Oar / Paddle
Shearwater 14 Hybrid
The Shearwater Hybrid combines the best qualities of stitch-and-glue plywood kayaks with the beauty of a cedar strip deck.
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The Shearwater Hybrid combines the best qualities of stitch-and-glue plywood kayaks with the beauty of a cedar strip deck.
A classic double paddle solo canoe. This hull design has been built in many versions, from a simple light weight fast cruising canoe, to a full decked version of bookmatched walnut veneer.
The SILVER 333 is a very small classical runabout for one or two people which may easily be transported on top of a mid-size car roof. Maximum suggested power of the motor is 15/20 HP, which is sufficient for planing.
The “NAVCAT Limousine” is a premium mode of transport with chauffeur.
Designed for 18 km/hr top speed with a range of approx. 10hrs at 8km/hr.
The idea behind this design was to see how much boat can be squeezed out of a single sheet of plywood 4x8′ (1220 x 2440mm). The resulting boat is suitable for kids to paddle on ponds or very small lakes.
The Clyde one-design 20-tonners as they were known were very popular and described by the Yacht Racing on the Clyde review of 1899 as "able and comfortable at sea, fairly speedy on the race course...
Construction - Glued lapstrake plywood.
Alternative construction - Traditional, cold-molded and strip plank.
No Lofting required.
Plans include 8 sheets.
Sail Area - Lug 87 sq. ft.
Sloop 104 sq. ft.
Yawl 121 sq. ft.
The Boat BW is a trailerable plywood stitch-and-glue skiff. The outboard-powered modified-vee hull with lifting strakes provides an efficient hull that rises on to plane with little-to-no porpoising. The below-deck bulkheaded and sealed compartments provide superb secondary flotation.
A Visayan sailing outrigger of Sulu sea, Philippines. An ancient but complex watercraft that is ubiquitous to this island nation. Sailing the exotic patriarch of multihull tribe is a different adventure that you would like to do.
17' 9" glued lap strake sapele plywood with ribbon Sipo mahogany bright work.
Mahogany planked on oiled oak frames. Spruce spars and stainless rigging.
SUNDANCE II "Colonia" sailing dinghy designed in 1901 by Nathanael G. Herreshoff.
Restored in ME by Jonathan Minott (seen in WB "Launchings" July/Aug 2009).