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Sailboats
CLC Southwester Dory
Chesapeake Light craft Southwest Dory for Sale. Built from a kit in 2020. Has only seen water 4 times. In excellent condition . Includes: The Boat Sales and masts, Motor well, Spacered inwales. oars, Oar Locks, Torquito1103CL electric Motor. Trailer. Cost of parts 0ver 12K. Selling for $10,000.
Meli-Ha-Ha
Builder Name:
David O’Halloran
In August 2023, David O’Halloran of Sparta, NJ and Manhattan, NY, launched the Meli-Ha-Ha, a Francois Vivier deigned Morbic 11, on Lake Mohawk. Measuring 11′ LOA with a 5′ beam, this traditional French sail and oar dingy was built with a Clint Chase kit in my garage using the strip plank method.
Herreshoff/Gardner 17′ Rowboat
Builder Name:
Tony Lush
Blending John Gardner’s second version of the L. F. Herreshoff 17′ pulling boat with John Brooks’ glued-lapstrake construction, Tony Lush started building in November of 2021 in the “Greenhouse Boatyard.”
Haven 12.5 launched in Lohjansaari, Finland
Builder Name:
bare hull: Juha Suorsa, completed by Jaakko Toiviainen
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.
Sailboats
Schooner, Sicily
47’ Carvel planked in iroko with oak frames. Beam 13’, draft 6’9/7’. Schooner rigged. In the water and fully operational.
Power Boats
Little Classic
"Minnow" is a 1956 mahogany classic, winner of Best in Show, ready to go. 1956 40-hp electric start Mercury. The boat was made by Elgin and sold through Sears. Registered in Vermont, includes original TeeNee trailer. Runs great!
Free Boats
Albury sloop
Albury sloop Little M built in Abaco Bahamas
23' replanked with cypress four years ago, cast iron keel.
Have mast and booms.
Ran out of wind needs deck and cockpit rebuild.
Power Boats
Chris Craft Sea Skiff 18 #380
This Chris Craft was owned by a Lake George family from 1956 until 2007. For 51 years it was stored out of the water in an enclosed boathouse, lightly used and never left outdoors.
Eastport Pram Family Project
Builder Name:
Jeff, August, Graham & Nathalie Schoenberg
After a two year journey, My wife (Nathalie), Two sons (August and Graham) and I have completed building our Eastport Pram. We selected this boat due to its easy car-top transport, versatility and beauty. This is our first foray into wooden boat building, and hopefully not our last.