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George and Susan Ensign spent a year building RIVER FOX, Redwing 21 with great help from their friend, Bob Watts. RIVER FOX is a Chesapeake Marine design. Construction was done with plywood, glue-and-screw.
“The Fence” was donated to the Anacostia Watershed Society by teenagers Aaron and Alana Richards, and launched on July 17, 2013.The rowboat had its unusual origins as a project between next-door neighbors. The Fields/Richards and Batson/Eatons shared an aging fence in Takoma Park, Maryland.
Dale Austin launched this little dinghy in the fall of 2002. She is a Chuck Merrell Apple Pie design (Merrell Watercraft, chuck@boatdesign.com). Using the stitch-and-tape method, she is constructed from plywood and oak covered with epoxy.
Chris Ireland built this 16′ Amberjack Dory from Iain Oughtred’s plans. The construction is glued lapstrake using Okoume marine plywood and West System epoxy. Stem and frames were laminated Douglas fir, ash breasthooks and gunwales, and white pine transom, thwarts and floorboards.
Having made a 25lb canoe previously, I wanted to play with how light I could go for my next canoe. My research made me think I could get down to around 15 pounds for a 12' canoe so I decided to go for it.
George Eckley, and his sons Andrew and Aaron, wanted to kayak fishing, but found the typical 34" cockpit too small to work with their poles and tackle boxes. So they built their own kayaks. First they built ORIGINAL OAK, which is 14'6' long, with a 29' beam, and a 64" cockpit.
This sectional kayak is made of plywood and fiberglass. When it was being carried to the Torch Lake in Michigan, two parts stayed in the trunk of my car and one part in the back seat. It turned into the whole kayak in a minute before hitting the clear water of the lake.
Pete Schell and Paul Smith, of David Beaton & Sons, Barnegat Bay, NJ, were the craftsmen behind this Joel White-designed Flatfish owned by Gregory Bauer of New York City. SERENA carries 268 sq ft of sail and displaces over 3000 lbs.
The Salt Bay Skiff was the grand prize winner of the Family Boatbuilding Design Contest held by WoodenBoat in 2007. Carl Sylvester built KALOS from "Getting Started in Wooden Boats," the supplement in issues 199 and 200, over the course of ten months.
Tabor Academy in Marion, Massachusetts, offers a one-semester "Practical Ship and Boat Design" course that "aims to get students comfortable with lines drawings by lofting a sailing model full scale," writes instructor David Bill.
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Rocklady, Sam Devlin design for builder/owner John Calogero, Sr.
Fiberglass bottom, trailer. Built in 2005 by Old Wharf Dory Company in Wellfleet, MA.
Boat was built by me under the tutelage of a professional wooden boat builder.
