolite Arrow 14 design. Built and owned by Carl Frey. Ribs are steamed red oak. Stringers and inwales are laminated Douglas fir.
YAK-A-DOODLE
Year Built:
2019
Through 4 decades I have paddled many different kayaks. I have owned an assortment of kayaks and canoes during this time. I have made, repaired, and restored in fiberglass, wood, and canvas a bunch of boats.
FIGHTING LADY
Builder Name:
John Van Orden
Glassy water is pretty easy in a 1960s fiberglass Alden rowing shell, but when the afternoon southwesterly comes up the New Meadows River in West Bath, Maine, the flat bottom craft wants to surf, yaw and roll as she’s headed downwind for home, John Van Orden went searching for a more sea kindly s
WEBFOOT
Year Built:
2106
See more photos of WEBFOOT and an article, “French & Webb: Webfoot, a powerboat with sailboat esthetics,” on the builder’s website.
Hannah's Paddleboard
Builder Name:
Hannah Dumser
Sixteen year old Hannah Dumser is at it again. She and her dad just completed a 12′6″ Kaholo paddleboard kit from Chesapeake Light Craft.
HOLIDAY
Year Built:
1951
I have just purchased HOLIDAY (2019).I am looking for information on her history—perhaps built in Canada c. 1951; rebuilt early 1990s with a cold-molded skin. HOLIDAY’s listing under previous owner.
Bellagio
Builder Name:
Wil van Haarlem & André Ligthart Schenk
Pulling boat Liz, designed by Ken Bassett, will be launched on Saturday 8th of June. It is built in 5 mm marine plywood.