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Built during lockdown for my 3-year-old daughter, who helped choose the fabric for skinning. The boat is a Wee Lassie from Dave Gentry, built from plans. Very happy with the outcome!
My Ozona X nesting Pram was launched in St Joseph Sound, FL on November 30th 2020. Photo by Simon Lewandowski
Built on Sam Devlin Godzilla 22 plan, by Andrew Denman in Kettering, Tasmania.
Soon to be fitted with bow pudding. She will be a bearded lady.
Moored at Warneet. A coastal village on Western Port Bay. Victoria.
These are 10ft flat bottom skiffs built by 5th graders at the Dennis Haley Elementary School in Boston. Materials are: 3/8″ fir, marine ply bottom, white oak stem, frames, knees, rails and keelson, old growth eastern pine planking, silicone bronze fastened.
Oliver Cooney's IRISH MAID won two boat-show awards in her first few months of existence. He writes that this Arch Davis design always draws a lot of interest from onlookers. Oliver found Arch's drawings and follow up to be very helpful during construction.
The stringers, floorboards and wales are Douglas Fir. Stems and “decks” are 12 mm Meranti ply and ribs are Arroyo Willow cut a short distance from the shop. Skin is 8 oz. polyester from George Dyson and it's finished with four coats (1st thinned 7x1) of clear water-based varnish.
Gary Knox writes "A flea market 'find' with five plus coats of 'Camp Green' paint; Gary and friends stripped and sanded down this pre-WWII cedar on oak classic. It revealed a solid mahogany transom, which was hand-planed down for a clear finish.
"The Adirondack Guideboat" by Ken and Helen Durant was the source for Bill Stark's JOSEPHINE, a 16'6" x 38" guide boat with a few modifications.
Donald Melick built a 14'2 x 4'6" Cosine Wherry in 1992. He added a sailing rig in 2002. It has 90 square feet of sail, and is a standing lug rig with a sprit boom. He used a sail plan from Phil Bolger's book 103 Sailing Rigs.
Dick Harrington built this Iain Oughtred-designed Acorn skiff for Dave Clarke. Her overall length is 8' and she can be rowed or sailed. The skiff was built of okoume plywood.
YOU can build your own 16 foot grand banks dory, from scratch, yourself using our step-by-step bo
Excellent condition and freshly painted, custom 16’ Amesbury Skiff 2003, Oak Frame, lapstrake ced
Beautiful boat once restored (2016) Unfortunately neglected since.
