Launchings

Ron Bauer built this model skiff to go with the model of his Bunker & Ellis picnic boat. The scale of the skiff model is 1'' = 1'.

Walter graduated from Westlawn Institute and now has his own business designing yachts now. He launched this boat in July of 2005 and it is used as a yacht tender. He writes, "She can carry 3 adults comfortably in protected waters.

Morganna - 1931 Trunk style cabin cruiser - Lake Union Dream Boat era - Schertzer Brothers, Seattle, WAOwner; Ron Green - WitchyWorks Restorations - 24 year, personal boat, restoration, evenings and weekends; yacht and tender.Launched 2019 - Pend O'reille Lake, Bayview, ID -MacDonalds Marina.

I have owned this Grand Laker for 15 years. After an initial surge of energy where I removing the old fiberglass mat and replaced the inners, outers, stem, transom, deck and a bunch of sheeting, she sat for 12 years.

Joe Spadero constructed this Lawley yacht tender entirely of white cedar using traditional methods. The tender has a length just under 9' with a beam of 54." She weighs only 35 pounds. The plans are available from Mystic Seaport in Mystic, CT.

Ralph Cioppa made use of what he had on hand in the construction of this Nimrod 12 skin-on-frame canoe. After bending the ash frames in his hot tub, he shaped them, then left them to form in a metal trash can.

13 foot sport kayak to be used on Nantucket Sound and the harbors and backwaters of Cape Cod.

Rowing boat, own design 2010, 550 cm long, 130 cm wide
Built from top part of scrap boat, built further with scraps of plywood.
Bracket for electro auxiliary engine.

Construction began in 2002 with a set of plans and a stack of wood and finally finished in 2018. Starting a business, raising three kids, selling a business all got in the way — excuses, excuses, I know. Lola was planked with okoume plywood with mahogany knees, inwales, skeg, and breasthook.

Steve Redmond designed this 20' Elver Canoe Yawl built by Jeff Waddington of Sidney, BC, Canada. Launched Friday, July 13, 2001 Jeff sails her out of Port Sidney. He writes that the hull is strip-planked Douglas fir, with epoxy and nails between strips.