NORSKA FLICKA

Builder Name:
Bev and Frank Salomonsen

Bev and Frank Salomonsen of Rochester, Minnesota, built this balanced-lug sailboat from plans of the Tirrik design by Iain Oughtred. They built the 16′10″ hull from okoume plywood planking, with stem and keel of white oak.

HONEY BEAR

Builder Name:
Ralph Fogle

Ralph Fogle designed and built HONEY BEAR, a 9′8″ × 3′8″ rowing skiff. He planked the sides with 1/2″ tongue-and-groove spruce, and the bottom with 5/8″. He used stainless steel square driver screws for fastenings, and finished the hull in clear epoxy.

SPIRIT

Builder Name:
Rod Chelberg

SPIRIT is the first wooden kayak that Rod Chelberg has built. He started with an ocean kayak kit from Newfound Woodworks in Bristol, New Hampshire. Rod used red cedar strips with accent strips of white cedar on the 44 lb. hull.

Model 110-Class and Model USA-12

Builder Name:
Karl Steidl

Following instructions in WoodenBoat Nos. 216 and 217, Karl Steidl built this 110-class pond yacht from mahogany strips 1/8″ thick by 1/2″ long. He glued these to aspen frames. The hull is 48″ long, the mast is 46″ tall.Karl was also busy building this USA-12 pond yacht.

MARY AGNES

Builder Name:
Rod Fuqua

Rod Fuqua built this 17′ Northeaster Dory with guidance from Les Chase a boatbuilding school in Weymouth, Massachusetts. The stitch-and-glue dory has a 56″ beam, and will easily hold three adults. Rod launched MARY AGNES on October 15, 2011.

CHUPI

Builder Name:
Alyssa and Peter Drake

Alyssa Drake and her father, Peter Drake, built this Phil Bolger–designed 8′ Elegant Punt. They launched CHUPI at Mystic Seaport in the fall of 2011. Plans are available from Phil Bolger & Friends, Inc., P.O. Box 1209, Gloucester, MA 01930.

Fishing from the Jon Boat.

Jon Boat

Builder Name:
Ross Melhorn, Sheldon Patterson, and Andrew Dingledine

Students Sheldon Patterson, Ross Melhorn, and Andrew Dingledine built this Jon boat at Edgewood High School in Trenton, Ohio, under the instruction of Mark Schallip. They found plans for the 12′ x 4′ hull online and then modified those plans to create this design.

Nutshell Pram

Builder Name:
John Vinal and Ray McConnell

Ray McConnell and John Vinal built this 9′6″ Nutshell Pram and then raffled it last October at the Damariscotta Pumpkin Festival. The proceeds of the raffle when to the American Cancer Society in memory of Dr. Jennifer Lynn McConnell. 

BILL'S THRILL

Builder Name:
Bill Spring

Bill Spring and his grandchildren got a thrill from BILL’S THRILL, his Swifty 12 catboat kit from Fred Shell in St. Albans, Vermont.

BOANN

Builder Name:
Richard Van Voris

In June 2011, Richard Van Voris, the boatman for the Tabor Academy crew in Marion, Massachusetts, launched a 27′ x12″ single scull designed by Graeme King. Richard built the hull from 1/8″ red cedar strips , reinforced with carbon fiber, and covered with epoxy.