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Launchings
This section of our web site, an extension of the Launchings department of WoodenBoat magazine, is dedicated to sharing news of recently launched wooden boats built or restored by our readers. If you’ve launched a boat within the past year, please email us at launchings@woodenboat.com, or post your news here. (All posts are subject to approval and editing before being made live.)
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FRANNY
FRANNY is David Sharp's first wooden boat effort. She is 11' long with a 59' beam. He constructed her using marine plywood epoxied to fore-and-aft stringers with mahogany seats. He launched FRANNY in August of 2001 and uses her on the waters of Green Bay, NS, and Ottawa, ON.
WAGEMAKER RUNABOUT
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.
Woods Hole Skiff
This skiff was built at the Woods Hole Historical Museum Boatshop in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, from leftover parts and materials from from other projects. It is built from BS1088 marine plywood, local black locust, red oak, and mahogany.
LARK
Launched June 1 at Lake Hall in Tallahassee, FL. Construction based on plans from Glen-L Amp Eater design. Decks are Cypress and Sapele, and the hull is meranti plywood. Powered by below deck trolling motor — instead of a tiller we used a Seastar system with a steering wheel.
RIVER PRINCESS
RIVER PRINCESS was launched in June 2004. Builder and owner Rodney Collard writes "This design was drafted on paper from photographs from WoodenBoat magazine. We read up on stitch-and-glue construction.
Jon Boat
Students Sheldon Patterson, Ross Melhorn, and Andrew Dingledine built this Jon boat at Edgewood High School in Trenton, Ohio, under the instruction of Mark Schallip. They found plans for the 12′ x 4′ hull online and then modified those plans to create this design.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
I built this Nutshell pram in the strip method of construction for my two daughters to learn to sail and row, hence the name “Double Trouble”. I have yet to add the mast for the sail rig, but we managed to put it in the water for rowing this past week.
KATHLEEN
Our Caledonia Yawl KATHLEEN was launched for the first time on May 1, 2015 at the Cedar Key Small Boat Meet.She is the 16th boat and 3 trimaran conversions that Kathie and I have built. Hull was built on used Hewes and Co molds from meranti marine ply, We spiled, patterned and fit each plank.
Esc.Key
Esc.Key is a new solar electric river boat recently launched by Denman Marine.
The initial design brief was for a river launch that was similar in concept to the early 20th century Noosa River putt putt boats which had a hard top to keep the harsh Queensland sun at bay.
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Shaw and Tenney Whitehall, brand new
17' 9" glued lap strake sapele plywood with ribbon Sipo mahogany bright work.
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1947 Quincy Adams 17 -Price reduction to $9,000. Make offer.
Mahogany planked on oiled oak frames. Spruce spars and stainless rigging.
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17' Herreshoff "Colonia" Sailing Dinghy
SUNDANCE II "Colonia" sailing dinghy designed in 1901 by Nathanael G. Herreshoff.
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Pre 1905 Warren Cole Adirondack Guideboat LOA 16′, 42″ beam
Restored in ME by Jonathan Minott (seen in WB "Launchings" July/Aug 2009).