Launchings

Single sliding seat open water shell, self-built, plans adapted to stitch and glue construction and to fit the Big River rowing rig from Fyne Boat Kits in the UK.

Morgan Sheasby built this sailing catamaran over 18 months in shop in Brooklyn, New York.

Allen Kay and his sons (Colin on left, Ian on right) finished a 14′ Kaholo just in time for a short paddle in Maryland before hauling it to Lake Megunticook in Maine for two weeks to put it through its paces. “They love it,” Allen says.

The Covid summer of 2020 was a time of distress and dislocation for many. For New Yorker Lorne Swarthout it was also an opportunity to build a boat in his friend’s garage/workshop in Southwest Harbor, Maine. The project was a Great Auk 14 from Chesapeake Light Craft.

Using Bill Platt's design, Eric Rasmussen built this 18' pulling boat and launched it in the summer of 2007. Eric writes that used white spruce and white cedar that he logged in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, which he then milled into bead-and-cove strips for the hull.

Nicky Bastidas, our exchange student from Ecuador, and I built this Solo Carry, based on Eric Schade’s design. (WoodenBoat 205 and 206), as a complement to a paddle I made her.

1972 mahogany Van Dusseldorp FD. Spare boat for the Dutch Olympic team (Imhoff / Korver) at the Olympic Games in Kiel, Germany.

Donald Eno launched this Penobscot 14 in May 2001 in Lake George, NY. FRENCH LOTION is an Arch Doak design, 14' x 4'6". It took two years to build, and Donald plans to sail her on Lake Erie and inland lakes in New York State.

Miles Macedo of North Providence, Rhode Island, launched his 3′ rocker dory on Christmas Day, 2012. His grandfather, Rod Fuqua, built the boat with cedar planking and oak stem and transom.

Paul Bennett of Shoestring Shipyard designed this Pilgrim's Pride 16 built by Jimmy Helms of Charlotte, NC. Jimmy writes that it was his first big project and a pleasure to build, going together just as the designer said it would.