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Nancy Blackett
Year Built:
2015
The Lady Bug design by Jim Michalak is intended to be a quick-onto-the water, plywood, house painted boat. Together with boatbuilder Greg Hopkins, we decided to upgrade some and use better materials. The plywood is marine grade, there are teak fittings and she is glassed.
MONHEGAN
Year Built:
1969
MONHEGAN is a 37-foot Elihu Beal Downeast Lobster hull. Built in 1969 and purchased without engine or equipment installed, her original owner powered her with a Detroit Diesel and used her for transportation of tourists from New Harbor, Maine, to Monhegan Island in the summer.
The Ashes Solo Day
Builder Name:
Trevor Paetkau, Ashes Still Water Boats
When designing The Ashes Solo Day, I imagined a boat where the paddler could stand to look over brush, or apply leverage to push through a mat of grass.
KOUKLA
Year Built:
1983
KOUKLA is a classic wooden schooner designed by George Stadel of Stamford, Connecticut for Thomas Soulantzos of New York City. Built in 1983, she was purchased by Ted and Beverly Cowan of Rockland, Maine in 1998.
Fannie Salter
Builder Name:
Donald Dill
Launched 18 May, 2015 at Spruce Head, Maine. Fannie Salter is a 23′ Cedar Key Sharpie built to a modified Reuel Parker Design White pine on white oak with copper and stainless fasteners. She will be Cat Ketch rigged 172sq. ft. sail area 10.5′ oar.
Sea Spartan
Builder Name:
Community School of Davidson
Community School of Davidson in Davidson, North Carolina launches the “Sea Spartan”, a St. Ayles Skiff designed by Iain Oughtred. Built in four months by students and teacher Jim Dumser in the Wood Arts class, the skiff is 22 feet long and rowed by a team of five.
Critical Twist
Builder Name:
Jon Raymond
An i550 built by Jon Raymond of Polson, Montana, homeport for Critical Twist is Dayton, Montana on Flathead Lake. The i550 is a Stitch and Glue Sport Boat designed with simplicity as a goal. Displacement is 800 pounds, upwind sail area 240 sq.