I sold HELENA in 1985 after about ten years of owning and cruising in it. Then I bought it back in 2012 and began restoration work.
The boat is a mahogany strip over cherry and walnut frame skiff with maple accents and walnut gunnels. The seats and breasthook are sapelle with maple accents. This was my first build and was built without a plan.
Wayne Kaler built this 11′6″ Car Topper skiff designed by Phil Bolger, in an airplane hangar in Oakland, California. Fittingly, he called it FLYING ZUCCHINI. He enjoyed sailing and rowing the boat on San Francisco Bay.
SMAUG is an original design loosely based on the 15' Rundgatting/Snipa, a Swedish inshore fishing boat, built by Herman Persson in 1940. The lines were taken off by Bertil Andersson.
Tandem Row & Sail | CartoppableSpecifications:
Fast / Lightweight / Easy-to-BuildSpecifications:
Easy To Build | Cartoppable | Build With The FamilySpecifications:
Fun / Lightweight / Simple & ClassicSpecifications:
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This was my first wooden boat project and it took me 4 months to finish it. I’ve used abachi and iroko for the strips