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In 1962, Bob Ahlers of Beachwood, New Jersey built a Penguin-class sailboat, hull no. 6276, for his son, Rob. The boy and his family named the boat PLAYBOY, and sailed it at the Beachwood Yacht Club for some time.
Susan and Lisa Daiute are enjoying this new Glen-L 14' Power Skiff with their father Steven Daiute. Steven built SU-LI in his garage in 3 weeks during July 2003. They launched her in the Town Cove of Eastham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts in August 2003.
Name of Boat "STINA"
Boats length 3,66 mtrs
Beam 1,56 mtrs
Type: Ewerboot, constructed by Shipwright Günter Pehrs/Glückstadt/Germany (passed away 2016)
built by Peter Hecht/Glückstadt/Germany
An 18′ Lug rigged yawl build which took nearly 1500 hours over 4 1/2 years. The hull is strip planked with Western Red Cedar. Structural parts and interior furniture are Philippine Mahogany. Spars are Sitka Spruce.
Lee Sandifur built KARI-SAN (15'2" x 4'10") from plans by Samuel Devlin using stitch-and-glue construction. He launched her in Olympia, WA on August 18, 2001. She carries a 13' long mast, which he built of Alaskan cedar.
This is my new launch Cirrus Greenland style kayak - 17′ 2″, 43lbs — stitch and glue mahogany and ribbed poplar with cherry and Spanish cedar accents, blackened epoxy seams, strengthened with carbon fiber in high stress inner deck and hull areas, and has rare earth magnetically sealed hatches fo
5 new canoes hit the water in Pender Harbour last weekend as part of the 12th annual April Tools Wooden Boat Challenge. Built by students at Pender Harbour Secondary, they were raced around a course in the harbour in pursuit of fame and fortune.
Wyn Menafee of Palmer, Alaska, and Roger Burleigh of Anchorage, Alaska, each built a Penobscot 17 from Arch Davis Designs.
Using Nick Schade's book, "The Strip-Built Sea Kayak," Perry Risley built this 17' x 21' Guilllemot kayak and paddle. He made both boat and paddle of ash and Western red cedar with white accents of poplar. He mentions that Michael Earle was a tremendous help to him.
This is a photo of my wife using her kayak on hyena Pere Marquette River in Michigan in the fall. I built two of them from plans bought from CLC.
"While Aweigh" is an 18' 6" Port Townsend Skiff, lovingly built and cared for, a head-turner on e
Master craftsman glued 1 “ strips over form, epoxied, varnished this strong but lightweight 50 lb
Willow, a 25 ft strip planked sloop, is the third sailboat designed and built by Matt Greytak, af
