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Access To Experience

For nearly five decades, WoodenBoat Publications has gathered a unique worldwide community of skilled wooden boat aficionados, including students, builders, designers, restorers, and owners, and delivered them access to individuals who are deeply experienced in the world of wooden boats.

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Magazine

WoodenBoat is a bimonthly magazine that delivers a blend of traditional and evolving methods of boat design, construction, repair, and related crafts—as well as profiles of unique boats and people. In each of our lavishly illustrated, carefully researched and written issues, we aim to educate and inspire our readers while conveying quality, integrity, and high standards of craftsmanship.

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ISSUE NO.
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May / June
2026
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Article

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Fairliner Torpedo Redux

by Lawrence W. Cheek • Photographs by Greg Gilbert

John Lisicich bounds into Bruce Bronson’s boatshop—literally bounds, like a kid running into a bike shop on his birthday—and hails his friend with unrestrained joy. “Happy Wednesday! Happy Happy Wednesday! How ya doin’?”

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Video

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WoodenBoat Legends

WoodenBoat Legends is a video series presented in our Mastering Skills membership site.

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Extended Content

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FIN

by Laurie McGowan

Featured in the Sketchbook department of WoodenBoat magazine No. 284 (January/February 2022) FIN is an auxiliary performance cruiser.

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Extended Content

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Seattle’s Shell House

by Tom Jackson

Seattle’s Shell House home of 1936 Olympic gold oarsmen may be preserved.

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Community

The WoodenBoat Community is a collection of tools and resources that allow wooden boat builders, designers, owners, would-be owners, and dreamers to interact with each other, find inspiration, and learn something new.

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Register of Wooden Boats

The Register of Wooden Boats lists information about wooden boats 10′ LOA (length overall) and above.

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MORNING SONG

Year Built:
2016

Owner Name:
Kym Renga

Home Port:
Santa Barbara

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Navoo

Year Built:
2018

Owner Name:
John M. Rich

Home Port:
Solomons, MD

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CHIEF UNCAS

Year Built:
1912

Owner Name:
Susquehanna National Heritage Area

Home Port:
Susquehanna River / Lake Clarke

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FINale Restoration in Progress

Year Built:
1955

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Boats For Sale

Do you have a boat for sale—or are you looking to sell one? This is the page for you.

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1/4 wooden plank canoe

Handcrafted wooden canoe, build by little bear canoes from Milo Maine.
Cedar ribs with cherry trim
5’ long
12” wide

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Concordia Yawl 39

SOVEREIGN, a rare gem, was built in Germany in 1953 and sports a few modern upgrades yet she retains her original glamor and style.

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25' Shiverick Knockabout Gaff Sloop

“TULIP” ex. “HALAKYE”, 25′ Gaff rigged knockabout sloop. Classic Shiverick design. Built in Maine by George Palten 1984. Mahogany planks on oak frames. Centerboard shoal draft.

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New Adirondack Guide Boat for Sale

Newfound Adirondack Guide Boat - New 16' 2" long, 36.75" beam with (2) 8' Shaw & Tenney oars. Hull is painted green to the water line. Built by seasoned woodworkers in our lake community.

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Plans & Kits

If you’re in the market for a boat to build, this directory of Boat Plans & Kits is a fine place to start. And if your company sells plans or kits, we invite you to list your offerings here.

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Build a 16′ Grand Banks Dory. Step-by-step plans, backed by 72 years of experience.

YOU can build your own 16 foot grand banks dory, from scratch, yourself using our step-by-step boat plans.

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Stella Rose 6.5′ Flat-Bottom

Build Your Own Mini Electric Wooden Boat – Perfect for Intermediate-Level DIYers and Boat Enthusiasts

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VOYAGER PUNT

My first boat building Project (not counting a couple of door-skin surfboards) was a Bolger Yellow Leaf pirogue, built from drawings in Bolger’s “Small Boats”.

