The Hvalsoe 16 lapstrake dinghy is considered by Eric Hvalsoe to be “the great compromise,” as it both rows and sails well. This craft’s fine ends make the Hvalsoe 16 an excellent rowing boat, while it carries enough beam to make it stable under its 85 square foot sprit-sail rig. Marked by an elegant curved stem and rake wineglass transom, …
Flygburen
All it took was standing in her cockpit. Her mast was not stepped and she was supported by the static steel of boat stands rather than the undulating sea, but I could still sense the elegant movement and speed, Even perched there above the green lawn, her lines and proportions seemed to resonate the English translation of her Swedish name; …
Walden
Replica of an 1845 sixteen-foot Cutter from USS Massachusetts, the first US Steamer on Puget Sound, which arrived in 1850. Walden would have been one of the smallest ship boats carried by the USS Massachusetts when she became the first US steamship, and the first propeller-driven vessel ever, on Puget Sound, arriving here in the year 1850. The Massachusetts began …
Lorraine
The seaworthy Nordic Folkboat Lorraine has truly been a gift to steward–from January of 1979 to the present. As a sailmaker of nearly 50 years, I have had the privilege of sailing on many hundreds of boats and know that Nordic Folkboats are among a handful of perfect sailing vessels. Sailing Lorraine is an effortless and absolute joy. She answers …
Electric Philosophy
Electric Philosophy is a solar electric catamaran designed for comfortable, extended self-sufficient cruising by a couple and one or 2 guests. The concept for Electric Philosophy grew out of the owners’ use of solar electric power on their Airstream travel trailer, and visits to the Wooden Boat Festival where the idea of independent solar-powered propulsion on a boat was presented …
Galileo
My goal was to build an electrically-propelled power boat with a comfortable cabin that could be easily towed behind a modest car. It also had to be relatively simple to build, and fit in a standard garage during construction. Bernd Kohler’s Eco 55 design looked ideal. Building began in late 2019. Construction is stringer and frame with Okoume ply, and …
Clatawa
Clatawa is a nine-foot flat-bottomed skiff from the design boards of Edwin Monk, who wished to give people with basic woodworking skills and a few sheets of plywood the means to build a simple rowboat to go fishing in. I found a set of these circa 1940s plans and built the skiff with quarter-inch Okoume. I took several liberties with …
La Vida e Bella
“La Vita e Bella” is a glued lap, epoxy saturated ply, 13.5 ft Melonseed Skiff. She was built by John Barto, himself; who redrew Chamberlain’s historic lines drawings, to make them more available for amateur construction, and advertised than in Woodenboat Magazine. John at that time was an instructor at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland. She …
Lacey
The hull was started by the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding in 2013 and after sitting for several years progress was resumed in 2019. The school then finished the planking and deck. In November of 2020, the current owner hauled her to Port Townsend to finish construction. She was launched in October 2021.
Koru
This boat is constructed using Dudley Dix’s radius chine technique. She is made from fiberglass sheathed 9mm okoume plywood with Alaskan yellow cedar stringers. A custom sugar scoop adds an extra 20 inches to the LOA. The keel and rudder can be lifted so the boat can fit on a normal boat trailer. Her auxiliary power is provided by an …