Launchings

Jay Harman rescued and spent years painstakingly restoring this historic minesweeper, turning her into expedition yacht and marine research platform.

Morgan Sheasby built this sailing catamaran over 18 months in shop in Brooklyn, New York.

The Crystal River Boat Builders launched their 36′ x12′ scow, SPIRIT, on 4 October here in Crystal River, Florida.  She is a replica of the USS WARTAPPO, a scow from the Florida west coast, captured and used by the Blockade Squadron during the Civil War.  Two years in construction, it was built e

Michael Schefers uses this Eastport pram as tender for his sloop, HARMONY. He built her in two months in a friend's garage, using okoume and cypress wood with LapStitch construction. Launched on Thanksgiving Day, 2002, she has a length just under 8' and a beam of 4'.

Dennis Williams believes this 11' skiff to have built sometime in the 1950s. It was restored by Fabian and Sachs restorations. It was a sailing skiff, which Dennis had converted to a rowing skiff. He uses her in the West River at Shady Side, MD.

The stringers, floorboards and wales are Douglas Fir. Stems and “decks” are 12 mm Meranti ply and ribs are Arroyo Willow cut a short distance from the shop. Skin is 8 oz. polyester from George Dyson and it's finished with four coats (1st thinned 7x1) of clear water-based varnish.

Gary Knox writes "A flea market 'find' with five plus coats of 'Camp Green' paint; Gary and friends stripped and sanded down this pre-WWII cedar on oak classic. It revealed a solid mahogany transom, which was hand-planed down for a clear finish.

Sometimes it is fun to put together a boat that takes little time to build and has a wealth of uses. Last winter at the Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre and Wooden Boat Society in Cowichan Bay we downloaded from the internet a set of plans for a small dinghy that is stitch and glue.

Dom Zack of Waterbury, VT built this boat for his grandsons, Colin and Anthony, who live on the Indian River in Melbourne, FL. They launched it on the 25 of March 2002. It is a Footloose Beach Cruiser designed by Jordan Wood Boats. He used 3/8" and 1/4" marine plywood with frames made of fir.

WEighing about 200 pounds, this sharpie started life at the WoodenBoat school under the tutelage of John Harris., the designer. Bill Moser attended that class and was lucky enough to win the opportunity to take the partially completed boat home to Florida.