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Last summer, Steve Smith launched this 14′4″ x 4′6″ Cosine Wherry, designed by John Hartsock. Steve spent 275 hours on this boat following directions from J.D. Brown’s Rip, Strip, and Row, available from the WoodenBoat Store.
Mill Creek 16.5 decked canoe, built from plans from Chesapeake Light Craft. Construction time was about 200 hours over the course of 5 years. Canoe is perfect for Dad in back seat and two kids, ages 3 and 5) in the front.
21′ inboard utility. Sapele ply over Douglas fir frames. 1965 Ford inline 6 at 120 HP.
Chuck Nagy of Burn Pile Restorations rescued a 50-year-old Wolverine, model no. 2, made by Wagemaker Boats of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He turned a derelict hull with no transom or seats, and a five-foot crack down one side, into this beautiful fishing skiff.
Skin on frame canoe. Additional photos are on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/GibsonvilleBulletinBoard/photos/?tab=album&alb…
SEAMONKEY is a 15'6" Bolger-designed catboat, that Robert Parish modified for a Chinese junk rig. He lives in Bozeman, MT and launched SEAMONKEY in 40-knot gusts on Canyon Ferry Reservoir in August 2004.
Bill Walker built this semi-vee skiff starting in fall of 2014 and launching in May of 2016. After building nine other stitch and glue boats, Bill designed and built this skiff himself. It is constructed of meranti Bs-1088 plywood with select pine trim.
My Doug Hylan designed 13′ Beach Pea is the first wooden boat I have built from scratch. She is made from okoume ply, Douglas Fir, with utile mahogany thwarts and knees and Sitka spruce spars.
John Beck built this Chesapeake Light Craft Shearwater 17 hybrid using white and red cedar strips for the hull and decking, and added aniline dye to the hull to give it a blue color. John won the best in show at the 2007 Okoume Fest sponsored by CLC.
Custom built at Madisonville Maritime Museum. 2019 19' magic tilt galvanized trailer.
Custom row boat built by Brooks Boats in Mt. Desert, Maine.
El Toro one design in nice shape. Go sailing or refinish for a showpiece.
1958 Fenwick Williams 18' wooden catboat with tender and new 2023 galvanized trailer with stainle
