MYST is an Oughtred Elfyn, built in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and now sailing Puget Sound from Whidbey Island, Washington, USA. She features a lug rig, daggerboard, internal box rudder, and, ornate dragon stem and stern pieces. She rows beautifully and sails well.
Through connections within The Traditional Small Craft Association, I received word that there was a dory built by John Gardner, looking for a new home just north of my home on the West Coast of Florida.
For more information on the history of the type and the model, see my other wooden boat registered sharpie "Lyova Marie" https://www.woodenboat.com/register-wooden-boats/lyova-marie.
Jaakko Toiviainen found in fall 2021 a neglegted Haven 12,5 bare hull in the corner of the boat hall where he kept his sailing yacht. It appeared that the hull had been built by a professional boatbuilder some twenty years ago, but for some reason never completed.
Just brought home this Penguin class dinghy. Plan is to strip and re-finish as much as I can.
TULIP is a 25′ gaff rigged knockabout sloop. Classic George Shiverick design. Built in Maine by George Palten 1984. Mahogany planks on oak frames. Centerboard shoal draft. Currently sailing Duxbury Bay where she was designed to be over 100 years ago.
15′ Wittholz designed traditional Cape Cod catboat built by Al Watts and Jim Wagner May 2021-May 2023. Beam = 7.5′; draft = 18″ centerboard up and 46″ centerboard down. Ash frames, fiberglassed Okoume marine plywood body and mahogany trim. Auxiliary power = 4 hp Torqueedo electric outboard.
Named for feisty duck in Hagar the Horrible, this small boat is a Milgate Duck Punt. Built of plywood in the "stitch and glue" method, she was built from the free plans found online and launched at the Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival in St. Michaels MD on October 6.