Six youths in GreenFleet’s after-school boatbuilding program launched two Bevin’s skiffs in April 2011.  They modified them from the original Joe Youcha design by raising the freeboard 1″.  The boats will be used in GreenFleet’s summer environmental education and stewardship program.

Lary Kuhns built this 19′ drift boat, IACOBOS from plans by Jerry Estes of British Columbia.  IACOBOS is very rugged, with a 1″ bottom of CVG fir, glassed inside and out.  Lary uses the boat to fish the Kenai River near his home in Homer, Alaska.  

John Campbell of Belton, Texas built a Charlotte canoe from plans created by Tom Hill, then he made some modifications.  John’s canoe now has an inboard motor borrowed from his weed trimmer.  The trimmer drives a 5″×6″ 5-blade propeller and can be removed when John’s lawn gets shaggy.

Richard Hudak, of Hilo, Hawaii, built this gleaming 16′ canoe from sugi cedar. He cut the tree down and milled the wood himself. He made the gunwale and seats from sprice, and the rails, stems, and breasthooks from koa. He made the paddle from Portuguese cypress, spruce, and sugi cedar.

I chose the Spira International Tillamook Pacific City dory design for my first build. Aside from the remarkable feeling of splashing a boat built with your own hands, this boat is a deeply personal accomplishment for me. One of my ancestors, Capt.

David Blake built MOLLY, a 16′ x 6′ Stevenson Weekender sloop from okoume plywood and mahogany, then covered the hull with fiberglass and epoxy. He made the mast from Sitka spruce and the boom and gaff from Douglas-fir.

Tim Johnson built this 12′ Huntington Harbor Kayak from plans provided on the Spira International website. He writes that it was fun to build and now he wants to build something bigger. 

Andy Stephenson just built this 14′ Cosine Wherry, designed by John Hartsock, and launched it in Hancock Maine on May 24, 2012.  He plans to use it to ferry friends and family to his 210 moored near his home. 

Rex and Kathie Payne of Spring Hill, Florida, just launched an 18′ No Man’s Land boat based on the plans that Howard Chapelle documented of an 1882 No Man’s Land boat built by Beetle, Inc., and published in his book, American Small Sailing Craft.

Richard Maldonado chose the 13′ QT Rowing Skiff design by Jim Michalak (www.jimsboats.com) for his first build. He wanted to build a boat mostly from found materials, and except for the luan plywood that he purchased, everything else was recycled.