Launchings

John T. Brunson writes that, at 70, he has refinished his Alcort Super Sailfish with all new bronze hardware and the original decals.

Reminiscences about racing war canoes at summer camp gave Rex Rothing and Bot Clinefelter the idea to build a war canoe (or two) of their own.

Rick Culliton and his son, Tom, in a 16' kayak designed by Rick for use in the lakes and rivers near his home in Germantown, MD.

Glenn and Judy Barnwell found this Marisol Skiff for sale on the internet. They drove up to Massachusetts from their home in Pine Mountain, Georgia, turned around and drove her all the way back to Georgia. JUDY BEE is a Marisol Skiff built by Robert B.

This is a Chesapeake Light Craft Petrel SG sea kayak. Construction is stitch and glue, fiberglass over stained Okuome ply. Custom changes to the kit included the soft pad eyes, dragonfly inlay, a carved skeg control housing and turned carrying toggles and paddle bead.

In the late 1950’s, my younger brother and I spent summers at our grandparents’ cottage on the Winnipeg River in northwestern Ontario, fishing and exploring in a small squat wooden rowboat called the Flea.

After 9 months of building, to the day, I launched my CLC Night Heron, stitch and glue kayak!.. Handles like a dream! 20% lighter than my plastic kayak, and 25% faster!...

Beetlecat Hull # 43. Originally constructed in 1946. Reframed and replaced transom, keel, and centerboard box. Parts of deck and hull needed to be replaced. Work resembled an archeological dig. In places there were iron fasteners, bronze fasteners and stainless steel screws.

Red Davis, of King & Davis, Port Townsend, Washington designed this Norwegian pram for the Gougeon Brothers as a boat intended for plywood-epoxy construction. Gougeon still carries the plans. Jim Van Horn started this hull in 1986, and then stored the boat for 20 years.

This was my first boat project and it took me 4 months to finish it. I used two types of wood: Abachi and iroko. I’ve cut 6mm thick strips and no cove & bead, every strip was beveled manually to match each other.