Row boat

I built this Iaian Oughtred designed Puffin rowing and sailing tender and entered it in the Keels and Wheels antique car and boat show in Seabrook, Texas. The boat recived a Corinthian Award...

The construction went quickly. Every major project I’ve ever begun has a hidden “gumption trap”—a difficult and unrewarding challenge that sucks the will to persist right out of me. This skin-on-frame boat was an exception. Each evening or weekend hour brought visible progress. In the end, I finished the boat in about 75 hours over three months, while also working a full-time job, raising a toddler, and making a pair of oars. A more experienced builder could probably finish the boat in 40…

Bevin's skiff from the Alexandria Seaport Foundation. Plans and 26-page guide include a list of tools and materials. Plans for spritsail rig are available.

My rendition of an old, rustic row boat was a fun departure from my seashells. Old Boat 36x48 acrylic

Peaceful

Explore rowland_rick's 6584 photos on Flickr!

The Tadpole Tender from Cottrell Boatbuilding is a scaled-down Whitehall that can do well as a tender, a rowing trainer for kids, or a lightweight rowboat you can carry by cartop. #smallboats #boatbuilding #DIYboats #rowboat #rowing #tender #whitehall #boating #boats

What was left of the boat rotting in the brambles on the north shore of Clear Lake in Western Washington was once a very fast under oars. Back in the 1930’s John Thomas “could row it across the lake, fill up two gallon jugs with spring water and row halfway back on one cigarette.” When John Sack, Thomas’ nephew, took over the lakeside family cabin in the 1960s the boat had been sitting at the base of the largest pine tree on the property, unused for a decade. #smallboats #rowboat #whitehall

Explore HarmonicMinor's 115 photos on Flickr!