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Wood Duck 12 - Built at the WoodenBoat School in August, 2018 and completed in September 2018.
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Wood Duck 12 - Built at the WoodenBoat School in August, 2018 and completed in September 2018.
Richard Hudak, of Hilo, Hawaii, built this gleaming canoe from sugi cedar. He cut the tree down and milled the wood himself. He made the paddle from koa wood. This photograph was taken on New Year's Eve at Reeds Bay on the Big Island in Hawaii.
The Welsford Navigator, Puffin, was launched on June 5, 2016. This is my first scratch built boat. Okume plywood was used throughout with white oak and Brazilian cherry for the various and sundry bits.
Chris Bell lives on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, where he enjoys sailing in MINNIE THE MOOCHER, a 14′11″ canoe yawl. MINNIE is a Lillie design by Paul Fisher that is similar to his Ethel canoe yawl design and to boats that Lord Robert Baden-Powell built for the Boy Scouts.
After 9 months of building, to the day, I launched my CLC Night Heron, stitch and glue kayak!.. Handles like a dream! 20% lighter than my plastic kayak, and 25% faster!...
Restored beetle cat type boat, new north sails, great shallow water boat, perfect for Florida waters.
This dory style sailboat was built in a small wood shop in my yard. It took ten months to build and would never have happened had it not been for the folks at Chesapeake Light Craft and their assistance.
Andy Bosworth used the book "Building Heidi" by Richard Kolin as the source for his 12'4" skiff, which he built as a 50th birthday present for his brother. Andy used Douglas fir, white oak, and mahogany, with marine plywood for the bottom.
Matt Zarem used stitch-glue mahogany marine plywood to build this 16' sea kayak, SCOUT, which he launched in March of 2002. It is a CLC Chesapeake 16 design, with an overall length of 15'8" and beam of 231/4". Matt writes that it is an excellent boat for traveling around San Francisco Bay.
George and Susan Ensign spent a year building RIVER FOX, Redwing 21 with great help from their friend, Bob Watts. RIVER FOX is a Chesapeake Marine design. Construction was done with plywood, glue-and-screw.
Restored in ME by Jonathan Minott (seen in WB "Launchings" July/Aug 2009).
Partial restoration. Has rare Edson oscillating (worm) steering system.
1996 36 x 11 x 4 , picnic cruiser double ended. Cedar on oak bronze fastened.