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PELICAN is designed to commute from Florida’s east coast to The Abacos across the Gulf Stream. Making the 200-mile passage within a slim weather window requires a good turn of speed.
Dylan Wallace uses this board everyday on the beaches of Nantucket. Since building this one, he and his father have finished 5 more. The board is made out of butternut wood covered with epoxy. It took 100 hours to complete. It is a David Tettledon design, with a length of 9'6".
Michael Lampman built the hull of this 20' MacKenzie Boats rowing scull from Atlantic white cedar wood strips covered with epoxy. The trim is Honduras mahogany. The boat, which he named SOLITAIRE, weighs only 31 pounds. Michael uses his scull on the waters near Tallahassee, Florida.
Rebekah Rogers built her first boat, this Salt Bay Skiff, with her Dad, Dave Racicot.
A 1952 8-metre built by Anker & Jensen (number 480) in Vollen near Oslo, Norway was relaunched after a lengthy restoration by Tiffany Yachts on the Great Wicomico River, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia on June 29th.
Serge Larocque launched his Penobscot 14 earlier this year in July after spending 18 months building it. He chose a lug rig for its ease of use with no standing rigging to deal with. Serge reports that it’s a fun and responsive boat.
This 20′ Ashitenma boat was built from the lines of a 1950s net-fishing boat from the Inland Sea region of Japan. Douglas Brooks and his apprentice Takumi Suzuki, with assistance from Koji Matano, built her from cedar and cypress in Takamatsu, Japan.
Intended to get me out to where the fish were after spending an afternoon not catching anything from shore, but watching a fellow land one after another just beyond casting distance in the middle of the pond.Based off Andrew Waters’ “Trixie”, Richly Joined is the first boat I’ve ever built.
Bedard Yacht Design’s F1430 sit on top kayak, strip plank version, adapted with a Mirage Pedal drive.
CLC Annapolis Wherry, initially assembled in CLC-sponsored class, Port Townsend WA, 2012. Finished over summer and fall of 2013, launched January 2014. Stitch and glue construction, fiberglass added only in high-wear areas inside and out.
The elegant 36' cold molded sloop Ceol Mor is for sale.
