FIDELIS
Lidgard Boatyard of Auckland, New Zealand, built and launched FIDELIS in 1964. She is a fast and beautiful boat with an impressive racing record. As is the way of aging boats she required an extensive refit in 2005.
Lidgard Boatyard of Auckland, New Zealand, built and launched FIDELIS in 1964. She is a fast and beautiful boat with an impressive racing record. As is the way of aging boats she required an extensive refit in 2005.
This Offshore Skiff designed by Dave Gerr met all of the requirements Glenn Joyner was looking for in a boat he could use to cruise the sound near his North Carolina home. Glenn wanted a boat that could comfortably sleep two, with standing headroom, head, and galley.
Jonathan White of Victoria, Australia built this Acorn dinghy in just five months. It is made of 6mm marine plywood and hoop pine with five coasts of varnish all around, and another five coats inside for good measure.
Dale Edward Smith owns this lovely Penobscot 14, designed by Arch Davis, and built at the Andaman Boatyard in Thailand. The boat is gaff-rigged and weighs about 170 pounds. Dale uses TIDAK APA-APA at his home in Singapore.
Built from 1/4" strips of red and yellow cedar, David Samuelsson's Cosine Wherry looks quite pretty on a beach in British Columbia. David referred to the book "Rip, Strip, and Row" by J. D. Brown in his construction of this boat.
The International Yacht Restoration School in Newport, Rhode Island, had care of the 75-foot, Nevins-built power yacht CIGARETTE for several years. Jerry Bass bought her and after cutting her in half, (sounds like a magician, doesn't it?), trailered her to his shop in Point Pleasant, NJ.
In 2003, Walter and Debbie Schwarz fell in love with a 1965 Chris-Craft Constellation in serious need of help. They rebuilt every part of her and updated her amenities to now include a master stateroom, modern electronics and bow thrusters, and a completely redone interior.
David Stevens, a Nova Scotia boat builder, took the lines for the schooner BONNY (30'LOA, 8'beam) from a derelict boat in saw in a field on Bush Island. He built her as a work boat for his own use in his declining years.
Joey Cyr, age 16, spent the winter of 2005 building this Phil Bolger-designed Gypsy daysailer in his family's garage. With simple tack-and-tape construction, Joey found the boat well within his capabilities, and now enjoys sailing her off Point Judith, Rhode Island.
Using just materials from his local home improvement store, Robert B. Holt built this flat-bottomed, double-ended rowing boat to his own design. He used 5/16" tongue and groove western cedar paneling for the planking, and 1x3 strips for the frames and floors.