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George Dyson of Bellingham, Washington designed this skin-on-frame kayak. His design called for aluminum tubing for the frames. When Alex Zimmerman built this kayak, he modified the planking to a marine plywood and cedar sandwich.
Erick and Ann Singleman took the plans for Iain Oughtred’s Wee Rob Double-Paddle Canoe and modified them so the two of them could paddle it together. They added a second seatback, raised the coaming, and made the placement of the seats adjustable for 1 or 2 paddlers.
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.
David Lester sails this boat in Puget Sound near his home in Fox Island, WA. She is a Clancy class sailing dinghy designed by J. D. Brown and Bob Pickett of Anacortes, WA. David constructed her of 1/4" okoume plywood using the stitch-and-glue method. She has a 9'9" LOA with a beam of 4'.
Andrew Green recently launched his Wee Lassie canoe. This is the second Wee Lassie he has built. This one is 10′6″ long version weighing 31 lbs using the blue print plans created by Mac McCarthy and using instructions from his Featherweight Boatbuilding book.
Frank Crumbaugh spent most of Summer 2015 at the WoodenBoat School. He brought home a Fundamentals Class Catspaw dinghy, finished her over the Winter 2015-2016, and launched on 25 August 2016.
A 1952 8-metre built by Anker & Jensen (number 480) in Vollen near Oslo, Norway was relaunched after a lengthy restoration by Tiffany Yachts on the Great Wicomico River, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia on June 29th.
Over 40 years ago, boatbuilder Ray Speck drew the lines for the Sid skiff. He was living in Sausalito, California, at the time and admired JAYNE, a skiff owned by the harbormaster, Sid Foster.
During the spring of 2013, Dee Teren built this Whisp, designed by Steve Redmond. She launched it in July in Lake Coeur D’Alene, Idaho.
David Blake built MOLLY, a 16′ x 6′ Stevenson Weekender sloop from okoume plywood and mahogany, then covered the hull with fiberglass and epoxy. He made the mast from Sitka spruce and the boom and gaff from Douglas-fir.
Professionally restored by Master Shipwright.
