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Launchings
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IV Phunn
1937 Chris Craft Runabout
Marinecraft Engine 6cyl 90hp which was replaced in 1942
Boat was restored 10yrs ago whilst in the USA.
ZEBEDEE
Jay Benford designed this 34'x11' sailing dory. Hugh Campbell of Winard Wood Ltd, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada built it for Alan Martienssen of Newark, England. Launched in July 2000, it was named ZEBEDEE after a British Cartoon character.
TRUE LOVE
Chesapeake Light Craft - Peeler launched September 26, 2015 in Washington DC at Columbia Island Marina.
John C. Harris designed, this light but sturdy 15-footer. It’s a “crab skiff,” as they’re known in Chesapeake Bay .
Sailboats - Daysailers
Haven 12.5 launched in Lohjansaari, Finland
Jaakko Toiviainen found in fall 2021 a neglegted Haven 12,5 bare hull in the corner of the boat hall where he kept his sailing yacht. It appeared that the hull had been built by a professional boatbuilder some twenty years ago, but for some reason never completed.
Oar / Paddle
VESPER
Begun in 2020 blissfully ignorant of rabbets, rabbet planes, and most things nautical, she took me four years of divine frustration from lofting to launch. Everything on her was ripped out and redone several times--so, by rights, she isn't the first boat I have built but at least the third.
NOLAN'S ARK
Little Moby Skiff built by Tom Nolan and designed by Charles Wittholz. Okume plywood over sawn white oak frames. Added a small console for steering. Stainless steel fastenings and 50 hp Honda four stroke outboard.
Sailboats - Cruising
Willow: 25 ft Custom Sloop
Willow, a 25 ft strip planked sloop, is the third sailboat designed and built by Matt Greytak, after a 15 ft sloop and a 14 ft catamaran. It is constructed with ½″ x 1 ½″ cedar strips sheathed in epoxy over plywood bulkheads. The deck is plywood sheathed in epoxy with Interdeck non-skid paint.
MYSTIC
MYSTIC was designed and built to be used in the thin waters of Westport MA. She is hard chined, flat bottomed, and has a full keel with an inboard rudder. She was built with local woods and re-purposed hardware. All of her rigging was hand made.
MAX 1
Volunteer members of the Sailing Yacht CANADA Restoration Project (SYCRP) built this punt. The group built the punt as part of a fundraising effort to restore the CANADA, an 1898, 65' racing cutter. CANADA is one of the oldest existing yachts in Canada.
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20' Surf Dory with Electric Motor and Trailer
Fantastic, well cared-for boat built by Lowell’s Boat Shop in 2020—perfect for coastal adventures
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2013 8' Chesapeake Light Craft Cocktail Class Racer
Wood hull built with meticulous and painstaking detail from a kit using a "stich-and-glue" method
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Sailing skiff
12' wooden sailing/rowing skiff. Owner built in 1985 from King and Davis design.