Launchings

4 different cedars with a mahogany trim, she’s a joy to row.Newfound Woodworks designed kit.

BULLFROG is a Sam Devlin Godzilla 22′ tug boat design built by Denman Marine Tasmania, Australia. She was constructed from Lloyd’s certified Okoume plywood, fibregalss and WEST System epoxy resins.

Lunenburg handline dory — launched August 16th. I took a two-week course at The Dory Shop in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia two years back. It took some time to gather the necessary materials and build the forms and jigs. Plus, I developed the workshop as I went along.

My Stradivari 2.4 Hc came to be as someone once told me that there’s one thing you can’t do and that is to build a true metre yacht in plywood. Now it’s a statement that is denied by reality.

Attached are some picture of our completed (finally) Peeler Skiff that my daughter and I started at GLBBS in 2013. First launch, Suttons Bay, Michigan.

Cedar strip canoe

Traditionally built, open, double-ended wooden boat.

CREUZA DE M+ä was based on the design of a French Gig built in 1796. She is a participant in the international Atlantic Challenge rowing contests, which bring together young people from all over the world for several days of rowing and community on the water.

After the parts were cut from marine plywood by their grandfather, Tavish and Niam Rogers assembled their first boat using copper ring nails and polyurethane construction adhesive.

I wanted to share with you a couple photographs of my Night Heron kayak (LOA 18′, beam of 20″), designed by Nick Shade of Guillemot Kayaks . The boat took nearly two years of weekends and evenings to complete, with work proceeding at a glacial pace during some periods.