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Launched 11/6/2016, Lake Cochituate, Framingham, MA, CLC Wood Duck 12 Hybrid. Kept me sane through chemo and radiation.
Dream bid, never quit, never surrender.
- Nick Lukianov
On May 9, 2016, the Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum in Kobe, Japan, launched this 22′9″ Isobune, a type of fishing boat developed in Tohoku, Japan. The boat was built as an exhibition at the museum by Douglas Brooks, who is a boatbuilder from Vergennes, Vermont.
Richard Scarlet built this Shellback dinghy over several months at The Little Boat Shop in New Bedford, MA. Boat shop owner Steve Bussiere showed him how to make a few modifications and enhancements such as laminated mahogany hanging knees to Joel White's basic design.
Great boat for the low water Inland tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. My wife sewed the sail from Sailrite. I was lucky to have a neighbor who had a lathe to turn the 13ft mast.
I built this Nutshell pram in the strip method of construction for my two daughters to learn to sail and row, hence the name “Double Trouble”. I have yet to add the mast for the sail rig, but we managed to put it in the water for rowing this past week.
Captain Yo of Southwest Harbor, Maine, designed, built, and launched this sailing model of the SANTA MARIA in Blue Hill Bay in October, 2011. He writes that the carved cedar hull is 33″ long and weighs 25 lbs.
Barry Lewis built this 7'10" D4 dinghy using plans from Mertens-Goossens of Vero Beach, FL. He made a few minor modifications including a handle at the bow, and a wheel at the stern, which is protected by the keel.
Kyle Abingdon and Maris Skabardis recently restored SOLATE, a 1954 Scarborough sloop designed by John Ley. The team worked part-time on this boat for about two years.
Bedard Yacht Design F1430 Sit On Top Stitch and Glue.
Taken on a weeklong river trip in Montana.
Wood. Hard chine double planking bottom.
Building specifications:
Keel Pine pressure treated 3-1/2″ x 3-1/2″
Keel sole flat bar hot rolled steel flat 1/8 ″ x 2-1/2 ″
Frames sides Spruce/Hemlock/Fir 1-1/2″ x 2-1/2″
Frames bottom Spruce/Hemlock/Fir 1-1/2″ x 3″
Custom built at Madisonville Maritime Museum. 2019 19' magic tilt galvanized trailer.
Custom row boat built by Brooks Boats in Mt. Desert, Maine.
El Toro one design in nice shape. Go sailing or refinish for a showpiece.
1958 Fenwick Williams 18' wooden catboat with tender and new 2023 galvanized trailer with stainle
