Launchings

2nd boat, both inspired from the pages of WoodenBoat.

Gus Hedden took twice as much time as he expected to build this 15′8″ x 4′5″ Stickleback Dory designed by Iain Oughtred.He salvaged the sail from a 25-year-old Bolger Gypsy design and the spars from small Sunfish style boat.

Just launched May 15, my Point Comfort 23, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.The glass over marine ply hull is to plan, but the interior is mostly mine, including the steam bent white oak t-top frame and marine ply cover, and teak covered vertical surfaces.

Lee Rea sent in his recently completed Ken Hankinson runabout, RETROSPECTIVE.

Kajoo the skin on frame kayak. 90% lashed, the only one element which is glued it is a cockpit. In future all constriction will be lash.Design by Marcin Bober and Miroslaw Sziwa.

FISH TALES was built from scratch and is substantially all mahogany. A 19 gallon gas tank is beneath the bow deck, along with an anchor hatch. The center console is mahogany and the Captain’s seat is a design borrowed from older Boston Whalers. The boat is powered by a 70 hp Yamaha outboard.

This Offshore Skiff designed by Dave Gerr met all of the requirements Glenn Joyner was looking for in a boat he could use to cruise the sound near his North Carolina home. Glenn wanted a boat that could comfortably sleep two, with standing headroom, head, and galley.

Dunwerkin is our first wooden boat. It’s a 14′ square stern kayak made of cedar. Runs like a dream. I am proud of it although I just paddle. I didn't build it. That job was left to a friend.

Glassy water is pretty easy in a 1960s fiberglass Alden rowing shell, but when the afternoon southwesterly comes up the New Meadows River in West Bath, Maine, the flat bottom craft wants to surf, yaw and roll as she’s headed downwind for home, John Van Orden went searching for a more sea kindly s

Cedar strip kayak called The Spirit from a kit sold by Newfound Woodworks. Sleek and fast!