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Sailboats - Daysailers
Penguin #7659
Just brought home this Penguin class dinghy. Plan is to strip and re-finish as much as I can.
2024 Rhode Runner
“Rhode Runner” is a stitch and glue wooden craft reminiscent of the 1950’s style runabouts designed by Chesapeake Light Craft. Brian Daniels built the runabout over the winter of 2023/24 and was launched on May 29, 2024 on beautiful Higgins lake, Michigan.
Power Boats
KIMBERLY ANNE
Own a piece of History. Graced the May/June, 2018 (issue number 262) of WoodenBoat Magazine.
"KIMBERLY ANNE", formerly "EGRET", formerly "FOUR SISTERS".
Free Boats
32’ international 500 sloop
Wooden sailboat built in 1960. Planking in good shape. Keel needs rebuild. Everything else needs some love for the old boat. No mast. Located in Rowley, MA.
Sailboats - Cruising
MARTHA PRIMROSE
In 2012 Ashley Butler was in Cornwall to be found building two comparable yachts, one for himself and another for a client more or less in parallel, though no surprise that his client’s commission took priority when it came to meeting the completion date.
Sailboats - Daysailers
TULIP
TULIP is a 25′ gaff rigged knockabout sloop. Classic George Shiverick design. Built in Maine by George Palten 1984. Mahogany planks on oak frames. Centerboard shoal draft. Currently sailing Duxbury Bay where she was designed to be over 100 years ago.
Petrel Sport
This 16' x 21" [4.9m x 53cm] strip planked kayak is adapted to comfort and responsiveness in active water. The nearly plumb bow and stern provide a long waterline in a compact package, allowing a good turn of speed in manageable size.