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I completed building this Northeaster Dory from a Chesapeake Light Craft kit in June after 8 months of weekends working.
My Chesapeake Light Craft Sassafras 16™ is shown here, in the Delaware Water Gap, on its first launch for an overnight cam
A fun and easy winter season build of the Chesapeake Light Craft Paddleboard from plans and a frame kit. I really wanted some colours that popped, hence the orange patterned cloth and blue grip pads. Total build time was probably less than 75 hours.
Bob Ward, of Umatilla, Oregon, built this Baby Tender for his first grand niece, Caroline, who was born last September. The tender, named CAROLINE after her skipper, was launched in November.
Jim Hammond built this 15'6" double-ended rowing skiff from a mold found in the shop of the late Harold "Bones" Bulmer of Ontario, Canada. Jim calls this the first 'modern' version of a boat built by Mason Boatworks in St. Williams and Port Rowan, Ontario, Canada.
This is the launch of my cutter based a design by C P Kunhardt from 1885. I trimmed the fantail off the original design and reduced the deck length from the original 17', to 14'. The finished boat will have a cutter rig and bowsprit, a single berth, a writing desk, and a small galley forward.
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".
Boatbuilder Douglas Brooks led eighteen students at the University of Illinois in building a 21-foot Shinano River boat, a traditional design from Niigata, Japan.
The boat is powered with a 40 HP Mariner motor. All wood was purchased from a home improvement store and covered with epoxy and fiberglass. The design is from Jeff Spira and the model name is the Kachemak.
Starting work in a cold, 14º garage over February break, continuing the effort over April vacation, the team from Lynn English HS, Lynn MA wrapped up two "6-hour Canoe" builds and partially completed a third boat this past June 21!
Excellent condition and freshly painted, custom 16’ Amesbury Skiff 2003, Oak Frame, lapstrake ced
Leave the world behind, at least for a while, on my beautiful Penobscot 13 wooden sailboat.
