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Traditional wood/canvas canoe: Rollin Thurlow-designed 13 ft American Beauty. Class-built at WB School summer of 2013 and finished by owner.
Cedar Strip 17 foot canoe.
Built during summer months, completed just in time to launch for a nice fall color tour.
LAURIE-ANN, a 20' cat-ketch is shown here at her launching in June 2002 on St. John's River in Palatka, FL. Pat Kelly built her from a Graham Byrnes design. He used stictch and glue construction on okoume plywood. Her shallow draft, only 8" with the board up, makes her fun and fast.
Patrick Dawson of Ottawa, Ontario, writes that he’s been wanting to build this boat for over 25 years.
Displacement hull launch with 4 HP outboard. Build as batten-seam construction from Alaska Yellow Cedar and Port Orford Cedar lumber (full length 1x6 stock). Bottom is 2 layers 1/2″ marine plywood with epoxy fiberglass to the waterline.
I started this boat by buying a load of rough cut northern white cedar from a small family run sawmill in Danville Vt.
TREEBEARD is a custom designed and built 20′ gaff rigged sail boat. I designed at the Arques School of Traditional Boat building, and built it in my garage over a period of 6 years. The frames are bent white oak, and the planks and decking are douglas fir.
Inspired by Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons series of books, Steve, Fiammetta, and Elena Householder built this 10′ 2″ Acorn Puffin dinghy, AZURE, designed by Iain Oughtred.
NEREUS was built in 2006 by Harry Bryan Boatbuilding in Canada and designed by John Alden.This 2006 21′ Alden Sloop was sitting on the hard at The Landing School for 10 years after being donated.
New 2024 Mercury 40-hp 10 hours. Fiberglass below waterline. Mint. Four Winns trailer.
Own a beautiful and fast piece of nautical history.
