WEEEEE!
Builder Name:
John Laupheimer
The boat is an Alden Indian rigged with it’s original gaff sail plan.
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PENELOPE
Builder Name:
Doug and Anita Repp
Anita Repp has a new 15' skiff, PENELOPE, built by her husband Doug, for fishing and picnicking. Doug made PENELOPE with plywood planking on pine frames, and he use fir for the keel and chines. The hull is covered in epoxy and fiberglass cloth.
LI’L BOAT
Builder Name:
Rich Dirks (w/mentorship from Dan Lash)
LI’L BOAT was launched September 3, 2013 in Egg Harbor, WI. Hull was stripped planked using Atlantic White Cedar and sheathed in fiberglass cloth and epoxy. Transom, seats, and trim are Mahogany. Flooring is Cumaru and spars are Douglas Fir.
GETTING A LITTLE BIT DINGHY
Builder Name:
Bill Bornemann
Bill Bornemann writes that he "built this 9' long, 4' beam, plywood skiff inspired by Howard Chapelle's description of the flat iron skiffs in his book, Small American Sailing Craft. She was assembled and painted in one day as part of his 50th birthday celebration.
Cool Change
Builder Name:
Jim Keenan
A four year project. Built stitch and glue using Meranti Marine Plywood. Powered by a Honda 90 Four Stroke.
Eaglewind
Builder Name:
Rich Parlee
Rich Parlee in Ucluelet BC built this power canoe to resemble the Nu Cha Nulth whaling canoes of the Native peoples of West Coast Vancouver Island. She was built “out of my head,” says the builder, out of five-eighth red Cedar strips.
Li'l Longship
Builder Name:
Warren Jordan
I designed and built the cradle boat Li’l Longship for my soon-to-be-launched grandson. With her bold, sweeping hull lines and imposing figureheads I’ve tried to capture the spirit of the classic Viking Longship.
Re- Launching 1941 Herreshoff 12 1/2
Builder Name:
Herreshoff
This original Herreshoff 12 1/2 was one of the last to come off the line of Herreshoff Manufacturing Company in Bristol, Rhode Island. WASP was purchased by Nick Voulgaris III in 2004 and he actively sailed her for close to twenty years.
SHELLBACK DINGHY
Builder Name:
Dan Kelly
Dan Kelly of Weirton, WV, built this Joel White-designed Shellback dinghy in 2002. He modified the plans a little bit in using a titanium mast and titanium keel to keep her light. He also enclosed the area forward of the mast with cedar and filled it with foam insulation to add to her buoyancy.
SEAHORSE
Builder Name:
István Márkus
Seggerling racing dinghy, mahagony-okume combi marine plywood.
Racing Nr.: HUN-405
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