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Sailboats
"ECHO" 1965 Friendship Sloop
"ECHO", Historic and gorgeous 1965 Friendship Sloop, FSS #54. Built for artist William Thon of Port Clyde at Lie-Nielsen's Lee's Boat Shop, Rockland, ME. Bronze fastened cedar on oak with original spruce spars, WC and Merriman bronze fittings and blocks, traditional deadeyes.
Willow: 25 ft Custom Sloop
Builder Name:
Matt Greytak
Willow, a 25 ft strip planked sloop, is the third sailboat designed and built by Matt Greytak, after a 15 ft sloop and a 14 ft catamaran. It is constructed with ½″ x 1 ½″ cedar strips sheathed in epoxy over plywood bulkheads. The deck is plywood sheathed in epoxy with Interdeck non-skid paint.
Small Craft
Handcrafted Cedar Strip Canoe- 18'
Master craftsman glued 1 “ strips over form, epoxied, varnished this strong but lightweight 50 lb cedar, holly and oak canoe. Bow & stern adorned with porpoises/duck appliqués. 600lb capacity.
Sailboats
1947 Cypress-On-Oak 46 ft Centerboard Ketch
Anchor Where Other Sailboats Can't! One-off design resembling a Munroe-sharpie, Montreal 1947. Always in fresh water. Cypress planks on white-oak frames over live-oak structure. Cast-iron external ballast. Long shallow keel, pierced by pivoting steel centerboard.
Sailboats
OLIN STEPHENS 6-METRE RACING SLOOP
Historic 1929 Olin Stephens 6-metre racing sloop. Located near Lake Champlain. She's had the same owner for 55 years. Very well maintained. For history, specifications, and contact info, visit the website: https://www.olinstephens6metre.com/
Power Boats
'57, 23' Lyman, runabout
'57, 23' Lyman, runabout. Email for details and many photos and videos.
Restoring an Old Skiff
Builder Name:
Ryan Mannion
I bought the boat in 2012 from the original builder in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was already more than twenty years old, and I had just moved into a small apartment with water access to New Haven Harbor. This was my first proper rowboat, and I was on the water constantly.
Small Craft
Custom John Brooks 10' Rowing/Sailing Dinghy with Plexiglass Bottom
Custom row boat built by Brooks Boats in Mt. Desert, Maine. Complete restoration 2023 by Wooden Boatworks in Greenport, Long Island.
Unique plexiglass bottom design. Previously employed as a tender on a circumnavigation.
Light weight, rows beautifully.