The boat is thoroughly covered at a weblog if you search ‘Flying Fifteen Pacific – 4034’. This will show pretty detailed construction throughout. I came across this design while searching through boat plans in the Hilo public library. I found the Uffa Fox design ‘Firefly’ and later with a web search discovered the flying fifteen. I acquired the plans from …
Zodiac
Schooner Zodiac was built for the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical heirs in 1924 for use as a private yacht. Zodiac was designed by William H. Hand, Jr., to epitomize the best features of the American fishing schooner. The Johnsons sailed it up and down the East Coast and participated in the King’s Cup Race across the Atlantic to Spain in …
Cocklebull
I’ve always been drawn to waters – lakes, rivers, oceans – and to the boats that swim them. My first chance to sail, at about age 10, came when my father took me to a tiny and pea-green pond in the city of Monterey, California. (Lake El Estero was next door to the somewhat sad Dennis The Menace Park.) With …
Rhythm
Restored by Tom Regan at Grapeview Point Boat Works (Allyn, WA) in 2014. Converted to suit single rower. Excellent restored condition with recent upgrades.
Trip’n
Custom SF Pelican
Wheelbarrow Boat
This is the world’s first stitch-and-glue construction wheelbarrow boat. This isn’t just a good looking, practical and fast pram, but it is also easily transported like a wheelbarrow. A single wheel in the bow combined with an ingenious system of transforming the oars into wheelbarrow handles allows the vessel to be easily transported over land. This wheelbarrow boat can carry …
Liz
The Liz is an elegant pulling boat designed by Ken Bassett of Onion River Boatworks. This 18’5” Pulling/Sculling craft was originally a lapstrake construction with bench seats. Under Ken’s direction, we lofted his lapstrake plans to a marine CAD program and developed it for the natural wooden beauty of cove & bead strip building with epoxy resin and fiberglass cloth …
YoLinda
I selected this 16 foot New Jersey Gunning skiff design based on her lines and shapely transom, and how I hoped to build her and sail her. The hull planks were at the top of my shop, drying for a decade. I joined an online boat building group, hosted by Bob Emser (#TheArtofBoatBuilding), back in 2021, and through that support …
Southern Cross
Inspired to build the Rascal after seeing one at the boat festival the year before. Spent the next two years building and learning. Boat features a dash board made from worm wood from the Port Gamble saw mill. Merc 50 is a rebuilt 1973 classic. Hull is marine 4 mil ply with 4 oz cloth with Raka epoxy. Planking is …
Muskrat II
I designed and built this boat after participating in the inaugural Seventy48 with both racing and cruising under oars in mind. While designing it I took inspiration from Whitehalls and Pilot gigs, but didn’t feel the need to be true to any historic type. It was built using modern glued lapstrake construction. Length is 22 feet with a 41 inch …