An Auklet, drawn by Iain Oughtred, built during past winter in the evenings, while hearing good music, finding a center between boat design, wood, music, my hands, tools and myself. It’s supposed to be a tender for my S/Y Rondine, driven by oars and an electric outboards.
The idea was a boat that handles like a good racing dinghy, but is much easier to store and transport. Rooftop.
Cattail is a reproduction of a railbird skiff from the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s small boat collection. The original was built around 1900 for McIlvain Biddle of Philadelphia.
WHILE AWAY is an 18′ PT Skiff, built by Bill Cavanagh on Cape Cod from a kit supplied by Port Townsend Watercraft. Built in the shop of DMC Boats in Falmouth MA, she is strong, light weight and very fuel efficient.
My first boat to build (and first woodworking project in 50 years). Built to teach my grandsons sailing on lakes in Georgia and they seem to be taking to it. The CLC kit was straightforward, with just enough challenge to make you know you’re building a boat.
BLUE BUNNY is a slightly lengthened Egret skin-on-frame kayak, just under 6 meters long (19' 3"), weighing 16 kilograms (35 lbs.). Clear cedar covered with a polyester skin, one coat of epoxy, and one coat of house paint. The rubrail is nylon rope.
BINADAC I was designed by Frank Carius, built in 1968 by Emslie “Bim” Clark, and launched in 1969.
Cold-molded construction of Honduras mahogany built in 1973-75 at the Stone Boat Yard, Alameda, California. She resides in Germany since 2004.