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Paul Wagstaff's catboat was two decades in the designing and building. He was attracted to catboats because of their stability and he wanted a boat that could be built in his garage, trailered easily, and could be single-handed.
This is a 2013 new-build, designed by James-Craft; The Black Sheep is a reproduction Chris-Craft Kit Boat, 1956 Zephyr Runabout. I spent about 600 hours building her over the course of 4 summers — about 10 hours per week June-August. This is my first boat build.
Cedar Strip 17 foot canoe.
Built during summer months, completed just in time to launch for a nice fall color tour.
Victor DiNovi writes "KELEKA is a four-person outrigger canoe made in the Hawaiian tradition. She is strip-planked in Philippine mahogany with 10 oz. glass covering, and carbon fiber unidirectional diagonals on the interior for longitudinal stiffness.
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.
Father and son, Roy Davis Sr. and Roy Davis Jr., built this 15'10" lapstrake, flat-bottom skiff THE LONG POINT over about 15 months, from June 1999 to September 2000. Thomas J. Hill, of Burlington, MA is the designer. They power it with a 30-hp Mercury outboard.
Off Center Harbor Skiff. White pine on white oak frames.
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.
Doug Capps designed and built this 15-foot sea skiff to use in Wrightsville Sound and the other waters near his home. He used strip-planked red cedar construction, 'glassed and epoxied inside and out.
Jim Inglis wanted a boat he could carry on his car while traveling around Australia with his camper trailer. He wanted a light, responsive boat capable of crossing open water, yet maintain a traditional look.
Built in 1940 by Ira Hall in Seattle. Ed Monk design. 22' loa and 20' on deck.
Tegolin is a 26ft Maurice Griffiths 'Athene' design with triple keels and 3ft draft.
Adirondack boat- 3' beam, shallow draft, approximately 70lbs, cedar strip, maple oars, epoxy shel
