messing about with boats,,
Design and Building of Boats
and related parts
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Harrison Barlett
48 ft 26 ton
Pinky Schooner
Launched May 26, 1986
Mere Point, Maine, USA
Principle builder
1983-86 3 year apprenticeship during construction of the corten steel schooner "Harrison Bartlett" with Gerald Woodward (retired BIW shipyard Pipefitter)
Bison Blanc
Formula 40
day charters & racing
1990-92
Martha's Vineyard,
Massachusetts, USA
Owner / Captain
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Anna Laurens
1938 60ft Dutch canal barge
from the deck up & interior from bare hull.
1991, Zaandam, NL
Principle Builder
Ana Laurens
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"Edna"
65 ft
USCG certified/inspected schooner
for 50 day and 24 overnight passengers
Launched 1988
St. Augustine, Florida, USA
Principle Builder
USCG all position welding certification
Fluid Design
Formula 40
Prosail racing circuit
USA east & west coasts
1989-91
Racing & delivery Crew
Ursula
6.5 M carbon fiber / epoxy cat
launched at Boston, USA Sept 1990
Designer / Builder / Skipper
Sea trials
Casco bay, Maine, USA 1990
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"Bison Blanc"
Formula 40
Day sail charters
1988-89
Marthas Vineyard, MA. USA
Anna Laurens
1938, 65' Dutch canal barge
conversion to a home from a bare hull
Zaan Dam NL.
1990
Designer / Builder
Augustina
63 ft, 11ton
Performance/cruising cat
Launched 2004
Motueka, South Island NZ
Designer/Builder
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Fiber Logic
Carbon / epoxy
sailing vessel mast parts
design, pattern making, compression mold tooling & part fabrication
1994-95
Boston, USA
carbon fiber/epoxy housing for 1,000,000 volts DC field resistance voltage meter