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SVEFNTHORN
Viking Ship Wine and Liquor Cabinet. The keel is steam bent/laminated white oak. Planking is steam bent red oak. Decking is also red oak. The hinges are modufied to look as if covered in seaweed. The cabinet interior “trays” are koa and walnut, where drinks can be poured.
Odessa
Odessa is a gaff-rigged L.F. Herreshoff-designed Buzzards Bay 14 (17′ LOA, 3-foot draft, 5′10″ beam) sloop launched June 8 at Clark Boat Yard in Jamestown, Rhode Island.The hull for “Odessa” was built by Graves Yacht Yard, Marblehead, Mass.
Nicky B
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.
COCCINELLE
Walter graduated from Westlawn Institute and now has his own business designing yachts now. He launched this boat in July of 2005 and it is used as a yacht tender. He writes, "She can carry 3 adults comfortably in protected waters.
SHANTY CAT
28′ scow hulled catamaran constructed from marine ply and reclaimed wood. Built in Falmouth, Maine, by Steve King and Rick Keith.
ROSA
I designed this 17′ 6″ flat bottom row boat based on my experience and respect for the late Pete Culler. She is glued lap construction of 9mm Okume side planking and a 12mm bottom using west system epoxy. Frames, skeg and keel strip are lumber yard fir.
MOCCASIN
Dave Nelson took three years to build this Cosine Wherry designed by John Hartsock. He stretched the boat out a foot and a half, but kept the 52" the same as called for by Hartsock. Dave also modified the stem and transom shapes and modified the thwarts.
NEVER GETS OLD
At the age of 12, Kevin McDonnell decided he wanted to build a boat. He sought advice from a family friend, Steven Schoeck, who had already built several boats. Steven agreed to help, provided Kevin did the work.
Wood Duck 12
This is a photo of my wife using her kayak on hyena Pere Marquette River in Michigan in the fall. I built two of them from plans bought from CLC.
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10’ x 4’ Chaisson Dory Tender
This traditional built Chaisson Dory Tender with 2 rowing stations is in excellent condition.
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Buzzards Bay 19
Built by Landing Boat School. Brand new sails. Call for more pictures.
$7,500.
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FOR SALE - 1969, 26’ Lyman Picnic Launch – Georgian Grace
Available for $24,000 USD or $32,000 CAD.