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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PENGUIN CLASS DINGHY

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Adrienne and Kip Keller

Adrienne Keller and her father Kip launched their Penguin sailboat in October of 2007, the first boat either of them had built. Kip sailed Penguins, which were designed by Phil Rhodes, as a youth in upstate New York.

Manasek

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Honza Chobotnice Basta

Manasek was traditional construction - in old times used by Scouts in Czech republic. It was easy to build — just from three wide boards. It was paddled by double blade paddle.

C B (Classic Beauty)

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Wayne Kaminishi

Marine plywood and mahogany, using epoxy resins. Design inspired by Seaway Boat Company of Long Beach, CA.

Woodie

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Tom Cullison

Chesapeake 17 hybrid kit. Stitch & glue hull, cedar strip deck.

THE EMERALD

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Roger Kofler

THE EMERALD is a Six-Hour canoe built by Roger Kofler of Jennings Lodge, Oregon. Roger followed plans in WoodenBoat No.

LAUGHING LOON KAYAK

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Steve Henderson

The hull and deck of the Rob Macks-designed kayak are western red cedar with aspen accent strips. The coamings are made of laminated ash. Both deck and hull are covered inside and out with fiberglass cloth and epoxy.

KJEN7

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Rick Culliton

Rick Culliton and his son, Tom, in a 16' kayak designed by Rick for use in the lakes and rivers near his home in Germantown, MD.

PILGRIM'S PRIDE 16 RUNABOUT

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Jimmy Helms

Paul Bennett of Shoestring Shipyard designed this Pilgrim's Pride 16 built by Jimmy Helms of Charlotte, NC. Jimmy writes that it was his first big project and a pleasure to build, going together just as the designer said it would.

Simmer Dim

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David Abbott

I launched Simmer Dim on Lake Champlain on Sept 20, 2014. The build took almost a year, having begun with a WoodenBoat School class in Annapolis in November 2013. I will make use of her mostly in Maine, Lake Champlain, Long Island Sound and pretty much anywhere in between.

JOY

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Raimo Repo

Raimo Repo of Ontario built JOY, a 13' Chamberlain dory skiff, from lines drawn by the late Mr. John Gardner. He bought the plans from the Mystic Seaport Museum after attending the WoodenBoat Show at Mystic in the late 1990s.