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JEZEBEL is a Grand Banks 32 owned by Greg Walsh of Cape Elizabeth, Maine. When she needed a tender Greg decided to build a Shellback skiff from a kit sold by the WoodenBoat Store.
A four year project. Built stitch and glue using Meranti Marine Plywood. Powered by a Honda 90 Four Stroke.
Lil Tyke is a 15′4″ (on deck) x 5′ 4″ beam sloop, designed by Edwin Monk. The design and construction information was published in the 1958 issue of “Boats you can build” by Popular Mechanics, #592.Built, using fir frames, 1/4″ plywood and sheathed in Epoxy/Fiberglass.
Volunteer members of the Sailing Yacht CANADA Restoration Project (SYCRP) built this punt. The group built the punt as part of a fundraising effort to restore the CANADA, an 1898, 65' racing cutter. CANADA is one of the oldest existing yachts in Canada.
Relying on Nick Schade’s book The Strip-Built Sea Kayak, George Nourse built this Expedition single kayak from a kit by
Cedar strip kayak called The Spirit from a kit sold by Newfound Woodworks. Sleek and fast!
Chris Bullen started building SAM'S SMILE in February 2000. Rascal is 14'8 x 5'6" Ken Bassett Rascal design. Launched in May 2001, he named it SAM'S SMILE as he could not "keep the grin off his face whenever he went into the garage to work on it.
This is my new canoe. It is a custom design from Ashes Still Water Boats — the model named Quick. It is designed to be somewhere between solo canoe and sea kayak. Hull is made from cedar with spruce light strips, gunnels are from ash. Lenght 17′ width 26″. Weight 18kg (40Lbs)
Gary Dean of Wadsworth, Ohio writes that he is sure that his wife is not the first woman to name her husband's project THE OTHER WOMAN. Gary spent nine months with this other woman, taking Ted Moores Rice Lake Skiff design and creating a shapely beauty. .
“Te Mata’i” was launched July 2021 on Tomahawk Lake in Woodruff, WI as the first retirement project of owner/builder Scott Joswiak. Starting as a Pro Kit in April 2020 and designed by John C. Harris of Chesapeake Light Craft, she is a modern version of a Tahitian Outrigger sailing canoe.
Built by professional Vermont furniture maker. In exceptional condition.
This Venetian Gondola (K208) by Wooden Boat USA (2025) captures the elegance of traditional Venet
This is the launch of my cutter based a design by C P Kunhardt from 1885.
