Launchings

This section of our web site, an extension of the Launchings department of WoodenBoat magazine, is dedicated to sharing news of recently launched wooden boats built or restored by our readers. If you’ve launched a boat within the past year, please email us at launchings@woodenboat.com, or post your news here.
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ALICINA BAMBINA

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Morgan Sheasby

Morgan Sheasby built this sailing catamaran over 18 months in shop in Brooklyn, New York.

BOGUE CHITTO

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David Dillon

Skin on frame canoe. Additional photos are on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/GibsonvilleBulletinBoard/photos/?tab=album&alb…

Claire Lynn

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John Sheperdson

I started building this Glen-L Key Largo Barrelback in 1998. Finally completed after 14 years and launched in Lake Tahoe CA!

BILL'S THRILL

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Bill Spring

Bill Spring and his grandchildren got a thrill from BILL’S THRILL, his Swifty 12 catboat kit from Fred Shell in St. Albans, Vermont.

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.

"It'll Do"

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Jeffrey Small

On Saturday August 12, 2017 at Green Lake in Dedham, Maine I launched, with my daughter Jackie and her husband Ryan Francini my Jericho Bay Lobster Skiff that I named “It’ll Do”. I purchased the plans from WoodenBoat Magazine and began construction in February.

BADGER

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Will Lavender

The launch of “Badger” was attended by family and friends at Clark Center Park in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

NORRPA

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Walter Baron, Old Wharf Dory Co.

NORRPA is a Finnish racing rowboat.

SHELLBACK DINGHY

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Evan Taylor

Evan Taylor of Fonthill, Ontario built this Joel White-designed Shellback dinghy in 2001. He used okoume plywood planking with white oak trim. The seats are pine. His wife sewed the sail from a Sailrite kit. Evan sails her on Lake Erie.

PASSAGEMAKER DINGHY

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Mark R. Allen

This Passagemaker dinghy, one of Chesapeake Light Craft's designs, was built by Mark R. Allen of Reston, Virginia, for Brian White. Intended for use her as a tender for the White family's trawler, the dinghy will see use in Chesapeake Bay.