Launchings

New to both boating and boat construction, newly retired Ed Cataldo needed a project to keep him out of trouble. He saw Arch Davis' Penobscot 14 design while at the barbershop. Despite his lack of skill, he found Arch's instrctions.

The eight coats of varnish Jeffrey Fette applied to HONEYPIE II don't seem enough to protect this beautiful strip-built kayak designed by Ted Moores. Jeffrey used alternating strips of ash and merantion the sides and layered ash on the cockpit coamings.

40′ on deck and 49′ with bow sprit, S.Y. RAVENSONG was built by Denis Brown in Ventura California and launched in 1934. Her hull is 38mm thick, single stripped plank construction of Californian Red Cedar from the giant redwood forests. Mast and spars are Canadian Oregon and Canadian Spruce.

This is a modified version of a T.L. Simmons 18′ sea skiff.I used marine plywood sides instead of Lapstrake. I use the boat in the 10,000 Islands and in the Atlantic. Very seaworthy and tough.

Rod Fuqua built this 17′ Northeaster Dory with guidance from Les Chase a boatbuilding school in Weymouth, Massachusetts. The stitch-and-glue dory has a 56″ beam, and will easily hold three adults. Rod launched MARY AGNES on October 15, 2011.

DEDE is an epoxy-glued lapstrake Penobscot 17 designed by Arch Davis, and built by Ed Titus, an alumnus of the WoodenBoat School. Ed built DEDE from meranti  plywood and Douglas-fir, and trimmed her with ipe.  She has a gunter rig with tanbark sails.   DEDE is 17′ long with a 5′ beam.

BLACKFIN is a Pilgrim Pride 16 center console skiff designed by Paul Bennett of Shoe String Shipyard. Brothers Michael and David Hitt built it at David's home in Annapolis, MD, and launched BLACKFIN in October of 2001. The construction is of epoxy-covered plywood.

Stu is a 15′6″ Pine Island skiff that joined Pine Island Camp’s the summer of ’21. Stu replaces the original Stu, built in 1995, in which young people honed their rowing skills for 27 years. ‘Old’ Stu has retired to a private residence.

Rebekah Rogers built her first boat, this Salt Bay Skiff, with her Dad, Dave Racicot.