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KAYLEIGH Cruising Power Sharpy

With a submerged clipper bow and high tucked transom, Kayleigh is every inch a classic power sharpie skiff. Her flat rockered bottom gives great initial stability and easy beaching.

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Launchings

This section of our web site, an extension of the Launchings department of WoodenBoat magazine, is dedicated to sharing news of recently launched wooden boats built or restored by our readers.

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Re- Launching 1941 Herreshoff 12 1/2

This original Herreshoff 12 1/2 was one of the last to come off the line of Herreshoff Manufacturing Company in Bristol, Rhode Island.

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Willow: 25 ft Custom Sloop

Willow, a 25 ft strip planked sloop, is the third sailboat designed and built by Matt Greytak, after a 15 ft sloop and a 14 ft catamaran.  It is constructed with ½″ x 1 ½″ cedar strips sheathed in

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Restoring an Old Skiff

I bought the boat in 2012 from the original builder in Fairfield, Connecticut.

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1885 cutter revival

This is the launch of my cutter based a design by C P Kunhardt from 1885. I trimmed the fantail off the original design and reduced the deck length from the original 17', to 14'.

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Events

From Australia to Northern Europe, the Mediterranean to New England, and the Pacific Northwest to Asia, the worldwide wooden boat community hosts a vast number of shows, regattas, and other gatherings annually.

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WoodenBoat Forum

The WoodenBoat Forum is an online community dedicated to the exchange of ideas and information related to wooden boats.

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Boats For Sale Online

Scroll down to place your Boats for Sale Online ad, Boat Accessories ad, and/or view our vast listing of Boats for Sale Online. Links below to be taken to the pricing information for both Online and Print magazine.

If you have a current ad that needs to be cancelled or edited; contact Megan Davisson, Classified Ads Manager, classified@woodenboat.com.

Boats for Sale Online

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If you are interested in placing a RAFTINGS business ad or a Classified print ad for the next issue of WoodenBoat magazine click here: WoodenBoat Magazine Classified Ads
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Sailboats

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1952 Old Town OTCA sailing canoe

1952 Old Town OTCA sailing canoe17'. Mahogany trim, Gunwales and thwarts. Hull sound, some weathering, needs canvas and TLC. Sail rig, rudder and leeboards very good, use as is. Best offer over $1,000.

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Sailboats

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Herreshoff H-31 Cat Ketch sv/Dovetail

Halsey Herreshoff designed this beautiful cat ketch built in 1982 with an all wood Honduran pine interior, sleeps 5 in an open space salon, Cold molded Mahogany hull, Single wishbone spars, Tiller, Large cockpit, Awl-Grip wrought iron-hull, moondust -cabin top, and off-white cabin sides , boxed

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Power Boats

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2025 Paul Gartside Custom 17' Electric Launch

A blend of traditional New England and European launches with full displacement hull combined with electric inboard powered for safe and comfortable cruising resulted in this beautiful work of art by Paul.

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Sailboats

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Penobscot 14

Arch Davis design. Built 2020 of okoume lapstrake, mahogany seats and trim.
Lug and rowing rigged. Wintered in shed. Cover, trailer, extras.

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Sailboats

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Rainmaker 1963 Yawl 39' bright finish

Rainmaker was designed by Naval architect Bill Tripp to compete on the race coarse under CCA rules. She was built at the Jacobson Yard in Oyster Bay NY in 1963. Won its class in the Bermuda race of 1964.

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Sailboats

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Sanford Alerion #12

1981 Nantucket Alerion built by Alfie Sanford.
Hull #12 of his cold molded adaption of Herreshoff.
Restoration 2024-2025 by W. Duncan, Boatbuilder.
Cold molded hull in excellent condition. New deck and house coverings, sheers and toerails. refinished inside and out.

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Free Boats

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FREE 16' Thompson Brothers 1941 Snipe Class Day Sailer

PLEASE save our 94 year old Mother's beloved sailboat from the burn pile! The "Jarrett" was sailed and enjoyed by our family for many years but is now in need of some major TLC. Keel is damaged and sailboat is in need of total restoration.

