Planking :1-1/8″ White Cedar, Frames:double cut W. Oak Floor timbers 2-3/4″ wide White oak, engine bed 3-3/4″ W.oak
Displacement, not listed on W. Atkin's # 775 drawings.
Original owner, John Beckwith 1957-1999 , Jim deReynier 1999-2024
M/V TAUTIRA is double planked, with Port Orford cedar construction, bronze fastenings, a blunt bow and raked, teak wheelhouse.
15′ Wittholz designed traditional Cape Cod catboat built by Al Watts and Jim Wagner May 2021-May 2023. Beam = 7.5′; draft = 18″ centerboard up and 46″ centerboard down. Ash frames, fiberglassed Okoume marine plywood body and mahogany trim. Auxiliary power = 4 hp Torqueedo electric outboard.
When Covid hit I realized I would have time to build a boat. So, I did, a Glen-L zip caught my eye and I got started. I wanted the look of the boat, but I also wanted to go fast so I over built and put on a bigger than suggested motor.
Sistership to Lin and Larry Pardey's TALEISIN which was meticulously built by Kenneth O. Minor. This sailboat is a beautiful seaworthy vessel and a one of a kind hand built art piece.
In the summer of 2008, David M Jones of Suwanee Georgia was given a 1957 Speedicraft designed by Otis Borum of Jacksonville Florida. The Honey Bee’s deck, transom and 25 percent of her hull were rotten. Dave approached his Father, Morris A.
Honey was launched a few days before Christmas 2023. She is a stout 13 foot skiff designed and built for the Westport River. She's built of local materials. All of her hardware and fasteners are from C.E. Beckman's of New Bedford and all of her paint is from Kirby's.