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In 2002, Sal Balsamo built this Ninigret V-bottomed bassboat designed by Atkin Boats of Noroton, CT. Sal used 3/8" okoume plywood planking over white oak frames fastened with bronze screws.
Gerrard O’Leary of Tenambit, New South Wales, sent us news of the launch of his Stevenson Vacationer, OKAHU.
Oliver Cooney's IRISH MAID won two boat-show awards in her first few months of existence. He writes that this Arch Davis design always draws a lot of interest from onlookers. Oliver found Arch's drawings and follow up to be very helpful during construction.
Despite working at times “at a glacial pace” for two years, Stirling Cummings of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, finshed and launched his 18′ Night Heron kayak on a cold windy day in February 2012 on Jordan Lake, near Chapel Hill.
Mike Magnusson built this solo wood-strip canoe for his son Stephen, using cedar strip planking and ash for the trim and seats. He used maple and wenge for the mosaic design on the side, and lacewood for the bow and stern decks. Fiberglass cloth and epoxy cover the boat inside and out.
This Wood Duck 12 kayak is the first boat that Rich Schmidt ever built. He built it for his wife and launched it in early spring.
FRANNY is David Sharp's first wooden boat effort. She is 11' long with a 59' beam. He constructed her using marine plywood epoxied to fore-and-aft stringers with mahogany seats. He launched FRANNY in August of 2001 and uses her on the waters of Green Bay, NS, and Ottawa, ON.
EL GATO is a 12'6" Phil Bolger designed catboat built by Ross Mason between May 2002 and October 2003. Ross launched EL GATO on November 25, 2003. He used 1/4" plywood covered with epoxy resin and fiberglass cloth. He built the hollow 16' mast from 8 staves as described in WB issue XXXX.
Jim Hammond replaced seven frames on this 16 x56" motorboat, repaired the lower transom, refinished the motor (1958 Big Twin Evinrude) and installed a new windshield. Then he gave it a few (9) coats of varnish. Johnson Boatworks of St. Williams, Ontario, built the boat in 1957.
MARGALO is the name of a 9′6″ Nutshell pram built by Bill Denny of Washington State, for his son, Will, and daughter, Lindsay. Will and Lindsey chose MARGALO after Stuart Little's dear friend in the book of that name by E.B. White.
Built in 1940 by Ira Hall in Seattle. Ed Monk design. 22' loa and 20' on deck.
Tegolin is a 26ft Maurice Griffiths 'Athene' design with triple keels and 3ft draft.
Adirondack boat- 3' beam, shallow draft, approximately 70lbs, cedar strip, maple oars, epoxy shel
