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Ceili Connors enjoys using this Laughing Loon "Wee Too" Canoe on the quiet inlets of Narragansett Bay, RI. Her father Ken built this little double paddle canoe for her. Ken mentions that Rob Macks was very helpful during the construction.
This strip-planked Sea Island Sport Kayak was built by Paul Schriever of Fernandina Beach, Florida.
Seggerling racing dinghy, mahagony-okume combi marine plywood.
Racing Nr.: HUN-405
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An Echo Bay Dory Skiff built with a sprit sail rig built from a kit by Chase Small Craft. The boat was 8 years in the making (I have other hobbies too).
At the age of 12, Kevin McDonnell decided he wanted to build a boat. He sought advice from a family friend, Steven Schoeck, who had already built several boats. Steven agreed to help, provided Kevin did the work.
Jack Farrell launched this Daisy skiff at Star Island, Isles of Shoals in New Hampshire, last summer. Students at the WoodenBoat School built the boat about ten years ago. One class member won the boat raffle and took it home to his home in New Jersey, where he planned to finish it off.
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.
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.
Bob Chaput and Dick Dowdell built this Peeler Skiff from a John Harris-designed Chesapeake Light Craft kit. She will carry children and grand children fishing and digging clams in the salt waters of Southern New England.
After seeing the Piccolo in WoodenBoat magazine (Nos. 36 & 37) my brother and I fell in love with it and began construction... 10 years later the boat is complete and launched this past spring although my brother passed away before he could see it completed.
Built in 1972 by Trumpy Yachts in Annapolis, MD overall length is 72' / 21.95m, with a beam of 18
Solid wood construction (pine?), 18' 4" length, roller reefing, from 1960 Polish built
"Sarah Mead" #59, advertised as "Maine's Sailing Lobsterboat" is looking for her next adventure.
