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Gus Hedden took twice as much time as he expected to build this 15′8″ x 4′5″ Stickleback Dory designed by Iain Oughtred.He salvaged the sail from a 25-year-old Bolger Gypsy design and the spars from small Sunfish style boat.
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Gus Hedden took twice as much time as he expected to build this 15′8″ x 4′5″ Stickleback Dory designed by Iain Oughtred.He salvaged the sail from a 25-year-old Bolger Gypsy design and the spars from small Sunfish style boat.
This Wood Duck 12 kayak is the first boat that Rich Schmidt ever built. He built it for his wife and launched it in early spring.
Rod's daughter Emma Grace Rishel co-owns this Alpha Dory with her dad. He build it using natural crook live oak frames, planking from a Douglas-fir log in Long Beach, Mississippi. The coamings, wales, and rails are from reclaimed longleaf yellow pine.
Tabor Academy in Marion, Massachusetts, offers a one-semester "Practical Ship and Boat Design" course that "aims to get students comfortable with lines drawings by lofting a sailing model full scale," writes instructor David Bill.
NIMBUS is one of three Mighty Mac’s built by Ned McIntosh, younger brother of Bud McIntosh in 1961. Ned is well known for the dozens if not hundreds of Merry Macs he built in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Like the Merry Mac the Mighty Mac is a hard chine, plywood built boat, but more substantial.
Uncle John’s General Store, (www.unclejohns.com), offers easy-to-build Cajun Pirogue kits. Peter Mallory of Amelia Island, Florida, built one of these kits making a 15′6″ model with a 31″ beam.
Norwegian sailing pram traditionally built of spruce and oak painted with linseed oil paint. The spars and oars are varnished and made of pine and the sail is made of cotton.
The boat is a lot of fun to sail and it rows beautifully too.
Lernort Studio is an educational institution subsidized by the city of Dusseldorf and the state of Northrhine-Westfalia in Germany offering classes to high school students. Sculptor Michael Kukulies supervised the construction of this proa by his woodworking students at studio.
Cedric Brannen built this skiff for Rob McCauley over the winter of 2002-2003, using the same molds he used to build two skiffs for Rob's father 30 years ago.
Community School of Davidson is at it again, this time launching a Dave Gentry designed “Wee Lassie” built by 6th and 7th grade students at their middle school. Instructor Jim Dumser built it with eight students from the Friday “explore elective” over the fall and winter.
Offered here is a beautiful 1958 Ohlson 35' sailboat that's ready for a new home.
All hardware original, complete set Harken blocks. Mast, boom cuddy bars and tent.
$11,900 - Beautiful, reliable boat Complete restoration.