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Small Craft

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Classic Staempfli Single Scull--1976

Iconic Spanish Cedar rowing shell for oarsman / oarswoman weighing up to 175 lbs is 25'-9" length x 11" beam, and displacement of 34 lbs.

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Free Boats

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1959 23' Lyman Runabout

1959 23' Lyman Runabout. Popular model. Needing transom and spray rail repair, paint and varnish. Engine needs overhaul. Other engine options available. Includes good upholstery and mooring cover. Nice complete boat that needs a good home. Located Maine.

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Sailboats

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Herreshoff Sadie

Boat built in 2004 by Brion Rieff Boatbuilders for owner who sailed her on lake in Texas.
Length overall: 26' 6"
Length waterline: 21' 9"
Beam: 7' 11"
Shoal draft: 2' 7" centerboard design
Displacement: 6300 lbs

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Sailboats

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Herreshoff Alerion 26

Launched in 2019 built by Brion Rieff Boatbuilders for owner who sailed her on Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Excellent condition. Boat is located in Brooklin, Maine.
Length Overall: 25' 4"
Length Waterline: 20'
Beam: 7' 2"
Draft: 3'7"

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Sailboats

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H-28 Ketch

27' circa 1955. H-28 designed by L. Francis Herreshoff. Built by a professional yard in Chicago mid 1950s. Honduras mahogany on white oak frames. Inboard atomic 4cylinder 30-hp gas engine. Complete sail inventory. Steel cradle.

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Free Boats

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Thistle # 695

Project boat, molded mahogany. Totally stripped inside and out, needs some work on the starboard side of the bow, and the centerboard trunk. All miscellaneous parts included. Been hanging from my garage ceiling since the 80 s.

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Small Craft

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Acorn Skiff

Sweet-lined Acorn skiff designed by Iain Oughtred, completed in 1999 but still like new. Length 11'9" with 48" beam. Planking of plywood epoxy glued with mahogany keel, stem, transom, frames and gunnels. She is lightweight, rows well and tricky to sail.

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Power Boats

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36' DEVLIN TRAWLER, 2012

Rocklady, Sam Devlin design for builder/owner John Calogero, Sr. Stitch & glue okoume ply/glass/epoxy. V-berth, settee/pull out double. Twin 30-hp Yanmar diesels with sail drives. Located Groton, CT. calogero@rockisland.com, 360-472-1697

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Small Craft

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Swampscott Dory, 17'

Fiberglass bottom, trailer. Built in 2005 by Old Wharf Dory Company in Wellfleet, MA. By her condition I can tell she has not been used that much and stored on land. Portable electric motor and strong battery for surprise winds and current. Replaced cover a few years ago - waterproof.

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Small Craft

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New 12' Goeller design Dinkey

Boat was built by me under the tutelage of a professional wooden boat builder. This new boat has only sea trials on her. She sails and rows beautifully. She is made with cedar over white oak. She was built to be used with a 60' schooner but it was sold before I could finish her.

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Sailboats

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36' Joel White Ketch (1971) NASKET

Nasket is a Sam Crocker design (227) with tweaks by builder Joel White at the Brooklin Boatyard. Nasket has a Cedar strip planked hull over Oak frames and Oak backbone. Bronze screw fastened. Keel hung rudder, lead ballast keel, Perkins M-50 diesel 48-hp engine. Beam 11’3”.

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Power Boats

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1928 Classic Vic Franck Sea Queen Yacht

1928 Vic Frank Sea Queen — 30ft Classic Pacific Northwest Wooden Cruiser
Asking $14,999

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Sailboats

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1948 John Hanna 30' Tahiti Ketch

Gaff rigged, live-aboard, 28-hp Nani Diesel. Complete vessel, running & standing rigging, sails, ground tackle, and a two-piece nesting dinghy included.

