Launchings

Aleksander Kovalenko from Kstovo, Russia (near Nijni Novgorod) built in less than one year Eider from Sam Devlin board.The boat sails now The Volga, the builder is happy. This is his first retirement project.

Mike Lancaster built this Chesapeake 18 touring kayak from a kit by Chesapeake Light Craft. He took these photographs on the Tualatin River in Tigard, Oregon.

Through connections within The Traditional Small Craft Association, I received word that there was a dory built by John Gardner, looking for a new home just north of my home on the West Coast of Florida.

This was a kit boat that I customized using many inlays, wood tractor style seat with matching backrest. All exotic wood.

This strip-planked Sea Island Sport Kayak was built by Paul Schriever of Fernandina Beach, Florida.

Matthew Sheffield built this Sand Dollar dinghy designed by Arch Davis in 2004. He keeps in the Ware River in Gloucester, VA, where he uses it for fishing and crabbing. He writes that it is as much fun to use as it was to build.

I spent the Covid-19 Lockdown finishing Nā Mo’opuna (Hawaiian for The Grandchildren), a 9′6″ Nutshell Pram.

This is my first ever build. It’s from a CLC Tandem Annapolis Wherry kit that my wife gave me for Christmas. Long, cold winters in Wisconsin made for an enjoyable way to spend time indoors. The boat was launched last May, when the ice cleared from our local lakes.

Saturday, 2 March, 2013. This date will remain engraved forever in the mind and heart of Gian Paolo Ferrari: “To The Storm” is a Start 80 entirely self-made by this man who lives in the hills of Moneglia (Genoa) and it was launched after 8 years of hard work.