A family member built this boat in Louisiana in the early sixties. I remember many early mornings fishing from it as a kid. I spent over 2 years restoring this 54 year old boat along with the original motor that I now use in Panama City, Florida.
Traditional plank-on-frame Beetle Cat built in 1984, the first year in which the coamings were book-matched. The Beetle Cat is one of the oldest one-designs still being constructed out of wood and actively raced.
From the The Australian Register of Historic Vessels: “SILVER CLOUD II is wooden motor cruiser built in 1968.
Built 1938 at Fisherman’s Wharf San Francisco by Dominic LaBruzzi.
Re-purposed in 1950s by High School Industrial Arts teacher.
Re-powered 2005 from Hicks single cylinder to Perkins 107 (Westerbeke 52) four cylinder.
ELIZABETH is a Saint Lawrence River Skiff based on the 19th-century original ANNIE in Mystic Seaport’s collection. Her owners began construction in 1984 by giving birth to the builder and painstakingly raising him for eighteen years.
VERONIQUE is a 14′ Dacron skin-on-frame canoe based on the Geodesic Aerolite Arrow 14 design. Built and owned by Carl Frey. Ribs are steamed red oak. Stringers and inwales are laminated Douglas fir.
