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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Wood Duck 12

Builder Name:

Jim Kennedy

First time build, and looking forward to the next one!

St.Nicholas - Boat of Peter I (Russian Emperor)

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Alexander Boytsov

Handwork.

Endeavour 17'

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André Martel

Launched June 26th 2017. Bear Mountain Endeavour 17′ at the Parc Nautique de Cap-Rouge in Québec.Built during the winter. 350 hrs. Cedar, pine, ash and a little walnut strip.

David McNaught sailing on the St. Lawrence River

Sailing Dinghy

Builder Name:

David McNaught

Fifteen years ago, David McNaught of Greensboro, North Carolina, ordered plans for this 12′ sailing dinghy from http://www.bateau.com. He started building the stitch-and-glue boat and worked on it for two months before he had to put it away.

ZIP the DragonFlyer on her second voyage

ZIP

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John Brooks, Ruth Hill, Leigh, Tie, Hangxiang, and Jack Brooks

John Brooks and Ruth Hill and their four children at Brooks Boats Designs designed and built a new plywood kit boat last summer. The DragonFlyer design is meant to be a trainer for beginning sailors and then grow with their skills, offering lively sailing as their own skills are developed.

SHANTY CAT

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Stephen King, Rick Keith

28′ scow hulled catamaran constructed from marine ply and reclaimed wood. Built in Falmouth, Maine, by Steve King and Rick Keith.

Kestrel - Mini Skeeter Iceboat

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John Eisenlohr

The Mini Skeeter Story by John EisenlohrI’m a third generation iceboater and a second generation dirtboater. My Grandpa Bud lived on Lake Delevan Wisconsin in the 50’s. He my Grandma Jane and my Dad Bill sailed E scows in the summer. In the winter they had 3 iceboats they sailed.

PAMELA ANNE

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Gary Jurick

PAMELA ANNE is a John L. Hacker 'Flapper' design that was developed back in the 1920's. The plans were originally published in Motorboating magazine about that time.

FIDELIS

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Noakes Yard of Newcastle, NSW

Lidgard Boatyard of Auckland, New Zealand, built and launched FIDELIS in 1964. She is a fast and beautiful boat with an impressive racing record. As is the way of aging boats she required an extensive refit in 2005.