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Aaron Turner led a group of students and volunteers at Workshop Residence in San Francisco, California, in the construction of a Coquina cat-ketch.
After two decades of intermittent work, Wesley Wenhardt, Executive Director of the Foss Waterway Seaport got to try his famous “J” stroke on his casually restored piece of canoeing history. Wes hopes to be seen paddling the byways of the Foss Waterway in Tacoma later this summer.
Iain Oughtred of Findhorn, Scotland designed this dinghy with length just under 7'. Bill Clapp is the builder and owner. He writes, "The STUART LITTLE has proven to be a very satisfactory 'minimum' pram. At only 52 pounds it provides small boat seamanship for my grandson Nathaniel.
Barry Lewis built this 7'10" D4 dinghy using plans from Mertens-Goossens of Vero Beach, FL. He made a few minor modifications including a handle at the bow, and a wheel at the stern, which is protected by the keel.
FEATHER is a 16' cedar strip sea kayak Guilllemot design by Nick Schade of East Glastonbury, CT This is the first boat Mitchell Skinner built. It was launched in May 2002 and he uses it on the coast of Maine and NH.
Jeff Rollins of J. M. Rollins Rowboats in Hudson Falls, NY recently designed and built this Lazy Sunday Rower, 10′4″ long and 4′ wide.
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.
Launching Scrappy, Rooster # 744, at the first annual Rooster Week, in 2014.
Columbia Dinghy. Classic lapstrake dinghy from early 1900’s designed by Herreshoff.
"America" is a cold-molded cedar hull with fir frames and titanium gussets, she is 58&#
Most Pram dinghies are essentially rowing or sailing boats, w
NEMAH features a stable, flat bottomed, sharpie type hull that can handle up to 3 passenger
