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Power Boats
Gyrfalcon
PNW original now on the market! Built in 1941 by the US Gov for Alaska service and converted to private yacht in 1967 GYRFALCON is ready to go cruising now. More information available upon request.
Sailboats
33' Friendship Sloop, #64, "Amicitia"
33' Friendship Sloop, #64, "Amicitia", LOA 42', designed by John Alden, built by Lash Bros. in 1965, cedar/oak; major refit by Jim Elk in 2016 incl new mast; continued upgrades by Triad Boatworks; Yanmar 24-hp. Full headroom, well found. In my ownership for the past 50 yrs.
Belize rowboat
Builder Name:
Gardiner MacDermot
Built at our winter home in Belize from local woods: Honduras mahogany for frames, stringers, etc; Spanish cedar for the planks.
Atkin designed skiff, ‘twenty-two feet of simplicity and practicability’.
Builder Name:
Bill Smith, Jr. and Bill Smith, III
ARTEMIS is a John Atkin design, (#772 Wanderer), that my father started building in 1957 and I finished and launched here in VT in 2005. Well, finished is not correct as I am still working on her, and re-fitting her for her 20th anniversary on the water next year.
Sailboats
RANDOM Hurricane 30
Year Built:
1948
RANDOM was built in 1949 in Sausalito, CA by Nunes Bros Boatyard. She was hull #7 of 17 of the Hurricane 30 class yachts built in the 40s and 50s.
ARTEMIS
Year Built:
1957-2005
ARTEMIS is a John Atkin design, (#772 Wanderer), that my father started building in 1957 and I finished and launched here in VT in 2005. Well, finished is not correct as I am still working on her, and re-fitting her for her 20th anniversary on the water next year.
CLC Sassafras 16
Builder Name:
Luke Brunskill
My Chesapeake Light Craft Sassafras 16™ is shown here, in the Delaware Water Gap, on its first launch for an overnight cam
ALDEN TEEL
Year Built:
2012
Fourth sharpie built from the lines I took off a Briggs built sharpie in Westport Point Mass in 1987. ALDEN TEEL, named after my father, A.T. Ring, was started in 2012, but not completed until 2024.