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Launchings
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YACHTTEENY
This 7'10" pram/kayak was built from plans in Gavin Atkin's Ultrasimple Boatbuilding, in spring of 2011 by Stephen Nickles, and launched this past June, my brave wife Christine is at the helm.
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San Francisco Pelican built by George Weinbrenner. Designed by Captain Bill Short. Sails in the lakes and coastal waters of North Carolina.
Corsair
Inspired by Philip Rhodes’ Bantam and Uffa Fox’s Jolly Boat, Corsair has a Suicide sail plan with a wishbone boom. The current mainsail was donated from Suicide #8, Joker. The underbody of the boat has a fine, deep entry with a long flat run which should plane easily.
Sandpiper
Stitch & glue Pocketship gaff-rigged yacht
Sydney, Australia
1 Dec 2012
Designer: John Harris
Builder: Bob Fuller
LOA: 15'
Gustaf and Tolle Lotte
A presentation of the Little Miss Sally boat in Small Boats Monthly inspired me to build the boats for my kids.
WOOD DUCK
After building several smaller boats in his living room, Dan Nielsen moved to a tent boatshed to build WOOD DUCK, a garvey-like design of Dan's own. Frames are Alaskan yellow cedar and Honduran mahogany sheathed in jequibita plywood.
ABENAKI
This is the most recent of two Abenaki kits I have built (materials supplied by Newfound Woodworks of Bristol, NH). It was a joy to build and even more fun to paddle. My wife and I launched this canoe on Drakes Creek in Franklin, KY on October 10th, 2021. It tracked nicely was very stable.
LITTLE ADVENTURE
Though he tells us right away that he is not a carpenter, Dave Hepler did a pretty good job on this Glen-L Runabout, LITTLE ADVENTURE. His daughter, Lauren, was his chief assitant, though her carpentry skills were not any better than his.
Cradle Sharpie
Kevin Moroney of Cape Coral, Florida, was building an 18′ modified sharpie skiff when his grandson, Colin, was born in Denver, Colorado, last year.
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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.
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Pre 1905 Warren Cole Adirondack Guideboat LOA 16′, 42″ beam
Restored in ME by Jonathan Minott (seen in WB "Launchings" July/Aug 2009).