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Launchings
This section of our web site, an extension of the Launchings department of WoodenBoat magazine, is dedicated to sharing news of recently launched wooden boats built or restored by our readers. If you’ve launched a boat within the past year, please email us at launchings@woodenboat.com, or post your news here. (All posts are subject to approval and editing before being made live.)
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Taylor's Kayak
I built this kayak for my 12-year-old granddaughter. When her mom was that age she had a small sailboat. So I decided to add a drop-in sail rig to the kayak so she can use the boat either way.
PROA
Lernort Studio is an educational institution subsidized by the city of Dusseldorf and the state of Northrhine-Westfalia in Germany offering classes to high school students. Sculptor Michael Kukulies supervised the construction of this proa by his woodworking students at studio.
EASTPORT PRAM
Bill Farquhar had great fun building this pram for his daughters, Lauren and Katie. When she was launched in June 2003, they used juice boxes instead of champagne to christen her. She is an Eastport Pram with a length just under 8' and a beam of 4'.
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Relaunched 1987 Glouster Light Dory
Relaunched: Phil Bolger designed Gloucester Light Dory built in 1987 by David Bush guided by ‘Dynamite’ Payson (4 x 16 marine ply, bronze ring-shank nails into red oak chine logs & glass /epoxy).
MarUla
After 7 years combining job in corporation with work in shipyard I launched MarUla, a trailerable classic cruiser.
LARK
Chris DeFirmian is a woodworker in Santa Barbara, CA who uses his dinghy LARK to transport himself and his tools to jobs about the harbor. LARK is equipped with a center-lifting hatch to keep his tools dry.
ZYDECO 14 PIROGUE
John Burke built this pirogue using the Zydeco 14 plans by Applegate Boatworks of Veneta, Oregon. He writes "it is 13'3" in length and 34" in beam, constructed of 9mm okoume plywood on the bottom, and 6mm for the sides, a total of two 4 x 8 sheets were needed to construct the hull.
LUSEA
This heavy duty version of the Digger 17 skiff adds 6 inches of freeboard and optional self-bailing in addition to modified Bosworth check valves installed on the transom. Marine grade plywood, mahogany, cedar, douglas fir, and brazilian cherry used in the build.
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38 foot Scandinavian Skerry cutter/sloop
Built in Denmark (1930s-40s ?) Eric Salander design. Restoration Project.
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Shaw and Tenney Whitehall, brand new
17' 9" glued lap strake sapele plywood with ribbon Sipo mahogany bright work.
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1947 Quincy Adams 17 -Price reduction to $9,000. Make offer.
Mahogany planked on oiled oak frames. Spruce spars and stainless rigging.
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17' Herreshoff "Colonia" Sailing Dinghy
SUNDANCE II "Colonia" sailing dinghy designed in 1901 by Nathanael G. Herreshoff.