Your Wooden Project Boats by other Wood Boat Folk
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Lots More of Your Project Boats Below
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Crack repair on the bottom board
Mar 25, 23 05:04 AM
I am very new to wooden boat repair. I purchased a 10' Chaisson Semi Dory refinishing project and have it in my basement workshop. All of the paint
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Recent Articles
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Crack repair on the bottom board
Mar 25, 23 05:04 AM
I am very new to wooden boat repair. I purchased a 10' Chaisson Semi Dory refinishing project and have it in my basement workshop. All of the paint -
changes to wooden boat plan?
Feb 24, 23 05:55 PM
Hello I have started to modify slightly, wooden boat plan from Classic Boats, - the Deep V 16. It's powered by a Mercruiser stern drive. I plan -
Fixwell
Feb 05, 23 11:35 PM
This 11 foot runabout is a Glen-L Utility design. It was built with new Meranti marine plywood and mahogany lumber milled over 90 years ago that I found
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Previous Posts
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Fixwell
This 11 foot runabout is a Glen-L Utility design.
It was built with new Meranti marine plywood and mahogany lumber milled over 90 years ago that I found …
Restoration of 65foot John Alden Schooner - Classic wooden sailboat Florence Richmond -
Good day! Sailors and wooden boatbuilders,
We (Lotte and Benjamin) just came onto this forum, we’re from the Netherlands and want to share that we’re …
Camping Boat Indolent Wind
Name: Indolent Wind
Type of Boat: Shantyboat/camping boat
Build Year: 2017
Length: 18 feet
Beam: 81 inches
Construction: 5/8 inch plywood hull, …
DIANNE'S ROSE, Tiny Houseboat
The boat I’ve been building has come out of the shed for some air.
It still needs finishing touches but they will come over the winter and early spring. …
CROW, Camp Cruising Sailboat
WHY NOT CROW I can see nothing all around me!
Georgian Bay is slow to warm this season, hence the thick fog.
It is cold and damp in the …
Friendship Schooner Legacy
I have just started her restoration, with a hope to have her back in the water by 2025 so I can take my dad for a sail.
He and my grandfather built …
30 SAR
30 SAR Restoration
Tally Ho II, 36' New Construction
"36' new construction"
1957 Lightning
Bought the boat for $700 on Cape Cod, MA US.
This is my first wooden boat restoration project and I'm taking my sweet time doing it.
Trailer needs …
Osborne 37
Osborne Express Cruiser 37
I have recently purchased "Finnesse" and was wondering if any one has any historical information on her?
She was built …
1959 Elgin 14ft Deluxe Runabout
This was a barn-find and has been out of the water for a good 30 years.
Most of the parts are intact, including a 40hp Elgin Outboard.
The only …
Avocation
1966 Pacemaker recently purchased, being stored in Bay City, MI.
No name
I restored this boat a few years ago and it will be my last one, or not.
It is a 1953 Lyman 15 center steer runabout, it is restored to correct specs …
Workstar 17
A robust and well-proven small workboat, kit built from marine plywood/epoxy using the Prefix System(tm).
Check: https://www.facebook.com/groups/742029512826692/ …
PM-38
I built a PM-38 in 1962-63.
I built the frames in high school wood shop, then finished the boat at home in the garage.
Ran it all through …
Pacific
This is my boat Pacific.
She is a Fleming designed Sharpie and was built in Brisbane, Qld, Australia in 1961 by the Kross Brothers and was originally …
Insert Name Here
I just picked up this little laser sailboat.
I had no idea it was solid wood when I saw it on Offer Up.
I was ecstatic when I realized this. …
Oase 20'
Dutch classic plywood sailboat, built in Nijmegen by the "Salamander" shipyard in 1954, designed by H. Malcorps.
I have just repainted the hull, we'll …
"Gnat"
I found this "Barn Find" of an older constructed 15ft sailing dinghy designed by the famous Ed Monk.
She is in fairly poor shape...but, I shall restore …
"Judy Mae"
Acquired this 13 1/2 foot lapstrake hulled boat from a gentleman who purchased it in Chicago about 20 years ago.
It sat in a storage shed for most …
1966 20' Grew Cruiser
We recently obtained this 20' Lapstrake Grew Cruiser with a 170 hp Volvo 6 cylinder engine i/o.
I have no idea why it was called a cruiser but that's …
Class of 66
Having recently purchased a 28 ft, 1966 Trojan Express "woodie", with a lapstrake planked hull and teak deck, I am looking forward to lazy cruises on the …
"Pamela Marie"
My current boat build is to be named the Pamela Marie after my wife, and is a 22 foot SeaHawk designed by William Jackson in 1960 and published in Science …
1962 Grady White
1962 Grady White.
Original 40 HP Johnson Electric Start & Trailer.
Stored in a garage for 25 to 30 years.
Great shape.
No rot.
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Swan Of The Weir
Hi All
Swan Of The Weir is a 1951 Black Swan Class Motor Yacht.
Our boat is currently ashore undergoing the indignity of being stripped down to her …
Down Under
I just bought a Wal Shirt 38, 1962.
Needs everything done, engines, wiring, pumps, electric pumps, batteries, lighting, winch, thrusters, rot around …
Kathleen
Kathleen is a 34 ft Van De Stadt Legend 34
I work on Kathleen most days, replacing the cabin side at the moment, will finish the glassing tomorrow will …
Puffin
Hi
So this is my Beer lugger just before I start renovation.
She was built in the 1980s in Saeto about two miles from Beer where I live.
Built …
1956 Penn Yan Swift. Barn Sleeper
I found this penn yan swift on craigslist in western ny state.
It has been sleeping in a barn since 1964, hanging from the rafters.
Came with a mercury …
2 Old Gals
Hello Members, Just a quick introduction.
I am now in my mid 50's and other than a Hobie 16 and an 18' Formula deep vee I have no boat experience, however …
Elaine
"Elaine" is a Ladd-Built kit boat out of Stockton, CA 50's-60's.
Photos are not recent.
Looking to rebuild, some wood damage.
Front deck needs …
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