Launchings

COLLEEN WAGNER is the name of this lovely 28' sharpie built by the Marine Carpentry Class at the Wood Construction Center of Seattle Central Community College.

Though he tells us right away that he is not a carpenter, Dave Hepler did a pretty good job on this Glen-L Runabout, LITTLE ADVENTURE. His daughter, Lauren, was his chief assitant, though her carpentry skills were not any better than his.

Over 40 years ago, boatbuilder Ray Speck drew the lines for the Sid skiff. He was living in Sausalito, California, at the time and admired JAYNE, a skiff owned by the harbormaster, Sid Foster.

This design from CYD 4710 for Lorenzato’s family build from Cantiere Alto Adriatico. It’s very innovative in the layout and is the first of a series with this type for the same yard, with two separate cabins: one forward and one aft, with the dinette and living in the middle of the boat.

NAMAKI II was first launched in New Hampshire in 1960 after Edgar Davis built her for C. A. Harrington. In 2008, Peter Knocke hired Rick Viera to repair a seeping chine log in 2008. Repairs involved replacement of several planks, the chine logs, gussets, and frames.

Jim Wharton built his Handy Billy launch singlehandedly over the course of seven years in an unheated barn, so the work was confined to warm weather months. Working part-time for most of the years, he reports that much progress was made in the first spring and summer after he retired.

SARAH JEANNE is a 14' Marsh Cat (Joel White design) built by Philippe Voyer and launched in July 2002. He writes that Joel White was really an artist, to design such a strong, beautiful boat. 

Michael Lampman built the hull of this 20' MacKenzie Boats rowing scull from Atlantic white cedar wood strips covered with epoxy. The trim is Honduras mahogany. The boat, which he named SOLITAIRE, weighs only 31 pounds. Michael uses his scull on the waters near Tallahassee, Florida.

Nicky Bastidas, our exchange student from Ecuador, and I built this Solo Carry, based on Eric Schade’s design. (WoodenBoat 205 and 206), as a complement to a paddle I made her.

Rick Pope plans to row his Doug Hylan-designed peapod on every lake and pond in Vermont. He built the Beach Pea using just the articles Doug wrote in WoodenBoat magazines #133, 134, and 135.