Launchings

8′ General purpose stitch and glue kayak made of 2 sheets of plywood. The boat weighs 30lb, very easy to transport. Plans are available at www.plyboat.com

Here we have a 16′ 1956 Dunphy runabout. When I found this gem, she was in an old hay barn sitting on a 1956 TeeNee trailer, hadn’t moved in 15 years. She was a one family boat passed on thru the family.

Dan Cassidy was a member of Bob Elliott's WoodenBoat School summer of 2000 class, "Building the Salisbury Point Skiff." Dan was lucky enough to win the boat in the class drawing and hauled it to Cushing, Maine where Ed Mezzapelle finished her between April and August 2001.

Markus and Angie Puskarich of Key West. FL launched this Bolger/Payson designed 18' Clam Skiff on Dec 9, 2001. They say the design is great for fishing and exploring in the Florida Keys.

Adam Birtwistle of Swan River in Perth, Australia, recently finished building a Melanesia Outrigger sailing canoe, designed by James Wharram. He spent a year on the contruction.

Dale Austin launched this little dinghy in the fall of 2002. She is a Chuck Merrell Apple Pie design (Merrell Watercraft, chuck@boatdesign.com). Using the stitch-and-tape method, she is constructed from plywood and oak covered with epoxy.

Starting work in a cold, 14º garage over February break, continuing the effort over April vacation, the team from Lynn English HS, Lynn MA wrapped up two "6-hour Canoe" builds and partially completed a third boat this past June 21!  

San Francisco Pelican built by George Weinbrenner. Designed by Captain Bill Short. Sails in the lakes and coastal waters of North Carolina.

After having some uneasy rows on the Strait of Georgia, I decided that a self-bailing sliding seat boat was required. I volunteered at the Coastal Rowing championships in 2018 and decided the coastal rowboat would be perfect.

After forty years of building skiffs and dories, first, under the tutelage of the old timer, Fred Tarbox, at Lowell’s Boat Shop and later as Parker River Boat Works, this will be my first published launching.