Launchings

Miss Crab was built out of Cypress and Mahogany on Oak frames along the Tennessee River.

Bruce Porter bought the plans for this Simmons Sea Skiff from the Cape Fear Museum in North Carolina. He used marine mahogany plywood over white cedar frames, and added gunwales made of white ash and Douglas-fir.

This is a copy of the XVIII century boat. She belonged to the Russian emperor Peter first. The original is now stored in the Naval Museum, in Sank-Petersburg, Russia.

MISTY is a 19'6" gentleman's runabout, designed and built by Tony Beeftink over the course of two years. Tony spent a lot of time studying classic runabouts as he was designing her, attending boat shows and reading WoodenBoat.

After seeing Mystic Seaport Museum's ANNIE A.

SOAR, launched November 2023.  8′ tender, glued lap construction, butternut thwart, western red cedar floor boards, cast bronze knees. 

I built this slightly stretched version (9 1/2 to 11 ft) of Paul Butler’s Montana Pram for my son, his wife and 2 daughters (2 and 7) exploring for ducks, frogs, and adventure on a small pond adjoining their back yard.  We launched it on my granddaughter’s 7th birthday in July 2024.

Lil Miss Canada is a 12′ 1954 cold moulded plywood Wagemaker Wolverine. Hull number M679 with the original 1954 Johnson 25HP RD - 15 still running well.

TUBBY TUG (9' LOA) was launched in August 2001 on the St. John River in Belleisle Bay, New Brunswick. Glen-L Boats of Bellflower, CA designed her, and Tom Wetzel of Grand Manan built her using the stitch-and-glue method. TUBBY TUG is owned by 5-year-old Dylan MacKenzie of Hampton, New Brunswick.