Launchings

Eddie Peterman, age 14, indicated an interest in woodworking and building a boat. His first boat was a Sam Devlin design stitch and glue 8′ rowing pram that had a couple minor design changes.

Here floats RED RYDER in a swimming pool with her builder, Rip Graham of St. Simons Island, Georgia, aboard.  His wife Charlotte took the pictures and shared Rip’s project with us. Rip built modified version of Tom Yost’s Nikumi design for a 17′ x 22″ Aluetian Baidarka touring kayak.

Rick Miller of Miller Marine Systems completed this Penobscot 14 in 2003. She is a pulling version of the Arch Davis 14' x 4'6" design, using a daggerboard. LOLLYPOP was delivered to her owner, Charles Ward of Barbados, West Indies and launched on December 25, 2003.

Adam Birtwistle of Swan River in Perth, Australia, recently finished building a Melanesia Outrigger sailing canoe, designed by James Wharram. He spent a year on the contruction.

I built this CLC Kaholo paddleboard recently.

Details right this way: http://maxeskin.com/blog/2015/08/31/paddleboard/

Built of 4mm okume ply with ash thwarts breasthooks and trim. Lightly Glassed inside and out, Heavily glassed on the bottom. Adapted from the freedom 15 design from Bear Mountain Boats.
Built using west system epoxy and Epifanes finish. A really fun boat to paddle for sure.

Rowing boat, own design 2010, 550 cm long, 130 cm wide
Built from top part of scrap boat, built further with scraps of plywood.
Bracket for electro auxiliary engine.

In May 2012, Jay Thomas launched his 15′6″ Voyager Solo canoe in Coot Bay Pond in Everglades National Park at the southern tip of Florida.

AMI JOY is a Jupiter Point design by Nick Schade of Guillemot Kayaks of Connecticut. I modified the 13′-design to include a little spruce brightwork trim and built AMI JOY over the winter and launched her on Memorial Day, May 27, 2013, on the Long Island Sound in Stamford.

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