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”.
31' L.O.A.
26' On-deck
Built at Roses Bay, NS
Finished off at Covey Island Boatworks
Teak deck, transom, and cabin
Hard pine planks on white oak frames
Bronze cast by Lunenburg Foundry
Self-steering
8 horse Sabb diesel
Hood design, Tor built, 40' centerboard yawl, mahogany on cedar double-planked, continually upgraded. Fun coastal cruiser and real head-turner. Yanmar 40hp, Hydralign feathering prop, Seafrost mech refrigeration, H/C pressure water, Raymarine Chartplotter & Radar, Simrad autopilot.
Boat needs work on planking, frames, deck, coach roof, and mast. Have materials and some hardware. Sails include main, jib, and spinnaker; fair condition. Boat is on sturdy cradle; no trailer; located in southeast Michigan, near Ohio state line. More photos available.
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
Forward -Facing Rowing System by Gig Harbor Boat Works; Carbon fiber sliding seat on teak platform or, alternative fixed rowing seat and foot rest; Spacered inwales and outwales (rub rails) in teak; Teak stemhead with bronze fitting; Teak quarter boards; Brightwork in 2-part polyurethane; Brass s
Length 12' Beam 41/2 Brand new sail, custom flotation, beautiful woodwork, needs no work, glassed wood hull. $2,000
Designed by: John G. Alden (Naval Architect). Alden Design No. 618F is a 36 ft Cutter/Sloop, Full Keel with an After Cockpit. This classic was built in the yards of James E. Graves, Inc., Marblehead, MA and is powered by its original 55-hp Gray Marine gasoline engine.
Built in 1940 by Ira Hall in Seattle. Ed Monk design. 22' loa and 20' on deck. 6.5' beam and 5' draft. Cedar planking over oak frames. Inboard diesel Yanmar 1gm10 motor runs good. Decent sails. Still has original wood stove. Two bunks. No known major issues.
Tegolin is a 26ft Maurice Griffiths 'Athene' design with triple keels and 3ft draft. Hull is larch on oak with epoxy sheathing. Engine is 16HP Vetus. Raymarine navigation, Taylor paraffin stove, full set of sails. 2-3 berths. Needs new mast. Currently in North Wales, UK.