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.
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Peaceful

Builder Name:

Terry McBurney

Chesapeake 18… first time builder.

Fair Winds

Builder Name:

Tom Zeidlik

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.

Ruudi V

Builder Name:

Old Wharf Dory Co.

The Ruudi V is a Savo 575 , a Finnish racing rowboat designed by Ruud Van Veelen. It's a very fast single with a sliding seat, non-feathering oars, and very light weight .

Diablo

Builder Name:

Kenneth Sells

15 ft skiff designed by Phil Bolger and taken from Dynamite Payson's Instant Boats book. It was an enjoyable first boat project. I added an center rear seat and a bow seat. I launched her into San Diego Bay.

GRIETJE

Builder Name:

Jeroen & Zefanja den Haan

Joli Boat Philip Thiel GRIETJE launched in The Netherlands at 4th of April 2020. Recently received propulsion and steering system. Now on her first holiday.

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Simmon's Sea Skiff 18'

Builder Name:

Ryan Nelson

A Classic Gulf Stream fishing boat designed to be lightweight, and to take a following sea better than it’s Dory predecessors. The hull lines were from plans*, with some modifications to the interior. A laminated tow-rail and, fold-down seating in the cockpit among them.

LITTLE WOODY

Builder Name:

Tom Hardison

Tom Hardison spent 7-+ years building this 24' yawl, LITTLE WOODY. The hull is from a modified Glen-L plan. He added a bowsprit, keel, and made the hull thicker, using two layers of 1/4" laminated plywood. Everything other than the hull was of the builder's design.

Kajoo Sport

Builder Name:

Marcin Bober

Kajoo the skin on frame kayak. 90% lashed, the only one element which is glued it is a cockpit. In future all constriction will be lash.Design by Marcin Bober and Miroslaw Sziwa.

Co-Sleeper

Builder Name:

Michael Goodrich, Grandfather

Michael Goodrich has read WoodenBoat for years and always wanted to send in his own new launching. When his son and daughter-in-law were expecting their own new launching with the birth of their first child, they asked Michael if he could build a co-sleeper for them.