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Launchings
This section of our web site, an extension of the Launchings department of WoodenBoat magazine, is dedicated to sharing news of recently launched wooden boats built or restored by our readers.
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GETOFFTHEROCKS
Cosine Wherry. John Hartsock designed it, Bob and Erica Pickett promoted it, J. D. Brown wrote the book (Rip, Strip, and Row).
SHANTY CAT
28′ scow hulled catamaran constructed from marine ply and reclaimed wood. Built in Falmouth, Maine, by Steve King and Rick Keith.
Sailboats - Cruising
Willow: 25 ft Custom Sloop
Willow, a 25 ft strip planked sloop, is the third sailboat designed and built by Matt Greytak, after a 15 ft sloop and a 14 ft catamaran. It is constructed with ½″ x 1 ½″ cedar strips sheathed in epoxy over plywood bulkheads. The deck is plywood sheathed in epoxy with Interdeck non-skid paint.
GUILLEMOT KAYAK
Using Nick Schade's book, "The Strip-Built Sea Kayak," Perry Risley built this 17' x 21' Guilllemot kayak and paddle. He made both boat and paddle of ash and Western red cedar with white accents of poplar. He mentions that Michael Earle was a tremendous help to him.
Geodesic Aerolite Classic 12
This boat has tight grain douglas fir stringers with local white ash ribs and was a home build.
Skin is 9 ounce dacron, coated with 2 part skinboat polyurethane.
Utilizes 5.2 square m windsurf sail on unstayed carbon windsurf mast.
Banks dory
Participants in the spring boatbuilding class at The Dory Shop in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, celebrate the launch of the as-yet-unnamed Banks dory they built under the tutelage of master dory builder Jay Langford May 7-18.
PROSPECTOR CANOE
Keith Telfer writes "A group of seven volunteers from Wellspring Cancer Support Center, both cancer patients and caregivers, built this canoe in ten weeks. We built it for a charity auction to raise money for the Center.
MAKAI
Bear Mountain Boat Shop of Peterborough Ontario provided the plans for this 16' Chestnut Prospector Canoe built by Brian Maiorano of Missoula, Montana. He named her MAKAI, which is Hawaiian for "toward the ocean".
Shellback Dinghy
JEZEBEL is a Grand Banks 32 owned by Greg Walsh of Cape Elizabeth, Maine. When she needed a tender Greg decided to build a Shellback skiff from a kit sold by the WoodenBoat Store.
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Acorn Skiff
Sweet-lined Acorn skiff designed by Iain Oughtred, completed in 1999 but still like new.
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FREE 16' Thompson Brothers 1941 Snipe Class Day Sailer
PLEASE save our 94 year old Mother's beloved sailboat from the burn pile!
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MORNING SONG
MORNING SONG is the sistership to Lin and Larry Pardey's TALEISIN and was meticulously built by K