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Launchings

This section of our web site, an extension of the Launchings department of WoodenBoat magazine, is dedicated to sharing news of recently launched wooden boats built or restored by our readers.

Launchings

If you’ve launched a boat within the past year, please email us at launchings@woodenboat.com, or post your news here.(All posts are subject to approval and editing before being made live.)
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SWEET CECILY

Builder Name:
Peter Tomasi

Peter Tomasi helped Harry and Martha Bryan with some painting, and received the plans for this 12' Fiddlehead decked canoe as a reward. He launched the canoe on August 31 at Button Bay, Lake Champlain, VT. He writes that "she is fun to paddle and easy to carry.

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BAIDARKA

Builder Name:
Charles Hall

Bruce Lemon designed this 17' Aleutian Baidarka skin-on-frame kayak, built by Charles Hall of Salt Lake City, UT. He made the frames from bent oak lashed to Douglas fir stringers. The skin is a synthetic canvas sewn together on top and around the canvas coaming. He used no glue or screws.

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EMMELINE

Builder Name:
Robert Stumm

EMMELINE, named after the courageous UK political activist Emmeline Pankhurst, was built by Robert Stumm primarily for his recreational rowing pleasure.

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Francis Lee

Builder Name:
Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding

Designed by Bob Perry and built by the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding in Port Hadlock, WA, the FRANCIS LEE is a 62 foot double ended fractional sloop built of West System sheathed strip planked Western Red Cedar has successfully undergone sea trials and is now happily moored in Blakely H

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OUTBOUND II

Builder Name:
David Smith

David Smith spent two years building this Sharpie ketch OUTBOUND II, a modification of WoodenBoat plan #42. Launched on June 23, 2003, the hull, cockpit, and cabin are plywood covered in fiberglass cloth and epoxy.

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WOODEN NICAL

Builder Name:
John Newcomb

WOODEN NICAL is a Joel White—designed Pooduck Skiff built by John Newcomb. He built WOODEN NICAL with okoume plywood planking, with a white oak keel, stems, knees, and 'midships frame. The spars and oars are laminated spruce.

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Night Heron Kayak

Builder Name:
Stirling Cummings

Despite working at times “at a glacial pace” for two years, Stirling Cummings of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, finshed and launched his 18′ Night Heron kayak on a cold windy day in February 2012 on Jordan Lake, near Chapel Hill.

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Kids electric launch

Builder Name:
Ken Inglis

I built my Grandkids an 8 foot electric launch many years ago.  They are now off to University and the boat has gone. Fynn 7 and Piper 9 next door at the cottage inquired about the electric boat and were disappointed that it had gone.  I promised them their own boat next summer.

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Seabixit

Builder Name:
Edward L. Yoder

This boat took me 4 years in spare time to design and build. It has oak frames and spruse planking, the decks are chery and the transom and thorts are mahogany.

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WHILE AWAY

Builder Name:
Bill Cavanagh

WHILE AWAY is an 18′ PT Skiff, built by Bill Cavanagh on Cape Cod from a kit supplied by Port Townsend Watercraft. Built in the shop of DMC Boats in Falmouth MA, she is strong, light weight and very fuel efficient.

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Register of Wooden Boats

The Register of Wooden Boats lists information about wooden boats 10′ LOA (length overall) and above. It came into being after, and because, the annual Lloyd’s Register of American Yachts and the subsequent short-lived North American Yacht Register ceased publication. To submit your boat for inclusion in the Register of Wooden Boats, follow the instructions on this page. All submissions are subject to editing and approval.

Register of Wooden Boats

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RESTLESS

Year Built:
1988

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WINDOLEE

Year Built:
1969

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RUFFIAN

Year Built:
1966

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BEN MY CHREE

Year Built:
1907

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SERENITY

Year Built:
1966

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TY MALONE

Year Built:
1961

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RUNNING CLOUD

Year Built:
1923

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SEA FLIGHT

Year Built:
1957

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MAR-BOY II

Year Built:
1954

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MT. ORIENT

Year Built:
1992