Oar / Paddle
Baby Tender II
Cradle Boat Baby Tender II, for the newborn sailor.
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Cradle Boat Baby Tender II, for the newborn sailor.
Simon found an older version of this boat back in the eighties and realized that its thousand-year-old design could be copied and preserved without too much difficulty. He measured it out in ’89 and Bill Nielsen lofted it and drew up the plans in ’91.
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