Inspired by the beautiful kayaks a good friend builds, and captivated by an article on naval architect Francois Vivier in Classic Boat magazine featuring his Morbic 12 clinker plank design, I contacted Francois to see if he would design a lighter-weight strip plank version of the Morbic 12 for me. After some discussion on weight target (140 lb hull), general …
Arctic Tern
This boat is a 19’4″ stretched version of Iain Oughtred’s Arctic Tern. She features an enlarged gunter sloop rig with decks and bulkheads fore and aft. Originally designed at 18’2″” in length, the owner preferred the longer length of the Caledonia Yawl, and the narrower beam of the Arctic Tern. Thus this is a hybrid of the two. Nathaniel Wilson …
Ebb
Every now and again, we build a boat for ourselves. We wanted a good rowboat, which meant it had to meet several criteria: • It had to row very well. • It had to be lightweight for its type. • It had to have a traditional appearance. • It had to be a relatively quick build so I could get …
Stickleback Canoe
The Stickleback is a double-paddle canoe designed by Iain Oughtred. The design is intended for glued lapstrake plywood planking, but we were interested in a more traditional look, so we chose cedar planking on bent frames, similar to lapstrake canoes built in England and the United States during the late 19th century. The 1/8″” cedar planks are fastened to the …
Parker Dinghy
The Parker Dinghy is a pulling boat designed on Deer Island, NB ca.1945. This type of boat was used in the inshore Herring fishery in that area.
Muddy Waters
A 12′ lapstrake construction row, sailing and motor dingy. Easy to row, tracks perfectly, a great boat for a picnic in a nice spot on a lake. Designed and built by Samuel Conner, a founder of the Wooden Boat Festival.
Hope
When I found this boat is was lying in a heap on a pile of debris in a barn. It was a total wreck, with broken and missing parts, filled with trash, discarded garden chemical containers, and a grim assortment of dead insects, rodents birds etc. I bought the dory for $1.00. I then proceeded to clean and scrub and …
Adventuress
Sound Experience sails the historic schooner Adventuress to educate, inspire, and empower an inclusive community that works to improve our marine environment and celebrates our maritime heritage. Since her launch in E. Boothbay, Maine, in 1913, the B.B. Crowninshield-designed schooner has traveled the Strait of Magellan and the Bering Sea on an arctic expedition for naturalist Roy Chapman Andrews; served …
Neenah
“Neenah” was named for the Winnebago Indian word for Water. She was constructed in December, 1959 by just two workers at the Thompson Brothers Boat Works in Peshtigo, Wisconsin. A custom order in 1958, she was shipped overland to her first (and only other owner) in 1960 in Portland, Oregon where she spent eight summers as a water skiing and …
Olo
Olo is a copy of a Keith Steele drift boat modified with a sealed compartment and a self-bailing rowing station. She is used as a training boat for Grand Canyon Youth (a non-profit river company working mainly out of the four corners area of Arizona and Utah).