Launchings

Designed by Jesse Lowell (207-504-3311), sixth generation boat builder and designer (great grandson of William Frost). Mischief was built by Jesse Lowell and owner, Captain Joanna Lavan.

Built during lockdown for my 3-year-old daughter, who helped choose the fabric for skinning. The boat is a Wee Lassie from Dave Gentry, built from plans. Very happy with the outcome!

Coot is a Paul Gartside designed 16′ open water rowing skiff (design #115). She is planked in strip plank western red cedar, glass cloth and WEST system epoxy.

Pulling boat Liz, designed by Ken Bassett, will be launched on Saturday 8th of June. It is built in 5 mm marine plywood.

Each year the Door County Maritime Museum, www.dcmm.org, hosts a class in wooden boat building. This year’s volunteer class instructors, David Morgan, Bob Schottmuller and Jerry McNamara, chose Newfound Woodworks’ Whitehall pulling boat.

15′ skiff DIABLO by Phil Bolger and taken from a Dynamite Payson book. I enjoyed this project. It was my first boat build. I tested with the outboard shown but will probably remove it. I modified the rear seat with a center seat, and added a bow seat. I took it out in San Diego bay.

This boat has tight grain douglas fir stringers with local white ash ribs and was a home build.

Skin is 9 ounce dacron, coated with 2 part skinboat polyurethane.

Utilizes 5.2 square m windsurf sail on unstayed carbon windsurf mast.

Peter Baldracchi recently built this 14′ dory skiff in a class at Lowell’s Boat Shop in Amesbury, Massachusetts. There’s a storage compartment under the sternsheets and room for gear and a couple of friends. The light grey interior, varnished seats, and dark hull make for a handsome boat.

Rowing dinghy

SPLENDOR is based on the saveiros design (from saveleiro, used on the rivers of Portugal to fish for savel/shad). For Brazilians, saveiros are used not only for fishing but to transport merchandise and passengers.