Launchings

This project was envisioned years before it arrived at Joest Boats. As a six year old boy, during his first ride aboard a vessel just like her, the dream began.

Donald Melick built a 14'2 x 4'6" Cosine Wherry in 1992. He added a sailing rig in 2002. It has 90 square feet of sail, and is a standing lug rig with a sprit boom. He used a sail plan from Phil Bolger's book 103 Sailing Rigs.

FIRST TRY is constructed with yellow pine framing covered in a fiberglassed and gelcoated southern pine exterior plywood hull. The stem is ash tying into an oak keel with oak bottom rubbers. The chines, gunwale rubbers, coamings, windshield frame, etc are made of Honduran mahogany.

Peter Baldracchi recently built this 14′ dory skiff in a class at Lowell’s Boat Shop in Amesbury, Massachusetts. There’s a storage compartment under the sternsheets and room for gear and a couple of friends. The light grey interior, varnished seats, and dark hull make for a handsome boat.

Built in glued lapstrake plywood.

With a design by Sam Devlin, owner Dan Taylor built this stitch and glue cruiser out of Okumo plywood. The cabin is finished with Doug fir and Alaskan yellow cedar. It took just over two years to complete with help from family and friends.

Annual launching event at Jamaica Pond in Boston, MA, USA by Boston Family Boat Building and the students of the Dennis Haley Pilot School. Check us out at www.bostonfamilyboatbuilding.org

Aaron Turner led a group of students and volunteers at Workshop Residence in San Francisco, California, in the construction of a Coquina cat-ketch.

First Ever Launch of Two Kerry Rowing/Racing Boats on Irish Sea 27th September at East Wall Water Sports Centre.

Today (7-26-20) is the day after many hours and years of life, that I get to finally launch my new canoe.It is a 13′ 7″ MACGREGOR canoe designed by Iain Oughtred.