Chesapeake 17 hybrid kit. Stitch & glue hull, cedar strip deck.

Aubrey and her dad built this one sheet skiff for her vacation on a lake. It’s made with 1/4″ marine fir glassed with epoxy with cedar trim.

In February 2013, I decided to build something not-so-typical of a 40-something mom with a full-time job. I realized that I needed a hands-on, challenging project to gain self-confidence, and something that I could use for years to come. With support of Dennis at NorthWest Canoe in St.

I have owned this Grand Laker for 15 years. After an initial surge of energy where I removing the old fiberglass mat and replaced the inners, outers, stem, transom, deck and a bunch of sheeting, she sat for 12 years.

This is a relaunching of my rowing skiff. Brass plate on transom states:John D. LittleBuilderOld Lyme, Ct.After researching, I believe him to be the same John D Little who moved from Connecticut to Maine and became somewhat famous for building catboats.

Inspired by Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons series of books, Steve, Fiammetta, and Elena Householder built this 10′ 2″ Acorn Puffin dinghy, AZURE, designed by Iain Oughtred.

Bill Sterling has been building this Haven steadily for the last 17 years, starting in California and then trailering her half-finished hull across the country to complete her in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Doug Clough launched his Platt Monfort designed Nimrod 12 solocanoe in his hometown of Mystic, Connecticut. It is 11′6″ long and 34″ wide.

Father and son project. Our first boat build, she took us a little over a year in all, but she finally hit the water yesterday.

Completed in five months. All West System epoxy with fiberglass over the 1/2″ plywood hull and top coated with Awlgrip and Epifanes varnish, The wood is stained white ash milled from 4/4 rough sawn stock.