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Sea Skiff. Free plans published in 1950's Plans here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3HJtuO1-n5adVVPRk5sdWxlUnM/view
The Swan is a CLC Light Craft “Wood Duckling 8” built over a two week period by 9 year-old McKenzie Kaufman and her grandfather Charles McParland of Tega Cay, SC. She was launched on August 6th on Lake Wylie in South Carolina.
LILAH is a 15 ft CLC Peeler Skiff designed by John C. Harris and built this past Winter from a kit. She will ply the waters of Lake Sinclair and Lake Oconee in Georgia for fishing and exploration.
Built from 1/4" strips of red and yellow cedar, David Samuelsson's Cosine Wherry looks quite pretty on a beach in British Columbia. David referred to the book "Rip, Strip, and Row" by J. D. Brown in his construction of this boat.
Inspired by Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons series of books, Steve, Fiammetta, and Elena Householder built this 10′ 2″ Acorn Puffin dinghy, AZURE, designed by Iain Oughtred.
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.
Morganna - 1931 Trunk style cabin cruiser - Lake Union Dream Boat era - Schertzer Brothers, Seattle, WAOwner; Ron Green - WitchyWorks Restorations - 24 year, personal boat, restoration, evenings and weekends; yacht and tender.Launched 2019 - Pend O'reille Lake, Bayview, ID -MacDonalds Marina.
Jenny is a 17LT from CLC Boats designed by Nick Schade built by Andy Welsh.
Boatbuilder Douglas Brooks led eighteen students at the University of Illinois in building a 21-foot Shinano River boat, a traditional design from Niigata, Japan.
Cadenza was built in 2003 by Rockport Marine from a design by L. Frances Herreshoff.
