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Stretched version of Harry Bryan’s Rambler design, 26′ cedar on oak diesel inboard launch, powered by a 20 hp Universal diesel.
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Stretched version of Harry Bryan’s Rambler design, 26′ cedar on oak diesel inboard launch, powered by a 20 hp Universal diesel.
FRANNY is David Sharp's first wooden boat effort. She is 11' long with a 59' beam. He constructed her using marine plywood epoxied to fore-and-aft stringers with mahogany seats. He launched FRANNY in August of 2001 and uses her on the waters of Green Bay, NS, and Ottawa, ON.
Dean Lohse of Jacksonville, Florida, is a recent graduate from Warren Barker's Fundamentals of Boatbuilding class at the WoodenBoat school.
SARAH JEANNE is a 14' Marsh Cat (Joel White design) built by Philippe Voyer and launched in July 2002. He writes that Joel White was really an artist, to design such a strong, beautiful boat.
“The Fence” was donated to the Anacostia Watershed Society by teenagers Aaron and Alana Richards, and launched on July 17, 2013.The rowboat had its unusual origins as a project between next-door neighbors. The Fields/Richards and Batson/Eatons shared an aging fence in Takoma Park, Maryland.
An i550 built by Jon Raymond of Polson, Montana, homeport for Critical Twist is Dayton, Montana on Flathead Lake. The i550 is a Stitch and Glue Sport Boat designed with simplicity as a goal. Displacement is 800 pounds, upwind sail area 240 sq.
Zack Taylor features this duckboat design on the back cover of his book "Successful Waterfowling & Customizing Small Boats." Builder and owner Wayne Graff uses her in Flathead Valley near his home in Kalispell, MT. Her sides are 1 x 10" cedar built over a framework of oak and pine.
Michael Schefers uses this Eastport pram as tender for his sloop, HARMONY. He built her in two months in a friend's garage, using okoume and cypress wood with LapStitch construction. Launched on Thanksgiving Day, 2002, she has a length just under 8' and a beam of 4'.
After 20 + years RYE 'N SKYE was finished and launched (receipt for the rough cut cedar was dated July 1999).
Newfound Adirondack Guide Boat - New 16'-2" long, 36.75" beam with (2) 8' Shaw & Tenney oars.
A classic boat built by the East End Classic Boat Society in Amagansett, NY in 2014.
Beautiful Annapolis Wherry rowing boat from Chesapeake Light Craft, designed for smooth, efficien