On the Newstand and Digital Library Now - May/June 2025 Issue No. 304 Preview
MISS KIM
Builder Name:
Steve Detwiler
Traditional wood/canvas canoe: Rollin Thurlow-designed 13 ft American Beauty. Class-built at WB School summer of 2013 and finished by owner.
FAUN
Year Built:
1926
FAUN is a Blanchard Standardized Cruiser, built on Lake Union and launched in June, 1926 by the N.J. Blanchard Boat Company for W.N. Winter of Medina, Washington. Her designer is Leigh Coolidge. She is one of twenty-five 36′ Cruisers built by Blanchard, only a few of which survive today.
BONNIE
Builder Name:
Richard Lyons
A stripper that goes by the name BONNIE. Built from recycled pine, oak and black walnut. She’s a cross between a kayak and and a canoe… a kayoe if you will.
Mill Creek
Builder Name:
Zachary Grifenhagen
This is a boat i just finished from Chesapeake Light Craft. It is the Mill Creek Hybrid, consisting of an okoume hull and cedar strip deck. The launch occurred yesterday at Seed Lake in the North Georgia mountains.
Cradle boat "Joey"
Designer
Manta Marine Design
Nice little cradle boat with rocking option. For more information please visit the website and look under portfolio/small boats
DragonFlyer 3.2 kit
Designer
John Brooks
DragonFlyer 3.2 is a great boat for all ages to build. We built the first boat, Zip, with our four kids, then aged seven to twelve and they all had a great time and learned along the way.