Launchings

First F1830 in the water.

My grandparents lived on a river in southern Alabama when I was growing up and my father taught me to row when I was maybe 6 or 7 years old. I did my first solo row in front of my grandparents' wharf at that young age.

William Leake likes the look of strip-built canoes but his wife prefers the look of lapstrake canoes. He thought a hybrid model—strip-planked on the bottom half and lapstrake above that—might be the solution to both of them getting what they want.

Morgan Sheasby built this sailing catamaran over 18 months in shop in Brooklyn, New York.

I built this boat in 1985 for my mother, and this past year did extensive rebuilding of bottom, transom, and converted it to a sprit rigged sailing skiff with a daggerboard. It sails well!

Martin Mittag, founder of the Wooden Boat Workshop of Norwalk, CT sent in this picture of 7 kayaks built at his workshop, during a three week project in the summer of 2003.

After reading Geoff Kerr’s article about the W17 folding/trailerable trimaran in WoodenBoat Magazine #254 I was immediately interested and went to see and sail one.

Roy Terwilliger acquired Snipe Class #3258 in 1972 and has spent several years restoring it. The boat was originally built in 1937 by Roger Gintling of Sparrows Point, Maryland, for a cost of $165.

Restored beetle cat type boat, new north sails, great shallow water boat, perfect for Florida waters.

This boat is a Caledonia Yawl. Distinguishing Features are as follow:

• Gunter rig with gaff mizzen which eliminates the need for boomkin sheeting spar.
• 12 buoyancy tanks for safer/quicker capsize recovery.
• Ample dry storage as well as stiffer, stronger, safer hull.