Kara Elizabeth
The Kara Elizabeth, a CLC Lighthouse Tender Peapod, was launched on Flagstaff Lake, ME on August 1st. This is my first build.
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The Kara Elizabeth, a CLC Lighthouse Tender Peapod, was launched on Flagstaff Lake, ME on August 1st. This is my first build.
Relaunched after nearly 30 years. The boat has been refinished, the engine has been thoroughly serviced and a fuel pump added. What a sweet little boat, they just don't build them like this anymore. The hull is molded birch and as sound as new.
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Aleksander Kovalenko from Kstovo, Russia (near Nijni Novgorod) built in less than one year Eider from Sam Devlin board.The boat sails now The Volga, the builder is happy. This is his first retirement project.
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I built her in Hamina at Etelä-Kymenlaakso Vocational College (Ekami) for scholarly thesis during October 2012- May 2013. The boat was built from a half-model. The half-model was found in 1912 at Sommers.
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William Shaw design, 24' Yawl with shoal keel and centerboard, built 1958 in Denmark.