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MERLIN at the Bradley & Waters Marine Railway
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The Wizards of Stony Creek

by Randall Peffer · Photographs by Tyler Fields

Synchronicity,” muses 70-year-old Jonathan “Johnny” Waters, sharing coffee from a thermos with his 34-year-old daughter, Emilie Waters Harris. It is late summer 2022, and we’re sitting in weathered wooden lawn chairs on the wharf at Bradley & Waters Marine Railway. It has been the Waters’s wharf since 1985, and their railway. It’s the last bit of working waterfront in the village of Stony Creek, nestled in Connecticut’s Thimble Islands.

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MADDY SUE

After a thorough restoration at Darling’s Boatworks in Charlotte, Vermont, MADDY SUE’s home port is on Lake Champlain, but she returned to Maine waters for a time in the summer of 2013. Built by Chester Clement on Mount Desert Island in 1932 for lobstering and fishing, she was influential in the development of the type of pleasure boats much loved by the island’s summer population.
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Salt Bay Skiff

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Matt Haslam

Matt Haslam bought the plans for the 12′ 6″ Salt Bay Skiff by Chris Franklin from Bruce King Yacht Design after it was featured in WB No. 199 in 2007. He built his skiff out of materials he found locally near his home in Wichita, Kansas.

Family Boat Building Program at the historic Eddon Boatyard

Build your own boat in a weekend! Each group is assigned its own wooden boat expert who will guide your team every step of the way through the construction of a 12-foot, 90-pound Salt Bay Skiff. On Sunday, after a ceremonial launch and row on Gig Harbor Bay, the skiff will be yours to take home and enjoy forever. Each session spans a Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. November 12-13. Children age 12 and older are welcome.

Gig Harbor BoatShop’s Family Boat Building Program at the historic Eddon Boatyard

Build your own boat in a weekend! Each group is assigned its own wooden boat expert who will guide your team every step of the way through the construction of a 12-foot, 90-pound Salt Bay Skiff. On Sunday, after a ceremonial launch and row on Gig Harbor Bay, the skiff will be yours to take home and enjoy forever. Each session spans a Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Upcoming dates include May 7-8, June 4-5, July 9-10, and August 6-7. Children age 12 and older are welcome.

Gig Harbor BoatShop’s Family Boatbuilding Program at the historic Eddon Boatyard

Build your own boat in a weekend! Each group is assigned its own wooden boat expert who will guide your team every step of the way through the construction of a 12-foot, 90-pound Salt Bay Skiff. On Sunday, after a ceremonial launch and row on Gig Harbor Bay, the skiff will be yours to take home and enjoy forever. Each session spans a Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Upcoming dates include March 5-6, April 2-3, May 7-8 (sold out) and June 4-5. Children age 12 and older are welcome.

Gig Harbor BoatShop’s Family Boat Building Program at the historic Eddon Boatyard

Build your own boat in a weekend! Each group is assigned its own wooden boat expert who will guide your team every step of the way through the construction of a 12-foot, 90-pound Salt Bay Skiff. On Sunday, after a ceremonial launch and row on Gig Harbor Bay, the skiff will be yours to take home and enjoy forever. Each session spans a Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Upcoming dates include April 2-3, May 7-8 (sold out), June 4-5, and July 9-10. Children age 12 and older are welcome.

Wooden Boat Festival, Portland, Oregon

Now in its fifth year, the Portland Wooden Boat Festival celebrates the final day of a Family Boat Build weekend, sponsored by RiversWest Small Craft Center and the Willamette Sailing Club. The event, which takes place on the banks of the Willamette River, will celebrate a dozen families and teams, each building a Salt Water Bay skiff, with mentoring from expert wooden boat builders. Saturday morning the teams receive their kits of supplies and commence building. Sunday afternoon they will launch their finished boats.

Wooden Boat Festival, Portland, Oregon

Portland Wooden Boat Festival celebrates the final day of a Family Boat Build weekend, sponsored by RiversWest Small Craft Center, Oregon Maritime Museum and the Willamette Sailing Club. The event, which takes place on the banks of the Willamette River, will celebrate twelve families and teams, each building a Salt Water Bay skiff, with mentoring from expert wooden boat builders. Saturday the teams meet and receive their kits of supplies and commence building. Sunday they will launch their finished boats.
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