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Launchings
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Motorboats - Outboard
Tango Skiff 16
My Girfriend and I built a Tango skiff and launched last fall its a great performing little skiif and the extended sponsons in the back by the motor act as built in trim tabs so it does not sqaut at all as it comes up on plane. A Suzuki 20 scoots it along and about 29 mph.
SARAH WILSON
This sharpie was launched at Lake Wyvenhoe, Queensland, Australia. It was built by John Hockings over six months, and was inspired by Bill Schwicker's Egret and his 3 fathom sharpie.
PAYTON (sweetness)
13′ Doug Hylan Beach Pea. Glued lap, okoume ply planking, black locust sheerstrake, stems and keel. Eastern white cedar thwarts and floorboards.
Cradle Dinghy
Wally Raithel built this 6′ lapstrake cradle dinghy for his twin grandchildren. The non-identical twins, William and Sophia, take turns skippering and keeping watch below.
BLUE BELLE
In 2003, Walter and Debbie Schwarz fell in love with a 1965 Chris-Craft Constellation in serious need of help. They rebuilt every part of her and updated her amenities to now include a master stateroom, modern electronics and bow thrusters, and a completely redone interior.
SHARPIE
Richard Goy of Brothers' Boatworks writes, "The boat is constructed of marine plywood and coated with fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin. It is powered by a 70 lb. thrust-modified Minn-Kota electric motor mounted under the rear deck.
14th Star
I built this 18′ Palmer fantail launch to plans I obtained from Mystic Seaport Museum. The original boat was built around 1910 and had a Palmer gas inboard engine. I adapted the plans for modern strip plank construction and used western red cedar for planking, fiberglassed inside and out.
BW
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.
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1962 Chris Craft Cavalier 30'
1962 Chris Craft Cavalier for sale. 30' long, 10' 6" beam. Chevy small box inboard motor.
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Spirit 39' Sloop
39' sloop currently undergoing full cosmetic refit at Cutts and Case in Oxford, MD.
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1988 62' Custom Schooner
1988 62' Classic Schooner, Ford Lehman Super 135, 200 gallons of fuel, 110 gallons of water, 35 &
Boat Launchings
Boat Launchings
1953 Shrewsbury Crabbing Skiff
This 18 ft Shrewsbury crabbing skiff was built by a Fair Haven, N.J