Launchings

Skin on frame canoe. Additional photos are on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/GibsonvilleBulletinBoard/photos/?tab=album&alb…

Max Buckland couldn't be happier with his 9′ Kidyak, MAXINE, built for him by his grandfather Alan Deforest of Wilimington, North Carolina, and presented to Max on Christmas Day, 2011.

Marine plywood and mahogany, using epoxy resins. Design inspired by Seaway Boat Company of Long Beach, CA.

Eddie Peterman, age 14, indicated an interest in woodworking and building a boat. His first boat was a Sam Devlin design stitch and glue 8′ rowing pram that had a couple minor design changes.

Peter Oliver used a wide variety of wood in the construction his his Beach Pea, LITTLE WHIO.

This boat was built from plans purchased from the museum at Mystic Conneticut. I named it JOYCE. The build took a couple of years. It is powered by a 1919 2 1/2 hp Kingfisher engine built in Toronto, Ontario.

Owner Nigel Vaughan had an old Eventide that was becoming unreparable, and couldn’t find another boat that suited his needs. He wanted to introduce a separate heads that could be accomodated by adding a foot to overall length an taking off a foot of the cabin seats.

Traditionally built, open, double-ended wooden boat.

I built Huntington Harbor from free plans from Spira International. It was lots of fun and paddles great, looking forward to the next build.