OUTBOUND II

Builder Name:
David Smith

David Smith spent two years building this Sharpie ketch OUTBOUND II, a modification of WoodenBoat plan #42. Launched on June 23, 2003, the hull, cockpit, and cabin are plywood covered in fiberglass cloth and epoxy.

LOUISE

Builder Name:
Earl and Connie Nelson

Connie Nelson sent in a report of the construction of the canoe LOUISE. In 1998, her husband Earl was forced into retirement for health reasons and needed a project.

WHITE WATER CANOE

Builder Name:
Jason Perkins' class at Kingswood High School

Jason Perkins teaches a boatbuilding class at Kingswood High School in Wolfeboro, NH and built this 16' E.M. White-designed White Water canoe with his class.

PAULYNE

Builder Name:
Stephan Scott

Dr, Stephan Scott spent 8 months worth of weekends building PAULYNE, and Harry Bryan Daisy design. PAULYNE is a 12'6" dory/skiff with a beam of 4'2". He launched PAULYNE on May 31, 2003. Stephan plans to use her in Pirates Cove, Alabama and on Arnica Bay located on the ICW.

NOKKEN

Builder Name:
Frode Maaseidvaag

Frode Maaseidvaag purchased this 22' Snekke launch in 1986. Svege B+Ñtbyggeri of Flekkefjord, Norway, built it in 1964. When purchased, the boat was unusable. After a five-year rebuilding and refinishing of the hull, Frode and his son Lars launched her in 1991.

EPONA

Builder Name:
Gib Sosman

With bowsprit and boomkin this Steve Redmond Elver design has a total length of 27'. Built by Gib Sosman over 14 years of part-time work, EPONA was launched on May 29, 2003 on Clinton Lake in Kansas.

MARYVILLE AND 3 OTHERS

Builder Name:
M. Walker and students of Maryville HS

Martin Walker teaches boat building at Maryville High School in Maryville, TN. During the 2002-2003 school year the school completed 4 boats - a 16' cedar strip Micmac canoe, a 15' Micmac made of redwood, 12'10" Pooduck skiff, and a 8' flat-bottom rowboat.

RAVEN

Builder Name:
Barry Lewis

Barry Lewis built this 7'10" D4 dinghy using plans from Mertens-Goossens of Vero Beach, FL. He made a few minor modifications including a handle at the bow, and a wheel at the stern, which is protected by the keel.

SPLASH

Builder Name:
Don Brady

Don Brady writes "SPLASH was launched at Royal Victoria Yacht Club May 16, 2003 and commissioned as tender to my yacht THETIS.

RIVER FOX

Builder Name:
George and Susan Ensign with Bob Watts

George and Susan Ensign spent a year building RIVER FOX, Redwing 21 with great help from their friend, Bob Watts. RIVER FOX is a Chesapeake Marine design. Construction was done with plywood, glue-and-screw.