1971, 60′ Pacemaker. I completed a rebuild to her bottom over the last 2 summers including the aft 30′ of inboard engine stringers, the aft 28 ribs from the keel through the turn of the bilge, the aft 12′ of the keel, aft 10′ of the keelson, and new stem, apron and knee and 73 planks.
At the age of 12, Kevin McDonnell decided he wanted to build a boat. He sought advice from a family friend, Steven Schoeck, who had already built several boats. Steven agreed to help, provided Kevin did the work.
MALU see WoodenBoat’s Small Boats 2015. A designed developed from the Clark Mills one design Windmill (windmillclass.com). Designed to be a responsive daysailer, easy to trailer and rig. Occume Plywood, and Spanish Cedar construction. jonesboatworks.com for more info.
William Garden designed Eel, built in 2000 by Gordon Swift (WB 169) for Davis Hammond and his home in Boca Grande Fl. Strip construction, Spanish cedar hull, Black Locust keel, stems and floor timbers. We purchased the boat in February 2014.
I built this Oxford Shell rowing scull from a CLC kit. I built it for my son's 30th birthday as he rowed in college and still rows in Washington D.C.. This is my first attempt at boat building and I really enjoyed the experience. I am looking forward to my next boat building project.
The MeganMo is a 14′ wooden Dory as described in John Gardner’s: The Dory Book. Built in 1989 she frequents the waters in and about the Manasquan river, Barnegat Bay, and the lakes of northern New Jersey.
Purchased from the Lowestoft UK International Boat Building College in December 2014, she is now in Dorset, England, chocked and ready for interior refit. Rudder unshipped, gudgeons and pintles refurbished.
A fibreglass sheathed strip built hull with plywood deck sailing canoe based on the lines of a D.N. Goodchild 1940’s canvas on wood frame sailing canoe of Barnegat Bay.
This A.R. True 14 foot LOA sailing skiff/dory was rescued from decades forgotten in a barn in 2010 and spent the next four years being stripped, refastened, and recaulked. The lower half of the transom was also replaced. Both of the cotton sails and the mast and boom are original.
GNALGAN has been my project over the winter months in Victoria, Australia. The name is an Australian Aboriginal word for the “Nankeen Night Heron.”She is made of 4mm marine ply which has been coated inside and out with fibreglass.