Launchings

We launched FLORA B., a Chesapeake Light Craft Wood Duckling kayak built from a kit, on August 20, 2016, with great fanfare. Flora and her father built her over the course of a year of part-time (very part time) construction and finishing.

At just 39 pounds, this canoe is designed for easy portages in Derek Coleman's home waters of Killarney Park, Ontario. Derek designed an asymmetric hull with an adjustable, removable seat and nicely decorated bow stern decks.

In February 2013, I decided to build something not-so-typical of a 40-something mom with a full-time job. I realized that I needed a hands-on, challenging project to gain self-confidence, and something that I could use for years to come. With support of Dennis at NorthWest Canoe in St.

I built BJØRN AGAIN from plans and frame sections over 9 years of weekends and evenings.

Bob Guess launched this Lawley Madelon yacht tender on August 1, 2001. She is planked with white juniper cedar on laminated white oak ribs. Each strake is epoxied to its neighbor. The trim is mahogany.

I found I was in need of a dinghy that needed little maintenance, so I shopped around and found that everything available was either sprayed fiberglass or press formed plastic. The cheap plastic and over priced fiberglass models just weren’t my cup of tea so I decided to design one myself.

Miss Crab was built out of Cypress and Mahogany on Oak frames along the Tennessee River.

Re-launching COMMANDER PAPA after restoration and for the first annual “Rooster Week”, celebrating these sailboats from Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.This Rooster is now owned by Marianne Stern-Smith, granddaughter of the designer.

Through connections within The Traditional Small Craft Association, I received word that there was a dory built by John Gardner, looking for a new home just north of my home on the West Coast of Florida.

This was my first boat project and it took me 4 months to finish it. I used two types of wood: Abachi and iroko. I’ve cut 6mm thick strips and no cove & bead, every strip was beveled manually to match each other.