Spira Designed Pescadero
Here is a Jeff Spira designed Pescadero I recently completed. It’s a Carolina style dory style that's been customized for fishing the central west coast of Florida. The boat performs well and makes a great fishing platform.
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Here is a Jeff Spira designed Pescadero I recently completed. It’s a Carolina style dory style that's been customized for fishing the central west coast of Florida. The boat performs well and makes a great fishing platform.
This Rangeley 17 built out of drawings from Newfound Woodworks. It differs in some details from the normal Rangeley 17. Due to where it will ber used we made a longer foredeck altered the sheerline a little and the transom has an arc shape not the flat as normal.
KAPETAN was launched May 29th, 2016 off the beach she was designed to break through waves to the sacred fishing grounds of Pacific City, Oregon. Wood used in construction was all made with Sapelle.
Launching Renetta, Rooster # 746, at the first annual Rooster Week, in 2014.
Robert Mann rows his pulling boat SPORTIN WOOD in the Vallecito Reservoir in southwest Colorado. The plans for 18' x 36" beauty are from WB, #97, designed by Ken Bassett. He launched her in May 2001 are spending three months building her.
I launched Simmer Dim on Lake Champlain on Sept 20, 2014. The build took almost a year, having begun with a WoodenBoat School class in Annapolis in November 2013. I will make use of her mostly in Maine, Lake Champlain, Long Island Sound and pretty much anywhere in between.
CHRISTABEL is an Acorn 15, Whitehall style pulling boat, designed by Iain Oughtred. I built her as a sister ship to EMMELINE, my peapod pulling boat. Each boat has unique handling characteristics and each is a joy to row.
Rick Culliton and his son, Tom, in a 16' kayak designed by Rick for use in the lakes and rivers near his home in Germantown, MD.
Built by professional Vermont furniture maker. In exceptional condition.
This Venetian Gondola (K208) by Wooden Boat USA (2025) captures the elegance of traditional Venet