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Harry Bryan Trout launched in North Carolina
Builder Name:
Mike Brooks
Vee Bottom garvey designed by Harry Bryan launched after 3.5 years building. Used for fishing shallow inland waters around Capelookout, NC. White oak frames with locust floor timbers and deck (sole) beams. Bottom double diagonal 7/16 juniper.
Power Boats
1956 Essaness Craft 23' classic wooden
Calling all Wooden Boat Restorer Enthusiasts with a love for all things classic — this is your chance to own a slice of nautical history. 🌞🌊 All pictures available on Facebook link.
A new 11.6 pound canoe named Pheather2
Builder Name:
Matt Morris
Having made a 25lb canoe previously, I wanted to play with how light I could go for my next canoe. My research made me think I could get down to around 15 pounds for a 12' canoe so I decided to go for it.
VOYAGER PUNT
Designer
Tracy O'Brien
My first boat building Project (not counting a couple of door-skin surfboards) was a Bolger Yellow Leaf pirogue, built from drawings in Bolger’s “Small Boats”.
PT 11
Builder Name:
David Doody
I built this PT 11 nesting dinghy from the CLC kit over this past winter, to replace a 9'6" Nutshell pram I built a few years ago not from the kit (the kit is better...) It is a fabulous dinghy-rows like a dream, sails well and nests and unnests in minutes-much credit to Russell Brown and PT Wate
Power Boats
2004 Buxton built Lobster Boat
36’x12’8” Lobster boat built by Buxton Boats in Stonington, ME. Cedar over oak construction. Port side haul. C7 CAT engine, 10,000 hours. $100,000.
Custom designed and built raised deck cruiser
Year Built:
2020 to 2024
Custom designed, patterned after the raised deck cruisers of the 20s. Cold moulded using the Ashcroft method. Three years to build.
Odyssey
Builder Name:
Luke Greenwell and Gary Newgaard
"This Skerry is a beautiful boat. . . There is not an ugly line on this boat. The sheer is beautiful and accented by the lines of the chines. The chines add interest and eye candy to an already appealing boat."