Launchings

CLC Wood Duck Hybrid. Deck was created using reclaimed old-growth redwood salvaged from 100 year hold home remodel.

Willy Hampton says the homeport for his new modified Rozinante yawl is Earth, but he sails out of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Doug Hylan (www.dhylanboats.com) reworked the L.F.

"The Adirondack Guideboat" by Ken and Helen Durant was the source for Bill Stark's JOSEPHINE, a 16'6" x 38" guide boat with a few modifications.

Through connections within The Traditional Small Craft Association, I received word that there was a dory built by John Gardner, looking for a new home just north of my home on the West Coast of Florida.

Adam Riso couldn’t be happier about his new boat, MARLA HOOCH. John Clark of Compumarine designed the 12′ x 5′ skiff. Over three years, Adam built the boat from western red cedar, mahogany, and pine.

Solar powered electric launch using CLC Southwester Dory plans. She has a 3-hp Torqeedo motor mounted in a well as well as Torqeedo solar panels. Shaw and Tenney oars and a sprit rig provide towing and sailing options as well. A Norwegian tiller runs fore and aft.

The B&B Yacht Designs Two-Paw 8. The Two-Paw is a nesting pram, stitched-and-glued using Okoume, Sitka Spruce, Mahogany and Ash.

This 17' Arctic Tern Kayak is Matt FitzGibbon's second boat. He built it from a kit by Pygmy Boats, Port Townsend, WA 98368. His children contributed to the building effort. He recommends the book Kayaks You Can Build by Ted Moores and back issues of WB for other would-be builders.

Lofting the plans from Nick Schade's book, The Strip-Built Sea Kayak, Kevin Rautio built this 17′ Guillemot Sea Kayak from Spanish cedar. He spent about a year building it, including the lofting and scratch-building everything, even the strips.

Chesapeake Light Craft strip built hybrid by Bob Silverman (2nd time boatbuilder) - wood duck hybrid 12 with white alaskan cedar and red western cedar planks. Took me 2 months and really enjoyed the build.