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Mid March is still cold in upstate New York, but after a long lock down winter I was really eager to launch my first non-kit boat, a 11.5 ft Glen-L designed power/row skiff.
NAMAKI II was first launched in New Hampshire in 1960 after Edgar Davis built her for C. A. Harrington. In 2008, Peter Knocke hired Rick Viera to repair a seeping chine log in 2008. Repairs involved replacement of several planks, the chine logs, gussets, and frames.
ABIGAIL TIINA is built to Simon Watts’ Sea Urchin design. The boat is planked in pine. Keel, timbers and gunwales are white oak, and transom, breasthook and quarter knees are mahogany.
Michael Henderson of Gloucester, Ontario built SHUSHUGAH from a Sea Wolf Kit designed by Ray Folland Kayaks. She is built of plywood and epoxy using the stitch-and-glue method. He launched her at Go Home Bay on July 4, 2002.
MALUHIA means safety, serenity, and peace in Hawaiian. She is a John Gardner designed Carolina Dory, 19′8″ x 8′6″. Russell Durler of Layton, Utah built her using Douglas fir and white oak, and launched her in July 2000.
Stretched version of Harry Bryan’s Rambler design, 26′ cedar on oak diesel inboard launch, powered by a 20 hp Universal diesel.
This is Chesapeake Light Craft’s tandem wherry rigged as a single. I started working on it the spring of 2015, continued through that summer and then hit the pause button when work was interrupted by life (hernia surgery) and cold temperatures. I finished up the wherry this summer.
Miles Macedo of North Providence, Rhode Island, launched his 3′ rocker dory on Christmas Day, 2012. His grandfather, Rod Fuqua, built the boat with cedar planking and oak stem and transom.
We launched FLORA B., a Chesapeake Light Craft Wood Duckling kayak built from a kit, on August 20, 2016, with great fanfare. Flora and her father built her over the course of a year of part-time (very part time) construction and finishing.
The Motor Yacht Colleen is 1 of only 25 Blanchard Raised Deck Cruisers built by Blanchard Boat Wo
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