Launchings

Don Brady writes "SPLASH was launched at Royal Victoria Yacht Club May 16, 2003 and commissioned as tender to my yacht THETIS.

Dan Vallerga's first adventure in boatbuilding led to this Penobscot 17 (Arch Davis design) which took just 10 months from start to its launch on Sept 6, 2004. Dan uses the boat in Humboldt Bay, Eureka, CA. Contact Dan at vallergad@sbcglobal.net.

Guillemot design kayak.
Strip plank cedar.

Rescued (not my build) and have stripped off 3 kgs of paint and bits.
More to do over time.
Beautiful already.

CLC Kaholo 12-6 built from plans setup both for distance paddling and surfing. The tail-block is a combination of purple heart and ipe.

8′ General purpose stitch and glue kayak made of 2 sheets of plywood. The boat weighs 30lb, very easy to transport. Plans are available at www.plyboat.com

I began working on this Chesapeake light craft Annapolis Wherry on July 19th 2021 and launched on September 11th 2021

Novice boater Norah Ketrow loves her new boat KELP, a present for her first birthday from her father, Aaron. The design is an Original Gloucester Rocker, built from plans sold by The WoodenBoat Store, www.woodenboatstore.com.

Using John Gardner's Dory Book for instruction and inspiration, G++nter Voss built this 16-foot dory for his grandchildren to use, based on Gardner's 18-foot Light Dory. Voss modified the sheer and the top of the transom, and added a centerboard and a small lug rig.

I wanted to share with you a couple photographs of my Night Heron kayak (LOA 18′, beam of 20″), designed by Nick Shade of Guillemot Kayaks . The boat took nearly two years of weekends and evenings to complete, with work proceeding at a glacial pace during some periods.

Last year, the physics class at the International Academy in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, built cardboard boats as a class project. Each group of four students had to design a boat that could be built from 4′ x 8′ sheets of eighth-inch-thick corrugated cardboard.