“Inspired by Mathew Murphy’s article, ‘A Solo Canoe for Double Paddle’ (Small Boats 2007), a 10′6″ version of Harry Bryan’s Fiddlehead is now being paddled around the bays and beaches of the Bucklands Peninsula” in New Zealand, writes Tony Hinde.

After building several smaller boats in his living room, Dan Nielsen moved to a tent boatshed to build WOOD DUCK, a garvey-like design of Dan's own. Frames are Alaskan yellow cedar and Honduran mahogany sheathed in jequibita plywood.

Ulrich Regelsberger writes, "As a passionate sailor since my children days on the Mediterranean coast of northern Tunisia, I decided to build my own boat." Encouraged by Ted Okie's article, "The Sloops of Haiti's North Coast" (WB #189, page 50), in which "those [Haitian] boatbuilders work with li

Hydrofission/5th Axis designs cedar-strip kayaks with extendable pontoons, available in kit form for the homebuilder.

When Brian Clark completed a yearlong restoration of his great-grandfather's boat, HELLEN, he promptly won three awards at the 2008 Antique and Classic Boat Society's boat festival in St. Michael's, Maryland: People's Choice, Competitor's Choice, and Best-in-Class Workboat.

Over a period of a few months in 2008 Shelburne, Nova Scotia craftsmen and volunteers built two 23-foot boats from plans of the launch carried by Capt. Bligh's HMAV BOUNTY.

Bill Warm restored his Seaford Skiff in 2009 and says that he built the skiff in 1999.

F. Daniel Fry of Williamsport, PA, worked part-time over two years to complete his sailing dinghy from Paul Gartside's Riff design. Western red cedar strips were used to build her.

This Glen-L marine Zip runabout was built by Paul Vernes in "just over seven months....time was readily available but, to be quite honest, much of it was spent running around looking for wood. I decided to build my boat using local wood.

Hands-on learning through the Wisdom of the Hands program at Clear Spring (AR) School resulted in BLUE WHALE, a boat designed by students to hold the 10-member high school class.