Launchings

Howard Elmer says that Anthony Lake, at 8500 feet elevation, is one of the most beautiful lakes in Oregon, beautiful enough for the launch of his Cosine Wherry CHERIE B. Howard’s son, Sage, is shown here at the oars on Lake Anthony.

Ken Spring writes "Keith Matlack uses his 15'7" x 41" sharpie skiff, SQUALICORAX (Latin name of an extinct shark) for fossil hunting along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay.

Frank Crumbaugh spent most of Summer 2015 at the WoodenBoat School. He brought home a Fundamentals Class Catspaw dinghy, finished her over the Winter 2015-2016, and launched on 25 August 2016.

Northern White Cedar strip canoe with black walnut and cherry detail. Cedar tree cut down and strips milled by builder. No nail/staples construction method utilized.

Xaadas Tluuwaay (People’s Canoe) is the result of two years of dedicated work by carver Gitijang Stormy Hamar of Kasaan, Alaska. Crafted from a single piece of western red cedar, the canoe follows the traditional style of the Haida people of the Pacific Northwest.

TWINKLE (yup, that’s her name) was conceived on April 15, 2017 and launched on July 30. Her home is Rocky Mount, NC. She is a Chesapeake 17 sea kayak from Chesapeake Light Craft. Made of Okoume marine plywood, epoxy, fiberglass, varnish and more than a little blood and sweat.

Jessica Glazer took these pictures of her father, Russ, sailing WILLIWAW.  Arch Davis designed the gunter-rigged Penobscot 14 , that Russ built with 1/4″ mahogany plywood, pine stringers and seats, and fir knees and spars. Russ sails his boat in Western Massachusetts. 

The klinker-built faering (four oars) has been used for transportation for centuries along the Norwegian coast line and in the fjords. In the areas close to the Sognefjord the features of the faering is particularly well preserved compared to the vessels of the Vikings.

John Storrow built his 7' long gaff catboat EMPRESS in his Boston apartment, completing her in September 2002. She was launched on October 20, 2002 in the Charles River in Boston. John uses a cart to transport Empress from his apartment to the river.

I fell in love with the Biscayne Bay 14 when I first came to Woodenboat School 30 years ago. Life intervened, and it took nearly 30 years before I built a boat from the plans I bought way back when. She is largely built according to the how-to articles in WoodenBoat issues 96-98.