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This molded mahogany plywood boat's hull was made in Canada in 1942. It was sent to the states and the sternboard was installed by the Magnavox Corporation. My father acquired it in 1963 for $60.
Ray McConnell and John Vinal built this 9′6″ Nutshell Pram and then raffled it last October at the Damariscotta Pumpkin Festival. The proceeds of the raffle when to the American Cancer Society in memory of Dr. Jennifer Lynn McConnell.
This boat was built to use in the sounds and inland waters of eastern North Carolina. Framing is douglas fir, with marine plywood planking for the hull. Two layers of 10oz fiberglass cloth were added to the hull for strength and durability. Powered by a Yahama 90hp two stroke.
Wood Duck 12 Hybrid, first time builder. Approximately 3 month build time.
Jack Farrell launched this Daisy skiff at Star Island, Isles of Shoals in New Hampshire, last summer. Students at the WoodenBoat School built the boat about ten years ago. One class member won the boat raffle and took it home to his home in New Jersey, where he planned to finish it off.
Freedom is a Jim Michalak designed trimaran. Built with the stitch and glue method.
Stitch & glue Pocketship gaff-rigged yacht
Sydney, Australia
1 Dec 2012
Designer: John Harris
Builder: Bob Fuller
LOA: 15'
Rob Caveney launched this glued-lapstrake plywood Annapolis Tandem Wherry in April this year following plans from Chesapeake Light Craft. The hull is 18′9″ long, Rob reports that,“As advertised, this boat is a real rocketship.
Great boat for the low water Inland tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. My wife sewed the sail from Sailrite. I was lucky to have a neighbor who had a lathe to turn the 13ft mast.
Matt Gillam and his father worked together for seven years to restore MS KEELY a 1958 Penn Yan Caribbean. They replaced her deck, nearly all of her oak frames, and repaired her gunwales. They also redid her entire interior and gave her a new finish all around.
Designed for us by Phil Bolger, Willow is a shallow draft (2’), leeboard cat-yawl launched in 199
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