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On June 17, 2015, Mark and Suzanne Nye launched their Shearwater Double at Silver Springs Florida. The kayak, built from kit by Chesapeake Light Craft, took approximately 135 hours over a six month period. Construction is stitch and glue with sapele deck and okume hull.
Martin Walker teaches boat building at Maryville High School in Maryville, TN. During the 2002-2003 school year the school completed 4 boats - a 16' cedar strip Micmac canoe, a 15' Micmac made of redwood, 12'10" Pooduck skiff, and a 8' flat-bottom rowboat.
SHAWSHANK, a 1953, 13′ Lyman Ideal runabout, has a lapstrake plywood hull, with oak frames and rails, and mahogany seats and transom. Upon retirement, Mark Serrianne took on the job of restoring her, repairing the substantial dry rot in her bottom, taking her down to bare wood, refinishing the h
Tom Shives built this Glen-L Drifter, from Glen-L Marine plans, with a small group of men from his church.
Warren Kennedy launched his new 14' Amesbury Skiff made by Lowell's Boat Shop in Amesbury Mass. He wanted the boat over built, and says it handles great in both salt and fresh water. He uses a 15 hp four-stroke Yamaha for propulsion.
A wooden paddle board built by Matthew Young in Santa Fe NM. Built out of plywood and local ponderosa pine to builders own design. Intended for standup paddling, sit on top kayaking, fishing ,and lounging. Picture is Deva Sign Kalsa on Heron Lake Chama, NM.
This is a copy of the XVIII century boat. She belonged to the Russian emperor Peter first. The original is now stored in the Naval Museum, in Sank-Petersburg, Russia.
Paul Wagstaff's catboat was two decades in the designing and building. He was attracted to catboats because of their stability and he wanted a boat that could be built in his garage, trailered easily, and could be single-handed.
Irv, Murray, and Jan Herman adapted this 12' Whitehall from a 14' boat built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1890, and launched in on May 6, 2001. The Howard Chapelle drawings are in the Smithsonian Institution Maritime collection, National Museum of American History, Washington, DC.
Lobster Yacht / Picnic Launch made by Wharton Ship Yard now Jamestown Boat Yard in 1958, 28' L, 8
"The Rose Of Sharon" is exquisite and unique, customized to a very high standard.
SOVEREIGN, a rare gem, was built in Germany in 1953 and sports a few modern upgrades yet she reta
Varnished larch planking on steam-bent white oak ribs.
