Launchings

Dale Edward Smith owns this lovely Penobscot 14, designed by Arch Davis, and built at the Andaman Boatyard in Thailand. The boat is gaff-rigged and weighs about 170 pounds. Dale uses TIDAK APA-APA at his home in Singapore.

Dennis Hefling and his son built this 17'5" cedar-strip canoe from plans that Dennis drew up.

Nick Riggio built the GERRYLU, a Steve Redmond Whisp design, from Meranti plywood, cypress wood, and mahogany. Nick was a student at Greg Rossel's WB School Fundamentals of Boatbuilding class in the summer of 2002. GERRYLU is 15'7" x 3'6" and is used on the lakes near Webster Groves, MO.

Allen Kay and his sons (Colin on left, Ian on right) finished a 14′ Kaholo just in time for a short paddle in Maryland before hauling it to Lake Megunticook in Maine for two weeks to put it through its paces. “They love it,” Allen says.

Chris Ireland built this 16′ Amberjack Dory from Iain Oughtred’s plans. The construction is glued lapstrake using Okoume marine plywood and West System epoxy. Stem and frames were laminated Douglas fir, ash breasthooks and gunwales, and white pine transom, thwarts and floorboards.

Tom Wakefield built this 14′ Puddle Duck Canoe with plans from Gil Gilpatrick. He built the 45 lb hull from 1/4″ clear pine then coated it with fiberglas cloth and epoxy. The rails are from clear pine and mahogany.

Frije Frosk is a Francois Vivier Design, type Meaban.I built her in the past three years in my garage.She is strip planked mahogany with Iroko decks, the bulkheads are build according to the egg box principle.A lot of brightwork, all epoxy and 2K UV transparent finishing.Gaff rigged with a small

NORRPA is a Finnish racing rowboat.

Kisen, an International 5.5m Class yacht was relaunched for her 60th anniversary in May 2014 after having undergone a 4 year long thorough renovation by the owners during 2008 - 2012 and surviving a near-catastrophic yard fire that destroyed all her sails and equipment in 2013.

Scott Gifford's BLACK DUCK runabout can handle both the rough waters of Buzzards Bay and the shallows of the Westport River in Massachusetts. He framed the hull with white oak, then double-planked the bottom with eastern white cedar.