Launchings

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Launchings

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PERSEVERANCE

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Gus Block

Cedar strip kayak called The Spirit from a kit sold by Newfound Woodworks. Sleek and fast!

Tom Willess of Oakton, Virginia discovered Chesapeake Light Craft a few years ago and has fallen in love with building their kayaks. He has already built two 12′ Wood Duck Hybrids that are stitch-and-glue constructed from one of CLC’s kits.

Peaceful

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Terry McBurney

Chesapeake 18… first time builder.

BIRCHBARK CANOE

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Jeff Ennis and his four sons

Jeff Ennis and his four sons built this birchbark canoe (16' x 36") in the summer of 2004 in Lac St. Marie, Canada. They used birch bark, green cedar, and spruce root in the construction. The green wood can be easily split into almost paper-thin sheets for making the floorboards.

KINGFISHER CANOE

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Rollin's WBS class and Rob Richard

Rob Richard sent these photos, taken by Ray Forbes, of a Kingfisher canoe built at WoodenBoat School during the summer of 2003.

SU-LI

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Steven Daiute

Susan and Lisa Daiute are enjoying this new Glen-L 14' Power Skiff with their father Steven Daiute. Steven built SU-LI in his garage in 3 weeks during July 2003. They launched her in the Town Cove of Eastham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts in August 2003.

Hiawatha Canoe

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Jerry Stein

Jerry Stein of Neenah, Wisconsin, built this 15′ canoe, a Hiawatha design by Bear Mountain Boats, and shown in Canoecraft, by Ted Moores. He built the hull from western red cedar and ash, then sheathed it with fiberglass cloth, inside and out.

PROSPECTOR CANOE

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Mike Elliot

Mike Elliott rescued this 35-year-old Chestnut Prospector canoe from a barn and restored it for David and Virginia Moore of Delta, BC, Canada. He used cedar to repair the hull, ash to replace the gunwales, and cherry for the new decks. The seats are hand-woven cane.

BELLA

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Oliver Ilg & Sterling Yachts

Bella is a Duck Trap Wherry built for our family outings and she was named after my daughter's nickname. The construction method is glued lapstrake and I used 6mm Cedar plywood for the planking and Cedar on the brightwork.

LIL' GEM

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Tom Koenig

For Christmas 2001, Tom Koenig's wife gave him Dynamite Payson's plans for Teal, a Phil Bolger-designed double-ended sailing skiff, 12' long and 3'6" beam. He spent the winter building the boat. For her launching in July 2002, he drove five hours from his house to Pamlico Sound, NC.