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Small Craft
Fast Ocean/Coastal Double
Ken Bassett-designed Firefly2 open water rowing shell. L23', B38", 120lbs. 4mm Joubert ply and Sitka, with S-glass. Dreher carbon seats and titanium hardware. Has won her Blackburn division and the 2018 Monterey Crossing. Fast, seaworthy.
Asking $4,200
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.
Power Boats
RESCUE MINOR 2007
2007 Rescue Minor in excellent condition.
Manufactured by Schleiff Boat Works.
Hull material wood; Engine YM 3YM20; Length 19' 8"
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