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Jan 12, 2025

T2 in Australia

Peter Richardson's T2 in Australia

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Peter Richardson's T2 in Australia

Peter's T2 will be featured at THE AUSTRALIAN WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL.

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Jan 10, 2025

How to Build a Dinghy

Conor and Jon with finished boat

By Jon Seal

How to Build a Dinghy: Traditional Craftsmanship

When they found a set of faded plans in Teignmouth museum, Jon Seal and Conor Magee had no idea that this build would lead them on such a fascinating journey

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Jan 10, 2025

Haida Sails

An on-the-water trial of a Haida sailing canoe.

BY HAIDA SAILS RESURGENCE PROJECT WITH SIMON DAVIES

Haida Sails: The Breath of Cedar

Before stories were told, we Haida sailed the Pacific Ocean and the turbulent waters of Hecate Strait, navigating our way from Haida Gwaii, west across the open ocean to Hawai’i and Japan, and south to California and beyond.

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Jan 08, 2025

Legendary Lyman Boats still making waves on Lake Erie

Chippewa Boat Works in Chippewa Lake will be showing its modern-day version of a Lyman Boat at the Progressive Cleveland Boat Show at the I-X Center in Cleveland on Jan. 16-19. Matt Sublett was at the helm of the company’s 16.5-foot Lyman Runabout last summer on Chippewa Lake.Nate Sublett, special to cleveland.com

By D'Arcy Egan | special to cleveland.com

Legendary Lyman Boats still making waves on Lake Erie

Thousands of legendary wooden watercraft from the Lyman Boat Works in Sandusky are still taming the waves of Lake Erie, even though the famous wooden boats first created in 1875 have not been made since 1973.

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Dec 27, 2024

Young boatbuilders to finish rowboat

An 11-foot Norwegian pram built by the Harpswell Boatbuilders program in 2023 and bought by a Harpswell resident. The educational program, which teaches kids the craft of boatbuilding, will begin a new session in January.

BYHARPSWELL BOATBUILDERS

Young boatbuilders to finish rowboat, build lobster crates

Harpswell Boatbuilders will offer a class for youth ages 9-14 from January through May.

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Dec 11, 2024

Close to the Water

Though it wasn’t easy, getting the boats into the lake was worth the effort.

BY BRUCE BATEAU

Close to the Water: Escape to the Lake

I never want to go sailing on a lake. The boundaries are known, I can see the destination; the horizon of possibilities is limited.

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Dec 10, 2024

Latest hand-built wooden boats from Boat Building Academy students

All photos: Max Willcock/BNPS.

By Daniel Face

And away…! Latest hand-built wooden boats from Boat Building Academy students take to the water

The latest wooden boats, hand-built by students at the Boat Building Academy (BBA) in Lyme Regis, have been launched in the town’s historic harbour.

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Dec 10, 2024

Women in Boatbuilding

Women in Boatbuilding – Heather and Gillian

By Classic Boat

Women in Boatbuilding: BBA Leading the Way for Inclusivity

Inclusivity at the BBA: Women outnumber men at boatbuilding course for the first time.

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Dec 07, 2024

Adventure in Kornati Islands of Croatia

Kids learn all kinds of new skills, including maintenance, aboard the now-restored, 87-year-old Vinka. © 2024 James Bender

By James Bende

Youth Embark on Adventure in Kornati Islands of Croatia

People say the three great reasons to be a teacher are June, July and August. Captain James Bender is a shop teacher in Redwood City who, for the past several years, has spent those three months continuing to teach through his Adriatic Maritime Institute in the islands of Croatia.

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Dec 03, 2024

Boatbuilder’s Notes

Projection setting boards for chisels and planes

By Robin Gates

Boatbuilder’s Notes: How to Set Up a Honing Guide

Robin Gates’ guide, to setting up a honing guide…

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