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PROJECTS DURING 2009

Designs that were started during or that were ongoing during 2009 - in order of size:

38m (125') Indonesian Phinisi - A plank-on-frame Indonesian Sailing Charter Schooner.
36m (118') Wooden Tern Schooner - A plank-on-frame wooden Three Mast Schooner.
110' Tall Ship Remodel - A new interior layout, new sail rig, improved exterior styling for a new life of chartering in SE Asia.
56' Aluminum Ketch - Shiraz - Fast sailing in a ketch reminiscent of Herreshoff.
48' Aluminum Schooner - Jasmine - Electric Drive Sailing Yacht.

Prototypes: new ideas...

50' Amazon - A steel shoal draft live-aboard house-boat, ideal for any river system or coastwise waterway.
175' Lady Destiny - A steel mega-yacht. Classic Asian styling. Schooner rig.

PROJECTS DURING 2008

Designs that were started during or that were ongoing during 2008 - in order of size:

50m (164') Wooden Charter Yacht - A plank-on-frame Indonesian Sailing Phinisi Charter Schooner.
36m (118') Wooden Tern Schooner - A plank-on-frame wooden Three Mast Schooner.
30m (98') Wooden Charter Phinisi - A plank-on-frame Indonesian Phinisi Schooner.
80' Aluminum Motor Yacht - North Coast - An all-ocean Diesel-Electric motor yacht.
64' Steel 'Clipper Yacht' - Chantage - Classic Motor Sailor.
60' Aluminum Motor Yacht - Swallow's Nest - An all-ocean expeditionary Motor Sailor.
56' Aluminum Ketch - Shiraz - Fast sailing in a ketch reminiscent of Herreshoff.
48' Aluminum Schooner - Jasmine - Electric Drive Sailing Yacht.
43' Aluminum Motor Yacht - Roberta - Motor Yacht for voyaging.
43' Aluminum Motor Yacht - Roberta Jean - Motor Yacht for voyaging.

Prototypes: New ideas...!

100' Wooden Bermuda Skipjack - A design concept for ocean sailing in a classic wooden hull.
78' Wyldepathaway - A classic fantail schooner in steel for charters.
65' Rachel - A sleek and modern aluminum design for fast ocean sailing.
62' Wooden Brigantine - Privateer - A privateer-style schooner for plank-on-frame wood.
47' Aluminum Motor Yacht - Roberta Jean - Classic twin-cabin Motor Yacht in aluminum.
32' Steel Tug Yacht - Talisker - A Tug Yacht prototype.

ARTICLES

New or recently revised articles are as follows:

Testimonials
Composites for Boats
Selected Editorials, 1995 to 2000
Evolution of a Traditional Wooden Sailing Type
Indonesian Phinisi Types: Sailing Phinisi vs. KLM Types
Building An Indonesian Phinisi / KLM
Metal Parts for Wooden & Composite Boats

ADVENTURES

Once in a great while we get to go on some sort of adventure. You can review some of that wildness in the following web pages.

In 2001, Lena and I traveled to Indonesia to research the wooden boat building methods of the Bugis / Konjo boat builders of South Sulawesi. This adventure took us from Bali to Sulawesi to meet the builders, and then from Sulawesi to Kalimantan (Borneo) to visit an active boat building site. While in Kalimantan we lofted the shape and built the mould frames for a 36m Phinisi, a traditional wooden phinisi 'schooner' the design of which we then completed during 2001 and 2002.

At the end of 2004 Lena and I traveled to Indonesia and sailed for several weeks aboard that same 36m Phinisi. It was an excellent trip! You will find more of that story on our 36m Phinisi Homecoming page.

During the second quarter of 2006 Lena and I traveled to Indonesia once again to begin work on a new 36 meter Indonesian Motor Sailor in Kalimantan (Borneo). A few select images from that trip and from our trip to Indonesia during 2001 can be seen at our web page on Boatbuilding in Indonesia - A Photo Gallery.

For a bit of background about these incredible wooden vessels, please check out our article on the Evolution of a Traditional Wooden Sailing Type and the links that follow that article.

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