Launchings

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Brian Emblin used several sources for help in the construction of his skin-on-frame kayak: "Wood and Canvas Kayak Building" by George Putz, "The Wood and Canvas Canoe" by Jerry Stelmok and Rollin Thurlow, and a video from North Bay Canoe Company in North Bay Ontario, Canada.

Tom Shives built this Glen-L Drifter, from Glen-L Marine plans, with a small group of men from his church.

Art Ross writes "Thompson Bros. of Peshtigo, WI, built this TVT Hi-Speed Fish Boat in 1954. She spent the last 30 years residing in an Amish barn. She is 14' LOD, has a 55" beam, and goes real fast with a 1967 Mercury 350.

Anita Repp has a new 15' skiff, PENELOPE, built by her husband Doug, for fishing and picnicking. Doug made PENELOPE with plywood planking on pine frames, and he use fir for the keel and chines. The hull is covered in epoxy and fiberglass cloth.

Oliver Cooney's IRISH MAID won two boat-show awards in her first few months of existence. He writes that this Arch Davis design always draws a lot of interest from onlookers. Oliver found Arch's drawings and follow up to be very helpful during construction.

Though the design by B. N. Morris called for a 17' canoe, Mitchell Skinner shortened the design to 14' (with 33" beam)and turned it into a solo canoe, QUIET WATERS. He will be using this canoe to fly fish on the lakes of northern Maine.

Seggerling racing dinghy — mahagony-okume combi marine plywood.

Wood Duck 10 hybrid with cedar deck

Joanie is a David Payne 17′ snapper boat design built by Denman Marine in Tasmania.She is built from full length book matched huon pine planking on celery top pine ribs and backbone. She has a lovely curved Tasmanian blackwood coaming and sprung teak decks and sole.