Launchings

13′ Doug Hylan Beach Pea. Glued lap, okoume ply planking, black locust sheerstrake, stems and keel. Eastern white cedar thwarts and floorboards.

PRISCILLA C is a small steam launch based on a Stuart Turner 5 A single cylinder engine of 2 1/4" bore and 2" stroke. It produces about 1/2 HP at 30 PSI from a water tube, wood fired boiler.

Little Moby Skiff built by Tom Nolan and designed by Charles Wittholz. Okume plywood over sawn white oak frames. Added a small console for steering. Stainless steel fastenings and 50 hp Honda four stroke outboard.

I built this 15′ Wittholz Cat Boat in about 3 years with help from my wife and my teenage daughter. The boat is made of marine plywood over an oak frame. We enjoy sailing along the Hudson River, north of the Tappan Zee Bridge just about every weekend.

On Saturday August 12, 2017 at Green Lake in Dedham, Maine I launched, with my daughter Jackie and her husband Ryan Francini my Jericho Bay Lobster Skiff that I named “It’ll Do”. I purchased the plans from WoodenBoat Magazine and began construction in February.

John Jamieson worked for decades as a shipwright in Juneau, Alaska, before retiring to Kila, Montana. He now builds skiffs, kayaks, drift boats, and, with the arrival of a niece, cradle boats.

LILAH is a 15 ft CLC Peeler Skiff designed by John C. Harris and built this past Winter from a kit. She will ply the waters of Lake Sinclair and Lake Oconee in Georgia for fishing and exploration.

In 2014 and 2015 Nanette Jockin and Jan Sepp built “Houtje”, a Wabnaki canoe in their summer cottage in Loosdrecht, the Netherlands.

David Eikamp writes that he has enjoyed every minute of the two years he spent building SOUND, and Iain Oughtred Spike sailing skiff. He bought the plans from The WoodenBoat Store, then got started on the construction.

I designed and built the cradle boat Li’l Longship for my soon-to-be-launched grandson. With her bold, sweeping hull lines and imposing figureheads I’ve tried to capture the spirit of the classic Viking Longship.